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A reading and a reflection to start the day with the Rev Mary Stallard. Show more

Farming and countryside news with Charlotte Smith. Recent weather is blamed for a shortfall in potato crops, leading to a steep rise in price. Show more

David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the redshank. Show more

Morning news and current affairs with Justin Webb and John Humphrys, including the latest on the Woolwich attack, plus children and porn, and quitting at the top. Show more

Alice Walker, Pulizter prize-winning author of The Color Purple, is interviewed by Kirsty Young. Show more

Jenni Murray offers a female perspective on the world, discussing women's football, the impact of ultrasound on obstetrics, and violence against women in TV dramas. Show more

Britain is said to be in the biggest wave of outsourcing since the 1980s. Chris Mullin explores what working life is like for some outsourced workers. Show more

The aspiring politicians get their first radio interview ahead of the by-election. Stars Tim Key. From October 2012. Show more

Cut-price dental treatment from eastern Europe, without the need to travel. Plus, should travel agents be obliged to tell us if we need a visa for our holiday? With Peter White. Show more

Fi Glover presents a conversation between the hind quarters and the front end of a pantomime camel, proving that it's surprising what you hear when you listen. Show more

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Five short autobiographies in two languages. Kailash Chand is an Indian doctor in Stalybridge. He grew up speaking Punjabi but worked as a GP for his whole career in the UK. Show more

Lynda tries to bite her tongue, and Elona makes a decision. Show more

By Charlotte Bogard Macleod. Dotty Rogers has trouble with reality. She shimmies easily from the mundanity of everyday motherhood to star parts in the movies of her own imagining. Show more

Eric Robson chairs this special edition of GQT with members of the Chelsea Fringe, London. Bob Flowerdew, Bunny Guinness and Matthew Wilson answer the audience questions. Show more

During a visit to Ireland, a chance encounter with a museum curator has a profound effect on three elderly academics and their attitudes towards mortality. Read by Hannah Gordon. Show more

Obituary series. Matthew Bannister on Doors keyboard player Ray Manzarek, Argentine dictator Jorge Videla, Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid Hussain and comedy writer Eddie Braben. Show more

Tim Harford on the economics of an independent Scotland, Ryanair's boast about flight punctuality, Eurovision voting, why millions of science papers may be wrong, and cat years. Show more

Fi Glover presents a conversation between two women born into the traveller community. Although neither had a successful start in education, today both are considering doctorates. Show more

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A Brit blasts off, the French sound-off and the grassroots are brassed-off. Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Bridget Christie, Laura Shavin and Mitch Benn. Show more

David makes an offer, and Matt puts things in place. Show more

Paul Morley on his new memoir of the north of England, the pain of losing a beloved musical instrument, Angela Gheorghiu's Cultural Exchange, and predictions for Cannes glory. Show more

Cody's obsession with his brother Ezra's fiancee, country girl Ruth, becomes a determined campaign. Stars Ben Crowe. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from West Byfleet, Surrey with Sadiq Khan MP, Maria Miller MP, Trevor Kavanagh from the Sun and Brendan O'Neill. Show more

John Gray argues for another way of perceiving the world, inspired by the fantasy fiction writer Arthur Machen. Human fulfilment does not lie only in action but in awareness. Show more

By David Greig and Gordon McIntyre. A warm-hearted musical romantic comedy. Two people meet in an Edinburgh bar on a rainy summer's weekend and embark on a heady lost weekend. Show more

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Wife of soldier murdered in London 'thought he would be safe in the UK'. Russia says Syria has agreed in principle to go to international peace conference. With Philippa Thomas. Show more

The battle to reveal the truth over events on the Rock must come out, whatever the cost. Concluded by Damian Lewis. From May 2013. Show more

Edmund de Waal chooses Primo Levi, the Italian writer who survived and documented Auschwitz. With Matthew Parris. From 2013. Show more

Cerys Matthews visits Alabama to learn a sacred choral tradition. Widely practised before the American Civil War, Sacred Harp singing is currently experiencing a global resurgence. Show more

Fi Glover presents a conversation between friends with widely differing ideas on unearthly events, proving that it's surprising what you hear when you listen. Show more

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The story of Sweden's ambitious balloon adventurer Salomon Andree's audacious attempt to reach the North Pole in 1897. From May 2013. Show more

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