Sri Lanka Easter Attacks
The latest after more than 200 people were killed and 450 injured in co-ordinated Easter day attacks on churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka.
21 Huhti 201931min
Mental Health: The Importance of Talking
BBC Radio 5 Live made a decision to find a way of hitting home the importance of talking about mental health, because every 90 minutes a life is lost to suicide. It is the biggest killer of men under 50 in the UK. So across one day on the station, we heard listeners’ stories of people affected by suicide. Stories of pain, of hope and the power of talking. If you have been affected by the issues in this programme, please visit bbc.co.uk/actionline for details of organisations that can offer you support and advice. If you would like to speak to someone, please call the Samaritans on 116 123.
22 Maalis 201920min
Under the Weather Live: The weird weather of 2018
Simon King and Clare Nasir look back on the weird weather of 2018 - revisiting the 'Beast from the East' and our unusually scorching summer.
31 Joulu 201826min
Laura Whitmore: Losing My Religion
Presenter Laura Whitmore, like many Millennials, is beginning to question what she believes in. Is she still the Catholic she was brought up as? Over the course of this documentary she goes on a journey of discovery to find out if she is losing her religion, and if so, can she find what else is out there? Laura speaks to those with faith about their beliefs, and to young people who claim to have no religion to see how they are now finding their spirituality elsewhere.
23 Joulu 201849min
2018: The Year in Spoken Word
At the beginning of 2018, BBC Radio 5 Live decided to be the station that shone a light on Spoken Word. To highlight the huge wealth of young talent currently in the UK - the experiences they go through every day and crafting that into beautifully, honest reflections of their world. We focused on some of big news stories and talking points ranging from poverty to mental health, knife crime to Brexit and the Royal Wedding to the FA Cup Final and asked some of the UK’s emerging and established artists to write about how they see these stories. To look back on our Year in Spoken Word, Afternoon Edition's Nihal Arthanayake invited poet and musician Hussain Manawer and author Chidera Eggerue to review our past 12 months.
20 Joulu 201842min
Lemn Sissay: ‘Why do we Hate Kids in Care?’
Writer, performer and care leaver Lemn Sissay looks into attitudes to children in the care system.
28 Marras 20181h 9min
Theresa May answers your calls on her Brexit deal
The prime minister took calls from listeners in a special 5 Live programme presented by Emma Barnett. She was asked whether she had a plan B if MPs vote against her Brexit deal, the situation with Gibraltar and whether she'll be sending Jacob Rees-Mogg a Christmas card.
23 Marras 201824min
