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Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Andrew Martlew. Show more

Anna Hill hears that 90 per cent of the UKs peat bogs are dying. And with 180,000 people keeping chickens in small numbers, Anna hears that no training is needed to keep the birds. Show more

As a tribute to the late historian Tony Judt, another chance to hear his moving and candid interview with Peter White. Show more

Presented by Jane Garvey. How important is sport at school? British nuns as potential saints; the squeeze on university places; would you have done your wedding differently? Show more

It's seven years after the attack on Grace's village. In a Kenyan refugee camp, journalist Leo is driven to locate the parents of the lost children he's collected. Show more

Including feedback from listeners who have used the Open University's Ispot website and the second part of a report on long-billed and white-backed vultures in India. Show more

Comic poet Elvis McGonagall explores the world of satirical verse and discusses the craft of writing it with guests including Tony Harrison, John Cooper Clarke and Kate Fox. Show more

Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. First time buyers are struggling to get on the property ladder. Will the next generation be renters and not buyers? Show more

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Eccentric pioneering hippy Eden Ahbez is known for just one song, a song that went around the woirld - 'Nature Boy'. From June 2010. Show more

Elizabeth becomes an agony aunt and Brian swears Annabelle to secrecy. Show more

Modern fable by Rachel Joyce. Two women, a young man and a tightrope in the middle of an empty field. The art of balance and transforming powers lie between them. Show more

A faded slogan painted on the side of a house in a Norfolk market town reveals an unsavoury fascist past. Presented by Vanessa Collingridge. Show more

Less is more in a series of 'flash fiction' by Tania Hershman, prize-winning exponent of this burgeoning literary form. Read by Nicola Walker and Tom Goodman-Hill. Show more

John Wilson takes leading figures back to revisit their early influences. Children's author Lauren Child goes back to her school to meet her former teachers and best friend. Show more

Cuts to legal aid are looming and many criminal law solicitors look set to lose their jobs as a result. But do we need so many criminal lawyers? Joshua Rozenberg investigates. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, John Sergeant and Anjum Anand discuss books by Arthur Ransome, Aravind Adiga and Evelyn Waugh. From 2010. Show more

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Sitcom written by and starring Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary, set in a Glasgow corner shop. Ramesh's life is turned upside down when an elderly and despised aunt turns up. Show more

Jamie wants a little less conversation and Pat offers some good advice. Show more

With John Wilson. Including a report on the Ashmolean Museum, which is one of the contenders for the Art Fund Prize for Museums and Galleries, and poet Jo Shapcott reading live. Show more

Neil MacGregor's world history as told through objects. Today he is with an extraordinary medieval astronomical instrument. Show more

Firms say that British banks make it too difficult for them to borrow money. Is this stifling the chances of Britain's economic recovery? Morland Sanders investigates. Show more

Mani Djazmi presents and seeks advice from Richard Lane, who enjoys his tandem, Emma Tracey, who walks with her guide dog, and gym-fan Tony Shearman, on how they keep fit. Show more

As mental health services brace themselves for cuts, the new coalition government's Mental Health Minister, Paul Burstow, talks to Claudia Hammond on All In The Mind. Show more

As a tribute to the late historian Tony Judt, another chance to hear his moving and candid interview with Peter White. Show more

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With Robin Lustig. Is public support for the war in Afghanistan on the wane? What impact will the US spy ring allegations have on relations between Washington and Moscow? Show more

Mary Jocelyn 's quiet life in the East Anglian rectory is disturbed by a new visitor, Mr Herbert. Read by Juliet Stevenson. Episode 2 of 10. Show more

Sketch show that looks at the pains of modern life. What it's like to own your own Hadron Collider and how a spelling mistake landed a man in court. Show more

Sean Curran and the BBC's parliamentary team report on the day's top stories from Westminster.

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