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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

National Trust members are to vote on whether it should allow badger culls on its land. But the trust says it won't be bound by its members until the science is settled. Show more

Brett Westwood presents the Greenshank. Show more

Journalist and psychologist Dr Aleks Krotoski sets out to discover what serendipity actually is and why we need it today more than ever.

Fi Glover with a special Sunday edition of conversations recorded at the Edinburgh Festival between people inspired by the Listening Project. Show more

Alexa Chung - model, muse and style icon; why there's still a long way to go to tackle child poverty; and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato on performing at the Last Night of the Proms. Show more

Georgy's wish has come true. She loves Jos, and he loves her, but what will happen when Meredith comes home with the baby? Show more

Ed Butler investigates how Venezuela's economic crisis is affecting everyday lives across Latin America's oil giant. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Could you create dark energy in your sink? Welcome to the surreal world of experience designer Nelly Ben Hayoun. From September 2013. Show more

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Anne McElvoy follows the great Victorian critic John Ruskin to Bradford. In 1864 he lambasted the town's prosperous merchants for ditching traditional values of taste and craft. Show more

Lynda's beginning to have misgivings, and Kirsty tells it like it is. Show more

4 Extra Debut. When her husband unexpectedly leaves, Angela learns the ups and downs of being a middle-aged singleton. Stars Caroline Quentin. Show more

Helen Mark explores the newly safeguarded 'Laurie Lee Wood' and meets the people that inhabit Laurie's 21st-century 'Cider with Rosie' landscape. Show more

Dr Phil Hammond presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Core. Show more

Paul Theroux discusses Dark Star Safari, his account of a perilous overland journey from Cairo to Cape Town in 2001, with James Naughtie and a group of invited readers. Show more

Francine Stock talks to Richard Curtis and Bill Nighy about time travel film About Time, Paolo Sorrentino discusses his film The Great Beauty, and Neil Brand explores film music. Show more

Dr Adam Rutherford asks whether the proposed ice wall around the Fukushima nuclear plant will stop radioactive leaks. Plus, are school science practicals a waste of time? Show more

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The arrival of a new butcher's shop causes strife in the traders' community. Sitcom set in a Glasgow corner shop, stars Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary. Show more

Rob comes to the rescue, and Eddie's having a busy evening. Show more

Alan Cumming on his new film, Any Day Now; the verdict on a bold new staging of Marlowe's Edward II; how female comics make feminism funny; new art inspired by the Victorians. Show more

Georgy's wish has come true. She loves Jos, and he loves her, but what will happen when Meredith comes home with the baby? Show more

Following demonstrations against fracking in Sussex, Wesley Stephenson investigates the arguments for and against the controversial method of extracting shale gas. Show more

Peter Day investigates the business use of what some call, with a shiver, drones. Could an unmanned aerial vehicle be delivering your pizza in the not too distant future? Show more

Dr Adam Rutherford asks whether the proposed ice wall around the Fukushima nuclear plant will stop radioactive leaks. Plus, are school science practicals a waste of time? Show more

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Zummo rides off to Torremagna in search of Faustina, knowing he must find her before Stufa does. Show more

Ringmaster Colin with Thwor, the mighty (Leeds-based) god of Thwunder, and forgotten silver-screen star Anna Mann. From 2013. Show more

Sean Curran reports from Westminster where the government defends big changes to the benefits system in the wake of a damning report from a spending watchdog. Show more

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Two weeks after their successful invasion of Washington, the British turn on Baltimore. But this time the Americans are prepared. Read by Jamie Parker. Show more

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