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Entrepreneur Paddy Docherty says business is best placed to bring prosperity to impoverished and post-conflict nations and sees the commercial sector as the ally of development. Show more

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Writer and broadcaster Melissa Viney reflects on how becoming a mother can affect creativity. Show more

Nick Baker visits a small community in Devon which is practising permaculture, a holistic sustainable approach to farming. Show more

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Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Samira Ahmed. Show more

Trevor Eve presents an appeal on behalf of Body & Soul. Show more

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Matins from Westminster Abbey on Trinity Sunday in celebration of the Queen's diamond jubilee. With a sermon by the Dean of Westminster and music sung by the Abbey Choir. Show more

Adam Gopnik muses on why Shakespeare didn't seem to know that the top bee is a girl bee. He draws lessons about the theory of knowledge and how the human mind works. Show more

Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell. Reviewing the papers; Mary Killen, Kevin Maguire and Sarah Bradford. Show more

Usha seeks sanctuary and Harry is press-ganged. Show more

Kirsty Young interviews Margaret Rhodes, former MI6 worker and first cousin to the Queen. Show more

Simon Parkes reports from the London International Wine fair to discover the latest trends in the wine industry. Show more

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Global news and analysis. As the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant prepares to set sail we hear live from the river bank. Plus we debate the options for dealing with Syria. Show more

Michael Morpurgo explores how the contemporary debate has been informed by teaching methods of the recent past and is, in some ways, a reaction to them. Show more

Peter Gibbs and the panel are guests of the Dig Deep Community Project in South Oxhey, plus a report from the brand new Chelsea Fringe show. Show more

Capturing the nation in conversation. Fi Glover presents encounters from Hull, Bristol and London covering family life and friendship. Show more

4 Extra Debut. The 19th-century courtesan has a new younger contender in her trail of rich and powerful lovers. Show more

Philippa Gregory talks about her historical novel The Other Boleyn Girl which tells the story of sisters Mary and Anne Boleyn. James Naughtie presents. Show more

Roger McGough presents listeners' poetry requests read by Sean Gleeson and Barbara Barnes, including poems by Joyce, Larkin, Julia Copus and Charles Bukowski. Show more

Yalta, Potsdam, Maastricht. Summit meetings between heads of state have shaped the world, but what happens behind the scenes when leaders meet? Jonathan Powell investigates. Show more

Writers create a fictional response to the week's news. Lou Ramsden takes a humorous look at the potential romantic benefits of the Greek financial crisis. Show more

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Felicity Finch makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio. Show more

Ambridge celebrates with the nation, but will Clarrie's jubilee cake be ready on time? Show more

Rory Bremner hosts the topical satire show that digs that bit deeper into national and international politics. Show more

Story by Patricia Duncker to mark the transit of Venus across the sun. Escaping from Jerusalem after an unsettling dream, Pilate's wife encounters a terrifying individual. Show more

Forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations. Roger Bolton discusses the future of local radio, plus are some subjects too personal for broadcast? Show more

Matthew Bannister on banker and music lover Leopold De Rothschild, bass guitarist Donald Dunn, designer Elisabeth Tomalin, Ceefax editor Colin McIntyre, clarinettist Alan Hacker. Show more

Presented by Paul Lewis. How thousands of patients who mistakenly applied for free dental and eye tests have been fined more than one million pounds. Show more

Trevor Eve presents an appeal on behalf of Body & Soul. Show more

Edward Stourton explores the prospects for post-revolution government, following the Arab Spring. Elections are being held, but can voters be sure autocratic rule is in the past? Show more

Preview of the week's political agenda at Westminster with MPs, experts and commentators. Discussion of the issues politicians are grappling with in the corridors of power.

Patrick O'Flynn of the Express analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories. Show more

Charlize Theron on Prometheus and Snow White and the Huntsman. Show more

Writer and broadcaster Melissa Viney reflects on how becoming a mother can affect creativity. Show more

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Laurie Taylor considers what British comics, past and present can tell us about our identities as a nation. Also, US and South African conspiracy theories about the causes of AIDS. Show more

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