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Daily prayer and reflection with the Most Rev David Chillingworth. Show more

Charlotte Smith hears the emergency budget will hit rural areas hardest. And, as the hot weather continues, potato farmers are irrigating through the night to get the crop ready. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Antarctica: its geology and physical geography and the story of human exploration of the continent. Show more

Presented by Jenni Murray. Moira Buffini on her new play Welcome to Thebes, Julie Nicholson on losing her daughter in the July 7th bombings, and British women and the menopause. Show more

Sergeant Wylie's chief suspect for the murder has disappeared, and Eliza is taken into custody by the police. Show more

Kate Adie introduces despatches from Yemen, France, Japan, Iraq and Bolivia. Show more

Jazzie B celebrates Public Enemy's hip hop masterpiece Fight the Power and explores the political nature of rap. Show more

What the demands of media hungry consumers could mean for the future of Freeview, and could changes to the Legal Aid system threaten access to justice for the most vulnerable? Show more

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4 Extra Debut. Dominic Arkwright and guests Michael Simkins, Agnes Poirier and Johnny Green discuss cycling's greatest event. From June 2010. Show more

There's a frosty atmosphere at the airport and Jude makes a snap decision. Show more

News and analysis with Robin Lustig. What effect will austerity measures in Europe have on the global economy? Cleaning up oil spills in Nigeria. Show more

PA Bella's hand is forced, and high-flyer Stella is up for a prize. Read by Haydn Gwynne and Lyndsey Marshal. Show more

Jo Caulfield fails to shut up about the Daily Express, the Leicester Herald, cheese and onion crisps and Zsa Zsa Gabor. Show more

Susan Hulme reports on the continued arguments over the Budget and other debates in the Commons and the Lords. Show more

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A new history of humanity as told through one hundred objects. Today, Neil MacGregor is with a head of the Buddha from Borobudur, one of the greatest monuments on earth. Show more

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