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Rural organisations such as the CPRE want more consultation with the government on issues such as rural planning. Show more

Writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss explains why he loves the sound of the song thrush. Show more

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Sean Curran reports as ministers come under pressure over their handling of the economy.

Leon Barron tells Jim Al-Khalili how he developed an intense interest in sewage. Show more

BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ and distance runner Reece Parkinson meets Welsh athlete Melanie Stephenson-Gray to talk about type 1 diabetes and how it impacts their lives and love of sport. Show more

Violinist Helen O'Hara on choosing Dexy's Midnight Runners over a career in a symphony orchestra. Show more

Ben Garrod and Jess French get under the skin of the enigmatic harbour porpoise, the smallest and shyest of marine mammals. Show more

An exploration of celebrity culture in the last 70 years through facets of Elizabeth Taylor’s life. Show more

Call You and Yours: If you are either a tenant or a landlord... what's renting like for you at the moment? Show more

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A new team is brought in to search for Rikki's killer. Officers hope that more advanced forensic techniques could help but discover that vital evidence in the case has disappeared. Show more

Lily has a cunning plan, and Clarrie faces a sticky challenge. Show more

Neil Brand's epic drama of weaponised narrative, disinformation, conspiracy and paranoia. Taking us around the world at breakneck speed towards a deadly confrontation in Ukraine. Show more

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

Early humans adapted and survived in the face of a changing climate. Eleanor Rosamund-Barraclough joins an archaeological dig in Malta to learn the lessons for our own time. Show more

Sport England research estimates that 95% of black adults in England do not swim. Determined not to be part of that statistic, Joyce Osei has taken the plunge in her mid-40s. Show more

Broadcaster John Wilson and comedian Chloe Petts choose favourite books to recommend, including a novel by the young writer described as 'the most talented of his generation' Show more

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Award-winning comedian Geoff Norcott examines the limits to our belief in democracy, from the death penalty to town planning. Show more

Natasha can’t deny the evidence, and Tracy needs to be somewhere. Show more

Saxophonist Camilla George plays live, Elizabeth Strout on her Booker Prize shortlisted novel and Iranian artist Soheila Sokhanvari on Rebel Rebel, her first major work in the UK. Show more

Paul Kenyon investigates the UK's large-scale recruitment and exploitation of foreign doctors from countries with the greatest need to retain their medical personnel. Show more

The Vision Foundation and Safe Lives have published a report about domestic abuse involving visually impaired people. We hear from three people who experienced it first hand. Show more

James, like many others, is pretty sure he's never had Covid. Armed with his blood test result, he gets to grips with his immunity. And a new scale to determine your skin colour. Show more

Leon Barron tells Jim Al-Khalili how he developed an intense interest in sewage. Show more

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Caleb Azumah Nelson’s award-winning novel about two London artists is both a tender, lyrical love story and a fierce exploration of Black British identity and masculinity. Show more

What’s the right way to respond to baby pictures, unsolicited weight advice or an invitation to try out a hot tub? Marian and Tara have views. Contact: marianandtara@bbc.co.uk Show more

Susan Hulme reports as MPs question the chancellor over his mini-budget.

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Barker's theory of precognition evolves as the premonitions flood in. Read by Richard Goulding. Show more

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