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With Steve Clifford, General Director of the Evangelical Alliance.

Extreme winter weather threatens the crop at an organic vegetable farm in Warrington. Caz Graham learns how they keep their box scheme running when veg is frozen into the ground. Show more

With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day with Satish Kumar; Yesterday in Parliament.

Stephen Fry has fun with word games and invites listeners to play along with the aid of Phill Jupitus, Sheila Dillon, Ben Schott and Britain's only University appointed enigmatist. Show more

John Wilson meets leading figures in their fields and takes them back to the places and people they left behind. Maths Professor Marcus du Sautoy goes back to his comprehensive. Show more

Presented by Jane Garvey. A programme to celebrate age, wisdom and experience with inspiring interviews from Vanessa Regrave and other guests. Show more

Prunella Scales and Anne Reid star in this fractious festive 11th series. Irene has to hold back on her grievances with Vera when Vera's daughter Karen has a health scare. Show more

A story about tigers that involves a local Indian community, a retired heart surgeon from Bristol and a remarkable education programme to conserve tigers, not kill them. Show more

Susan Marling investigates how architects are revolutionising hospices and small healthcare buildings. From 2010. Show more

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DJ and Grammy Award winning film maker Don Letts examines how Britain produced its own reggae revolution in the late 1970s. Show more

Kirsty gets more than she bargained for and Tony faces facts. Show more

By Rose Tremain. An imagining of the last days of the Duchess of Windsor for whom King Edward VIII abdicated his throne. With Elizabeth McGovern. Show more

How does a fossil hunter know they have found a different species of animal rather than just one oddly developed member of the same species? Show more

Tales of Victorian circus life read by Tony Lidington. Frowde remembers starting work doing menial jobs at Hengler's Circus - owned by his grandfather. Show more

A male nail bar worker from Swansea discusses his decision to train in the beauty industry and his family's reaction. From December 2010. Show more

Christmas is over and now the TV ads are all about holidays. Michael Rosen considers the language of travel and tourism. Show more

Dancer and actor Lionel Blair chooses his friend, Sammy Davis Jr, one of the world's great all-round entertainers. With Matthew Parris. From December 2010. Show more

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Series of brief musical comedies by Dave Cohen, David Quantick and Richie Webb. Fabio Capello engages a new coaching assistant to sort his players out, Mary Poppin-thebackofthenet. Show more

It's the big day, but MJN Air is at work. Will Arthur get his festive celebration? Stars Roger Allam. From December 2010. Show more

Lynda's on edge for the first night of the panto, and someone has a close encounter with Sabrina Thwaite. Show more

Kirsty Lang on why the phrase 'Based on a True Story' is so appealing to film-makers and TV producers, and interviews with Peter Weir, Peter Morgan and Hilary Swank. Show more

Prunella Scales and Anne Reid star in this fractious festive 11th series. Irene has to hold back on her grievances with Vera when Vera's daughter Karen has a health scare. Show more

Amnesty has recently attracted criticism, sometimes from those who have been its most committed activists. John Tusa asks if it has lost its way and what will be its future role. Show more

Peter White with news and information for blind and partially sighted people.

As an ageing population puts increasing strain on hospital emergency departments, Dr Mark Porter looks at how one in Southampton is evolving to meet those complex needs. Show more

Stephen Fry has fun with word games and invites listeners to play along with the aid of Phill Jupitus, Sheila Dillon, Ben Schott and Britain's only University appointed enigmatist. Show more

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It is Christmas Eve and as abandoned Mary arrives back at Jamaica Inn, she finds herself in danger. Read by Tamsin Greig. Show more

Luke ferries Lee and Hayley between Christmas dinners with their parents nursing family conflict, marital breakdown and his own broken heart in typically fumbling style.

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The comedian sets out to validate herself through 18th-century philosophy - even her frog collection. From February 2009. Show more

Following the death of Robert, his widow Marthe seizes her chance to get rid of everything relating to Marcel Proust. Show more

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