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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Shaunaka Rishi Das, director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. Show more

An assessment of this year's harvest, seaweed pollution and one rural pub landlord's novel approach to pulling in the punters. With Felicity Evans. Show more

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Brett Westwood presents the bluethroat. Show more

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Brian Irvine, Belfast's composer laureate, who works in many forms, and multi-instrumentalist Rachael Boyd meet by the Harland and Woolf shipyard to play the skyline of Belfast. Show more

The BBC's man in Havana, Will Grant, goes on the trail of Graham Greene's Our Man in Havana, his portrayal of pre-Revolutionary Cuba and the making of the film in Castro's Havana. Show more

Programme that offers a female perspective on the world. Jenna Coleman discusses her TV role as young Queen Victoria. Plus the pressures faced by young people who come out as gay. Show more

1890s Whitechapel: Megan Evans comes to London to visit her brother, but he is strangely unwelcoming. Stars Bettrys Jones. Show more

Grace Dent presents untold dramas. Updates from previous episodes, including the fate of DJ Derek, and 73-year-old Jean, who was being harassed by her estranged husband. Show more

Frank Skinner is joined by historian Kate Williams, Dave Gorman and Sara Pascoe to ponder history’s funniest moments. From 2014. Show more

15,000 pilgrims gather at Lourdes to pray for the safe return of their fathers from war, and Juliet finds it hard to reconcile her delight and her fears. Show more

Winifred Robinson visits a modern caged poultry farm as more supermarkets say they'll phase out eggs from caged hens. And she hears from the boss of the Tiger stores brand. Show more

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As Team GB prepares to leave Rio we hear from the British Olympic Association. And the man who used to oversee the prevention of radicalisation in prisons criticises new proposals.

4 Extra Debut. David Temple has an imagined conversation with his late brother-in-law Derek Jarman. The two differ but mutual affection shines in the years since he died in 1994. Show more

Rob has got some news for Henry, and Jill is thinking about Freda Fry. Show more

4 Extra Debut. 190.000 visitors pass through Heathrow every day. No wonder some of them are ghosts. Stars Paul McGann. From September 2014. Show more

Three of the heat winners join Paul Gambaccini to compete for a place in the 2016 final of the wide-ranging music quiz. Show more

In the first of The Food Programme's summer drinks series, food writer Diana Henry asks listeners to take a moment, a cold glass, some ice and a bottle and appreciate an aperitif. Show more

Award-winning singer-songwriter Kathryn Williams describes how Sylvia Plath inspired an entire album. Show more

Ernie Rea and guests explore the role of sharia councils in the UK. Show more

The first Islamist militant to ever appear before the International Criminal Court, has pleaded guilty to destroying cultural sites.

Nicholas Parsons hosts a special episode from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, featuring Paul Merton, Janey Godley, Nish Kumar and Marcus Brigstocke. Show more

Toby has some explaining to do, and Kaz is feeling powerless. Show more

John Wilson talks to music legend Quincy Jones ahead of his BBC Prom. Noel Clarke on the final instalment of his British crime film trilogy, Brotherhood. Show more

1890s Whitechapel: Megan Evans comes to London to visit her brother, but he is strangely unwelcoming. Stars Bettrys Jones. Show more

Jacqui Smith examines the people and beliefs shaping life behind bars from the 18th century to the end of the First World War. Show more

Lucy Ash meets the people displaced by war in Colombia who fear they will never be able to return home even though the government is on the brink of a historic peace deal. Show more

Golden eggs, witches and life after death all feature in this extraordinary story of the great auk, a flightless bird that was hunted to extinction in 1844. From 2016 Show more

Brian Irvine, Belfast's composer laureate, who works in many forms, and multi-instrumentalist Rachael Boyd meet by the Harland and Woolf shipyard to play the skyline of Belfast. Show more

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In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. People in Germany are expected to be told they should store enough food and water for ten days in case they're attacked. Show more

Nearly 30 years on from its publication, Hilary Mantel serialises her third novel. Read by Anna Maxwell Martin. Abridged by Sara Davies. Frances gives her first dinner party. Show more

Seventy years ago, John Hersey's unflinching magazine article about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima rocked the world. Peter Curran explores the story and impact of Hersey's work. Show more

Josie Long presents stories of how our hearts entwine with the landscape, from fig musings to a walk in the woods. From 2016. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. Exploring the lives of young Chinese - a military child, a daughter of the Party and a far north dweller. Read by David Seddon. Show more

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