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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Canon Susanna Gunner. Show more

Why soil health is vital to our food and biodiversity.
Scottish farm tourism.
A triple whammy for potato growers - Brexit, Covid and rules which make them tricky to store. Show more

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David Attenborough presents the greylag goose. Show more

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

Laurent Binet, Caroline Dodds Pennock and Christienna Fryar discuss counterfactual history and rethinking the past with Andrew Marr. Show more

Julia Gillard on the barriers to education for 129 million girls globally, The original rude girl and ‘Queen of Ska’ Pauline Black; Mothers with drug and alcohol problems. Show more

John McGahern's timeless novel about family life in rural Ireland in the middle of the 20th century. Read by Lloyd Hutchinson. Show more

Grace Dent follows Cornwall Airport Newquay over the tough pandemic winter - but as winter turns to spring, there's some good news for the airport staff and local businesses. Show more

Clive Anderson and Athena Kugblenu are joined by Emma Kennedy, Kate Humble, Errollyn Wallen and Katy Wix for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more

Finally resolving to leave her controlling boyfriend Tiffy wants to find somewhere else to live. As an underpaid publicity agent she's skint and needs as cheap a flat as possible. Show more

Why London's economy might be hardest hit because of lack of the tourists and workers. Show more

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The planet's fridges run on gases that are hundreds of times worse for the planet than carbon dioxide. Tom Heap meets the detectives tracking down those gases and destroying them. Show more

In 1642, the lives of three actors are devastated by a theatre ban that will last 18 years. Marcella Evaristi’s play celebrates the remarkable survival of these real-life friends. Show more

Who are the magicians, why do they like to perform for us and why do we - the public - allow them to deceive us? Show more

Tom Sutcliffe chairs the contest of lateral thinking involving teams from around the UK. Today the South of England meet the North of England for the second time this season. Show more

It's had lots of names already, lab-grown, cellular, even slaughter-free. But how soon will it be on British menus, and will it help satisfy the world's growing demand for meat? Show more

Peter Brook died on 2 July 2022, aged 97, after a prolific career spanning more than six decades. Glenda Jackson featured in several of his landmark productions. Show more

Ernie Rea takes a look at the religious reasons behind vaccine hesitancy. Show more

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

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The government says it is examining every option to prevent the new league happening

Tom Allen hosts a special episode of Just a Minute. On the panel are Josie Lawrence, Mark Watson, Paul Merton and Felicity Ward. Show more

Fallon is left reeling and a breakout at Berrow sees Jazzer as happy as a pig in mud. Show more

New London Grammar album, Gleeson brothers sitcom Frank of Ireland reviewed, photographer Craig Easton. Show more

Whilst Heawood has run into a lead, Innsmouth is getting even weirder for Kennedy. Stars Barnaby Kay and Jana Carpenter. Show more

The seaside town of Withernsea is in danger of dying on its feet, so the local community are building a new pier which they hope will help. Can they do it and will it work? Show more

Healing the deepest of battle wounds through ground-breaking sexual therapy. One woman's quest to allow Israeli soldiers to heal. Show more

Our modern comfortable way of life is only made possible by burning through a finite stock of fossilised chemical energy. Show more

Laurent Binet, Caroline Dodds Pennock and Christienna Fryar discuss counterfactual history and rethinking the past with Andrew Marr. Show more

In-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective.

Finally resolving to leave her controlling boyfriend Tiffy wants to find somewhere else to live. As an underpaid publicity agent she's skint and needs as cheap a flat as possible. Show more

Michael Rosen and BBC presenter Ben Boulos talk about how we change names. Show more

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

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The extraordinary story of a decade-long battle with the Post Office, fought by their own sub-postmasters. Some call it the widest miscarriage of justice in UK legal history. Show more

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