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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Stephen Shipley, radio producer and broadcaster. Show more

Defra secretary Michael Gove has hinted that support payments are likely to be reduced for larger-scale farmers, post-Brexit. Show more

Norfolk-based bird therapist Joe Harkness on the calming effect that a nightingale song can have. Show more

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Hilary Mantel analyses how historical fiction can make the past come to life. Show more

The two pigs settle in well, but Jacqueline and Ed now need to move them to a bigger home. Read by Imogen Stubbs. Show more

Milly Dowler's sister Gemma and mum Sally join Jane to talk about the past and the future. Sue Redfern on playing and now umpiring cricket. Tips for getting kids to do as you say. Show more

As Michael and Ben prepare for the Burning Man art festival, Shawna makes them an offer that could change their lives. Stars Trevor White. From July 2017. Show more

Brett Westwood investigates the peaceful, hefty, cud-chewing beasts which have transformed our societies. From 2017. Show more

After decades suppressed by Myanmar's military regime, Yangon's art scene is booming. Young artists on the frontline of change reveal the city as seen through their eyes. Show more

From Spacewar to Pokemon Go, video games - aside from becoming a large industry in their own right - have influenced the modern economy in some surprising ways. Show more

Melanie Abbott hears from listeners about how the public sector pay cap has affected them. Show more

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Bridget Kendall explores what happened when China broke with the USSR and launched a Cultural Revolution, as experienced by a British diplomat and two Chinese brothers. Show more

Lynda sticks to her guns, and Matt wants everything to be right. Show more

A deadly cat-and-mouse game continues in this crime drama set in communist Hungary in 1963. By Philip Palmer. Show more

Jay Rayner and the culinary panel are in Yeovil. Zoe Laughlin, Silvana Franco, Tim Anderson and Rob Owen Brown answer the questions. Show more

Helen Castor and her guests discuss the history stories that are alive today. Poet Sugar Brown hears about race in wartime, and what makes a good museum? Show more

Criminologist David Wilson talks to criminal-turned-journalist Erwin James. James committed a string of petty offences before carrying out two murders, is redemption possible? Show more

Actor Kathy Burke and comedian Tom Allen talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert - by Patrick Hamilton, John Waters and Barbara Pym. But who picks what? Show more

Trump urges China to put pressure on North Korea over nuclear weapons testing. Tory MP appears in court accused of falsifying Election expenses

The globetrotting, trash-picking, aisle-rolling storyteller shares Untamed - a fresh story from the New Yorker. From 2017. Show more

Will tries to gather support, and Brian makes his pitch. Show more

Artist and director Sam Taylor-Johnson on her new TV show Gypsy; Will Young's Queer Icons choice; violence on stage and screen; plus another Art Fund Museum of the Year finalist. Show more

As Michael and Ben prepare for the Burning Man art festival, Shawna makes them an offer that could change their lives. Stars Trevor White. From July 2017. Show more

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Peter White talks to Cyrus Habib, elected lieutenant governor of Washington State, who is blind. Changing your job can be harder when you are blind, says listener Nick Adamson. Show more

The price of everyday medicines is rising as some manufacturers are monopolies. Can a routine blood test help identify cancer? A definitive guide on undescended testes. Show more

Jolyon Jenkins investigates the private Christian schools in Britain that teach that evolution is untrue, homosexuality is wrong and that wives should submit to their husbands. Show more

A new plan to stem the flow of migrants crossing the Mediterranean has been launched by the European Commission, but Italy is not impressed. Show more

Montag's wife had her stomach pumped last night. And he is not certain of anything anymore. Ray Bradbury's visionary cult classic, abridged by Sara Davies. Read by Alex Jennings. Show more

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Eric Idle and physicists Jonathan Butterworth and Catherine Heymans to find out what the next great discovery in particle physics might be. Show more

Susan Hulme reports as the government abandons a bid to scrap free school lunches and faces more calls to end the public sector pay cap to ease pressures on schools and the NHS. Show more

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