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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with George Craig, a Methodist local preacher in Cardiff.

The blue-on-blue row over the EU referendum at Defra: environment secretary Liz Truss is campaigning to stay in Europe, while farming minister George Eustice wants out. Show more

Series of stories about British birds, inspired by their calls and songs. Kate Humble presents the little owl. Show more

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

Kirsty Young interviews Professor Louise Richardson, political scientist and the first woman vice-chancellor of Oxford University. Show more

Seattle-based feminist performer Lindy West; the lives and needs of women involved in street sex work; the chief engineer of the Panama canal expansion project. Show more

Will Irene receive a warm welcome in Edinburgh? And what of Big Lou and her political boyfriend? Starring Emma Currie. Show more

Ian Marchant asks who benefits most from the self-service revolution - is it the consumer or big business? Show more

Adulthood is no easier for Michael Fabbri as dyslexia makes life harder and the manual is particularly hard to read. From 2016. Show more

Can horses count? And which animal is the best at maths? Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate. Show more

Consumer news and issues. The man who started his own bin collection service after locals complained about the council's own service. Show more

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Will has an idea, and it does not take much to rile Pip. Show more

Original British Dramatists: A romantic drama about two people adrift in London. From new writer Jessica Brown, winner of the Write Now competition two years running. Show more

Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural panel programme from the Hay Festival. Matthew Wilson, Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood answer the questions from the audience. Show more

4 Extra Debut. A professor who has spent his career scanning distant galaxies, finally turns his gaze closer to home. Read by Grant O'Rourke. Show more

Matthew Bannister on comedy writer Carla Lane, ICI chairman Sir Denys Henderson, Victorian buildings conservationist Jane Fawcett, Archers actor Alan Devereux. Show more

Listeners ask for bolder judgement calls and harder facts from the BBC's referendum coverage. And why pioneering science on child development is riveting radio. Show more

As the horse fair returns to Appleby, bringing tens of thousands of visitors, Fi Glover introduces a conversation between a resident and a senior member of the Roma community. Show more

The coroner at the second inquest into the death of Private Cheryl James at Deepcut Barracks found that she killed herself, but accused the army of failing in its duty of care. Show more

Frankie Boyle, Samira Ahmed, Jeremy Hardy and Kerry Godliman are Miles Jupp's guests in the long-running satirical quiz of the week's news. Show more

Helen has reason to panic, and the Aldridges celebrate. Show more

Reg, by Jimmy McGovern, portrays a father's reaction to his son's death in the Iraq war, and James Schamus describes how he made his film Indignation, based on Philip Roth's novel. Show more

Will Irene receive a warm welcome in Edinburgh? And what of Big Lou and her political boyfriend? Starring Emma Currie. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from St Helen and St Katharine School in Abingdon, with Julia Hartley-Brewer, Caroline Lucas MP, Lord Heseltine and Gisela Stuart MP. Show more

Following the death of the philosopher and author, Sir Roger Scruton - a talk he did in 2016 on one of his favourite subjects, Wagner. Show more

As the refugee crisis in Greece subsides, poet Louise Wallwein responds to what she has seen and heard over the past year working as a volunteer on Kos. Show more

Dominic Lawson interviews former Soviet dissident and Israeli politician Natan Sharansky over a game of chess. Show more

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Britain, France and the US push for humanitarian aid drops at the Security Council Show more

As the students enter their last months at Hailsham, the reality of donations creeps closer. Show more

Pantomime pioneer, Joseph Grimaldi, is nominated by Frank Turner. With Mattie Faint. Presented by Matthew Parris. From 2016. Show more

Sarah Montague visits the Pen Green Centre in Corby, Northamptonshire, which has been educating parents alongside their children for 30 years. Show more

Fi Glover introduces a conversation about the surprising challenges facing a mixed race family at home and abroad. Show more

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Writing success, marriage, family tragedy. The last letters to Sofie Magdalene are eventful and dramatic.. Show more

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