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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Alison Jack. Show more

Charlotte Smith hears how new US research into a Foot and Mouth vaccine could stop animals being culled. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Voltaire's satirical novel Candide, first published in 1759. Show more

What do the terms normal, obese and healthy actually mean in body size? Plus Diana Athill on gender balance in care homes, and the Hungarian home birth expert who faces jail. Show more

New Town resident Pat is on a desperate search for a lost masterpiece, and Dr Fairbairn just needs peace. Stars Crawford Logan. Show more

Honduras has the highest murder rate in the world. Linda Pressly profiles the People's Funeral Service - a unique organisation offering succour in a sea of violence. Show more

International publishers and writers are flocking to India, as it becomes the single biggest book market in the world. Mukti Jain Campion reports on what Indians are reading. Show more

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Signs of economic recovery on the horizon, French presidential contender Francois Hollande, the life of Chinese dissidents, and the psychological wounds of the Falklands. Show more

Neil MacGregor reveals deception and religion, cross-dressing and travelling salesmen, all unpacked via a pedlar's trunk. From 2012. Show more

Usha is frustrated. Meanwhile will Lynda be a good sport? Show more

Comedy drama by Emily Steel. Dee has had issues with food since childhood. She keeps it under wraps, but it is making her life very complicated, especially on dates. Show more

Richard Uridge is in the Northamptonshire countryside to discover the inspirational landscape of Rockingham Forest. Show more

Jim Carter presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Starfish Greathearts Foundation. Show more

Mariella Frostrup talks to comedian Russell Kane, who looks at the nature of comedy in his first novel, The Humorist, and asks why too much laughter can be deadly. Show more

Fifty years on, presenter Francine Stock joins Sir Tom Courtenay to look back at The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. Show more

Science magazine programme. Show more

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Addressed to the insurance industry, Tom's letter asks why everything has to be so confusing? With Joanna Monro. From May 2012. Show more

Jim is sceptical, and Amy is making plans. Show more

Kirsty Lang meets the creator of a controversial play about Apple, plus children's writer Shirley Hughes, and why TV dramas created in Israel are the source of international hits. Show more

Neil MacGregor reveals deception and religion, cross-dressing and travelling salesmen, all unpacked via a pedlar's trunk. From 2012. Show more

Phil Kemp investigates claims that some businesses were mis-sold products designed to protect them against interest rate rises.

Big companies can learn from the cheap improvisation of the developing world. Peter Day discovers some of the secrets of what is now known as Frugal Innovation. Show more

Chris Sperring goes in search of sika deer and discovers how conservation groups like the RSPB and National Trust are managing the delicate balance of deer, people and habitats. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Voltaire's satirical novel Candide, first published in 1759. Show more

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Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis.

Incomers from America bring changes to the sleepy parish of Dalmailing, and the second Mrs Balwhidder's extreme thriftiness causes a rift. Read by Paul Young. Show more

John Harris explores the tragic mental breakdown of Syd Barrett, the former front man of the rock group Pink Floyd. From 2011. Show more

Des Lynam and Christopher Matthew head to Eastbourne on their tour of sporting venues to reminisce and trade tales. From July 2010. Show more

Comprehensive coverage of the council and mayoral election results.

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