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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton. Show more

Much of the UK's wheat harvest has been delayed because of wet weather, and Scottish farmers are offered free Schmallenberg tests to try to stop the disease spreading north. Show more

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Morning news and current affairs with John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.

Historian John Tosh puts Captain Scott in a long tradition of earlier role models for men, and explores men's desire to escape the home and domestic responsibility. Show more

Edward Stourton revisits broadcast debates from the archives. The permissive society comes under fire when Malcolm Muggeridge and Bernard Levin discuss pornography and censorship. Show more

Jane Garvey talks to Debbie Jevans, director of sport for LOCOG. What is a normal birth? Plus discussion about 'the other woman', and Lydia Cacho on international sex trafficking. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Tudor lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake is sent by Cromwell to probe the killing of a King's Commissioner. Stars Jason Watkins. Show more

Winner of the contest for a dream travel project in 2012, Jaswinder Jhalli visits the gauchos of Argentina and discovers how their image matches the reality of today's horsemen. Show more

The life-juggling Manchester DJ must cope without having a plus one for his school reunion. Stars Justin Moorhouse. From 2012. Show more

James Naughtie profiles Tony Blair, the Labour Prime Minister who swept to power in 1997 but will be most remembered for the war in Iraq. Show more

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Exploring the ways in which people reveal their true selves to the world. Daniel is rebuilding his life in a community that knows he has been imprisoned. Show more

Freddie takes on a new challenge. Meanwhile Roy leaps in to help. Show more

A well-groomed body, a brand new Lotus and the next case for DCI Craven are found at a local beauty spot. Crime drama by Amelia Bullmore, starring Maxine Peake. Show more

Tom Sutcliffe chairs the cultural quiz on lateral thinking and cryptic connections. Last year's winners the Midlands team defend their title against the South of England team. Show more

Sheila Dillon explores a food story of decline and revival - British mustard. Show more

Phill Jupitus enters a world in which the Victorian arts and sciences get an anachronistic modern twist. An imaginative leap backwards, or an excuse to grow a silly moustache? Show more

Ernie Rea and guests discuss religious responses to economic inequality.

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Nicholas Parsons challenges Graham Norton, Liza Tarbuck, Sue Perkins and Paul Merton to speak for 60 seconds. From 2012.

Mike feels torn and Lily speaks her mind. Show more

Hermione Norris discusses A Mother's Son, Anna Karenina starring Keira Knightley reviewed, Wallander creator Henning Mankell and Northumberlandia revisited. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Tudor lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake is sent by Cromwell to probe the killing of a King's Commissioner. Stars Jason Watkins. Show more

Mark D'Arcy goes behind the scenes at Westminster to find out how Commons Speaker John Bercow does the job and why his approach is considered controversial. Show more

Tessa Dunlop travels to Romania to investigate why a proposed open-cast gold mine, which would be Europe's largest, has caused a political storm all over the country. Show more

Piano tuners' brains change over the course of their career, a solar system with two suns is discovered, a geological unconformity on Mars, and chimps that don't do justice. Show more

Historian John Tosh puts Captain Scott in a long tradition of earlier role models for men, and explores men's desire to escape the home and domestic responsibility. Show more

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An affair starts Serena on an unintended career path. 1970s tale of love and deception set in MI5. Read by Amelia Bullmore. Show more

Chris Ledgard explores the domestic world of reading aloud to friends and family both now and in the 18th century, the great age of elocution. Show more

Sean Curran and the BBC's parliamentary team report as Nick Clegg defends the decision to drop plans for Lords reform, saying he hopes it will be considered in the next Parliament. Show more

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On the eve of his 64th birthday, Paul Auster examines his life through the history of his body, looking back on his life as a young man embarking for Paris. Read by Garrick Hagon. Show more

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