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With Shaunaka Rishi Das, Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies.
Anna Hill hears how private business may cash in on the proposed sale of state-owned woodland. Farming Today visits a private wood in Norfolk to see how it might work. Show more
Jonathan Freedland is in Washington DC to compare the 2010 midterm elections with those of 1982, a year when President Reagan's popularity slumped and the economy was on the ropes. Show more
Adam Lusekelo presents a series of personal reminiscences from five people living through the heady days of independence in five former British colonies. Show more
Presented by Jane Garvey. Including Maureen Lipman on her new collection of monologues, civil partnership v marriage - why the difference? and how to survive parents' evening. Show more
A dramatisation of Lionel Shriver's unflinching new novel which portrays the economic fall-out of illness. How much money is one life worth? Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio stars. Show more
Saving species reports from Norfolk and the island of Islay in Scotland in the company of Greenland white-front, Pink-Footed and Barnacle Geese. Show more
Toby Jones marks the 50th anniversary of British horror film 'Peeping Tom' and examines its effects on the careers of director Michael Powell and photographer George Harrison Marks. Show more
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4 Extra Debut. Phill Jupitus explores life as a drummer with Phil Collins, Stewart Copeland and Evelyn Glennie. From February 2010. Show more
Helen experiences a new sensation and Tom's got his eye on profit margins. Show more
A man is called to hospital to see his ailing mother, but unknowingly does anything to avoid her bedside. Stars James Fleet. Show more
What is the mysterious yellow froth that appears in Northumbrian grasslands? One listener wondered if it might be rabbit vomit, but it comes from a far more exotic creature. Show more
Rory Kinnear reads Unwanted Presence by Lynda La Plante. Show more
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Escape to the Country
Episode 7: Gertrude Jekyll and the Suburban Countryside
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How gardens became more than just lawns and borders, and transformed instead into a microcosm of the natural world.
Joshua Rozenberg looks at the issue of military justice and asks whether revelations about the misconduct of British soldiers in Iraq means the system needs further reform. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Mike Brearley, Julie Welch and Sue MacGregor on books by Graham Greene, Elizabeth Taylor and Heinrich Harrer. From 2010. Show more
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James Walton hosts the literary quiz with John Walsh, Sebastian Faulks, Mark Billingham and Francesca Simon. From November 2010. Show more
Lilian keeps an eye on her investment and Ed is fuming. Show more
With John Wilson, including an interview with Brett Anderson and Mat Osman from the re-formed band Suede. Show more
A dramatisation of Lionel Shriver's unflinching new novel which portrays the economic fall-out of illness. How much money is one life worth? Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio stars. Show more
How are young, British-based Somalis lured into fighting for the al-Qaeda-linked Jihadist group, al-Shabaab? Jenny Cuffe investigates. Show more
In Touch investigates the state of the nation's pavements and a panel of blind and visually impaired people ask why there are no national standards for street surfaces. Show more
All in the Mind
Battlefield Military Mental Health - Antidepressants and Morality - Community Treatment Orders
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Mental Health On the Battlefield: Claudia Hammond reports on the UK's first ever study tracking the mental health of the military while they were on active combat in Iraq. Show more
Jonathan Freedland is in Washington DC to compare the 2010 midterm elections with those of 1982, a year when President Reagan's popularity slumped and the economy was on the ropes. Show more
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Penny Downie and Elizabeth Tan read from Betsy Tobin's novel. Wen gets a job tending to Miriam's garden but is still terrified about being found by the Snakeheads. Show more
Nat Segnit explores the tale of a Uruguayan footballer battling to foil a scandal. With Kevin Eldon and Andrew Sachs. From November 2010. Show more
Sean Curran reports on events at Westminster.
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Coverage of the US mid-term elections.
