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A reading and a reflection to start the day, with Canon Patrick Thomas, vicar of Christ Church in Carmarthen. Show more

Felicity Evans examines the chancellor's announcement about future farm subsidies, looks at African farming and meets a lady mole catcher. Show more

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Steve Backshall presents the cirl bunting. Show more

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Paul Sartin, oboe player in Bellowhead, and contemporary composer Robert Worby, in a flower-filled meadow close to the roaring M40, make music following the skyline of Oxfordshire. Show more

Vienna-based correspondent Bethany Bell explores Graham Greene's time in postwar Vienna and the writing and making of The Third Man in the late 1940s. Show more

Screen time and children. Getting children away from their screens can be a daily battle, but how much more difficult is it in the school holidays? Show more

Monsignor Quixote and Sancho help a robber - and pay an unexpected price. Show more

Grace Dent presents untold dramas of 21st-century Britain. An ice cream van owner loses his pitch to 'foreigners'. But can they win round the locals? Show more

Chinese New Year and the flatmates are ready to party, if only they can get the float going. Stars Samantha Bond. From 2016. Show more

The King praises the 'spirit of cheerful confidence' he found amongst the troops in France, while in Folkestone, optimism eludes Florrie Wilson. Show more

Winifred Robinson on the future for former BHS stores. What's been the impact of efforts to reduce peat use in gardens? And concern at cars being sold while subject to a recall. Show more

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A Salmon struggles on a weir as writer and naturalist Paul Evans reflects on Sabrina and the fish of no return in the first of five illustrated talks about Rivers. Show more

Henry is waved off to the beach, and Ursula has a suggestion for Rob. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Using a mixture of fact and fiction, writer Don Shaw recreates a unique meeting he had in 1979 with 86-year-old activist Dora Russell. Show more

Competitors from Bradford, Nottinghamshire and Edinburgh join Paul to discover who will take the last of the nine semi-final places. Show more

How beer writer Roger Protz stood to celebrate good beer, protect brewing traditions and saw real ale rise from threatened minority drink to the focus of festivals. Show more

Gender and science fiction. The award-winning writer Geoff Ryman explores stories about women and men in future worlds and asks what might change. Show more

Ernie Rea and guests explore the impact of the Cultural Revolution on religion in China. Show more

Firm pursued allegations of killings and torture made by Iraqis against British troops.

Nicholas Parsons is joined by panellists Paul Merton, Julian Clary, Tony Hawks and Zoe Lyons, who tackle topics such as 'A Brief Encounter' and 'Beside the Seaside'. Show more

Caroline is feeling guilty, and Pip takes a call. Show more

John Wilson presents from the Edinburgh Festival with guests including novelist Philippa Gregory, poet Liz Lochhead, playwright Adura Onashile and improv troupe The Showstoppers. Show more

Monsignor Quixote and Sancho help a robber - and pay an unexpected price. Show more

Maya Amin-Smith explores the impact of the Grunwick dispute, four decades after it began, and finds out how members of her family became involved and how they look back on it now. Show more

Thousands of young people in Poland are joining paramilitary groups to defend their country against a possible invasion. But from whom? Tim Whewell reports. Show more

Brett Westwood looks into the heart of a rose. Its power lies in its infinite mutability - the rose symbolises everything from sex to socialism, romance to religious belief. Show more

Paul Sartin, oboe player in Bellowhead, and contemporary composer Robert Worby, in a flower-filled meadow close to the roaring M40, make music following the skyline of Oxfordshire. Show more

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Up to 50 countries could miss the Paralympics because grants haven't been paid.
And the law firm accused of bringing false claims against British troops in Iraq is to close. Show more

Nearly 30 years on from its original publication, Hilary Mantel revisits her third novel to create a ten-part serialisation. Read by Anna Maxwell Martin. Abridged by Sara Davies. Show more

Michael Rosen and art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon talk about the naming of art movements, from Renaissance to surrealism. What do the names tell us? With linguist Dr Laura Wright. Show more

Josie Long presents stories about wordless communication from secret codes to the importance of touch. From 2016. Show more

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In 2008, Zuhal Sultan, a 17-year-old Iraqi pianist, decided to create a national youth orchestra. Paul MacAlindin took on the life-changing challenge of becoming its conductor. Show more

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