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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Ed Kessler, director of the Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths, Cambridge. Show more

UK lamb and mutton exports to China are up 93 per cent on last year. Plus the Welsh farm using the past to boost its present income. Presented by Anna Hill. Show more

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Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the robin. Show more

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The history of English spelling is strewn with well-meaning attempts to simplify it. Stephen Fry asks why spelling got so difficult and whether it can ever be changed. Show more

Roger Law meets two inventors who are changing the world one small design at a time. Show more

Presented by Jane Garvey. Jamie Oliver cooks the perfect Singapore noodles. And the sandwich generation - the pressures of caring for your parents and children. Show more

London, 1965. Georgy is wonderfully sparky, funny and financially independent but desperate to fall in love. Show more

Mimi and Ryan are getting married. Alan Dein presents a fly-on-the-wedding cake documentary that follows them through the day. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Will Brian ignore Danny's warning when a visitor offers them a suspiciously cheap laptop? Stars Adrian Scarborough. From September 2013. Show more

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Anne McElvoy explores how the French Revolution shocked progressive MP Edmund Burke into defending British traditions and privileges - sowing the seeds of British conservatism. Show more

Ray starts as he means to go on, and Fallon fulfils a difficult task. Show more

Stephen Wakelam's drama charts the first meeting, on a Thames barge, between John Osborne and George Devine. George has read Look Back in Anger and has come to check Osborne out. Show more

Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with Janie Dee, Richard Ingrams, Vivienne Parry and Robin Ince. From September 2013. Show more

Tim Hayward meets the people taking ambitious food production into their own hands. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Mike Greenwood unlocks the secrets of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's classic novella, on the anniversary of its publication in 1943. From September 2013. Show more

Ernie Rea and his guests discuss the thorny relationship between comedy and religion. What is more important: freedom of speech or respecting people's religious beliefs? Show more

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Nicholas Parsons hosts the popular panel game. How hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition or deviation?

Tom confesses, and Kathy's at the end of her tether. Show more

Richard Curtis' new film About Time reviewed; British reggae group UB40 on their new album; Estelle Morris and Toby Young discuss two documentary series set in schools. Show more

London, 1965. Georgy is wonderfully sparky, funny and financially independent but desperate to fall in love. Show more

No longer just for the rich, tutoring is booming in Britain. It is now a £1bn industry and growing fast. But is it really worth the money? Sushma Puri investigates. Show more

Mobeen Azhar investigates life in gay, urban Pakistan. Despite homosexuality being a crime, he finds a vibrant gay scene and asks what it is really like to be gay in Pakistan. Show more

Geoff Watts finds out how a brain surgery technique that puts electrodes deep in the brain is offering dramatic recovery to people with Parkinson's, depression and chronic pain. Show more

The history of English spelling is strewn with well-meaning attempts to simplify it. Stephen Fry asks why spelling got so difficult and whether it can ever be changed. Show more

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Faustina has revealed her dangerous secret to Zummo, and Stufa is on his trail. But for now, Zummo is absorbed in completing his work for the Grand Duke. Show more

What are we allowed to say to each other? Chris Ledgard looks at the laws surrounding language use, from libel to blasphemy. Show more

Susan Hulme and the BBC's parliamentary team report as the government rules out another vote on military action against Syria unless circumstances change 'very significantly'. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. The British arrive to end the war of 1812, and the president waits anxiously to see where they will attack. Read by Jamie Parker. Show more

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