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Chris Bowlby profiles German chancellor Angela Merkel, as she campaigns for a third term. Might she be key to Britain's EU future? Show more

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Having turned to mathematics as an unexpected source of solace during his years as a hostage, John McCarthy meets others for whom numbers both comfort and inspire. Show more

Tessa Dunlop travels to an upland fruit farm in her native North Perthshire, the last place in Britain to wake from winter, and helps out with the gooseberry pick. Show more

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Archbishop Vincent Nicholls on Syria, the rise in second wives in the Muslim Community, and will the Church of Wales vote in favour of women bishops? Show more

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Live from Brunswick Methodist Church in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne. The Rev Eden Fletcher and Deacon Liesl Warren lead a service exploring the God who shapes and transforms. Show more

AL Kennedy doesn't like change. But she thinks she should change her atittude. Show more

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

Presented by Jane Garvey. Barry Cryer and Jeremy Hardy pay tribute to Cliff Richard's greatest hits. Sprinter Sir Menzies Campbell relives the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Show more

Sue MacGregor reunites five people who recall their experience of the German Occupation of Jersey during the Second World War. Show more

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

Can street food change the world? Richard Johnson looks at ideas being tried around the world, from food carts setting up in 'food deserts' to night markets transforming cities. Show more

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As the world watches the pandas in Edinburgh zoo, Philip Dodd investigates how China uses these mighty beasts for political influence. Show more

Eric Robson chairs a postbag edition from the GQT potting shed at Sparsholt College, with Chris Beardshaw, Anne Swithinbank, Pippa Greenwood and Rosie Yeomans taking the questions. Show more

In September 1973 General Pinochet launched a military coup against the socialist government of Salvador Allende in Chile. The playwright Ariel Dorfman watched what happened next. Show more

Arthur Seaton continues to rage against the boredom of his work and home life, but some of his past soon catches up with him, and he has to face the consequences. Show more

With Mariella Frostrup. Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist on her latest book The Lowland, mountaineering literature, and revamping the classics pulp fiction style. Show more

Roger McGough introduces story poems, including work by Roy Fisher, Emily Dickinson and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Readers: John Mackay, Niamh Cusack, Anton Lesser and Kenneth Cranham. Show more

The International Committee of the Red Cross has been helping victims of war for 150 years. But can it adapt to the changing face of conflict? Michael Ignatieff investigates. Show more

Chris Bowlby profiles German chancellor Angela Merkel, as she campaigns for a third term. Might she be key to Britain's EU future? Show more

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Sarfraz Mansoor makes his selection of the best of the previous seven days of BBC Radio.

Lynda tries her best, and Helen has to be patient. Show more

Paul tackles the nation’s health by rewriting the UK Citizenship Test to reflect his ideas about Britishness. From August 2013. Show more

By Sarah Bower. Story set on the coast of Norfolk, after the tourists have gone. East Anglian coast-inspired tale read by Poppy Miller. Show more

Tim Harford on conflict deaths, the number of people forced to sell homes to pay for care, Super Pumas, whether left-handers die young and Parliamentary porn-gate. Show more

Eye test fine U-turn, TSB rebirth, the perils of buying an unbuilt home and a crackdown on companies charging premium rates to call organisations that can be contacted for free. Show more

Anthony Horowitz presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Kidscape. 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

Preview of the week's political agenda at Westminster with MPs, experts and commentators. Discussion of the issues politicians are grappling with in the corridors of power.

A look at how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.

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

Having turned to mathematics as an unexpected source of solace during his years as a hostage, John McCarthy meets others for whom numbers both comfort and inspire. Show more

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Erving Goffman - Laurie Taylor presents a special programme on the work and influence of this groundbreaking Canadian sociologist. Show more

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