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A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner, a tutor at South Wales Baptist College. Show more

The Lynx UK Trust has submitted an application to reintroduce six Eurasian lynxes into Kielder Forest. Sheep farmers are still against the idea. Show more

RSPB Yorkshire staff member Liane Holdsworth recalls the thrill of watching a kestrel. Show more

Verity Sharp follows the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's music director in the first year of her new role. Show more

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It has given us our oldest stories, made England a green and pleasant land, and once a week gives suburban man a purpose. Brett Westwood investigates our obsession with grass. Show more

Love it or loathe it, the power ballad is the musical genre that never went away. Can ex-Communard the Rev Richard Coles write a new song to rival Total Eclipse of the Heart? Show more

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The economy is slowing down and consumers are cutting back. If they splash out, will it be on experiences like holidays, eating out or adventures, or possessions? Show more

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Bridget Kendall presents an oral history of the early Cold War. Stories of Perestroika and Glasnost in the USSR. Show more

Matt is keen to impress, and Christine has heard a rumour. Show more

Two boys fail at school and get hired by a drug dealer. One has a caring mum but the other has no help navigating the American legal system. By The Wire writer George Pelecanos. Show more

Jay Rayner and his culinary panel visit the Chawton House Library in Hampshire. Show more

Tom Holland views Heathrow in the Iron Age and asks if a mound in a Slough car park could be a Saxon burial site. Also, the 1,900th anniversary of Hadrian becoming Emperor of Rome. Show more

Public figures explore their roots, what they've left behind and what they'll never forget. David Blunkett takes political writers Alice Thomson and Rachel Sylvester to Sheffield. Show more

Presenter Sara Cox and Eimear McBride, author of A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing, talk about books they love with Harriett Gilbert. From South Korea to old Hollywood via France. Show more

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A scathing report has warned that no youth custody centre in England and Wales can be considered safe because of a "staggering" decline in standards.

The globetrotting, trash-picking, aisle-rolling storyteller shares Suitable for Framing and extracts from his diaries. From 2017 Show more

Fallon's options are limited, and Justin has had enough. Show more

Nicola Barker on her new novel H(a)ppy, and Tony Kushner on Alison Bechdel's Fun Home. Plus Jason Bateman on Ozarks, and Jodie Whittaker shares her podcast and music highlights. Show more

Marianne Jean-Baptiste plays Assata Shakur in debbie tucker green's dramatisation of Shakur's autobiography. Assata's political education begins in earnest. Show more

What happens when your teenage son gets targeted by paedophiles? Are the authorities letting boys down, despite the lessons over failing girls in Rochdale and Rotherham? Show more

Three educators with over 100 years of experience between them discuss the successes and challenges of educating visually impaired children. Show more

Why the hepatitis B vaccine has been added to the childhood programme; benefits to physical and mental health of community sheds; obesity paradox; taking part in clinical trials. Show more

Verity Sharp follows the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's music director in the first year of her new role. Show more

Donald Trump's plan to repeal Obamacare collapses as Republican senators refuse to repeal the Healthcare Act without a replacement. Show more

Frank is surprised when the mysterious woman in the green coat returns to his music shop. Show more

Brian Cox and Robin Ince dabble with some chemistry, as they talk about the life and death properties of oxygen: the toxic molecule we cannot live without. Show more

Susan Hulme reports from Westminster where the chancellor faces challenges from Labour over public sector pay and the potential economic impact of Brexit. Show more

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Teenager Naoki Higashida, who has severe autism, explores his pleasure in words. Read by Matt Beard. Show more

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