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Culture wars in the countryside: how police are afraid to investigate wild bird crimes for fear of being caught in the middle. Show more

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Chief Inspector Kevin Kelly is Head of the UK’s National Wildlife Crime Unit. Trying to tackle the illegal harming of birds of prey has put him at the heart of a rural culture war. Show more

Relationships are tested at Grange Farm, and Jazzer has reservations. Show more

A poignant and lyrical new drama. A young archaeologist returns to her home on the Wirral peninsula where she unearths painful memories. Written by Billie Collins. Show more

Josie Long explores our desires with short documentaries and audio adventures to make your heart race. Show more

Lucy Worsley and a former police detective investigate a baby farmer accused of killing hundreds of children entrusted to her care by desperate mothers in Victorian England. Show more

What are your rights if someone fakes your voice without your consent? Forensic voice recognition. Expert witnesses in court: what's going wrong? And could scientific primers help? Show more

A Japanese classic, fiction set in South America and Kafka's Metamorphosis are on the reading list this week Show more

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Drumming rats, life-saving laughter, disability in Henry VIII's court and a revolutionary heart operation using placenta cells compete for the title of the best medicine. Show more

Joy attempts to offer advice, and Usha has a brainwave. Show more

Paul Murray talks about his Booker Prize shortlisted novel The Bee Sting and folk musician Billy Bragg performs live in the Front Row studio. Show more

Ellen Macleod and Nastaran Tavakoli-Far investigate whether disabled adults in porn are victims or advocates. Taking a look at consent, safeguarding, sex and disability. Show more

We look into recent changes to the social media platform X (previously named Twitter). Visually impaired people have been telling us these changes make the platform less accessible. Show more

When a child becomes estranged from a parent, they may grieve prematurely, creating a complex emotional landscape if they pass. Show more

Jim Al-Khalili talks to anthropologist Sarah Hrdy about monkey infanticide, sexual selection and human parenting strategies, from her perspective as a scientist and a mother. Show more

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Eleanor Peck leads the discussion as the team begins to piece together how Lillibridge links to Blake links to the rise of British fascism - and perhaps something even darker. Show more

In the second part of this series, stand-up comedian Darren Harriott examines the world of modern dating and dating apps. Show more

Susan Hulme reports on the King's Speech at the State Opening of Parliament.

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Lloyd George, the Welsh Wizard. Professor Sir David Cannadine explores political fame and image by looking at how an object or prop can come to define a political leader. Show more

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