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Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson.

Liberal Democrat's Rural Affairs spokesperson Tim Farron is calling for the government to halt phasing out Basic Payments to farmers, until the new subsidy system is sorted out. Show more

Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the yellow wagtail. Show more

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Sangita Myska meets key innovators on a mission to change our world for the better. Show more

Author Jerry Brotton explores the four cardinal directions, where they came from and how they have shaped both how we define ourselves and how we understand the world Show more

Award-winning screenwriter Abi Morgan on loss, illness and her first book, This is not a Pity Memoir, and a discussion about how much freedom we should give our toddlers. Show more

Putin faces protests on the streets, revelations about a secret palace and there's another poisoning. Show more

Embracing softer hairstyles with stylist George Northwood, how loungewear left the living room, and the latest beauty trends with Anita Bhagwandas. Show more

Call You & Yours - Are you struggling to get the medical help you need? Show more

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Robert Carlyle returns to the Hong Kong Handover in 1997 to see how an opportunity was lost. Show more

Tracy faces another barrier, and Jim makes his feelings clear. Show more

After 15 years, Brief Lives signs off with a special two-parter. Sarah and Frank are finally going to do the grown up thing and get married. Show more

Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. Show more

Tom Heap checks out how his bank account and his pension can do more in the fight to keep the planet green. Show more

Linguist Nick Enfield has come to the conclusion that language is good for lawyers but bad for scientists, for accurately representing reality. Michael Rosen explores the subject. Show more

Tony Wilson was Mr Manchester - on Granada TV, at Factory Records and in the Hacienda. Here Terry Christian explains why he means so much to him, with help from Paul Morley. Show more

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

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The government has set out its plans for the next parliamentary session in the Queen's Speech, with the focus on boosting the economy and spreading wealth more evenly.

Martin Jarvis performs the second of two comic classics at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond. A packed house rocks with laughter - it’s Just William as stand-up! Show more

Jazzer hatches a plan and tensions mount at the cricket practice. Show more

Eurovision, BookTok and young adult publishing, and Waldemar Januszczak on art in Ukraine. Show more

Reporter Annabel Deas discovers that nearly half of all seriously mentally ill prisoners who need hospital treatment are refused the treatment they need. Show more

Self-confidence can often be impacted by visual impairment. We take a closer look into this with beauty and self-care company, P&G and with visually impaired counsellor David Best. Show more

Claudia Hammond on the role psychologists play in supporting the mental health of displaced Ukrainians. She also pays a visit to the Dreamachine, a new project on visual perception. Show more

Sangita Myska meets key innovators on a mission to change our world for the better. Show more

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Bridget is reeling from her rooftop encounter with the bronzed giantess, and her mother is acting extremely strangely. Show more

This week on Fortunately, Fi and Jane are finally joined by newsreading icon Huw Edwards. Show more

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A small plastic astronaut toy prompts Jarvis to recall that, at six years old, he had meningitis. Show more

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