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A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Very Rev Dr David Bruce.

Is it time to rethink the urban architecture that potentially creates hostile environments? From first-hand experience of homelessness, Charlston makes a call for change. Show more

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Wildlife biologist and film-maker Dan O’Neill is on a mission to discover how diverse communities with ambitious plans are working to put nature first in the capital. Show more

Acute and overlooked - that's how the rural charity, the CPRE, describes the shortage of affordable housing in the English countryside in a report out this week. Show more

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Author Katherine Rundell, winner of Waterstones’ Book of the Year 2023 for ‘Impossible Creatures’, had a childhood filled with travel; from Kent, to Zimbabwe and Belgium. Show more

Dom wants to take Shaun to the remote island that some flat earthers believe to be the end of the world. But will they both fall off the edge into the whale-filled Atlantic Ocean? Show more

Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. Show more

Sonia Sodha and guests discuss migration and social care, the Parthenon sculpture row, PMQs and the late Alistair Darling. Show more

As the COP28 climate conference gets underway amid the glittering skyscrapers of Dubai, our correspondent investigates the impact of gas flaring on air pollution in the Gulf. Show more

House sales stuck in limbo after a firm providing services to hundreds of conveyancing firms was hit by a cyber-attack. Show more

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches, and are joined by David Eagle, Jessica Fostekew and Archie Henderson. Show more

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Alex Forsyth presents political discussion from Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire with John Caudwell, Jess Phillips MP, Graham Stuart MP and Jeanette Winterson. Show more

Call Any Answers? to have your say on the big issues in the news this week

Mike Gunton speaks to the recordists, audio designers and composers that bring incredible sounds and music to the Planet Earth series. Show more

In 1926 Mae West wrote, directed, produced and starred in the smash hit Sex. She then went to jail to defend it. Ten years later she was the second richest person in America. Show more

Emily Blunt speaks to Woman’s Hour about her role in Oppenheimer, the actor’s strike and stammering. Show more

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Presenter Greg Foot investigates Christmas Trees. Listener Eleanor wants to know which is better for the environment - real or fake? Show more

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Israel has bombarded southern Gaza, after pulling out of ceasefire talks with Hamas. And, more than 110 countries at COP 28 agree to triple renewable energy production by 2030.

Clive Anderson and Kiri Pritchard-McLean are joined by Max Boyce, Non Evans, AJ and Curtis Pritchard and Caryl Lewis for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more

A year ago, Sam Altman was largely unknown outside of Silicon Valley. Until his company launched its AI chatbot, ChatGPT. Timandra Harkness uncovers the man behind the bot. Show more

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Dave Gorman, Susie Maidment and Tori Herridge as they pitch big creatures v small creatures in the battle for survival. Show more

To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Maria Callas, singer Lesley Garrett and forensic psychiatrist Dr John Crichton look for fresh clues about the legendary soprano. Show more

Brian is again waiting for a court date, while the financial markets seem in turmoil. Joseph is relying ever more heavily on Tony Wednesday but is this a good idea? Final episode. Show more

Jon Holmes's comedy current affairs concept album remixes the news into satirical shapes. This week King Charles sees dead people (and takes their money) and Oily Fools and Horses. Show more

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Pianist and singer Natalie Duncan and Martin Phipps, composer of The Crown and Ridley Scott's Napoleon, join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye to add five more tracks. Show more

Russell Davies hosts the fourth semi-final in the 2023 general knowledge tournament, from the Radio Theatre in London. Show more

Life is unremarkable for new mother Anne, until she starts repeatedly hearing a voice at her shoulder. Is her mind playing tricks? Or does something unseen want her attention? Show more

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Benjamin Zephaniah joins Roger McGough, sharing a selection of poems from listener requests, including favourites by John Clare, Mary Jean Chan and Percy Bysshe Shelley. Show more

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