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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Venerable Peter Eagles.

As the government reveals its new rural productivity plan, one expert says that while it is broadly positive, the devil will be in the detail. Presented by Felicity Evans. Show more

Martin Hughes-Games presents the willow tit. Show more

Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.

Baroness Warnock outlines her dream festival on the uninhabited island of Tanera Mor off the west coast of Scotland. Her guests include Haydn, Wordsworth and Coleridge. Show more

Very few sportspeople get to choose when they retire. Former rugby players share their stories of the way they left the sport and how they filled the void it left. Show more

Shonagon investigates Yukinari's disappearance from the palace. Meanwhile, the lieutenant finds himself held hostage by his childhood friend Takashi. Show more

Lucy Ash meets the Harragas of Algeria, the young people who burn their identity papers and head north across the Mediterranean leaving family, friends and stability behind. Show more

Dr Janina Ramirez visits the Ashmolean museum in Oxford to decode the 15th-century masterpiece by Paolo Uccello, The Hunt in the Forest. Show more

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Consumer affairs programme.

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Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney, including Labour leadership contender Yvette Cooper answering questions from listeners. Show more

How to have a better brain by sleeping well. Sian Williams meets the neuroscientists with the latest research on why a good night's sleep will boost your brain power. Show more

There is agreement at Berrow Farm, and Jill masks her disapproval. Show more

Wargame exercise writer Bradley Shoreham is hired to stress test the emergency services. His divide and rule tactics soon provoke hostility. Show more

Helen Mark visits Cornwall's clay country to see how mining has sculpted and shaped the landscape. Show more

Cherie Lunghi presents an appeal on behalf of Women for Women International. Show more

Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Leila Aboulela. Plus comedian and author Helen Lederer on the secret of writing a funny book and the titles that make her laugh out loud. Show more

Antonia Quirke hears from listeners who found 15 seconds of fame in the movies. Show more

Gareth Mitchell looks at science in the news, including paleolithic people eating carbs, deep sea cold water corals in peril and cracking the DNA code. Show more

Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.

The American humourist tackles being small in ‘Little Guy’ and coffee queue protests in ‘Now Hiring Friendly People’. From 2015. Show more

Peggy talks shop, and Rob explains himself.

Arts news with Samira Ahmed, including a review of Banksy's Dismaland, Andrew Haigh on 45 Years, a review of drama Resistance and Stephen Smith on his new Andy Warhol documentary. Show more

Shonagon investigates Yukinari's disappearance from the palace. Meanwhile, the lieutenant finds himself held hostage by his childhood friend Takashi. Show more

After the terror attack at Sousse that killed 38 tourists, many holidaymakers went elsewhere. Frances Stonor Saunders explores the deserted resorts and the real Tunisia. Show more

Peter Day visits the newly opened the National Graphene Institute, in Manchester, to discover how wonder material graphene, discovered ten years ago, can be used in the future. Show more

Gareth Mitchell looks at science in the news, including paleolithic people eating carbs, deep sea cold water corals in peril and cracking the DNA code. Show more

Baroness Warnock outlines her dream festival on the uninhabited island of Tanera Mor off the west coast of Scotland. Her guests include Haydn, Wordsworth and Coleridge. Show more

What does PM's departure mean for Greek economy - and its relationship with the Eurozone ?

Jean Louise reluctantly confronts Atticus about his involvement in the racist Citizens' Council. Read by Fenella Woolgar. Show more

Lauren Laverne and guests look at how dating, identity and relationships are changing. With Philippa Perry, Monica Whitty, Hannah Jane Parkinson, Charly Lester and Irma Kurtz. Show more

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Thucydides' account of the devastating wars between Athens and Sparta. In this episode, after an Athenian atrocity in Melos, both sides prepare for war in Sicily. Show more

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