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A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Father Jim O'Keefe

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Avian vet Richard Jones introduces the bird that, while on a childhood trip to Anglesey, inspired his career. Show more

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The random postcode takes us to an extraordinary pet shop where something terrible has been happening to customers. 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

Women of colour, gardening and cultural heritage; Keeping free school meals available in the pandemic; Clear communication in a crisis; Dr Camilla Pang and autism. Show more

Tony has left his wife assuming that he can see his children whenever he wants to, but Clare has other ideas. With Craige Els and Gillian Kearney. Show more

Ian Sansom meets the people daring to dream beyond their own lifespans and wonders how he might go about doing so himself. Show more

Unravelling the lives and creative worlds of six 18- to 21-year-old artists. Today we meet aspiring opera soprano Karabo Rabaloi in Cape Town and Australian dancer Kiarn Doyle. Show more

Anton Lesser reads the long-awaited finale to Hilary Mantel's award-winning Thomas Cromwell series. Today: Cromwell pays a visit to Cardinal Wolsey's illegitimate daughter Dorothea Show more

Call You and Yours: How has your day-to-day life changed because of coronavirus? Show more

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When Rob Lawrie volunteered at the Calais Jungle he didn't think it would lead to smuggling charges: worse follows when he finds out that the man he tried to help has deceived him. Show more

Adam puts his foot down and Phoebe is in the mood to celebrate Show more

When her father's remains are found in a mass grave in Iraq, Mancunian Roza Riley returns to the war-torn country she fled as a child. Written by Vivienne Harvey. Show more

Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about our changing climate. From March 2020. Show more

Tokyo has promised to aim for a zero carbon Olympics in 2021. Peter Hadfield asks if the postponed Games can turn the nation on to environmentalism. Show more

Rachel Hurdley takes a look at the mantelpiece and how its development reflects changes in society. What do the objects we put on them reveal about us and how we wish to be seen? Show more

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

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Labour has urged the Government to provide unambiguous advice about who can go to work, saying it should be only those in key jobs.

Kirsty offers her support and the Brookfield youngsters make plans. Show more

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage on his new collection inspired by Yorkshire. Pianist Stephen Hough plays live. And Chris Riddell pays tribute to Asterix creator Albert Uderzo. Show more

Bruce has his eye on Pat as his new tenant, and five-year old Bertie has issues. Stars Crawford Logan and James Mackenzie. Show more

There is growing interest in the idea of giving every member of society a basic income, and Alaska has been doing something like that for almost 40 years. Mark Whitaker reports. Show more

There used to be a specific list of jobs deemed "suitable" for blind people. Peter White talks to Fern Lulham, John Lynch and Jess Clements about entering the new world of work. Show more

Margaret McCartney on supply issues of protective equipment for COVID-19. Treating Secondary Pneumonia; what is Viral Load; Trauma Care at the Belford Hospital in Fort William. Show more

Music writer John Doran seeks out the radical music being made in the margins. In this episode, he heads to the valleys and plains of rural Britain. Show more

Pic: An empty Kings Cross tube station in London, the day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on people to stay at home because of covid-19
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Anton Lesser reads the long-awaited finale to Hilary Mantel's award-winning Thomas Cromwell series. Today: Cromwell pays a visit to Cardinal Wolsey's illegitimate daughter Dorothea Show more

22-year-old comedian Jack Rooke is joined by his Nan and Mum for an adaptation of his multi award winning show Good Grief. Show more

Sean Curran reports from Westminster where the health secretary tells MPs the home is now the frontline in the battle against coronavirus and people must not to go out. Show more

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In Lamorna Ash's vivid memoir about Newlyn's fishing community, she is on the high seas, on board a fishing trawler where she experiences her first haul. Ell Potter reads. Show more

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