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10/04/2026
David persuades Pip to talk to Ruth.
10 Apr 2026,·12 mins
Is Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth waging a holy war against Iran?
And his purge of top generals at the Pentagon
10 Apr 2026,·30 mins
The Naked Week: Ep6. Swearing, Steeplechase, and Strikes.
Following Trump's tirade, The Naked Week team bleep the hell out of the bleeping news.
10 Apr 2026,·28 mins
The Bureau de Change of the Mind - ‘A Bean and A Bobbins’
Climbing Arthur’s Seat? Try wearing your Crocs in Sports Mode.
11 Apr 2026,·12 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 Boscombe Valley Mystery: Part Two
The mysterious ‘rat’ falls into Sherlock’s trap.
09 Apr 2026,·36 mins
US-Iran Peace Talks + Artemis II Returns
It’s a historic day.
11 Apr 2026,·33 mins
Doctors' Notes: Cholesterol
Chris and Xand van Tulleken unpack why cholesterol causes so much confusion.
07 Apr 2026,·31 mins
Cold Cases
Case 1: The Black Monk of Pontefract
Danny Robins investigates Britain's most violent poltergeist case.
07 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Righteous Targets for Violence (with Hugo Rifkind)
Are politicians invoking the Almighty more regularly than before?
09 Apr 2026,·37 mins
The Reading Recession: Are We Making Ourselves Less Intelligent? (James Marriott)
Tracing the historical relationship between reading, intelligence and democracy.
09 Apr 2026,·58 mins
05/04/2026
Brian tries to straighten things out with Miranda, and Pip has a nasty shock.
05 Apr 2026,·72 mins
No Such Thing As The God Of Snooze Buttons
Anne Miller joins Dan, James and Andy to discuss beans, Blackbeard and Ben Hur.
10 Apr 2026,·51 mins
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin's wistful slapstick lit up the silver screen like no one else.
10 Apr 2026,·52 mins
Handel's Messiah
The origin and development of Handel's great sacred oratorio, premiered in Dublin in 1742.
09 Apr 2026,·42 mins
Amanda Dwyer, Jamie MacDonald, Kim Blythe and Stephen Buchanan
Des Clarke hosts Scotland's award-winning satirical news quiz.
The Guides and single sex organisations
The Girl Guides says that trans girls will have to leave but do we need single sex groups?
10 Apr 2026,·53 mins
Earwax Removers
Can store-bought solutions really keep earwax at bay?
09 Apr 2026,·24 mins
The Lovestruck Explorer's Deadly Guessing Game
Robert O'Hara Burke plans an expedition to map the mysterious blank in Australia.
10 Apr 2026,·37 mins
The Commentators’ View: Ticket prices & ‘needing snookers’
Ian Dennis, Conor McNamara & Mike Minay talk Premier League, travels and commentary.
10 Apr 2026,·55 mins
I fled for my life at 16 to escape the Iranian regime
Dr Sian Williams talks to a young woman forced to flee her Iranian home to save her life.
08 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Classic Desert Island Discs - Dr Jane Goodall
Sue Lawley talks to primatologist Dr Jane Goodall in a programme first broadcast in 2000.
05 Apr 2026,·36 mins
Teacher's Pension Delays and Best Savings Rates
A headteacher’s union is demanding the government steps in over delayed pension payments.
11 Apr 2026,·24 mins
Revolution in Iran: Rise of the Ayatollah (Part 2)
Join Dominic and Tom on the Shah’s fall, U.S. response, and Khomeini’s rise.
10 Apr 2026,·65 mins
Telephones
Ellen and Mark trace the history of the cinematic call, from stick phones to smartphones.
10 Apr 2026,·42 mins
Weekend Woman's Hour: Stalking, Children and happiness, Indigo Reign
Student Jodie Morrow on being arrested by police while she was the one being stalked.
11 Apr 2026,·56 mins
1066 and All Out
The County Championship is back and we’re loving it!
Battle on Mount Grinnell: Hiker’s Paradise
An encounter in a Montana National Park changes from celebration to potential tragedy.
09 Apr 2026,·44 mins
Real Vikings
3. Blood Eagles: The Great Heathen Army
Emboldened by their forays, the Vikings escalate their raiding.
07 Apr 2026,·51 mins
Life Without Standard Time
Spring Forward, Fall Back or what if we just didn’t?
10 Apr 2026,·14 mins
