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Margaret Atwood's powerful and long-awaited sequel to her dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, now shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Show more

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Justin’s nose is pushed out of joint and Rex attempts to play Cupid Show more

Magical drama about love and loss inspired by 'Tamlin and the Fairy Queen' written by Linda Marshall Griffiths and recorded on location in Edinburgh during the Fringe Festival. Show more

Peter Gibbs and the panel are at Highclere Castle for a correspondence edition of the show. Show more

A story about writing and family, as told by a pen. Read by Mark Lambert. Show more

Julian Worricker on former French president Jacques Chirac; Sir Michael Edwardes, chairman of British Leyland; TV journalist Cokie Roberts; racehorse trainer Pat Cavendish O'Neill. Show more

Has Austerity caused 120 thousand deaths in the UK and does God hate men? Tim Harford and team investigate these claims and more. Show more

Friends - one Polish, the other British - talk about the importance of their friendship. Fi Glover presents. Show more

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Sturgeon calls for early removal of Johnson, so a caretaker PM can secure Brexit delay. BBC urged to reconsider finding that Naga Munchetty's comments on racism broke guidelines.

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Playwrights John Godber and Mark Ravenhill; poets Zena Edwards and Jodie Langford in a Front Row celebrating poetry and performance from Hull's Contains Strong Language festival. Show more

The ups and downs of being a young transgender woman, turning 18 and ready to explore the world. Fifth series by Mark Davies Markham. Show more

Edward Stourton presents political debate from the People's History Museum in Manchester with Joanna Cherry MP, Michael Crick, Andy McDonald MP and Nadhim Zahawi MP. Show more

Michael Morpurgo reflects on old age and how to deal with growing old. Show more

Sir Ian Blatchford and Dr Tilly Blyth with their first omnibus edition exploring how art and science have inspired each other in an age of Industrialisation and Romance. Show more

There's been a tough response from the Egyptian authorities to planned protests in the capital Cairo. Show more

Margaret Atwood's powerful and long-awaited sequel to her dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, now shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Author Chibundu Onuzo nominates the first elected female in Africa, Constance Agatha Cummings-John. With Matthew Parris. From 2019. Show more

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