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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. Show more

Top fruit farmers say they're not being paid enough by retailers for their crop. Plus, what was a rare pine marten doing in Yorkshire? Show more

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Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the common gull. Show more

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

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Have new generations of Iraqis got the freedom they were promised? Show more

Actor Millie Bobby Brown discusses her new book, Nineteen Steps. Show more

Jenny Kleeman uncovers extraordinary truths that emerge when people take at-home DNA tests. In this first episode, a birthday gift exposes a scandal at the heart of Harley Street. Show more

The theories and practice of 'job design' promise happier workers and greater productivity in both the private and public sector. But is there evidence they work? Show more

The latest on Wilko. Also - how are pound shops doing and how has the cost of living squeeze and July's rain affected UK holiday destinations? Show more

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

Extending healthy life by 20 or so years isn’t good enough for some tech entrepreneurs who want to eliminate death entirely. Show more

Pip doesn’t know which way to turn, and Josh faces a crisis. Show more

Ceramic artist and author Edmund de Waal reveals the formative influences and inspirations behind his own creativity. Show more

Russell Davies chairs the general knowledge contest from MediaCityUK in Salford, with four competitors bidding to become Brain of Britain 2023. Show more

A couple with young children decide it’s time to spice up their flagging sex life, in Naomi Wood’s ‘Comorbidities’, read by Charlotte Ritchie Show more

Two eccentric French artists risk their lives to perform an extraordinary act of resistance on the island of Jersey. Show more

Aleem Maqbool talks to a crematorium manager about her work and faith and discusses the way different religions view the human body after death. Show more

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

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The Government is facing calls to declare China a threat to the UK's democracy

Paul Sinha tests a Manchester audience on their home town's culture and history. Show more

There’s a surprise for Jim, and Helen faces an emotional reunion. Show more

The British Museum’s missing gems, a drinking game drama, National Short Story Award. Show more

Five million pieces of Lego were washed off a cargo ship into the sea near Cornwall in 1997. Today pieces are still coming ashore and beachcombers are trying to track them down. Show more

Three men describe surviving one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in decades. Show more

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has conversations with public figures about their inner lives. Show more

How do patients move towards healing and recovery? Show more

A total of 2,681 people are known to have died in the tremor. Show more

Lucia confides in Gillian and has a shocking realisation. Patrick shares his good news with his father and sister but does not get the response he was hoping for. Show more

Dan Saladino meets the three finalists for the Food Innovation Award part of the BBC Food & Farming Awards. He is searching for big ideas that can change the food system. Show more

All the news from Westminster with Sean Curran, as the Prime Minister reports back on the G20 summit.

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An engaging account of the life, times and legacy of Adam Smith marking 300 years since the birth of the Scottish economist. Read by Robin Laing. Show more

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