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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rev Virginia Luckett Show more

Reaction to how the brood management trial for hen harriers is going as the latest figures are released. Plus, how hedgerow management makes a difference to farms and the land. Show more

Bill Oddie presents the peregrine. Show more

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

Kirsty Wark brings together members of the original cast and crew of the hit musical Jerry Springer: The Opera, which sparked a culture war in the early 2000s. Show more

Former Lioness Ellen White on England reaching the FIFA Women's World Cup final. Show more

What is the European Convention on Human Rights, how does it impact what the UK government can do and what would the ramifications be if the UK left it? Show more

New comedy from Ashley Blaker about raising children with special educational needs. Ashley considers the many issues surrounding time, and how he never has enough of it. Show more

The debate sparked by reviewing historic collections through a queer or LGBT lens. Show more

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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

Henry finds himself in too deep and there’s a grand day out for the Grundy’s Show more

After helping a mysterious stranger, a young couple are implicated in an assassination at their hotel. A global thriller of espionage, money and murder. With very strong language. Show more

What links the Krankies and two European performance artists who once tied themselves together by the hair? Helen Lewis finds out. Show more

Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. Show more

On a visit to London, a young woman attempts to reunite with an unlikely acquaintance she made when she lived in the city. Show more

Kirsty Lang on British scientist Nick Kaiser, gallerist Angela Flowers , the legendary broadcaster Robbie Shepherd, and actress Doreen Mantle. Show more

Justin Webb on Americast, Long Wave listeners, 6 Music listeners on changes to the evening schedule and a dad and his son on why they tune into 6 Music Show more

Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines

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Letby injected some babies with air and poisoned others with insulin

Ria Lina and a team of international comics; Daliso Chaponda, Heidi Regan, Urooj Ashfaq & Ignacio Lopez discuss the big stories making the headlines at home and around the world. Show more

The nightmare continues for Helen and Tracy proves to be a friend in need. Show more

Latitude Festival boasts the biggest comedy line-up in the UK, so Ellen and Mark take a visit to discuss stand-up comedy on screen with some of the UK's brightest comedy stars. Show more

Alex Forsyth presents political discussion from St John's Church in Southend-on-Sea with Wendy Chamberlain MP, Stella Creasy MP, Iain Dale and Nick Gibb MP. Show more

John Gray on why he believes monarchy - rather than republicanism - is actually a more rational choice for modern Britain. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Ex-MP Caroline Flint, the daughter of a teenage single mother, explores if the stigma of illegitimacy has died out? From 2018. Show more

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Historic Camp David summit as US, Japan and South Korean leaders meet

Frank Kessler confessed to the hit and run but the question remains, who murdered Rosa Jacobs? Show more

Will Donald Trump turn up to the first Republican election debate next week? Show more

Sally Phillips and Victoria Pile share how the award-winning show came to TV with Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman. From 2021. Show more

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Anna Funder's tender portrait of a literary marriage concludes. Eileen, George Orwell's forgotten first wife, influences and shapes the novel, Animal Farm. Fenella Woolgar reads. Show more

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