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Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Michael Ford.
Farmers face dead livestock and a downturn in business due to the big freeze. One farmshop owner says the weather has proved catastrophic for his livelihood. Show more
Fergal Keane talks to Barbara Cherish, who assumed a new identity after being adopted at 13, before learning that her natural father was once Commandant of Auschwitz. Show more
Author and journalist Fiona Neill explores the challenges of maintaining a creatively successful career while bringing up small children. Show more
Why are so many more women claiming incapacity benefit? Plus, the emerging industry of virtual assistants; and women in the British popular cinema of the 1950s.
Paul Evans visits the Juan Fernandez Islands in search of its firecrown hummingbird, and also discovers that introduced plants are causing severe problems. Show more
Why is British children's fiction so preoccupied with feasting? Sheila McClennon explores. With Michael Rosen. From 2010. Show more
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National and international news with Martha Kearney.
Much-loved broadcaster Humphrey Lyttelton spearheaded the postwar traditional jazz revival in Britain. Ken Clarke talks to Alyn Shipton about the influential trumpeter. Show more
Mike's diplomacy misses the mark. Show more
Poignant and witty drama about love and memory. Starring Sandy Grierson and Cora Bissett. Show more
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world. Show more
By John Peacock. Miriam Margolyes tells the tale of artist Benjamin Robert Haydon, whose exhibition at the Egyptian Hall was eclipsed by the American midget General Tom Thumb. Show more
After months of form-filling and disappointment, educationalist Fiona Byerley made a late-night call to a Thai orphanage and was told that a baby girl was waiting to be collected. Show more
Michael Rosen investigates lying. Does the sound of our voice change when we are trying to deceive, and do we use different words?
4 Extra Debut. Actor Jenny Agutter nominates Austrian physicist Lise Meitner. With Matthew Parris and science historian Jeff Hughes. From January 2010. Show more
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When Bill meets the most able but least sane assassin, Sharla and Mark must locate them. Stars Nina Conti. From January 2010. Show more
Pat and Kathy talk tactics. Show more
Arts news and reviews. Meatloaf on being a reality TV judge, and Mark Lawson reviews George Clooney's latest film, Up in the Air. Show more
Dramatisation of Vikas Swarup's whodunit, set in India. Suspect number two is Bollywood actress Shabnam Sexena, one-time girlfriend of Vicky, who is now being blackmailed by him. Show more
Jon Manel reveals the inside story of what went wrong with President Obama's declaration on assuming office that he would close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp within 12 months. Show more
Peter White talks to ex-army colonel Geoff Draper about plans for his role as principal at the Royal National College, and two guide dog owners discuss their audio diaries. Show more
Dr Mark Porter visits Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham, where NHS and the military work side by side caring for the soldiers injured in battle in Afghanistan. Show more
Fergal Keane talks to Barbara Cherish, who assumed a new identity after being adopted at 13, before learning that her natural father was once Commandant of Auschwitz. Show more
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News and analysis with Jane Hill. Alastair Campbell faces the Iraq inquiry. RBS boss says even his mum thinks he's paid too much. Venezuelans go on a supermarket sweep. Show more
Daniel reports the theft of irreplaceable fossils and a precious manuscript to Henri Jagot, the notorious chief of Paris's security police. Read by Dan Stevens. Show more
Jon Ronson talks to Denis Fillion, who was behind one of the first major internet hoaxes. With Charlie Brooker. From January 2010. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
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Fraser remembers the reactions in the 1970s to her decision to live with Harold Pinter: disapproval from her father Lord Longford and the media glare from the paparazzi. Show more
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