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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rachel Gardner, president of the Girl’s Brigade. Show more

Game shooting fights back with a new legal fund to take on the critics. And the nation’s agricultural shows that have been cancelled because of Covid. Show more

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Sir David Attenborough presents the Vogelkop bowerbird of west New Guinea. Show more

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

International Bach specialist John Butt and his group the Dunedin Consort let us inside their Edinburgh rehearsals for a performance of Brandenburg Concerto No.2. Show more

Sean Bean presents a series exploring the ways in which wartime experiences have filtered down through the generations. Show more

United Arab Emirates launches its first ever mission to Mars. Double standards with evil - are men and women viewed differently? Author Dorothy Koomson. Show more

4 Extra Debut. As Ellen’s children gain independence, she feels ready for work. What could possibly go wrong? Starring Gabriel Quigley. Show more

An honest and sometimes funny account of living with a disability, told through the recordings of Louise Halling’s daily life with her family - and a mobility scooter called Brian. Show more

Clive Anderson and Sara Cox are joined, by Julian Clary, Amma Asante and Dotty for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from The Lemon Twigs. Show more

All 14-year-old Adunni wants is an education. But when her mother died there was no money to keep paying her school fees. Show more

As Pret A Manger and Upper Crust announce store closures we look at how important the lunchtime economy is for city centres. 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.

The story of the doping of the 2012 and 2014 Olympics by Russia. How the IAAF conspired with Russia to protect its doping system. Show more

The city prepares for a spectacular event – fires falling from the sky. While self-proclaimed Mother of the Empire, Fatima, sees it as an opportunity to glorify her new reign. Show more

Steve Punt hosts the battle of wits as students from Reading University take on their professors. From July 2020. Show more

After Marcus Rashford convinced Government to think again on summer free school meal provision, Sheila Dillon speaks to young people demanding further action on child food poverty. Show more

Sir Simon Schama introduces a new series from the Courtauld Gallery in London where he picks out the cream of the Impressionist collection from Cezanne, Manet and Gauguin. Show more

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Matt Lucas, Janna Levin and Sean Carroll to talk about the totally weird and wacky things that happen in and around black holes. Show more

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

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PM hints masks will be made compulsory
Most social care jobs excluded in government plan to manage immigration
Man City to play in European Champions League next year

David Mitchell gets Henning Wehn, Lou Sanders, Sindhu Vee and Neil Delamere to lie with some truths. From July 2020. Show more

Fallon ends up disappointed and Jolene makes a controversial decision Show more

Jonathan Freedland reviews The Plot Against America, Rachel De-Lahay's My White Best Friend theatre project, Anish Kapoor at Houghton Hall, Daniel Sloss on comedy drive-ins. Show more

4 Extra Debut. As Ellen’s children gain independence, she feels ready for work. What could possibly go wrong? Starring Gabriel Quigley. Show more

Pictures of jubilant refugees landing on the UK shores throughout lockdown have been a regular feature in the news: their long and dangerous journeys investigated by Sue Mitchell. Show more

How to think radically about the environment without being an eco-fascist. Show more

Mishal Husain presents pieces on: support bubbles, a heinous crime in a rural idyll, the future for tarot card readers, how sealions saved the day and a pioneer in natural history. Show more

International Bach specialist John Butt and his group the Dunedin Consort let us inside their Edinburgh rehearsals for a performance of Brandenburg Concerto No.2. Show more

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All 14-year-old Adunni wants is an education. But when her mother died there was no money to keep paying her school fees. Show more

Greg James, host of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show and self-confessed 'proud radio nerd', rummages through the BBC's vast archives of audio, video and documents. Show more

News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament

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With a keen interest in the paintings of The Sienese Scool, Hisham Matar makes a month-long trip to Siena, the city he has worshipped from afar. Show more

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