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12/09/2026

Feeling the panto nostalgia today ❤️🎭

In search of Mel Giedroyc’s roots, we travel south to Leatherhead in Surrey where her new novel is set.

Saturday Live | Listen on BBC Sounds

12/09/2026

“It’s knocking 1.5 nanoseconds off a day, which brings me just a little bit closer to retirement.”

The panel finds the silver lining in global health trends. Featuring Mark Steel, Celya AB, Zoe Lyons, and Hugo Rifkind.

🎧 The News Quiz | Listen on BBC Sounds.

12/09/2026

“Now I’m going to tell the story... The attacker doesn’t get to be the storyteller.”
 
Sir Salman Rushdie speaks about wanting to ‘show people what terrorism looks like’ in a new documentary built around never-before-seen footage of the attack on him in 2022 and his recovery.
 
Today programme | Listen on BBC Sounds

12/09/2026

“I felt I’d let myself and my family down.”
 
Angela Rayner says she didn’t want the row over her underpaying stamp duty, which has now been resolved with HMRC, to be associated with her background of having grown up in a council estate.
 
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson | Listen on BBC Sounds

12/09/2026

"What are you doing at work today?"

"Just training for the office chair Grand Prix." 😅

What's Up Docs | Listen on BBC Sounds

11/09/2026

“I just see the boat come in, there are hundreds of them... someone said, ‘that’s the Isle of Wight Ferry’.”

From RNLI volunteers to contravening the will of the sea god Neptune, the panel dissects the headlines.

Featuring Mark Steel, Celya AB, Zoe Lyons, and Hugo Rifkind.

The News Quiz | Listen on BBC Sounds.

11/09/2026

Donald Trump made a number of statistical claims at the Republican convention, including the suggestion that Americans could receive $5,000 each.

But what do the numbers say? The More or Less team are back with another fact check.

More or Less | Listen on BBC Sounds

11/09/2026

How does a human body get composted?

Campaigner Kristoffer Hughes talks to Gabriel Gatehouse about terramation, a practice he wants to bring to the UK as an alternative to burial and cremation.

Radical | Listen on BBC Sounds

11/09/2026

‘Thelma & Louise is still relevant - but that's not necessarily a good thing’
The iconic 90s film Thelma & Louise is back - this time as a musical, which premiered this month at the Young Vic in London 👀
Callie Khouri, who wrote the original 1991 screenplay, joined Kylie Pentelow in the Woman’s Hour studio and shared why she thinks its themes, including violence against women, remain just as important to speak about today.
35 years on from its initial release, Callie reflected on the impact of the Oscar-winning film and how she first went about writing the screenplay.
Woman’s Hour | Listen on BBC Sounds 🎧
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11/09/2026

‘Going down the street in balaclavas and dark clothing is “intimidatory behaviour”’ - Angela Rayner says.

The communities secretary speaks about recent anti-migrant protests.

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson | Listen on BBC Sounds

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