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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Debbie Thrower of the Bible Reading Fellowship and founding Anna Chaplain. Show more
Farming Today
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We hear one farmer’s battle with HS2 high-speed rail, as the Parliamentary Ombudsman finds it 'dishonest'. Show more
Chris Packham presents the moorhen. Show more
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The Life Scientific
Tamsin Edwards on the uncertainty in climate science
32 minutes
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All climate change models are wrong. Tamsin Edwards tells Jim Al Khalili why. Show more
One to One
Learning a Skill: Kieran Yates talks to Colin
14 minutes
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What happens when you learn new technology in your seventies? Show more
Woman's Hour
Sinead O'Connor, Your returning to work manifesto.
56 minutes
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Sinead O'Connor on her autobiography 'Remembering'. Also, if you were writing a manifesto for the best way for women to work post-pandemic, what would it say? Show more
Find out what happens when music meets the animal mind, with Geoff Marsh. Show more
The wife of Oedipus. And mother. A still spellbindingly shocking story. With Professor Edith Hall. Show more
Although the narrator is beginning to heal amid the glories of an Alpine summer, troubling memories are never far away. Read by Ruth Gemmell. Show more
You and Yours
Call You & Yours: How easy are you finding it to see your GP?
39 minutes
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Call You & Yours: How easy are you finding it to see your GP? Show more
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Liza Ward revisits her youth in 1990s Manchester to reveal how her life was blighted by the effects of poverty and gang crime – and how she found a way to overcome them. Show more
It’s the end of an era for Ed, and Lee makes an impression. Show more
The true story of Tempy Smith who fled Mississippi with her musical family and became a millionaire in Harlem in the 1920s. Show more
Josie Long presents magical short documentaries and audio adventures about illusions. Show more
Psychologist Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken take a journey around the human body. Today it’s the turn of the airbags, the lights… the lungs! Show more
Fighting knife crime before it happens; does Scotland's "not proven" verdict let rapists go free? And who is liable in automated vehicle accidents? With Joshua Rozenberg. Show more
Matthew Parris runs through some of the more unexpected episodes and matchups on Great Lives. Show more
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American comedian Alex Edelman is unexpectedly upset when his parents come to sell the family home, and things are not made any better with the simultaneous arrival of lockdown. Show more
Adam offers the benefit of his experience and Emma attempts to manage expectations. Show more
Front Row
Films Gunda and First Cow reviewed, Actor and writer Amy Trigg, Composer Dan Jones
28 minutes
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Animal films Gunda and First Cow reviewed, Amy Trigg on her new play, composer Dan Jones, and news of a dispute between Waterstones and Penguin Random House. Show more
Sir Ian Blatchford and Dr Tilly Blyth focus on the drama captured in de Loutherbourg's Coalbrookdale by Night, which shaped early impressions of Britain's Industrial Revolution Show more
Leaseholders are demanding more rights in the wake of the cladding scandal. As Felicity Hannah discovers , they have very little say in what happens to the buildings they live in. Show more
How genetics and gene therapy could hold the key to future breakthroughs in treating sight loss. Show more
All in the Mind
Connecting older people to cut loneliness. Are moods contagious? Can gratitude change young people's lives? Awards finalist
28 minutes
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Teenage musicians on tour help psychologists to work out whether moods are contagious. Show more
The Life Scientific
Tamsin Edwards on the uncertainty in climate science
32 minutes
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All climate change models are wrong. Tamsin Edwards tells Jim Al Khalili why. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
$50 billion appeal to end pandemic
45 minutes
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Although the narrator is beginning to heal amid the glories of an Alpine summer, troubling memories are never far away. Read by Ruth Gemmell. Show more
Fortunately... with Fi and Jane
191. The Paperwork of Space with Scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock
56 minutes
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This week on Fortunately, Fi and Jane chat to space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock. Show more
A new after hours series re-imagining a long night of the soul. British-Jamaican writer Zakiya Mckenzie heads to the Forest of Dean to find her past in the darkness. Show more
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Racially abused at the age of five, Akala tells his mother. Suddenly, he becomes aware of his place in the gaze of those around him and begins to understand a complex history. Show more
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