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Escape to the Country
Series 26: 47. Suffolk
Jules Hudson helps an Essex family make their dream of escaping to Suffolk come true.
Shift the Thrift
Series 1: 9. Chepstow
A high-stakes thrifting battle in Chepstow as two farming friends hunt bargains.
Great Japanese Railway Journeys
Series 1: 12. Tokyo, Part 2
Michael visits the busiest train station in the world by passenger numbers.
MasterChef
Series 22: Episode 1
It’s the first heat, and six talented cooks are out to secure a gleaming MasterChef apron.
BBC News
29/04/2026
Twenty-four hours a day, the latest national and international stories as they break.
Snooker: World Championship
2026: Day 12, Morning Session
Coverage of day 12 of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
Politics Live
The big political issues of the day.
2026: Day 12, Afternoon Session...
Richard Osman's House of Games
Series 8: Week 5: Wednesday
Kelle Bryan, Antony Costa, Alexei Sayle and Emma Sidi face more trivia questions.
Series 1: 13. Tokyo to Sendai
Michael heads north from Tokyo to Honshu’s Tohoku region, the rice granary of Japan.
2026: Day 12, Evening Session
Twenty Twenty Six
Series 1: 4. Mattheas Sivori/Wooden Condoms
Sarah’s gone viral, and rumours about a famous footballer put everyone under pressure.
Newsnight
Insights and global interviews on the news stories of the day. With Victoria Derbyshire.
BBC Weather
Weather bulletin.
Unspun World with John Simpson
Series 6: 29/04/2026
Unspun World provides an unvarnished version of the week's major global news stories.
Extraordinary Portraits
Series 5: 5. Pregnant and Jailed in Post Office Scandal
A sub-postmistress wrongly jailed in the Horizon scandal tells her remarkable story.
2026 Extra: Day 12
Highlights of the quarter-finals on day 12 of the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.
Beyond Paradise
Series 4: Episode 5
An off-grid community fights for their land as a developer is terrorised by the Green Man.
Pilgrimage
The Road to Holy Island: Episode 3
The pilgrims are in the Scottish Borders on St Cuthbert’s Way in the Cheviots.