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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rev Dr. Joel Edwards Show more

Mussel farmer starts legal action against Defra. He says they've misled him about exporting to Europe. The countryside reopens after lockdown. Calls for an agroecological bank. Show more

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David Attenborough presents the shelduck. Show more

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Tom Tugendhat, Geetha Tharmaratnam and Michela Wrong discuss foreign affairs, trade and human rights in Africa and China. Show more

Vanessa Kirby, award-winning actor in her new film 'Pieces of a Woman'; 'rape culture' in schools. Show more

Anders' life is moving on. But Tina still feels trapped in hers. Show more

Qasa Alom is a young, third generation British Bangladeshi - here he explores the birth of Bangladesh. Show more

In the penultimate programme in the series, Tim Harford asks a panel of experts what we have learned since the discovery of the first vaccine against Covid 19. Show more

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A descendant of the legendary storyteller takes up the family tradition in a bid to restore his good name. Read by William Gaminara. Written by James Robertson. Show more

The restaurants boxing up meals for you to cook at home; are they any good and will it survive the lockdown? And M&S explain why they are selling other peoples clothes online. Show more

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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.

'Know your enemy', said Sun Tzu, in his exalted work 'The Art of War'. Ben Macintyre hears how ancient Chinese strategy is as relevant today as it ever was in history (1 of 5). Show more

Katie Redford's debut audio drama. A daughter's memories of her mum's struggle with mental health. Tender, moving but delightfully funny too. Show more

Lucy Ash asks why we draw. Are some people simply more visual than others? And what do we reveal through our drawings?
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Tom Sutcliffe chairs the contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections between teams from around the UK. Northern Ireland take on the North of England today. Show more

The James Bond novels are filled with mouthwatering meal descriptions; from stone crabs with dry toast and melted butter to cornflakes with cream. Show more

Anoushka Shankar explores the effect of the pandemic and lockdown on musical creativity, asking what can be gleaned from the shockwaves endured by previous generations of artists. Show more

Aleks discovers how after a 14-year search by thousands of people online, a man called Satoshi was finally found using a single photo and what this means for our privacy. Show more

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The trial has begun of the white policeman accused of killing George Floyd. Civil rights leaders are calling it a referendum on justice and equality in America.

Lucy Porter hosts a special episode of Just a Minute. On the panel is Nish Kumar, Josie Lawrence, Zoe Lyons and Gyles Brandreth. Show more

The stakes are raised at the Parish Council meeting and Tracy lends a helping hand. Show more

French-Algerian actor Tahar Rahim discusses the film The Mauritanian. Charlie Carroll on his new book The Lip, set in Cornwall. Ella Watts reviews new audio soap, Greenborne. Show more

The trail leads to Thomas Marston’s doctor as Heawood realises that everything is connected. With Barnaby Kay. Show more

'Memory athletes' compete to see who can remember the most random numbers. Everyone thought we were at the limits of the possible - until some teenage North Korean girls turned up Show more

Post-Brexit, the UK is re-branding itself as "Global Britain", but what does that mean? And will a pivot to the Indo-Pacific harm relations with the EU and US? With Chris Morris. Show more

Entrepreneur Kathryn Parsons decodes the tech world of Russia. Show more

Tom Tugendhat, Geetha Tharmaratnam and Michela Wrong discuss foreign affairs, trade and human rights in Africa and China. Show more

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Deborah Frances-White gives storytellers the prompt of The Devil You Know The series starts with her own story. A woman leaves the life she knows to have a wild adventure. Show more

Clive Anderson and Emma Freud are joined by Richard Thompson, Rebecca Hall and Neil Morrissey for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more

Strange events start at an ordinary South London house, focused around teenage Shirley Hitchings. Is it a poltergeist? Danny Robins investigates an intriguing paranormal cold case. Show more

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An Italian adventure by Helena Attlee. Helena sets off on a journey to Italy to find out where Lev's violin was made. Read by Fenella Woolgar. Show more

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