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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

Rural Britain is awash with UK tourists unable or unwilling to fly abroad for the summer, and these home-grown visitors could help counter the losses to the countryside economy. Show more

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Actor Samuel West describes how the turkey-like capercaillie makes unfathomably strange sounds reminiscent of a rolling snooker ball followed by a champagne cork being unscrewed. Show more

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

The postcode generator takes us to North Wales where we discover a Latter-day Saints chapel, the timely beliefs of their members, and the work of two missionaries in lockdown. Show more

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

Leeds Job Centre and women and unemployment, Daisy Johnson on her new novel Sisters, and the BBC Elite Women's Sport Survey 2020. Show more

Kabir Hussein, a young man who suffered from a rare blood disorder as a child, wants to see what can be done to relieve trauma for children suffering from illnesses. Show more

Nikki Bedi and JP Devlin are joined by Lesley Manville, Linda Grant, DBC Pierre and Tahmima Anam for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Tawiah. Show more

Hugh Bonneville reads Katherine's classic 1921 story. As a well-heeled crowd waits expectantly on a New Zealand wharf, one man can't help feeling anxious about seeing his wife. Show more

Gyms were one of the last things to reopen as lockdown restrictions were eased but there are fears not enough people are continuing their memberships to make them viable. Show more

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In Leeds there is an area where it is legal to sell or buy street sex - but residents are not happy. Producer Charlotte Hurrell and friends spent two nights there to find out why. Show more

Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles. In the Maze Prison, MP and IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands tries to convince his mother and a Catholic priest that he has to die. Show more

The legends of a Syrian shrine, revered by both Christians and Muslims for hundreds of years Show more

Russell Davies chairs the general knowledge contest with four more competitors for the title Brain of Britain 2020. Show more

Many UK cheese makers depend on supplying restaurants and hospitality. They faced ruin when lockdown struck but were saved by consumers buying tonnes of cheese in just a few weeks. Show more

The writer Anna Freeman presents a showcase of true stories about lives changed by art. This week, stories of legacy, and of living on through art. Show more

Brian and Robin are joined by Jane Goodall, Bill Bailey and Cat Hobaiter to discover what studying chimps has told us not only about our primate cousins but also about ourselves. Show more

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Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has apologised to pupils for the way exam grades were calculated.

A return visit to the Milton Keynes Theatre for regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden plus David Mitchell on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

Lynda makes plans for the future and Chris hides a guilty secret Show more

Xiaolu Guo on her new novel A Lover’s Discourse; Natalia Kaliada on the arrest of members of the Belarus Free Theatre; Blindness at the Donmar Warehouse; Bernard Leach's pottery Show more

"There are no bigots in foxholes" - how the Korean War forced black and white soldiers to fight together. Show more

A tale of two plagues in the Algerian port city of Oran. What are the parallels between the fictional disease spread by rats in a world famous novel by Albert Camus and COVID 19? Show more

Mishal Husain introduces pieces on: the tricky futures for Welsh cheese-making and Scottish wool, the legacy of brain surgery, a fraternal burial and a missing buzz in the stands. Show more

The postcode generator takes us to North Wales where we discover a Latter-day Saints chapel, the timely beliefs of their members, and the work of two missionaries in lockdown. Show more

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Hugh Bonneville reads Katherine's classic 1921 story. As a well-heeled crowd waits expectantly on a New Zealand wharf, one man can't help feeling anxious about seeing his wife. Show more

Playwright Sabrina Mahfouz talks to producer Tobi Kyeremateng and classicist Professor Katherine Harloe about othering in language: describing people in ways that exclude them. Show more

Jarvis Cocker is back with his nocturnal explorations of the human condition. He cures a troubled mind with the master musicians of Joujouka in the Rif mountains of Morocco. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. As the school bell signals the end of term, the delicious possibilities of the summer lie ahead. Read by Fenella Woolgar. Show more

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