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Space for spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. Show more

The Llyndy Isaf scholarship scheme is going to come to a close after five years and Anna Hill hears how blockchain technology can help deliver assurance in the oat supply chain. Show more

Chris Packham presents the North Island kokako from New Zealand. Show more

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How plant science can help to feed a growing global population, as the climate changes. Prof Dale Sanders talks to Jim Al-Khalili about his life and work. Show more

Comedian Russell Kane talks to author Jessica Pan about her year of "living dangerously" as an introvert pretending to be an extrovert. Show more

What treatment is available to stop sex offenders from committing more crimes? Show more

Suddenly, in 1951 television, a woman could be funny! The inside true-story by the son of I Love Lucy’s writer-producer. How it became a groundbreaking TV comedy. Show more

Just 3% of new parents have taken up Shared Parental Leave in the UK. Fi Glover investigates why the take-up has been so low. Show more

Children's author and screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce shares a selection of his favourite pieces of writing, including Tove Jansson, Edith Nesbit and Dylan Thomas. Show more

Urged on by Stephen Carrington, and by her own desires, Clowance broaches the subject of marriage with her parents. Show more

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This week Neil MacGregor describes the movement of great powers around the globe some 3000 years ago. Today, how Egypt was conquered by Sudan and the black sphinx that proves it Show more

The pressure piles on Fallon and Emma makes an alarming discovery. Show more

by Nick Warburton. When Richard and Clare inherit a house in Yorkshire they become part of a community intent on resisting change led by their truculent tenant, John Hector. Show more

Short documentaries and adventures in sound about 'moments of being'. Presented by Josie Long. Show more

Verity Sharp listens to how the world’s musicians, sound artists and poets are responding to the loss of species. Show more

Writers Jeffrey Boakye & JJ Bola look at how language is used to define or constrain black male identity in a post-colonial world. If you're not a roadman or a baller, who are you? Show more

Matthew Parris is joined by the best-selling historian and Professor of Global History at Oxford University, Peter Frankopan, to discuss the Russian "father of space travel." Show more

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The government has confirmed it's pressing ahead with a shake-up of health bodies -- despite warnings about the timing of the move, ahead of a possible second wave of the virus.

The globetrotting, trash-picking, aisle-rolling storyteller shares The Perfect Fit, plus there’s an audience Q&A. From 2017. Show more

Lynda plans a special evening and Emma realises what is important. Show more

Adam Nichols talks about making modern work in a theatre that's 2,000 years old, the Roman Theatre of Verulamium in St Albans. Plenty of space for the audience - but no roof. Show more

Suddenly, in 1951 television, a woman could be funny! The inside true-story by the son of I Love Lucy’s writer-producer. How it became a groundbreaking TV comedy. Show more

Political allies for decades now Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and her predecessor Alex Salmond are at odds. Why? Dani Garavelli investigates. Show more

Lots of workplaces are very different now with social distancing. So how easy is to to return to work when you're blind?
We review "Blindness" at London's Donmar Warehouse. Show more

Philip Ball tells how the young experimenter, William Perkin brought purple to the people in Victorian London, leading to more than just colourful crinolines. Show more

How plant science can help to feed a growing global population, as the climate changes. Prof Dale Sanders talks to Jim Al-Khalili about his life and work. Show more

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Urged on by Stephen Carrington, and by her own desires, Clowance broaches the subject of marriage with her parents. Show more

Jason Cook hosts a showcase of the best new acts from the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe. With Nish Kumar, Jonny & the Baptists, Mae Martin, Celia Pacquola, Kieran Hodgson & Dan Schreiber. Show more

A sound-led dive into deep time and ‘the long now' through encounters with philosophers, scientists and artists. Show more

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Sir Antonio Pappano prepares for the Royal Opera's first staging of Puccini's La Bohème in over 40 years. From 2017. Show more

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