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A reflection and prayer to start the day with Father Eugene O'Neill

As the UK signs a trade partnership with Japan, we get an update on the ongoing negotiations with the EU and look to a potential future deal with the USA. Show more

Liz Bonnin presents the sonorous trumpeter swan of North America. Show more

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

Sean Curran and the team report as chancellor Rishi Sunak unveils his plan for jobs.

Professor Averil Mansfield, chooses the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would want to take with her if cast away on a desert island. With Lauren Laverne Show more

What impact is Long Covid having on women’s lives, and where are we with treatment and support? Show more

It is raining in Yorkshire and doesn't seem to be stopping. Zoe's daughter Alice is measuring rainfall in jars. What can a child do about climate change? A drama by Katie Hims. Show more

Marybeth Hamilton explores how the New Deal impacted on Black Americans and how they in turn began to alter the political landscape, revealing the fissures of Jim Crow America. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Amid Brexit, Zoe Lyons grabs her shiny new Irish passport and returns to her roots. Will the Motherland welcome her? From 2018. Show more

Davy remembers the early days of his relationship with Faye and introducing her to his father. Show more

How a new system is causing problems for people wanting the flu jab in Scotland. 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.

Kirsty Logan explores the evolution of perhaps the most iconic ghost in Latin American culture - La Llorona, the weeping woman. Show more

Elizabeth takes revenge and Brookfield’s change of direction looks set to have severe consequences Show more

A Hallowe'en adventure for the immortal mediator. Pilgrim donates an impossibly valuable artwork to Timbermoor museum, to keep it open and maintaining a particular shabby exhibit. Show more

Kathy Clugston presents this week's horticultural panel show. Show more

Angela's mother has resigned herself to an unchanging future until, one day, hope drops through her letterbox. Written and read by Michèle Forbes. Show more

Matthew Bannister on lyricist Herbert Kretzmer, adventurer James Nash, publisher Tom Maschler, nun Sister Chiara Hatton Hall. Show more

Roger Bolton attempts to find out how much power the new BBC chairman will have, and how accountable he or she will be to the licence-fee payer. Show more

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

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Lockdown enforced in Wales: three million face mot severerestrictions.

England's rugby friendly at Twickenham has been cancelled because of Barbarians coronavirus breaches

A satirical review of the week's news with Andy Zaltzman and guests Anand Menon, Chris McCausland, Lucy Porter and Sara Barron. Show more

Frankenstein reimagined: how today's society creates its own monsters; William Boyd on his latest novel, Trio; Rachel Whiteread's new Lockdown works; ITV drama The Sister reviewed. Show more

As the final piece of the puzzle falls into place, Helen comes face to face with the fish. Final part of the conspiracy thriller starring Romola Garai and Jonathan Forbes. Show more

Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Broadcasting House in London with a panel including Caroyln Harris MP, Fiona Hyslop MSP, Lord King and Douglas Ross MP. Show more

Will Self advocates a novel practice for our times. Show more

From a violent medieval spectre to pregnant ghosts. Kirsty Logan explores the evolution of Ghost Lore. Show more

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Davy remembers the early days of his relationship with Faye and introducing her to his father. Show more

The candidates meet for a more measured debate. Show more

Subways get crowded, planes over-booked and roads congested. Back in the 1950s, an economist proposed a solution to these problems that worked well in theory but was never built. Show more

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

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Barrister Hashi Mohamed explores the power of imagining a society in which social mobility is possible for everyone. Show more

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