The World at One Highlights Episodes Episode guide
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"Most MPs don't realise what deep s*** the Conservatives are in"
John Armitage, who's donated £3 million to the Conservatives, assesses the would-be PMs.
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"Mistake" to ban Corbyn from standing for Labour
John McDonnell insists the former Labour leader is "misunderstood" on anti-Semitism.
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"Lily Savage was at the height of her fame"
Lola Lasagne (Stephen Richards) reflects on the life of fellow drag queen Paul O'Grady.
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"Just a day or two before he went missing we crossed paths again"
Fellow volunteer Brad Hendrickson describes how Andrew Bagshaw went missing in Ukraine
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"It's very rare to be able to combine immense gravity with immense humour."
Andre Braugher, known as Captain Raymond Holt on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, has died aged 61.
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"It's hard to be clear that the Government has a real grip on AI."
The PM wants the UK to be a global leader on the safety of Artificial Intelligence.
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"It's been hell, it's been absolutely terrible"
The Norwegian ambassador to Sudan tells us about his escape from the country.
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"It's always been about reflecting the music of the streets..."
Presenter Bobby Friction reflects on 20 years of the Asian Network.
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"I wrote to myself while I was in Gaza, questioning whether it was all worth it."
What are the challenges of a ground invasion for Israel?
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"I ended up stood on the windows"
Diver Christian Hanson describes his escape as the Carlton Queen sank in the Red Sea.
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"I don't feel safe in the airport, I just want to go back to Britain"
Ashraf who is waiting for a flight to take him out of Sudan, fears for his family.
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"I call my health my work now"
More than 2.5 million people in the UK are not in work because of long-term sickness
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"Humiliated by nobody signing it, then pitied by the audience"
Kate Mosse and Philippa Gregory on book signings that haven't gone to plan.
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"Hope dies last": Where are the last defenders of Azovstal steelworks?
The wife of a Ukrainian soldier who surrendered to Russia waits for news of his fate.
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"His place at the heart of British satire is secured"
Comedian Rory Bremner pays tribute to John Bird - a "pillar of the anti-establishment".
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"He is everything that I believe a poet should be."
Writer Lemn Sissay pays tribute to his friend and fellow poet, Benjamin Zephaniah.
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"Granfluencers": Could Ed Stourton become a TikTok star?
Sophia Smith Galer attempts to help Ed join the over-60s stars going viral on TikTok.
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"Game-playing" orcas target vessels off French coast
Sailor Rolf Storkston recounts how orcas "as big as the boat" destroyed his rudder.
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"Every Palestinian family has a prisoner in jail, or had a prisoner in jail."
As Palestinians are freed from Israeli jails under the truce, many are being arrested.
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"Are you here to find a husband?"
Michelle Underwood on being one of the first female traders on the London Stock Exchange.
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"A manuscript is like looking over a composer's shoulder"
The auctioneers Christies are selling a remarkable collection of musical manuscripts.
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‘We have a financial catastrophe brewing in this country’
Martin Lewis gives his stark warning as inflation hits 9.4%
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'We're not going to do some nuclear massacre' says Putin ally
Yevgeny Popov is an MP from Russia's largest political party & deputy in the State Duma
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'We have not heard anything'
Itay Raviv had four relatives abducted by Hamas six weeks ago. He’s had no news since.
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'Truly shocking': Met police officer admits to being a serial rapist
Zoe Billingham and Nimco Ali discuss the changes needed to weed out criminal officers.
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'Time Shelter': A warning on the perils of nostalgia
Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel on winning the International Booker Prize.
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'This is fantastic news for science': prospect of UK re-entry to Horizon
Nobel Prize winner Sir Paul Nurse speaks to Sarah Montague
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'The peak of cost inflation looks like it's behind us'
Currys boss Alex Baldock on price rises, AI and being wooed by Labour and the Tories.
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'The cost of everything is just extortionate'
Households start receiving cost of living payments – what difference will it make?
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'Slave Play' to host all-black audience nights
Playwright Jeremy O Harris on why black audiences must be 'radically invited' to shows.