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Farmers are unable to put cattle out to graze because of the rain. Show more

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Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to Dr Nick Longrich, who shares how 'uninteresting' fossils can lead to fascinating findings and how rare events have shaped evolution. Show more

We head into the lab to find out how living in a world of unwanted sound might be affecting our body and brain. Show more

Reaction to Scotland's new hate crime law. Show more

Syrian qanun player Maya Youssef and pianist Keelan Carew join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye as they add the final five tracks to the playlist of the current series. Show more

In 1989, Catherine Coldstream arrived as a would-be Carmelite nun at Akenside Priory, where she joined a community of 20 other women of all ages, backgrounds and personalities. Show more

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Call You & Yours: Surge pricing, putting up prices when there's high demand, is becoming more common. Are you happy to cough up, or do you feel forced to pay over the odds? Show more

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One of the FBI’s microscopic hair analysis experts gets it very wrong. And he's not alone. An FBI review tries to identify where it all went wrong. Show more

Jolene bares her soul, and Justin has a bone to pick. Show more

A funny, warmhearted new drama about modern love and families, written by Leanne Allen, starring Claire Rushbrook, Carly Houston and Lucy Fallon. Show more

Alan Dein logs on to connect with voices in Alaska, Australia and St Helena, one of the most isolated islands on earth. Show more

Previously friendly relationships between British Muslims and Jews are under strain. Giles Fraser hears about interfaith work in crisis, and hosts a debate about it's value. Show more

Michael Symmons Roberts invites Katherine Rundell, Simon Schama and Anthony Capildeo to explore John Donne’s brilliant and bold spring poem, Love’s Growth. Show more

How the sudden death of a Sikh activist in Birmingham has sparked concern in the community. BBC Religion Editor Aleem Maqbool investigates. Show more

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The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said it was a "tragic incident".

Key takes the show on safari, with Tom Basden, Katy Wix and guest star Sam Campbell. Show more

It’s judgement day for Harrison, but what will the outcome be? Show more

Actor Dev Patel talks about his directorial debut, Monkey Man, and as exam season approaches, we ask which books are currently being taught in our schools, and why. Show more

Kate West tells the story of Jodie - a young woman who was targeted by an online abuser who created pornographic deepfakes. Show more

Should your identity as a visually impaired person always be at the front and centre of your life? We discuss this ambiguous question with an author, a campaigner and a comedian. Show more

Mothers, daughters, wives and sisters. The women political prisoners in Belarus, and the women trying to help them. Show more

The devastating story of the Bengal Famine of 1943 in British India, where at least three million people died, told for the first time, by the eyewitnesses to it Show more

Three British aid workers have been killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza. Show more

Gabriel García Márquez's final novel. Ana Magdalena Bach recovers sufficiently from the humiliation of the previous year to embark on a new adventure. Read by Maggie Service. Show more

Stephen Mangan is back in his confessional box examining the consciences of the great, the good and the not so good. Eminent actor and writer Sheila Hancock's in the hot seat. Show more

Simon Armitage arrives in North Norway, inside the Arctic Circle where he hikes to the Steindalsbreen glacier with Jemma Wadham who has studied glaciology for over 25 years. Show more

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