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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Lucy Winkett. Show more

It's politics day at the Oxford Farming Conference - we bring you the latest. At the Oxford Real Farming Conference, we hear what devolution means for food and farming policy. Show more

Musician Fyfe Dangerfield loves being in places which feel removed from modern life where the prehistoric looking grey heron can be a great leveller. Show more

News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

What type of leadership does the world need to tackle global warming? Amol Rajan discusses whether people with power are doing enough to solve the climate crisis. Show more

We discuss financial new year’s resolutions with two female money experts. Show more

Pioneering plant scientists claim plants can communicate, learn and remember, and that they even have 'regional dialects'. So, asks botanist James Wong, is it wrong to eat them? Show more

Trigger warning! Milton gets to the bottom of things by founding a seat of learning. Show more

From the miles of singing Brits who queued for the Great Exhibition to #TheQueue for Queen Elizabeth II, Mark Thomas explores why the British believe they’re born to wait in line. Show more

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On 2 June 1953, Coronation Day, news reaches London that Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay have been successful in reaching the summit of Mount Everest. Show more

Will a dinner party leave a bitter taste? Brian and Stella join forces. Show more

Ground-breaking action-thriller, adapted from the novel by James Swallow. Sam and Sarah pressure Kobin for more intel. While Stone pays a deadly visit to an oil rig. Show more

Understanding inflation will help you understand why your shopping is getting more and more expensive and why prices rarely seem to come down. Show more

The GQT team are in the Norfolk Broads for this edition of the horticultural programme. Show more

A fabular vision of the Dark Ages. New short fiction by Jo Lloyd, read by Jacob Ifan. Show more

Matthew Bannister on Pope Benedict XVI, fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood, actor James Caan and singer Georgia Holt. Show more

Writer and musician Jason Hazeley and producer Peter Curran talk to composers, performers and town planners about the strange history of pop songs commissioned by town councils. Show more

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More than a quarter of ambulances were forced to wait more than a hour last week before handing over patients to A&E.

Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news. We're back for a brand new series and on the panel this week are Lucy Porter, Chris McCausland, Samira Ahmed and Scott Bennett. Show more

Elizabeth is caught in the middle, and Pip catches up with an old friend. Show more

Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode investigate the folk horror genre and how it has evolved over the years. Show more

Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Sarratt Village Hall in Hertfordshire with Nadra Ahmed, Dame Meg Hillier MP, Andrew Mitchell MP and Lionel Shriver. Show more

With a pile of DVD classics, Morrissey and the Japanese concept of ikigai to hand, Tom Shakespeare reflects on the neglected value of humour. Show more

Best-selling Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gives the first of four 2022 Reith Lectures on freedom, looking at what freedom of speech means. Show more

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The Duke of Sussex has faced a backlash from former members of armed forces.

And the government invites unions to strike talks on Monday.

Trying to pursue her research in her home lab, with a baby and dog in tow, isn’t paying Elizabeth Zott’s bills. Drastic action is called for. Show more

President of the NFU Minette Batters champions the life of Henry Plumb, Lord Plumb, who was the only British president of the European Parliament. Presented by Matthew Parris. Show more

The comic poet drives his friend to meet his wife for a getaway. But plans unravel when they pick up a hitchhiker. From 2018. Show more

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Michelle Obama reads from her book about her strategies for living boldly in uncertain times. Today, she tells us how Going High became a guiding principle for her and her family. Show more

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