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Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Derek Boden. Show more

According to the agricultural minister Jim Paice, The Rural Payments Agency is not fit for purpose. He tells Farming Today that he intends to fix it. Presented by Anna Hill. Show more

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests. Libby is joined by Noel Fitzpatrick, Christine Finn, Lisa Hammond and Carmel McConnell. Show more

Vic and Ingrid get married, and settle down to live with Mrs Rothwell. But then tragedy strikes when heavily-pregnant Ingrid falls down the stairs and is rushed to hospital. Show more

Britain has been listening to pirate radio since the 1960s and today there are more illegal broadcasters than ever. Former pirate DJ Trevor Nelson investigates the current scene. Show more

King Russell de Brand pays a visit, and Sir John's dalliance gets dangerous. Medieval mayhem with James Fleet. From July 2010. Show more

Winifred Robinson looks at a new system to get trains running more efficiently and Welsh Assembly plans to restrict the 'right to buy' council houses. Show more

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Melvyn Bragg on taking the South Bank Show from ITV to Sky Arts, Channel 5 is up for sale - will Richard Desmond buy it? and are the figures adding up for the Times paywall? Show more

Jolene broadens her horizons and can Kenton and Kathy see eye to eye? Show more

Adaptation by Louis Nowra of a story by Margarita Sharapova. Abandoned by their train, two circus performers and a giant dog meet a succession of eccentric travellers. Show more

Vincent Duggleby and guests answer listeners' finance questions. Show more

By Morven Crumlish. Ali brings his fiancee Sophie from Glasgow to the Highlands to meet his family. Both are anxious about how this first meeting will go - and not without reason. Show more

Mark Whitaker discovers why the government thought easier access to beer would solve the problem of 19th-century drunkenness. From July 2010. Show more

Inside the lives of women who strip: Laurie Taylor hears from Rachela Colosi about her research into a lap dancing club. Also, how climate change will change British society. Show more

Dr Mark Porter visits a GP surgery in Birmingham. He offers tips on how to get the best from your doctor and discusses the impact of the government's new NHS changes. Show more

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Passion, polemic, wit and vigour from satirist Jeremy Hardy. Together with his special guests Paul B Davies and Morwenna Banks, he examines the concept of how to communicate. Show more

Joe engages in some private enterprise and Brian faces a crucial meeting. Show more

Ballet star Carlos Acosta, stand-up comedian John Bishop and the graffitti artist whose work has just been given as a gift from Cameron to Obama. Show more

Vic and Ingrid get married, and settle down to live with Mrs Rothwell. But then tragedy strikes when heavily-pregnant Ingrid falls down the stairs and is rushed to hospital. Show more

Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions behind the week's news. With Michael Portillo, Melanie Phillips, Matthew Taylor and Claire Fox. Show more

Nick Clegg's rise to become deputy prime minister has brought into sharp focus the role of the number two. Why, in British politics, does the deputy so rarely reach the very top? Show more

The creation of an artificial cell by Craig Venter shows what synthetic biology is capable of. But others want to go much further, and recreate life from scratch. Show more

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests. Libby is joined by Noel Fitzpatrick, Christine Finn, Lisa Hammond and Carmel McConnell. Show more

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National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. Show more

Concetta goes into labour. But as she struggles to give birth to her child in the isolated Italian mountain village, her life is once more in danger. Show more

Paranoid Christians preparing for the end of the world, a girl who has got wedged in a dress, and a desperate wannabe mum all spend time in the Ladies. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Rik Mayall invites you up a mountain path for a strange Brazilian adventure. Written with John Nicholson. Show more

Sean Curran and team report on today's news from Parliament, including Nick Clegg's first appearance at Prime Minister's Question Time. Show more

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In Nigeria, poet Jackie Kay meets her birth father, a memorable encounter with curiously personal questions. Read by the author. Show more

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