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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Haydon Spenceley Show more

Richard King joins John Nuttall and his donkeys on Skegness beach. Show more

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Helen Mark visits the Isle of Man, to learn about plans to restore temperate rainforest. She discovers ruined farm buildings called 'tholtans' - a feature of the Manx landscape. Show more

Imports of eggs are up, and so too is the cost of rural crime. Plus, wild camping is allowed back on Dartmoor. Show more

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Jon Culshaw's big break was convincing Tony Blair that HE was William Hague in an infamous phone call that changed his life. Show more

We're travelling back to 17th century England with one of the first actresses in comedy and a mistress to King Charles II, Nell Gwyn. Greg Jenner explores her eventful life. Show more

Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits from The Food Museum in Stowmarket. Show more

With vast financial resources and a new found desire to engage in regional and global diplomacy, Saudi Arabia has got the world's attention. But just how powerful can it become? Show more

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen is bowing out after almost four decades, to hand power to his son. How has Cambodia changed during his rule? And how might the succession go? Show more

Rising costs are having an impact on almost everyone but what do they mean for different groups? We look at low income households to high earners and ask how they are being hit Show more

Joining comedian Rhys James to investigate the major issues of the week are some of comedy's fastest rising stars Alasdair Beckett-King, Celya AB, Alex Kealy and Katie Norris. Show more

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Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Saltburn Community Theatre, Saltburn with Jamie Driscoll, Richard Holden MP, Alison McGovern MP, Jill Rutter. Show more

Call Any Answers? to have your say on the big issues in the news this week

In Liverpool Neil is invited through the shop door of a preserved Kosher Butcher's shop which describes the city's history of refugee sanctuary and settlement. Show more

Four young men are brought together to stage a late night revue for the Edinburgh Festival; Beyond The Fringe is born & comedy will never be the same again.
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Highlights from the Woman's Hour week Show more

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Charlotte Stavrou and Amit Katwala trace how houseplants entered our homes by traversing jungles and taking a trip to the Royal Chelsea Flower Show. Show more

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The former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, has urged his supporters to protest peacefully against his arrest.

Anneka Rice and YolanDa Brown are joined by Kevin Rowland, Lou Sanders, Poppy Jay and Sam Palladio for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more

Sarah Montague and Michael Sandel revisit Bertrand Russell's Reith lectures on Authority and the Individual. Show more

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Alan Davies to learn about cosmic dust. Show more

Broadcaster Fern Britton charts the history of dieting in Britain over the decades, from the National Diet in the Second World War to Weight Watchers to soup and fasting diets. Show more

Toby Jones plays the now ennobled but corrupt MP, Sir Joseph Olinska. Joseph travels to Moscow to try to secure a deal on the Russian pharmaceutical industry. Show more

Jon Holmes's comedy current affairs concept album remixes news into award-winning satirical shapes. This week - Bad Blood, Trump's Troubles, and Jordan Henderson of Arabia. Show more

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Pianist, lyricist and songwriter Sir Richard Stilgoe helps Cerys and Jeffrey choose the final five tracks of the current series, with additional input from drummer Jeremy Stacey. Show more

A quiz hosted by Steve Punt where a team of three University students take on a team of their professors. This week, from King’s College London. Show more

Determined to give yeti searching one more try, Andy and Richard head to the remote kingdom of Bhutan. Show more

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Helen Mort explores the Old English word 'uhtceare', which meant anxiety before dawn, and looks at whether the cares that surface in the small hours of the night might feed poetry. Show more

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