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16/04/2026
Pip goes to her appointment.
16 Apr 2026,·13 mins
Mandelson Failed Security Vetting...The Prime Minister Speaks Out
Keir Starmer says it's 'staggering' he wasn’t told Mandelson failed security vetting.
17 Apr 2026,·47 mins
Only the Fake News Would Come Up with This (with Amol Rajan)
Armando Iannucci and Amol Rajan look at politicians getting into their own media bubbles.
16 Apr 2026,·34 mins
Have the Democrats found a new strategy to scare Trump?
Why an oyster fisherman with a controversial past is splitting the Democrats
17 Apr 2026,·33 mins
Cold Cases
Case 2: Return to East Drive
Danny Robins continues a historical investigation into a poltergeist in 1960s Pontefract.
14 Apr 2026,·28 mins
The Final Problem: Part One
Dr Watson's "final" story, in which Sherlock attempts to trap his nemesis, Moriarty.
16 Apr 2026,·33 mins
M.C. Escher
The graphic artist's amazing paradoxical world, and the interplay between maths and art.
16 Apr 2026,·42 mins
12/04/2026
The week's events in Ambridge.
12 Apr 2026,·72 mins
#531 - Trauma Shirts, Pavarotti the Hamster and Paula Radcliffe
Actual Paula Radcliffe stops by to give John some marathon tips.
14 Apr 2026,·55 mins
Series 2
6. The Politics of the Ban
Politicians love a ban. But does banning anything ever actually work?
16 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Infrared Saunas
Are infrared saunas as effective as traditional ones?
16 Apr 2026,·24 mins
Energy fixes are back! | Best ISAs for 2026/7 | Council Tax Change
Martin Lewis answers your questions on energy bills and ISAs in the new tax year.
16 Apr 2026,·55 mins
40 years to find my birth father
Dr Sian Williams talks to a woman whose long search for her birth father ends just in time
15 Apr 2026,·28 mins
17/04/2026
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
17 Apr 2026,·56 mins
Forty years on from nuclear disaster
What was learnt from the Chernobyl disaster and how has it shaped UK energy production?
Reclaiming the Centre: Is the Old Political Order Dead? (Adrian Wooldridge)
The author and Bloomberg columnist argues for the revival of liberalism.
16 Apr 2026,·61 mins
The Commentators’ View: Cheese ice cream & Champagne on ice
John Murray & Ali Bruce-Ball are joined by Vicki Sparks to talk Premier League & travels.
17 Apr 2026,·57 mins
David Szalay
Booker prize-winning author David Szalay reveals his creative influences.
16 Apr 2026,·43 mins
Indian Ocean Castaways: Epic Voyage (Part 1 of 2)
In Sri Lanka, Gordon Brace and his wife Elisabeth join the trip of a lifetime...
16 Apr 2026,·45 mins
Doctors' Notes: Feet
Drs Chris and Xand want to know more about feet, including common foot problems.
14 Apr 2026,·32 mins
Behind the Fake Profiles
How tech is under attack from criminals.
Nancy Reagan
Is the former First Lady Evil, or Genius?
15 Apr 2026,·37 mins
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
Real Vikings
4. The Wild East: Rise of the Rus
A Viking state is established - the Rus. It comes with a fearsome matriarch, Olga of Kyiv…
14 Apr 2026,·46 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,·27 mins
The Chinese cyber-attack that could have stolen data from every American
Inside the highly sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign known as Salt Typhoon
17 Apr 2026,·27 mins
No Such Thing As A Second-Placed Helmet
Zoe Lyons joins Dan, James and Andy to discuss road runners, sharks and Eddie the Eagle.
Blake Lively v Justin Baldoni: trial evidence battle and what the jury may not hear
Legal bids to block witnesses and viral footage before trial
16 Apr 2026,·29 mins
Series 3
5. How to Cull Friends and Nickname People
Childish nicknames, culling your friends, and bingeing on junk telly.
13 Apr 2026,·28 mins
The Sutton Hoo Ship Burial
The discovery at Sutton Hoo is one of the greatest archaeological finds on English soil.
17 Apr 2026,·50 mins
