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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

Wildlife Trusts call for investment in nature to rebuild after the pandemic. The psychologist studying why farmers ignore safety measures.
Rural tourism and farm attractions. Show more

Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the mysterious shoebill of Uganda. Show more

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

Amanda Khozi Mukwashi, chief executive of Christian Aid, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

Arooj Aftab, PIP implants, Race, trauma & culture, Sexist language and women. Show more

Test Match Special - England v New Zealand. Commentary on the First Test from Lord's with Jonathan Agnew, Isa Guha, Michael Vaughan, Phil Tufnell, Vic Marks and Jeremy Coney. Show more

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

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Figures suggest that in just a week, the number of infections has risen in England by 76%; new variants and the easing of restrictions are thought to be fuelling the increase.

Andy Zaltzman presents a look back at the week's headlines with guests Andrew Maxwell, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Alex Massie and Ria Lina. Show more

Joanna Scanlan on her role in After Love. We discuss the close of Cornish theatre company, Kneehigh. Chibundu Onuzo on her novel Sankofa. Our Friday review is BBC One's drama Time. Show more

Sir Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth focus on how arrival of the railways shaped ideas about rapid progress, depicted in JMW Turner's Rain Steam and Speed, and the Firefly locomotive Show more

Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from the Landmark Theatre in Ilfracombe with James Graham, Rachel Maclean MP, Luke Pollard MP and Ann Widdecombe. Show more

Sara Wheeler ponders how diaries might enable us to reshape the present as we’re living it. Show more

4 Extra Debut. From MP to Liberal Democrat leader, Paddy Ashdown reflects on his political career through the BBC archives. From June 2012. Show more

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The clear Swiss air has done its work and the narrator is much restored. Contemplating a return to England, she worries about the fate of her companions. Read by Ruth Gemmell. Show more

Matthew Parris runs through some of the more unexpected episodes and matchups on Great Lives. Show more

Radio broadcaster Mark Radcliffe and playwright Patricia Cumper nominate their favourite books, with Harriett Gilbert. Books under discussion include Toni Morrison's Beloved. Show more

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The final episode of this serialisation includes some thoughts on the use and history of the n-word. Show more

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