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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Tobi Olujinmi, Founder of WTALK Network, the Entertainment & Faith Network for Women Show more
Reggie Nelson believes in the importance for young people to find a mentor and tells the extraordinary story of how he found his own. Show more
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They are often trodden underfoot, but the plants growing in our pavements are important and getting noticed as Helen Mark reveals with the help of a piece of chalk! Show more
Farming Today
08/08/20 Farming Today This Week: Harvest 2020, beavers, wild camping banned
25 minutes
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Today we’re talking beavers, a ban on wild camping, and a ‘challenging’ harvest 2020. Show more
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Scottish Makar Jackie Kay, drag queen and author Amrou Al-Kadhi, fitness model Ben Mudge and Emily Kolltviet, a heavy metal singer and pub landlady who is training to be a vicar. Show more
Travel back to the land of the Aztecs for stories of sacrifice, cannibalism and fancy diets. Featuring comedian Joel Dommett and historian Dr Caroline Dodds Pennock. Show more
Test Match Special
England v Pakistan. The first test from Old Trafford.
8 hours, 14 minutes
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Test match special. England v Pakistan. Commentary on the first Test from Old Trafford with Jonathan Agnew, Isa Guha, Simon Mann Michael Vaughan, Mark Ramprakash and Azhar Mahmood. Show more
Taking the Long View of previous unforeseen crises in British history, Jonathan Freedland explores the hopes and fears for recovery - and the unexpected consequences that followed. Show more
Hilary Mantel analyses how historical fiction can make the past come to life. Show more
4 Extra Debut. David Walliams remembers the comedy albums which inspired him to perform, from Richard Pryor to Derek and Clive. From 2020. Show more
In the mountains of Snowdonia the future is about to be uncovered. The concluding part of the conspiracy thriller's second series. Show more
An old woman in America remembers a moment from her Viennese childhood in the 1930s. Read by Eleanor Bron. From January 2015. Show more
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Moral Maze
Moral Lessons for a Post-Covid World
43 minutes
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Combative, provocative and engaging live debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Mona Siddiqui, Melanie Philips, Giles Fraser and Tim Stanley. #moralmaze Show more
Steve Punt hosts the battle of wits, as students from Mansfield College, Oxford take on their professors. From 2020. Show more
Belfast poet Gail McConnell explores what it means to be a non-biological parent in a same-sex relationship. Show more
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The Way I See It
Renee Fleming chooses Colors for a Large Wall
14 minutes
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Radio 3 presents a radiophonic art exhibition, as 30 of the world’s most creative minds choose their favourite work from the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Ep 14 Renee Fleming Show more
Writers choose poems as inspiration for new stories.
Cathy Forde takes inspiration from Horace's famous ode to write a moving story about the reality of being a carer. Show more
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