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Hannah Jane Walker argues that sensitivity is overlooked, dismissed and under-utilised, and she argues that our society would be much better off if we embraced it instead. Show more

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In Africa for a murder trial, Rumpole is wrongfully arrested and Phillida is sent out to rescue him. A spark of love between them is rekindled - and there's trouble ahead. Show more

A relationship counsellor helps people talk about money. In honest and intimate discussions, families and couples open up about their finances and their feelings. Show more

Dr Mark Porter explores singing to help breathlessness, exercising with an aneurysm, the evidence for sunscreens protecting against skin cancer, and myasthenia gravis Show more

The Caribbean island of Curacao is where many offshore gambling sites that turn a blind eye to under-age gambling are licensed. It's also a magnet for organised crime. Show more

How Eliot Higgins founded Bellingcat and reinvented investigative journalism Show more

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Gaby Roslin hosts the film quiz with impressions by Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona. Ben Bailey Smith and Dave Berry join team captains John Thomson and Ellie Taylor. Show more

Oliver finds himself unexpectedly impressed and there's tension at Brookfield Show more

Sex and the City writer Candace Bushnell's new memoir, National Dance Company Wales turns rugby into dance, concern over the captioning of audiobooks, Paul Robeson drama 8 Hotels. Show more

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Clive Anderson and guests ask if the Home Office should have the power to take away the citizenship of someone born and brought up in Britain. Show more

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Physicist Dr Jen Gupta and comedian Alice Fraser travel the parallel worlds of science and sci-fi. Show more

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John welcomes a new member to the family who really needs to learn how to behave himself. From August 2019. Show more

Comedian Tez Ilyas presents a celebration of British-Muslim life. In this final episode, Tez talks about what it is like being both Muslim and British at the same time. Show more

The legacy of Partition on those who lived through it and subsequent generations in Britain. Show more

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