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Kirsty Wark reunites key people involved in the Queen's silver jubilee in 1977 when communities were alive with streets parties and the nation turned red, white and blue. Show more

Why the use of artificial wombs could be just a decade away, and the teenage brain and exam stress. Music from Toshi, South African singer celebrating her grandmother. Show more

Two women who became disabled on the brink of adulthood come together to examine the legacy - how life changed, the cost and what disability has unexpectedly given them. Show more

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders star as respected novelist Florence and movie star Selina, in a sparkling comedy series about two sisters at war, by Veep writer David Quantick. Show more

Former BBC Moscow Correspondent Tim Whewell examines how the tumult in Russia in the 1990s forged much of the system we see today Show more

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

The story of the so-called crypto-wars, the fight for online privacy between the American government and a bunch of internet renegades known as the cypherpunks. Show more

There’s a sad goodbye in Ambridge and Jolene offers an olive branch. Show more

The stress of double bookings between work, family and friends are a constant for Noa. She wishes she could be in two places at once. But what would happen if she could? Show more

Neil MacGregor focuses on the natural world and seasonal change: the Yupik people of Alaska depend on the seal, and ancient Egyptians looked to Osiris to give fertility to the land Show more

Kathy Clugston and the panel are in the village of Ludlow. Show more

Alone in space as the world is about to end an astronaut ruminates on the nature of 'home' and is wracked by grief and longing for the wife and children he has left behind. Show more

Matthew Bannister on soldier Colonel Alan Jenkins, lawyer Mary Monson, author Elspeth Barker and music producer Art Rupe. Show more

Was BBC Radio 6 Music right to edit a racist word from a well-known Bob Dylan protest song? Two black broadcasters give different views. Show more

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

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The Tories lose hundreds of seats as Liberal Democrats make big gains

The country is going to the polls, and so Andy and a virtual audience from all over the UK deal with a mild case of election fever. Show more

Greg Jenner hears a clip from 1998 about the build up to a certain England v Argentina FIFA World Cup football match. Show more

Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore the history of indigenous and native people on screen. Show more

Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from the Highfields School in Matlock with Bim Afolami MP, Dame Margaret Beckett MP, Helen Morgan MP and Matthew Parris. Show more

From Eve in the Garden of Eden, to the 'archetypal bad girl, Mary Magdalene', to Angela Rayner in parliament, Sarah Dunant delves into the history of women distracting men. Show more

Cancel culture, Brexit, Levelling Up. How did we get here? Did we miss something? Robert Carlyle is here to show us that we did. And it happened in the '90s. Show more

In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective

Daniel is behaving surprisingly (suspiciously?) well and Bridget plans a mini-break. Episode 5/10. Show more

The Likely Dads return to discuss their parenting successes and failures. This episode's guests are broadcaster Nihal Arthanayake and comedian Dominic Holland. Show more

Garden Designer Joe Swift celebrates the poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron Show more

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Sophie Harrison deals briefly with the Covid pandemic, and examines pain and how best to describe and assess it. Show more

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

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