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Church bells from All Saints Church, Odiham, Hampshire. Show more

Caroline Ingraham, founder of a new approach to animal welfare, on giving animals choices. Recorded at the Hay Festival. Show more

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Mark Tully considers the drawbacks of an overly strict religious upbringing. What are the pressures on those who stay within dogmatic religions in later life? Show more

Anna Hill travels to Cambridgeshire to meet some of the 1,000 pickers from Eastern Europe and finds out how to pick 200 lettuces an hour. Show more

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Edward Stourton presents religious news and current affairs, including the Pope's encyclical on the environment and a look at the relationship between Ramadan and the internet. Show more

Sir Tom Stoppard presents an appeal for Prisoners of Conscience. Show more

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Sealed with a curse! Liberty, justice and the first steps towards democracy are celebrated in Magna Carta, given the reluctant royal seal of approval 800 years ago. Show more

AL Kennedy argues that the drive to assess education's value in purely monetary terms risks destroying the very essence of learning. Show more

Brett Westwood presents the melodious warbler. Show more

Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.

Kirsty Young talks to Rebecca Adlington, former competitive swimmer and Olympic gold medallist. Show more

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Cook and food writer Simon Hopkinson shares his culinary life story with Sheila Dillon. In this first of two special editions, he covers early food memories to his time as a chef. Show more

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Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell.

When artist Scottee decided to invent fat beauty pageant Hamburger Queen, he wanted to celebrate people he was sick of hearing described as sad, lazy and a drain on the NHS. Show more

Eric Robson hosts the show from Bristol, the European Green Capital City 2015. Experts Christine Walkden, Chris Beardshaw and Matthew Wilson answer horticultural queries. Show more

Fi Glover introduces conversations about the changes imposed by acquired brain injury, how friends each recorded a year in their lives and the impossibility of life without song. Show more

Johnny tries to save Mr Crawley, who has a revelation, and the Archdeacon is struggling with his temper. Stars Samuel Barnett. Show more

Mariella Frostrup talks to debut novelist Laura Barnett about her book The Versions of Us, which creates not one but three different stories for its characters. Show more

Roger McGough celebrates Bloomsday with poetry by James Joyce and Paul Durcan, as well as the usual varied selection of listeners' requests. Show more

With the urgent need for more housing, developers are targeting greenbelt land and other protected sites. Allan Urry asks whether the planning system is up to the challenge. Show more

A dramatic response to a topical news story.

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Stewart Henderson chooses his highlights from the past seven days of BBC Radio. Show more

Harrison is ready for birthday duty, and Kenton is a rebel with a cause. Show more

Blind detective Max Carrados tries to stop an international criminal from selling compromising letters. Stars Tim Pigott-Smith. Show more

Jacob Polley unpacks his poem ‘The Remedy’ from his collection ‘The Brink’ into an original short story. Read by Bryan Dick. Show more

Tim Harford asks how recent obesity projections were calculated and where the numbers for the street value of drugs come from. Richard Thaler talks about the psychology of risk. Show more

Andrea Catherwood on film actor Christopher Lee, cookery writer Marguerite Patten, bandleader James Last, polar explorer 'Roy' Homard and actor Ron Moody. Show more

Paul Lewis explores how some Right to Buy owners have ended up with a repair bill of £50,000 each, criticism of the new pension freedom system and how to avoid villa fraud. Show more

Sir Tom Stoppard presents an appeal for Prisoners of Conscience. Show more

Pope Francis's critique of capitalism has made him an icon for the left and prompted claims that he is a communist. Edward Stourton explores the origins of his radical message. Show more

Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.

Zoe Williams of the Guardian looks at how newspapers covered the week's biggest stories. Show more

Director of the National Theatre Rufus Norris talks about the film adaptation of London Road, plus John Boorman on Queen and Country and how movie-making has changed. Show more

Mark Tully considers the drawbacks of an overly strict religious upbringing. What are the pressures on those who stay within dogmatic religions in later life? Show more

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Laurie Taylor explores the changing nature of same-sex relationships since the demise of state communism. Also, the reality and implications of 'big data'. Show more

Church bells from All Saints Church, Odiham, Hampshire. Show more

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