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A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Haydon Spenceley. Show more

Why practising yoga isn’t such a stretch! Michael learns how just 25 minutes a day can lower your stress, boost your brain and even reverse signs of ageing at the cellular level. Show more

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Which creatures emerge after we've gone to bed? Martha Kearney joins a night-time bat safari by punt, to find out about nocturnal wildlife. Show more

As the prime minister sets the date for the general election, we ask what farmers will be looking for. Show more

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Broadcaster and journalist Mishal Husain, multi-award-winning writing duo Stephen and Anita Mangan, the emperor of historical fiction Conn Iggulden. Show more

Siobhán loved the feeling of freedom on the Camino de Santiago. Will Shaun throw caution to the wind and join her? Show more

Jay Rayner and his rabble of food experts are in Aberystwyth advising on vegetarian sushi, breakfast tomatoes and hamburgers. Show more

The BBC's deputy political editor, Vicki Young, hosts a live edition of The Week in Westminster, in the week the general election was announced. Show more

Deep in the jungle in Karenni state, a fierce battle is being fought between the ruling military forces and a united opposition force made up of ethnic groups and young recruits. Show more

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In 2023 a record number of people lost more than £450 million to thieves who tricked them into sending money from their bank accounts. Show more

A special episode this week from the Hay Festival with voices by Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey and Jess Robinson. Show more

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Alex Forsyth presents political discussion from Gairloch Community Hall with Anneliese Dodds MP, Kate Forbes MSP, Alister Jack MP, Christine Jardine MP and Lorna Slater MSP. Show more

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

Fallon reaches the end of her tether, and there’s a shock for Joy. Show more

After 15 years, Brief Lives signs off with a special two-parter. Sarah and Frank are finally going to do the grown up thing and get married. Show more

We hear from one of the wives of partners infected with HIV in the infected blood scandal. Show more

As many long standing MPs are leaving Parliament, Caroline Wyatt asks how the new intake of MPs could change the Parties.

Why are boys and men turning against feminism? Show more

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Labour has defended its proposals on workers' rights, after a union leader said they had "more holes than Swiss cheese".

Clive Anderson hosts from The Hay Festival with sparkling chat from Jan Ravens and great music from The Will Barnes Quartet and Aleighcia Scott. Show more

Ann-Marie Powell, garden designer and broadcaster, whose design for the National Trust was one of eight main gardens in competition at this year's Chelsea Flower Show. Show more

Singer-songwriter and actor Lily Allen talks to John Wilson about her formative cultural influences. Show more

Ellen E Jones reassesses the Community Programme Unit - the BBC's public access TV project established in 1972, which produced programmes like Open Door and Video Nation. Show more

The rise of China is the defining challenge of our times – how far to co-operate, compete or confront. But has the west been slow to wake up? Show more

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Sheila Dillon hears stories of how headteachers are transforming food in their schools, and how universal free primary school meals in Scotland and London are playing out so far. Show more

The Tims consider foodbanks. Ways to sack people. Show more

Problematic train station names and other things that provoke us. Sketches from Michael Spicer. Show more

Kirsty Lang is in the chair for the penultimate contest in the current series, featuring the teams from the Midlands and the South of England. Show more

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Sarah Perry talks to Shahidha Bari about her new book, Enlightenment. Plus authors Rosie Andrews and Bridget Collins on combining history, myth and imagination in their novels. Show more

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