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Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Jenny Wigley.

Charlotte Smith hears that farming methods must change if we want to feed the world. There are warnings that unless rural wages rise, the countryside will become a retirement home. Show more

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Melvyn Bragg travels to Wadham College, Oxford, where the young Christopher Wren and friends experimented in the garden of their inspirational college warden, John Wilkins. Show more

James Maw discovers how women formed the first fascist party in the UK, and what the long-term effects their right-wing beliefs had on their children and grandchildren. Show more

It's Viva Las Vegas as Giles accidentally gets three wives in a row and loses the jackpot. Stars Marcus Brigstocke and Kerry Shale. From January 2010. Show more

Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.

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Russell Davies chairs the first semi-final of the perennial general knowledge contest, with heat winners from the south of England competing for a place in the final. Show more

Kenton hits the town in the name of 'research'. Show more

Jean Brash plans revenge on a sadistic client, but the malign Mr Caleb Grant has a finger in every criminal pie in Edinburgh and is not a man to cross lightly. Show more

Carolyn Quinn looks at the Carry On films and asks what they tell us about British society between the late 1950s and the late 1970s.

Jemima Puddleduck learns lessons about how not to get her new business off the ground. With startup kings Dharmesh Shah and Sanjiv Menezes and private equity director Janet Brooks. Show more

Sheila Dillon is joined by Jeanette Orrey and Hugh McLennan, two of the top movers and shakers in the school meals revolution. Show more

Ernie Rea discusses the place of faith in international aid and development. To what extent are western aid agencies in danger of imposing secular values on developing countries? Show more

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Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game with Paul Merton, Julian Clary, David Mitchell and Gyles Brandreth. From January 2010. Show more

Fallon goes into hiding. Show more

Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. The Costa Book Awards; the latest Meryl Streep rom-com; author Walter Mosley. Show more

Dramatisation of Vikas Swarup's whodunit, set in India. Suspect number one: the mobile phone thief with big dreams. Show more

Melanie Phillips travels to the north-east of England to meet unemployed young people who are struggling to find their way into the labour market. Show more

The BBC's Colombo correspondent Charles Haviland travels around Sri Lanka. The island's conflict may be over, but can the government and army that won the war now win the peace? Show more

Clare Balding investigates the human voice and the way we use it. Cicely Berry, the voice coach of the Royal Shakespeare Company, divulges the secrets of the trained speaker. Show more

Melvyn Bragg travels to Wadham College, Oxford, where the young Christopher Wren and friends experimented in the garden of their inspirational college warden, John Wilkins. Show more

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News and analysis with Ritula Shah. Why Al Qaeda has established itself in Yemen. The election campaign starts in earnest. What will the next year hold for Afghanistan? Show more

Anna is discomfited by Katri's unusual honesty. But what game is Katri playing? Read by Indira Varma. Show more

From school classrooms to sports grounds, Michael Rosen investigates silence, and the times when staying silent can speak volumes. Show more

How children's writer Brenda Rawnsley convinced leading artists to donate pictures to post-war British schools. With Jackie Morris. From October 2008. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. Tall tales of true love from modern rural Ireland and its recent past. Dermot Crowley reads matchmaker Willie Daly's memoir. Show more

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