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Impact of wildfire on Scottish nature reserve.
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Helen Moncrieff of RSPB Scotland finds an ally in a territorial fulmar. Show more

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Women and children in the Israel-Gaza conflict. Show more

Jenny Kleeman uncovers extraordinary truths that emerge when people take at-home DNA tests. What happens when a test result shows you may be predisposed to serious illness? Show more

Plumbers, electricians, plasterers; all trades in short supply. What's causing the shortages and is being in a trade a good business? Evan Davis and his trusted traders discuss. Show more

The shopping app accused of 'aggressively' sharing customers’ data. Why cash payments have become popular again. The fallout from the scrapped HS2 Northern route. Show more

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Tension mounts at the vicarage, and Lynda has a brainwave. Show more

Choreographer Matthew Bourne talks to John Wilson about his cultural influences and inspirations. Show more

Russell Davies chairs the ninth heat in the current series of the prestigious general knowledge quiz, to discover who will be named Brain of Britain 2023 Show more

Jaega Wise investigates the world of fermented tea. Show more

Eric Roberts, a bank worker from Surrey, joins MI5. He is given the alias Jack King and his job is to hunt for British Nazi-sympathisers. Show more

With the rush of generative AI, we have the capacity to create synthetic companions that seem more human than ever before. But how can we be sure we get what we need from them? Show more

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The move comes in response to unprecedented attacks by Hamas at the weekend

Quizzer and comedian Paul Sinha tests Brighton on some themed rounds, and gets tested in return on white horses and third bails. Show more

Will gets more than he bargained for, and Adil sees the light. Show more

Northumbrian piper Kathryn Tickell performs, film director Terence Davies remembered, Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri's Roman Stories, £200 million for Heritage Places. Show more

Is a university club, started by Sophie Pender for the 93 per cent of students who attended state schools, helping to level the job opportunities playing field? Show more

After years of poor performance, Paul Johnson of the Institute for Fiscal Studies asks what can any government do to get the economy growing, and make us all better off? Show more

Kirsty Young talks to the legendary supermodel Linda Evangelista about listening to your parents, knowing your worth, and reflecting on leaving her marriage. Show more

Journalists Nathan Thrall and Jake Wallis Simons are joined by the BBC's James Landale with Tom Sutcliffe, including an interview with Israeli novelist Ayelet Gundar-Goshen. Show more

An Israeli who hid in his house as it was stormed by gunmen, before he was rescued - by his father

Life under siege in the Gaza strip

Shadow foreign secretary David Lammy

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Great music can come from great change. These are the origin stories of some of the UK's most vital musical movements. In this episode, Bristol's Wild Bunch... 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 Lewis uncovers the story behind the meteoric rise and dramatic fall of the former crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried. Read by Jamie Parker. Show more

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