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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sarah Joseph. Show more

Auction marts are beginning to open up - throughout the lockdowns they’ve been operating under strict restrictions with impacts on traders and the social side. Show more

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Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Crested Tit. Show more

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Patrick Radden Keefe, Zoe Williams and Heidi Larson discuss the opioid crisis and what happens when trust in public health erodes, with Amol Rajan Show more

How domestic workers in the Middle East are using the video-sharing app TikTok to raise awareness of abuse. Singer-songwriter Dodie performs a song from her new album. Show more

Grace returns to Little Hintock after her honeymoon, but it's not long before her new husband's attention wanders. Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon, with Holli Dempsey and Sacha Dhawan. Show more

Sandi has to learn to make a lute by herself for the first time since her partner died. Grace Dent presents a series documenting the untold dramas of 21st-century Britain. Show more

Clive Anderson is joined by Graham Norton, Susannah Fielding, Kathryn Williams and Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more

When an Antarctic expedition goes wrong, the consequences are far-reaching, in Jon McGregor's gripping new novel. Today: difficult questions around the expedition remain unanswered Show more

Why is to so hard to find peat-free houseplants? How should we fund social care as a nation? Successive governments have promised to solve it and failed. Show more

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

Chris Mason and Anita Anand meet some of the listeners who have got in touch with Any Questions and Any Answers. Today, we hear from Lina. Show more

Toby Jones stars in the final series of GF Newman's family crime saga. It's 2001 - will Joseph Olinska finally get his comeuppance and will Brian Oldman be released from jail? Show more

In a world of screens, streaming video and TV-on-demand, why does the circus continue to endure? Mike Williams explores its lasting appeal. Show more

Tom Sutcliffe chairs the classic quiz of lateral thinking and cryptic connections, with teams from around the UK. Today Northern Ireland take on the North of England. Show more

Dan Saladino asks if the year 1971 was a turning point for how the world eats? Show more

Gary Younge hears extraordinary personal accounts of racial passing, each a journey towards understanding identity, and belonging. Show more

Ernie Rea explores a much misunderstood religion. Here in the West we call it Voodoo but those who practice it, call it Vodou. Show more

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Boris Johnson gives go ahead to allow the next stage of the lockdown easing plan. Galleries, theatres, cinemas and soft play centres can also reopen from 17 May.

Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with zoologist Lucy Cooke, fungi curator Lee Davies and actress Sally Phillips. From 2021. Show more

Susan attempts to pick up the pieces but Jennifer’s feeling helpless. Show more

David Hockney has captured the unfolding of spring during the pandemic, creating 116 new works on his ipad. Ben Luke reviews the Royal Academy exhibition. Show more

Grace returns to Little Hintock after her honeymoon, but it's not long before her new husband's attention wanders. Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon, with Holli Dempsey and Sacha Dhawan. Show more

Twenty years on from the 2001 summer of race riots in northern England, Barnie Choudhury returns to Oldham, investigating the flashpoint and its repercussions for the UK today. Show more

More than 750 people have been killed since Myanmar's military coup. Protests demanding democracy have been met with brutal force. We follow activists in a fight for their future. Show more

Repair is coming on the agenda now for many electronics manufacturers, but the model tends to be that they will do the repairs. Why can’t we repair our own stuff if we want to? Show more

Patrick Radden Keefe, Zoe Williams and Heidi Larson discuss the opioid crisis and what happens when trust in public health erodes, with Amol Rajan Show more

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When an Antarctic expedition goes wrong, the consequences are far-reaching, in Jon McGregor's gripping new novel. Today: difficult questions around the expedition remain unanswered Show more

Michael Rosen talks to speech and language therapists Fiona Gillies and Tara Millan-Brophy. Fiona has been helping Michael with his rehabilitation post Covid-19. Show more

Writer Anna Freeman presents a showcase of stories about the meaning of art in people’s lives. Show more

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Philosopher and scuba-diver Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the wonder of cephalopods, clever and playful creatures who live outside the brain/body divide. Read by Tim McInnerny. Show more

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