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Richard King visits Cardiff Bay with Roma Taylor. Show more

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Antonia Quirke explores the exotic cliffs surrounding Oban in the west of Scotland. Show more

A look back on some of the best bits from Farming Today over the past five days, featuring barn conversions in rural areas, stress-testing strawberries, and the Glorious Twelfth. Show more

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After seeing Elvis perform on television, at the age of six, Suzi Quatro knew then that music was to be her life's work. Show more

The History of Medieval Science, investigated by Greg Jenner and his guests Dr Seb Falk and award-winning comedian Josie Long. Show more

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

Military unrest in Niger isn't an uncommon phenomenon. There have been five coups in the last 50 years. But what's behind the latest one and is a peaceful resolution possible? Show more

Life and death in the Yemeni city of Taiz, the Amazonian rainforest, Zimbabwe's creaking economy, Turkey's earthquake ruins in Antakya and on the streets of Dublin in Ireland. Show more

Rising food production costs are pushing up everyone’s grocery bills but what does it mean for British farmers? We hear how they are they adapting to survive Show more

In a satirical mash-up of prank calls, interviews and features, Dom Joly offers his mischievously surreal take on the people and stories that are hitting the week's headlines. Show more

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Alex Forsyth presents political discussion from Pavilions, Teignmouth with Sir Ben Bradshaw MP, George Monbiot, Selaine Saxby MP and Olivia Utley. Show more

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

In Leeds, Neil discovers how the museum is engaging with its youngest visitors by taking objects and exhibits out to schools, rather than relying on the 'school visit'. Show more

The story of the precarious life of beautiful, poor Dorset woman Tess Durbeyfield in a new, three-part dramatisation of Thomas Hardy's novel. Tess tells the story. Show more

Rapper Tory Lanez has been sentenced for the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. The BBC's Chi-Chi Izundu gives us the latest. Show more

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Charlotte Stavrou and Amit Katwala continue their exploration of our culture of consumption by exploring how running shoes keep pace with trends, innovations and our feet. Show more

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6 people have died after a migrant boat heading to Britain sank in the English Channel.

Clive Anderson and Andrew O' Neill are joined by Paul Merton, Gail Porter, Levi Roots and Anu Vaidyanathan for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more

Robert Oppenheimer, father of the atomic bomb, gave the BBC's Reith lectures in 1953. Sarah Montague and Professor Brian Cox consider the lessons to be learnt from them today. Show more

Actor, writer and broadcaster Stephen Fry talks to John Wilson about the formative influences that inspired his creative life. Show more

US music critic Ann Powers vividly recalls the first time she laid eyes on Madonna. Forty years on, this is Ann's personal take on the pop pioneer's daring, controversial career. Show more

Starring Toby Jones. Catherine has some bad news for Brian and Joseph has a blackmailer. Joseph's wife Margaret is also having some health issues. Show more

Jon Holmes's comedy current affairs concept album remixes news into award-winning satirical shapes. This week: Fawlty Migrants, You've Been Droned and Horror of Mogg. Show more

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Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode celebrate the power of pop music on screen, 50 years on from the release of George Lucas' American Graffiti, with its hits-packed soundtrack. 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 the University of Portsmouth. Show more

Frustrated by a lack of physical evidence, Andy and Richard explore the spiritual significance of the yeti by visiting an astrologer and a Buddhist nun. Show more

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Musician and researcher Phil Alexander pieces together the story of Russian born Jewish synagogue cantor, Isaac Hirshow, who landed in Glasgow a century ago. Show more

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