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Former Downing Street strategist, adviser to Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings and Vote Leave insider Cleo Watson examines the dark art of political campaigning. Show more

A football club boss has resigned over sexist comments about a female colleague. Show more

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

Michael Symmons Roberts ends the series with a look at Auden's love poetry - including 'Lullaby' and 'Stop All The Clocks' - for many the first point of entry with Auden's work. Show more

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Michael Mann was a respected climate scientist, unknown outside of a small academic circle, until he produced a graph that shocked the world and changed his life forever. Show more

Eddie’s fears escalate, and Stella struggles to find the right words. Show more

Paul, Ros and Sarah’s lives become fatally entwined in the season finale. Show more

Josie Long presents short documentaries about situations tumbling out of control. Show more

Tim Hayward dives back into the bacterial realm and finds bacteria that make complex medicinal molecules, forest microbes at an urban daycare, and comes face-to-face with a phage. Show more

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Veteran British film director Ken Loach nominates the 17th-century radical pamphleteer and leader of the Diggers, Gerrard Winstanley. Show more

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The Home Secretary was addressing an American right-wing think tank

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Chelsea is on a mission, and George shows a different side. Show more

We announce the winners of the BBC National Short Story Award and the BBC Young Writers’ Award with Cambridge University, live from the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House, London. Show more

Join Mishal Husain in Glasgow, where in front of an audience, a panel of guests discuss drug abuse and drug deaths in Scotland. Show more

The Inclusive Farm in Bedfordshire is run by blind farmer Mike Duxbury. In Touch pays a visit to see Mike in action and to meet some of the animals. Show more

James Gallagher delves into the science to find out exactly how much sitting is too much; when does it become worrying for our health? Show more

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has begun dabbling in geopolitics. Unelected and unaccountable, he has the power to hold one-to-one meetings with world leaders like Benjamin Netanyahu. Show more

Home Secretary Suella Braverman says multiculturalism has “failed” during a speech on migration in the US Show more

With Monochrome shut down just as the inquiry was getting interesting, Shelley helps Max investigate who ordered his abduction. Read by Nina Sosanya. Show more

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Miles Jupp and guests with whimsical sketches including a new BBC1 game show and a jumper podcast. With Julia Davis. From 2022. Show more

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