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Classic Desert Island Discs - Thom Yorke
Lauren Laverne talks to the musician Thom Yorke in a programme first broadcast in 2019.
12 Apr 2026,·49 mins
Are white working class girls falling behind?
When it comes to school attendance and attainment are some girls falling behind?
14 Apr 2026,·37 mins
79. Future Gran Emma Grundy and legal advice for Brian
Emma Freud talks to Emma Grundy and gets legal advice on the Home Farm succession chaos.
10 Apr 2026,·35 mins
The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck
A long, slow look at great artworks, photographed in extraordinary detail.
14 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Everything Is Fake and Nobody Cares
6. F For Fake
Jamie and Jimmy explore where fakery goes next – but can you tell which is which?
15 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Jack Savoretti sings live, plus Turner Prize winner Veronica Ryan
Musician Jack Savoretti plays live, and Turner Prize artist Veronica Ryan's latest show.
14 Apr 2026,·42 mins
Can Technology Rescue Reading? (Your Radical Questions with James Marriott)
James Marriott takes questions on the gamification of learning and collapse of reading.
13 Apr 2026,·21 mins
Telephones
Ellen and Mark trace the history of the cinematic call, from stick phones to smartphones.
10 Apr 2026,·42 mins
Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair | The Miniature Wife | Detective Hole
What should we watch this week?
13 Apr 2026,·42 mins
All Day Breakfast
Amy, Aimee, Amye, Amie!!!
15 Apr 2026,·50 mins
Challenges and solutions
John Kampfner, Natasha Walter and Nicolas Niarchos join Tom Sutcliffe
13 Apr 2026,·41 mins
Neil Brand and Matilda Lloyd celebrate the mambo
Matilda Lloyd and Neil Brand join Jeffrey and Anna to add the last 5 tracks in the series
27 Mar 2026,·42 mins
Danielle de Niese
Soprano Danielle de Niese reveals her cultural influences and formative experiences.
09 Apr 2026,·43 mins
The origins of the Girl Guides
Why is Girlguiding single-sex?
14 Apr 2026,·6 mins
Decline of the English Murder
What George Orwell can teach us about detective fiction.
15 Apr 2026,·20 mins
Claudia Hammond
Claudia Hammond presents a weekly selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.
12 Apr 2026,·41 mins
Has Blake Lively really “lost” the case against Justin Baldoni?
Retaliation claims survive despite sexual harassment claims being dismissed.
09 Apr 2026,·25 mins
Don't Panic!!!
David Yelland and Farzana Baduel discuss how to keep the public calm in a crisis.
01 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Patrick Grant and Mary-Ann Ochota
More favourite books with Harriett Gilbert and guests.
30 Mar 2026,·28 mins
Series 2
Ripley and Heanor News, 2 July 1948
James Naughtie explores the history of the Amber Valley through front page small ads.
03 Sep 2019,·14 mins
Dr Spock’s dangerous advice on baby sleep
How evidence eventually showed front sleeping was linked to sudden infant deaths
11 Apr 2026,·9 mins
Curtain Up: Classical Stories of Musical Theatre
Mid-century maestros
Nicky Spence explores the classical music roots of musical theatre.
12 Apr 2026,·59 mins
Line-up for Stendhal 2026 revealed
The line-up for this year's Stendhal festival is revealed - we talk to John Cartwright.
15 Apr 2026,·57 mins
Jenni Fagan
On her newest novel, The Delusions, and the three literary works that helped shape it.
12 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Series 4
Enid Blyton
Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Sue Limb and Victoria Coren on the literary quiz
25 Apr 2001,·30 mins
BBC job cuts, Journalist detained in Kuwait, HBO Max enters UK streamer market, Reporting the Artemis II launch
BBC job cuts, journalist detained in Kuwait, HBO Max enters UK streamer market.
15 Apr 2026,·42 mins
'Yesteryear' by Caro Claire Burke
Sara welcomes debut novelist, Caro Claire Burke, to the Book Club
13 Apr 2026,·9 mins
Entrepreneur Kanya King: ‘I came from a very noisy household’
This Listed Londoner told Robert what it was like having nine siblings!
14 Apr 2026,·21 mins
Ralf Little, Nina Gilligan, Sam Riley, Janet Devlin, Will Brown, Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Kiri Pritchard-McLean and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
11 Apr 2026,·42 mins
The Lives of Hildegard of Bingen
Episode 5
Now 80, Hildegard of Bingen has one last battle. Performed by Juliet Stevenson.
03 Apr 2026,·14 mins
