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A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. Show more

A listener who was once shot tells us why he thinks British gun control laws are too tough. Plus, has listening to The Archers become too intense? Nicholas Parsons reads Your News. Show more

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Helen Mark explores the Gwent Levels, an extensive low-lying area on the north side of the Severn Estuary in South Wales registered as a Historic Landscape of Outstanding Interest. Show more

Take British fruit, sugar and lemon juice. Boil, and get a multi-million pound industry. Caz Graham explores the links between jam making and farming. Show more

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Morning news and current affairs presented by Evan Davis and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Sian Williams and John McCarthy with Neil Oliver, some WW II Spitfire pilots, an open-water swimmer, a doctor living with face-blindness, and Emma Thompson's Inheritance Tracks. Show more

To the lapping of warm water, the giggle of childish laughter and the squelch of sun lotion, Stephen Smith dips his toe in the waters of this great national institution. Show more

An author, a photographer and a neuroscientist-turned-philosopher tell Bridget Kendall about the role that memories play in their work. Show more

The BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines. Kate Adie hosts correspondents from Mali, Italy, South Africa and Beijing. Show more

Michael Robinson asks what went wrong with Britain's banks and assesses what the future holds for the industry in the wake of the rate-fixing scandal. Show more

The musical comedian and the journalist in the talk tag show where the guest is the next interviewer. From August 2012. Show more

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Jonathan Dimbleby presents a panel discussion of news and politics from the Greenbelt Festival, Cheltenham Racecourse. Show more

Call Anita Anand on 03700 100 444, email any.answers@bbc.co.uk or tweet #bbcaq. Topics include Anders Breivik, Prince Harry and the Sun newspaper, GCSEs, rape and assisted dying. Show more

Tom Paine is again embroiled in revolution, this time in France. During the Terror his best efforts for the new Republic put him in prison, and American help is a long time coming. Show more

Post-natal psychosis, foundling Victoria Vardy, Nina Bawden, Naomi Alderman, Anna del Conte, feedback on infidelity, and the influence of Ayn Rand on America's political right. Show more

Full coverage of the day's news with Ritula Shah.

A listener who was once shot tells us why he thinks British gun control laws are too tough. Plus, has listening to The Archers become too intense? Nicholas Parsons reads Your News. Show more

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Nikki Bedi is joined by American voice actor, screenwriter and now singer Seth MacFarlane, comedian Dom Joly and author Amy Shindler. Plus, Jon Holmes talks to Adil Ray. Show more

Gerry Northam profiles dressage champion and nine-times gold medallist Lee Pearson, who is on track to be one of the most successful ever Paralympians. Show more

Bidisha and her guests - actor Kerry Shale and writers Natalie Haynes and Paul Morley - review the week's cultural highlights, including Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan. Show more

Mark Damazer explores the history of his favourite TV quiz show. With Bamber Gascoigne and Jeremy Paxman. From August 2012. Show more

It's 1848 and the revolution comes to Lubeck. The story of a German merchant family. Stars Michael Maloney and Barbara Flynn. Show more

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In the first of three debates to mark the most dramatic reforms in education in decades, John Humphrys asks leading education thinkers what we should teach. Show more

Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with Louise Doughty, Natalie Haynes, Nicholas Owen and Hugo Rifkind. From August 2012. Show more

Simon Armitage explores one of the oldest poems in the English language. He finds out why the watery landscape of Anglo-Saxon poem The Seafarer still grips imaginations today. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. A woman struggles to make sense of the insensitivities of a new neighbour while coming to terms with her own very imminent demise. Read by Debora Weston. Show more

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