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Daily prayer and reflection with Canon Martyn Percy. Show more

The farmer who illegally sold cloned meat says UK law should be changed. Anna Hill hears that even if his animals end up abroad, we could end up eating them without knowing it. Show more

Morning news and current affairs with James Naughtie and Justin Webb, including debates on Asil Nadir's return, a mackerel war in the making and does a doctor's religion matter? Show more

Michael Buerk talks to Elissa Wall about her decision to break away from a polygamous sect. Show more

Dr Phil Hammond tells the story of GPs who go on expedition, focusing on Dr Alex Hoskin, who is preparing to watch over a group of 37 on a hike up Mount Kilimanjaro. Show more

Jane Garvey talks to an artist reunited with the son she gave up for adoption about the sketches she made in his first days of life and how they came to influence her work. Show more

Tim Franks joins basketball star Luol Deng as he returns to the Sudanese town where he was born. What are the prospects for peace ahead of the expected partition of the country? Show more

Madame Sylvia's violent massage kept 1920s Hollywood stars like Gloria Swanson trim. Karen Krizanovich is in LA. From 2010. Show more

We find out how a shortage of high dosage Vitamin D is affecting GPs and their patients and how your journey may be affected if you're travelling by rail this Bank Holiday. Show more

John Waite presents the investigative consumer series. Millions of pounds of public money are being wasted on equipment and buildings for the fire service which are not being used. Show more

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National and international news with Martha Kearney.

Stewart Henderson presents the interactive problem-solving programme for those niggling questions of everyday life. Show more

Ed's on a mission and Helen is making plans. Show more

Black comedy by Simon Brett about a couple living - or perhaps imprisoned - in a luxurious villa on the Costa del Sol. Show more

Helen Mark is out and about under the dark skies of Dartmoor in search of the Perseids meteor shower. Show more

Julie Walters appeals on behalf of Brainstrust. Show more

Stories written and performed by comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe. Mrs Pims is late for everything but no-one knows why. Until one day... By Shazia Mirza. Show more

Every night ghostly rubbish trains travel from Bristol and London to a landfill site deep in the Buckinghamshire countryside. Ian Marchant explores the flip side of consumerism. Show more

Dreda Say Mitchell talks to bookseller Tim Waterstone about his first novel and to writer Fay Weldon about Maori myth as it appears in her new book. Show more

Quentin Cooper dissects the latest science. Show more

Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Plus Weather.

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Arthur Smith takes his audience on a tour of top-flight music and comedy from around the Pleasance Courtyard in an Edinburgh Festival special, featuring Emo Phillips and Clanadonia. Show more

Elizabeth's concerns increase and Ed cooks up a romantic surprise. Show more

U Be Dead: TV drama about stalking reviewed. Avatar & Metropolis have been re-released with additional material - does the extra footage improve the films? Show more

By Sue Teddern. Rosie's love life is in a tangle and Tom is getting cold feet about Siobhan. Show more

Nadene Ghouri investigates how meat from the offspring of a cloned cow came to be sold and eaten in the UK. Show more

When the new breed of social entrepreneurs meet the new networks of interactive social media, the impact is felt round the globe. Peter Day reports on this meeting of minds. Show more

The British Isles are littered with whales, both real and imagined. Kathleen Jamie investigates. Show more

Michael Buerk talks to Elissa Wall about her decision to break away from a polygamous sect. Show more

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National and international news and analysis with David Eades. Show more

Liam Brennan reads from James Robertson's new novel. Over a shared bottle of whisky, Jean finally reveals to Mike the truth about her affair with Angus. Show more

Sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions. With Rachel Atkins, Dominic Coleman, Lewis Macleod, Julie Mayhew, Ingrid Oliver and Colin Hoult. Show more

Can apathy salve Simon's conscience, or must he simply accept that he loves selling arms? Stars Darren Boyd. From April 2009. Show more

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Leningrad students Elena and Nina are considered mature enough to teach Russian to visiting Americans. Read by Sian Thomas. Show more

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