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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Steve Taylor Show more

Farmers can 'stack' environmental payments.
River quality and bonuses for water company bosses.
Seed company research to develop new grass varieties. Show more

David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the Dartford warbler. Show more

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Susan Hulme reports as MPs question the government about the situation facing British nationals in Sudan.

Dinner is served. A dozen white women, a frank discussion of racism, and one rule - no crying. Join Helen Lewis in exploring the world of the diversity gurus. Show more

Pressure on the consulting industry is coming from all directions. Gen Z want purpose in their careers and even the Pope is telling them they must be more socially conscious. Show more

Stella Assange, the lawyer and wife of Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks; hospital sexual assaults and the plans for nurses to wear body-worn cameras. Show more

Prof Ben Garrod meets pioneers of sound solutions to help protect everything from elephants to dolphins and many other species in between. Show more

Rachel Hurdley discovers how this shadowy part of the home has been used over the centuries and what this reveals about changing attitudes to memory, mystery and materialism Show more

On today's Call You and Yours, we're asking, What do you do for dental care? Call 03700 100 444. Lines open at 11.00am. Or email youandyours@bbc.co.uk. Show more

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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.

The extraordinary Oyneg Shabes archive that secretly recorded daily Jewish existence in the Warsaw Ghetto – brought to life 80 years on from the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Show more

Stella struggles with a dilemma and Lynda finds a formidable foe. Show more

Can video footage prove David’s innocence? Drama exploring murder through the eyes of a Forensic Psychiatrist. Show more

Jay Rayner hosts this week's culinary panel show from Westminster Kingsway College, discussing sauces. Show more

With sewage now being discharged thousands of times into our rivers and seas, Tom Heap explores what's gone wrong with our water system and asks how we can put it right. Show more

Professor of computational linguistics Emily M Bender explains how chatbots work, how they've become so fluent and why we should be careful with the terminology we use about them. Show more

Frank Zappa was born Frank Vincent Zappa. His band - the Mothers of Invention - were originally called the Mothers. They weren't hippies. They were freaks. Show more

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The first evacuation flight for British civilians has taken off from Sudan, with more planned overnight.

Dawn French and Edward Rowe star in a new sketch show with a Cornish flavour. Park the clichés and open your eyes to the reality of this wondrous funny and feral land. Show more

Chelsea has her guard up, and Lilian reveals some interesting coronation plans. Show more

Stewart Copeland on Police Deranged for Orchestra, playwright Ryan Calais Cameron's Retrograde, and is Morris dancing having a moment? Show more

The Today Debate is about taking a subject and pulling it apart with more time than we could ever have during the Today programme in the morning. Show more

Video games are big business, but they have often been inaccessible to visually impaired people. We take a look at how people within the industry are trying to change that. Show more

The psychological theories behind 'presence', how to spot a liar and if our facial expressions impact mood. Plus, we hear from our first All In The Mind Award finalist. Show more

Dinner is served. A dozen white women, a frank discussion of racism, and one rule - no crying. Join Helen Lewis in exploring the world of the diversity gurus. Show more

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An architect and his wife take a chance on two siblings, recently released from Borstal. A story of good intentions and opportunity. Show more

Horrid relatives, parenting skills and comic fantasies. Stephen Mangan’s confessional interviews continue with Anthony Horowitz. From 2021. Show more

News from Westminster with Susan Hulme, including the latest on the crisis in Sudan.

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Hugh Bonneville reads Peter Frankopan's epic new history. Today, ancient texts illuminate how the relationship between the divine and the natural world evolved. Show more

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