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Reflection and prayer to start the day with Bishop David Chillingworth of the Scottish Episcopal Church. Show more

A new warning about the oak processionary moth. Its caterpillars are a risk to human health. Show more

Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the North American Swainson's hawk. Show more

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Personal stories about Farewell to Stromness, by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Written as a protest against uranium mining in Orkney, the music has touched and changed people's lives. Show more

Kevin Carr charts the agony of the first-time house buyer: is it worth the pain to avoid a lifetime of paying rent? Show more

Gemma Chan on her new TV role. Rediscovering picture books. Who is Princess Haya? Plus we continue our series on your summer wardrobe stables, today, the kaftan. Show more

Care worker Hayleigh has been forced to take an elderly client with her on her next 15 minute visit. Stars Claire Rushbrook. Show more

A couple talk about how their shared interest in the environment is one of the many things that bind them. Fi Glover presents. Show more

Journalist Hugh Muir explores the dilemma of being honoured for services to the British Empire for anyone whose family history is one of suffering as a result of Empire. Show more

It’s baby Barclay’s christening. Maggie’s thrilled to be godmother and Jen’s 'completely fine'. Stars Marcia Warren. From 2017. Show more

Catherine sets about caring for Warlow who, she perceives, has been living like an animal in the cellar. Read by Robert Glenister. Show more

Retail figures for June were better than expected thanks to a boost in second hand and antiques sales. The home owners in blocks with timber cladding that can't sell or remortgage. Show more

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Mon-Thurs: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. Fri: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. Show more

Along mountain passes and into a besieged UN-Compound, Fran - on her houseboat in Bristol - remembers how she put herself in harm's way to help bring freedom to East Timor in 1999. Show more

Will attempts to make amends and Ruth takes offence Show more

By Gary Ogin. A young man wakes up as a bearded Orthodox Jew. What does his secular Jewish family do? Fast-paced comedy about religion and identity. Show more

Lee Kumutat and guests discuss the financial burden experienced by disabled people. Show more

Bats and rabies; hip dysplasia in babies and new research suggesting 100s of cases are being missed. Plus tips to finding reliable health information online and clinical law. Show more

An illegal gambling website approached Jolyon Jenkins's teenage son to make a Youtube video promoting it. They promised to rig it so he would definitely win. What happened next? Show more

Presented by Julian Worricker. Subscription website The Athletic has hired some of the UK's most popular football writers. Show more

Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.

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Inquiry finds children were abused over decades while in care and repeatedly failed by authorities.

Gaby Roslin hosts the film quiz with impressions by Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona. Team captains John Thomson and Ellie Taylor are joined by Hugh Dennis and Amanda Redman. Show more

Tracy offers her support as a situation becomes desperate and Kate hatches a plan Show more

Olivier Latry, Notre-Dame's organist for nearly 35 years; director Gurinder Chadha on her new film Blinded by the Light; and Rupert Everett's production of Uncle Vanya in Bath. Show more

Care worker Hayleigh has been forced to take an elderly client with her on her next 15 minute visit. Stars Claire Rushbrook. Show more

Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Anne McElvoy, Giles Fraser, Mona Siddiqui and Tim Stanley. Show more

Kevin Carr charts the agony of the first-time house buyer: is it worth the pain to avoid a lifetime of paying rent? Show more

Physicist Dr Jen Gupta and comedian Alice Fraser travel the parallel worlds of science and sci-fi. On the way they discover real-life science that sounds too strange to be true. Show more

Personal stories about Farewell to Stromness, by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Written as a protest against uranium mining in Orkney, the music has touched and changed people's lives. Show more

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Catherine sets about caring for Warlow who, she perceives, has been living like an animal in the cellar. Read by Robert Glenister. Show more

Now living in London, stand-up Darren Harriott on his experiences as a Brummie, growing up in the Black Country. From 2019. Show more

Comedian Tez Ilyas presents a celebration of British-Muslim life. In this episode, Tez talks about the assumptions people have about Muslims, especially him and his love life. Show more

Josie Long presents stories about after darkness falls, from nocturnal journeys to a late-night turf fire tale. From 2019. Show more

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Charlotte Runcie explores seaside churches and how religion is often inextricably connected with the sea. And she considers a strange murder on Arran. Show more

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