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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Shaykh Michael Mumisa, Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations in Cambridge.

Charlotte Smith takes control of a combine as Farming Today prepares for the harvest on a Lincolnshire farm. And how the UK has discarded 1 billion pounds worth of cod since 1963. Show more

Morning news and current affairs with John Humphrys and Evan Davis, debating the US debt deal, teenage drug rehab, and the true history of the Titanic. Show more

Eddie Mair leads a discussion of the implications of the hacking scandal for the shape of power in Britain. Show more

Why are conviction rates for FGM so low? Lynne Truss on her favourite Stella Gibbons books. Sexism and propaganda in WWII comics. Kathryn Tickell plays her Northumbrian pipes. Show more

Dr Ben Goldacre explores what happens when science takes the long view and reveals how these pioneering longitudinal studies are the bedrock of medicine. Show more

Claire Tomalin presents a selection of prose and poetry reflecting her life and work as a biographer. Her readers are Harriet Walter, Nicky Henson, Robin Ince and Meera Syal. Show more

With Julian Worricker. Speak English or don't come and live in the UK. Are new immigration rules fair or a breach of human rights? Show more

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4 Extra Debut. After a family diagnosis, comedian Rory Bremner goes on a personal journey to find out about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. From May 2011. Show more

There's an anxious wait at Bridge Farm. Meanwhile Alice is job-hunting. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Ed and Fiona have to rediscover what love is, but is it possible to define this emotion? With Paul Ritter and Tessa Peake Jones. Show more

Large amounts of land lie unused alongside Britain's major trunk roads. Would it not be a good idea to grow valuable coppiced woodland on this vacant ground? Show more

By William Trevor. 4 Extra Debut. Travelling in Ireland, two men land a job painting a crippled man's house but begin to realise something is amiss. Read by Stephen Rea. Show more

When Stalin died in March 1953, the USSR was militarily strong, but economically fragile. Nikita Khrushchev denounces Stalin's record as Stalin's henchmen vie to take his place. Show more

Chris Ledgard meets Les Barker, a Mancunian who, in his mid-sixties, fell in love with the Welsh language and is a now a serious performer on the Welsh poetry scene. Show more

4 Extra Debut. War reporter and author Tim Butcher chooses the novelist, Graham Greene. With Matthew Parris and David Pearce. From August 2011. Show more

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The human chameleon's host of comic characters including a nonagenarian musical diva. With Philip Pope. From August 2011. Show more

Lilian is after information and Pat puts on a good show.

With John Wilson, including an interview with writer Gerald Seymour and JJ Abrams' new film Super 8, produced by Steven Spielberg. Show more

Frederic is injured while seeing to the suppers of his fellow ambulance drivers. Stars Patrick Kennedy and Carl Prekopp. Show more

As the UK continues to give millions of pounds in aid to Rwanda and Zimbabwe, Jenny Cuffe investigates claims those governments are threatening opponents who live in Britain. Show more

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

Vivienne Parry explores changing attitudes to giving birth and asks what is a normal birth. We probe the mechanics and culture of birth, from home birth to hospital interventions. Show more

Eddie Mair leads a discussion of the implications of the hacking scandal for the shape of power in Britain. Show more

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

Pereira's assistant is in trouble in Alentejo, where he is recruiting for the International Brigade and he needs money. Troubled, Pereira goes to talk to his priest. Show more

BigiHype - the sure fire way to raise the profile of a new event or an unpopular charity. Stars Nick Doody. From July 2011. Show more

Lady Tresselian allows her ward to bring his wife and ex-wife to her house party with disastrous results. Stars Hugh Bonneville. Show more

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Lynn Knight's memoir tells how three generations of her family were adopted in three distinct ways. Today, great-aunt Eva joins the family. The reader is Barbara Flynn. Show more

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