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Daily prayer and reflection with Judy Merry.
Charlotte Smith hears why it's been a bad Budget for rural cider makers. And will the Farming Today bees have survived the winter cold? Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests Peter Hall, Julia Merritt and Greg Woolf trace the rise of the city, from its origins in the Bronze Age to just before the coming of the railways. Show more
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Law changes for prostitution and lap-dancing
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Jenni Murray looks how changes in the law will affect prostitution and the licensing of lap dancing clubs. Plus actress Naomie Harris on her new TV drama Blood and Oil.
Alone, May remembers how they learned of Frank's book. Back in London, haunted Frank is afraid to be alone. Stars Manon Edwards, Steffan Rhodri and Iestyn Jones. Show more
Angus Crawford reports on efforts to rescue vulnerable girls in Tajikistan who were locked up rather than helped. Show more
Capturing America: Mark Lawson's History of Modern American Literature
Episode 7: The Celebrity Tour
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Mark Lawson takes the Philip Roth tour in New Jersey, and reflects on literary celebrity in America. From March 2010. Show more
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National and international news with Martha Kearney.
Is it worth coating your roof in solar cells? New rules should make it profitable for individuals to make their own electricity. Tom Heap crunches the numbers. Show more
Usha embraces the Great Outdoors.
4 Extra Debut. The small Cornish community of Newlyn is changed with the arrival of a delirious Irishman. Touching comedy stars Mary Woodvine. Show more
Matt Baker visits Cumbria, where the clean-up continues and rebuilding work is ongoing following the devastating floods of 2009. Show more
Joanna Lumley appeals on behalf of International Alert. Show more
Alphonse Daudet's story, set at the time of the Siege of Paris in 1870, tells of a young boy's innocent recruitment into espionage. Read by Martin Jarvis. Show more
Mike Parker investigates how society is now being analysed online in cartographic mash-ups and crowd-sourced data. From 2010. Show more
Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist DJ Taylor about why in his latest book he's taken on the persona of a 1930s thriller writer. Plus news of an exhibition of JD Salinger's letters. Show more
A new species of ancient human, discovered from the DNA in a tiny finger bone. Shipping: the hidden polluter. It's been estimated shipping kills 60,000 annually. Show more
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With no ability whatsoever, Milton gets tangled up in a close-fitting body suit and the population of Holland. With Lucy Montgomery. From March 2010. Show more
Kate shows she's still a daddy's girl.
David Byrne on his song cycle about Imelda Marcos; Irish comedy crime thriller Perrier's Bounty reviewed; Enchanted Palace exhibition at Kensington Palace reviewed. Show more
Alone, May remembers how they learned of Frank's book. Back in London, haunted Frank is afraid to be alone. Stars Manon Edwards, Steffan Rhodri and Iestyn Jones. Show more
Simon Cox investigates the latest hospital with unusually high death rates and accused of poor quality of care. Why does the NHS continue to have problems with patient safety? Show more
Evan Davis is joined by top executives from Nintendo, MTV and Thomson Reuters to find out what challenges they face in the digital age and how they manage their star performer. Show more
Edi Stark investigates whether the law and science are at odds in the 'sleepwalking defence'; cases in which a defendant claims to have been asleep during an offence. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests Peter Hall, Julia Merritt and Greg Woolf trace the rise of the city, from its origins in the Bronze Age to just before the coming of the railways. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
With Robin Lustig. Questions raised about the Pope's involvement in the cover-up of child abuse cases in the Catholic Church. EU leaders meet; will they agree how to help Greece? Show more
The Shadow Chancellor, George Osborne, responds to the Budget.
Professor Michael Beard is driving with his business partner, Toby Hammer, to the official opening of their new solar energy plant. But events are about to conspire against them. Show more
Scrooby has had what he regards as a cracking idea for a bestseller, titled A Short History of Combine Harvesters in Cornish. Stars Andy Parsons. From March 2010. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
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Moments after she had shot Benito Mussolini, Violet Gibson seemed confused. Was it an act of sanity? Read by Sinead Cusack. Show more
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