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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Bishop of Ripon, Rt Rev Dr Helen-Ann Hartley. Show more

How do you discover a new chemical element? Science sleuths Drs Rutherford and Fry investigate. From April 2019. Show more

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A new Eden Project is planned for Morecambe to encourage people to see this marine environment anew. Helen Mark meets Cedric Robinson the Queens Guide to the Sands to walk the bay. Show more

After ten years of the rewilding debate, how is it changing the way farmers look at conservation? David Gregory-Kumar is joined by a studio panel to discuss. Show more

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Photographer Rankin, on Record Store Day, Ashli Todd talks about running the world's oldest record shop, writer and presenter Danny Wallace, Alistair McGowan's Inheritance Tracks. Show more

Jay Rayner and the panel are in Leeds. Dr Zoe Laughlin, Tim Haywood, Rob Owen-Brown and Rachel McCormack answer the questions. Show more

George Parker of The Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster - the possibility of Euro elections and how exhausted are our MPs. Show more

An election campaign in Israel but little mention of the peace process. Our correspondent says voters there just want to live normal lives. Show more

FCA general insurance report, wholesale energy prices fall, Debenhams administration consumer rights and bank fraud helplines. Show more

The News Quiz is back, chaired by Miles Jupp, with guests Helen Lewis, Alun Cochrane, Desiree Burch and Andy Hamilton. Show more

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Jonathan Dimbleby presents topical debate from Stamford Methodist Church in Lincolnshire with Gerard Batten MEP, Baroness Sal Brinton, Nicky Morgan MP and Emily Thornberry MP. Show more

What do you think of the 31 October Brexit extension. Does it make it more or less likely that we will agree an orderly Brexit? Show more

Michael Symmons Roberts tells afresh one of the founding stories of our culture and world history in this two-part dramatization based on The Gospel of Luke and The Book of Acts. Show more

The minds of those with Williams Syndrome are made of sound. Saxophonist YolanDa Brown joins musicians with the condition for a week-long camp with melody at its heart. Show more

Fleabag and other great comic female characters. How can parents protect their children from food allergies, and how feminist is the Archers? Show more

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Why is the world not focused on the death, destruction and famine in Yemen? The Inquiry shines a light on the media, the message and the missiles. Show more

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Sudan's latest leader offers concessions to protestors including an end to the nightly curfew.

Clive Anderson and YolanDa Brown are joined by Emma Bunton, Daisy Haggard and Toyah for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Peter Doherty. Show more

Marks Coles looks at the life of Tottenham Hotspur footballer, Danny Rose who has made headlines for speaking out about the racism he has endured on the pitch. Show more

Jessie Buckley in Wild Rose, Mary Quant exhibition at London's V&A, Intra Muros at London's Park Theatre, The Parisian - Isabella Hammad, on TV: Life After Lock-Up and Back To Life Show more

The life and times of Christopher Hitchens told through archive and interview. Presented by DD Guttenplan and featuring Martin Amis, Stephen Fry, Ian McEwan and Tony Blair. Show more

Tales of the City author Armistead Maupin reads from his funny, poignant and unflinchingly honest memoir Logical Family. With music from the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Show more

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Presenters Leo Johnson and Timandra Harkness discover what impact technology will have on expanding - or contracting - opportunities for different sections of society in future. Show more

The latest contest in the 2019 general knowledge quiz tournament comes from Salford, with Russell Davies in the chair. Show more

Poets have long been drawn to the beauty and the metaphorical possibilities of maps. Paul Farley playfully navigates terra incognita in an attempt to find out why. Show more

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Everything is laid bare in Eley Williams' short story written for radio. Read by the author. Show more

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