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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Revd Carolyn Skinner, sports chaplain Show more
As an abattoir in Machynlleth prepares to shut its doors on Saturday, Caz Graham speaks to the owner about his decision and asks an industry spokesperson what needs to change. Show more
Conversational voices of those who listen to and are inspired by birds. Chris Jones was brought a swift which had fallen from its nest, hand reared it releases it back to the wild. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Robert Macfarlane, writer, shares the eight discs, book and luxury item he would take with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more
Woman's Hour
London Hughes; Motherhood when you have an inherited condition; Helen Thorn; Stalking; Sunisa Lee
58 minutes
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Comic London Hughes on having to move to the US to make it. Show more
The Spark
Karen Stenner and the authoritarian predisposition
28 minutes
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Helen Lewis interviews people offering solutions for our times. Political psychologist Karen Stenner explains how liberal democracy can tackle the challenge of authoritarianism. Show more
New comedy from Ashley Blaker about his unusual home life. In the final episode of the series, Ashley Blaker recalls the challenges of parenting during lockdown. Show more
Ulysses, Cressy and the Kid are making headway with their clannish neighbours in Florence as the pensione finally opens for business. Read by Will Howard. Show more
You and Yours
Covid Passports; British Food; Cement shortage
39 minutes
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The struggle to get a Covid Vaccine Certificate when you’ve had two vaccine jabs in different parts of the UK. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond.
New Storytellers
40 Years On: Remembering the New Cross Fire
14 minutes
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Commemorating the 1981 New Cross fire that killed 13 black teenagers at a birthday party. Believed by some to be a racist arson attack, no one has ever been found responsible. Show more
Lilian finds herself taken along for the ride and Phoebe feels guilty. Show more
The mystery of Flight 702 continues with Season Two of the hit podcast, starring Kelly Marie Tran, Ben Daniels, Colin Morgan, Rob Benedict and Patti LuPone. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
GQT at Home: Crocheted Mushrooms and Vegetables for Schoolrooms
42 minutes
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Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. Show more
Mary was having trouble sleeping until, one morning, she wakes up to some unexpected visitors. Written by Lucy Caldwell. Show more
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Comedian Mark Steel tells Roger Bolton how he gets away with satirising the towns and cities he visits in Mark Steel's in Town, which has now been running for over a decade. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
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Henry Tobin is Britain's shortest serving and least popular post war Prime Minister. So what next? Stars Miles Jupp. Show more
Front Row
Billie Eilish reviewed, Sir James MacMillan on the First Night of the Proms, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Edinburgh Art Festival
41 minutes
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Laura Snapes on Billie Eilish's new album, Sir James MacMillan's First Night of the Proms commission, Kwame Kwei-Armah on new Young Vic play, Joan Eardley exhibitions reviewed. Show more
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives
Chidambaram Pillai: Swadeshi Steam
14 minutes
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Sunil Khilnani explores the thwarted revolutionary ambitions of Chidambaram Pillai, a lawyer from south India who chose an unconventional method of rebellion: steamships. Show more
Any Questions?
Minette Batters, Thangam Debbonaire MP, Sarah Olney MP, Jacob Rees-Mogg MP
47 minutes
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Edward Stourton presents political debate and discussion from The Guildhall in Chard with Minette Batters, Thangam Debbonaire MP, Sarah Olney MP and Jacob Rees-Mogg MP. Show more
John Connell puts aside hopes of a foreign holiday and walks instead in the footsteps of the Irish monk and journeyman, Saint Brendan. Show more
American satirist Joe Queenan explores the romance of failure, or what he calls the dreaded 'failure chic'. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Attack on UN main office western Afghanistan
45 minutes
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Ulysses, Cressy and the Kid are making headway with their clannish neighbours in Florence as the pensione finally opens for business. Read by Will Howard. Show more
The host of the Brown Girls Do It Too podcast and the author behind Mamma Mia talk about cats, a wrestling princess and grief. Show more
Conspiracies: The Secret Knowledge
Some Smoky Backroom
28 minutes
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New series. Phil Tinline explores what conspiracy theory - and conspiracy fiction - claim to tell us about how power really works, and how that compares with reality. Show more
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Charles II’s last mistress was the Italian Hortense Mancini, the Duchess Mazarin, who had left her unhinged husband to seek security in England. Show more
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