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A service from St Mary's Church in Swansea, led by Rev Canon Andrew Vessey. The preacher is the Bishop of Swansea and Brecon, the Right Rev John Davies. Show more

David Cannadine reflects on the relationship between political and military leaders, comparing British, American and world history. Show more

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The week's events in Ambridge. Reality bites for Pip and Fallon calls in reinforcements. Show more

Kirsty Young's castaway is Dr Gwen Adshead, consultant forensic psychotherapist at Broadmoor Hospital. Show more

Jack Dee chairs the perennial antidote to panel games. Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined by Sandi Toksvig at the Sands Centre in Carlisle. Show more

As the sun continues to blaze, Sheila Dillon considers the ups and downs of outdoor cooking with author of The Camping Cookbook, Annie Bell. Show more

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Roger Law of ITV's Spitting Image heads to Moscow to see if the Russians succeeded with their 1990s puppet version. From 2010. Show more

Peter Gibbs chairs a question and answer session from Sparsholt College in Hampshire. The panellists are Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank and Matthew Wilson. Show more

Adil Ray joins street photographer Nick Turpin in the heart of London as he tries to capture the buzz of the nation's capital at work and play. Show more

Scandalous revelations and a missing pig. Can peace and harmony be restored to Blandings? Stars Matt Lucas and Charles Dance. Show more

Mariella Frostrup discusses pubs in fiction with Richard Francis and John Banville, poet Craig Raine's first novel and Jane Austen's forgotten nemesis, novelist Maria Edgeworth. Show more

Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests, including poems by Kipling, Shelley and Yevtushenko. The readers are Kenneth Cranham and Jonjo O'Neill. Show more

Jon Manel lifts the lid on illegal working in London, discovering a world of forged documents and faked identities. Show more

Morland Sanders profiles Mark Serwotka, the head of the biggest civil service union who is now on a collision course with the government over plans to cut public sector jobs. Show more

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Sheila McClennon introduces her selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio. Show more

Jamie's feeling the pressure and there's news online for Pip. Show more

Matt Frei presents an insider guide to the people and the stories shaping America today. The theme is politics and prose. Show more

By Romesh Gunesekera. A newly-arrived army officer must sing for his supper in the evening gloaming, but there is a last minute hitch. Show more

Roger Bolton meets a 6 Music listener whose email to Feedback protesting the proposed closure of the station led to a meeting with the chairman of the BBC Trust Sir Michael Lyons. Show more

Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussain Fadlallah, explorer and composer David Fanshawe, doctor and anaemia researcher Clement Finch and racehorse trainer Rosemary Lomax are remembered. Show more

Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. Show more

Rory Bremner appeals on behalf of SANE. Show more

As the break-up of the Eurozone becomes a realistic possibility, Chris Bowlby investigates the consequences for the European Union and for Britain itself. Show more

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Gary Younge takes a wry look at how the broadsheets and red tops treat the week's top stories. Show more

Kristin Scott Thomas talks to Francine Stock about her alternative film career in France. Show more

Mark Tully tells the remarkable story of the first martyrs of the English Reformation. Show more

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Laurie Taylor talks to Niall Ferguson about Siegmund Warburg, the dominant figure of the City of London and a leading architect of European financial integration. Show more

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