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A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Archbishop Angaelos, Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London.

Is it time for the UK to rethink its stance on GM crops? A new study to assess the impact of peat fires in Scotland. Rural homeless is up by 85% according to one charity. Show more

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Although Carry Akroyd grew up in the countryside, as a child she was never shown or taught anything of the natural world around her. So it wasn't until adulthood she heard a snipe. Show more

News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Andrew Marr on the legacies of the past with Susan Neiman, David Howell, Jane Green and Stuart Ward. Show more

Vicky Phelan on exposing Ireland’s smear test scandal and living with its consequences. The latest from the Lib Dem conference. And listener Suzanne Goldberg's best day. Show more

Steve continues to investigate what really happened on the night of Zoe’s murder. Read by Clare Dunne and Sean Kearns. Show more

Social psychologist Dr Keon West explores bias, unconscious and not, and the current trend in unconscious bias training. Show more

Clive Anderson and Sara Cox are joined by Katherine Parkinson, Gary Crosby and Cora Bissett for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more

Margaret Atwood’s powerful and hugely anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale picks up 15 years after Offred stepped into the unknown. Now shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Show more

The latest on the surgeon who promised to fix age-related macular degeneration. Plus the end of the city car, inspirational Instagram quotes and why Portuguese wine is too cheap. 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.

Satellites used to be the length of a bus. Now they’re the size of a Beanie Baby. But how are CubeSats changing the way we use space – and the way economics itself is done? Show more

Ian puts his foot down and Lynda has a bone to pick. Show more

4 Extra Debut. With a case of unfair dismissal, Mma Ramotswe dips a toe into the murky world of local politics. Starring Janice Acquah. Show more

Contestants from Essex, Wiltshire and Oxfordshire face Paul Gambaccini's questions in the wide-ranging music quiz Show more

As Mauritius marks more than half a century of independence from Britain, Leyla Kazim considers how the diverse dishes of her motherland are starting to make a mark in the UK. Show more

With Brexit, a suspended assembly, and reports of violence once associated with the Troubles, Northern Irish artists explore the complexities between memory, identity and place. Show more

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Rufus Hound and palaeontologists Susannah Maidment and Steve Brusatte who reveal the big new discoveries in the world of dinosaur hunting. Show more

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

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Luxembourg criticises Boris Johnson's approach to Brexit, describing the current situation as a mess of the UK's own making.

Tony Hawks, Phil Wang, Sheila Hancock and Paul Merton join Nicholas Parsons for the panel game where the challenge is to speak without repetition, hesitation or deviation. Show more

Eddie makes a shocking confession, and there's a worrying discovery for Brian. Show more

Alex Kingston discusses Ibsen's play An Enemy Of The People; crime writer Mark Billingham reviews the new TV series Criminal; the decline in sales of traditional pianos. Show more

Writers from around the world - Anne Carson, Joe Dunthorne and Binyavanga Wainana - read letters on the theme of imprisonment, inspired by Oscar Wilde's De Profundis. Show more

Recently Simon Evans has been labelled as a, if not THE, right-wing comedian, so here he takes a look at where those accusations have come from and whether he is guilty as charged. Show more

Simon Maybin spends time with the young men who race down the steep roads of Colombia’s second city Medellin. Show more

Writer and broadcaster Timandra Harkness explores why rates of life expectancy in the UK are stalling and asks what action should be taken. Show more

Andrew Marr on the legacies of the past with Susan Neiman, David Howell, Jane Green and Stuart Ward. Show more

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Margaret Atwood’s powerful and hugely anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale picks up 15 years after Offred stepped into the unknown. Now shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Show more

In a flood-threatened town in Louisiana, a bricklayer spent 13 years building a sculpture park of religious statues. He then knocked the head off one of his angels and vanished. Show more

Aleks explores the bystander effect and how this can translate online. Can technology transform a bystander into a witness who can help protect and defend those in need? Show more

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Hugh Bonneville reads Orlando Figes' account of a love triangle at the heart of a culture revolution in Europe. Rail travel and new technologies open countries up to change. Show more

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