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Amol Rajan and guests look at our rapidly ageing world and ask how governments, and individuals, can prepare for a very different sort of future. Show more

'Polar Preet' faced temperatures of -50C, skied 700 miles across Antarctica in 40 days, 7 hours and 3 mins, & narrowly missed setting a new world record by a woman for the trek Show more

Tim Hayward falls down a rabbit hole into the world of fungi, both ancient and largely hidden from view - and the research that’s changing how we understand life on Earth. Show more

New comedy starring Rosie Cavaliero about the trials of a train crew, as they try their best to arrive on time. By The Now Show's Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. Show more

Bill Nighy and Anna Calder Marshall star in AL Kennedy's romantic comedy about growing older but no wiser. The identity of the village lurker is revealed. Show more

How sustainable is the boom in walking and cycling we saw in lockdown? And 'it's TV, Jim, but not as we know it' - how Star Trek fans were left stunned by TV's streaming wars. Show more

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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond.

Greg Jenner questions whether a 1962 clip of Porton Down tells the whole story. Show more

Someone receives an unexpected gong and Jennifer promises help. Show more

Joleen learns how the world fell apart and must escape captivity with the help of a convict and a blind boat captain. A thriller starring Jessica Barden. Show more

Can we break our addiction to the car? Show more

Peter Gibbs takes a look through the GQT archives for top tips on sustainable gardening. Show more

Eighty year old Louise is determined to show her grandson that love exists and is waiting for him. Written by Emily DeDakis. Show more

Matthew Bannister on architect Lord Rogers, transgender pioneer April Ashley, writer Joan Didion, cricketer Ray Illingworth. Show more

In the wake of the Azeem Rafiq racism scandal, cricket writer and medic Kamran Abbasi considers the roots of Yorkshire County Cricket Club's problems with racism. Show more

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The actor, Sidney Poitier, whose pioneering films in the 1950s and 1960s, shone a light on racism and social prejudice, has died. He was 94.

As the News Quiz returns for 2022, Andy Zaltzman is joined by Alice Fraser, Chris McCausland, Katie Perrior and Ahir Shah to take on the news headlines from the UK and beyond. Show more

Greg Jenner explores a clip picked at random from the BBC archive in 1939 about a dance craze - The Lambeth Walk. Show more

Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore David Bowie's impact on cinema. Show more

Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Reading Minster with Joanna Cherry QC MP, Nigel Farage and Kit Malthouse MP. Show more

Zoe Strimpel reflects on the impact of rapid home delivery on the way we live our lives, and asks what our human experience might lose from this democratisation of laziness. Show more

Belfast writer Glenn Patterson explores the background to the biggest bank heist in British and Irish criminal history - the 2004 Northern Bank robbery. Show more

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TEST MATCH SPECIAL: Men's Ashes. Australia v England. Commentary on the 4rd Test from the SCG Sydney with Jonathan Agnew, Isa Guha, Jim Maxwell and Simon Mann. Show more