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Daily prayer and reflection with Shaykh Michael Mumisa. Show more
More meat linked to a cloned cow has been on sale. And after cod and tuna wars, now there could be mackerel wars. Show more
Morning news and current affairs with John Humphrys and Evan Davis, featuring discussions on the US withdrawal from Iraq, Con-Lib collaboration, and the resurrection of disco. Show more
Michael Buerk talks to people who have made life-altering decisions. Michael talks to Heather Pratten about her decisions to help her terminally ill sons in very different ways. Show more
Joining Dr Rachel Weldon on her high speed sea commute to the furthest reaches of the Small Isles as she tends to her rural patients. Show more
Presented by Jenni Murray. Vanessa Feltz on gastric bands; 90 years of Hillcroft College; is fostering in the UK at breaking point? Show more
Leo is cold and formal with Sofya, and she is increasingly attracted to a portly pianist who has come to the country for the summer. With Haydn Gwynne, Ian McDiarmid. Show more
Oana Lungescu investigates Romania's healthcare system, which is teetering on the verge of collapse. He tries to discover how an EU member country has got into such a mess. Show more
John Harris investigates how writers in 1930s Manchester continue to shape perceptions of the north of England. From 2010. Show more
Shari Vahl asks whether or not the police should accept funding for investigations from private companies who fall victim to crime. Show more
The grieving families waiting years for answers. John Waite investigates problems within coroners' courts and hears why delays to inquests could get even worse. Show more
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National and international news with Martha Kearney.
Stewart Henderson presents the interactive problem-solving programme for those niggling questions of everyday life. Show more
News spreads fast in Ambridge and Tony strikes out alone. Show more
By Michael Butt. A journalist asks Constable John Woolf, an officer in the armed units of the police, some difficult questions about his job. He gets some very unexpected answers. Show more
Open Country
Keighley and Worth Valley - The Railway Children at 40
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Forty years after Lionel Jeffries arrived to make his classic film The Railway Children, Helen Mark hears what it meant to the people of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. Show more
Clive Anderson appeals on behalf of Children with AIDS. Show more
After a dull night at the cinema, a woman is approached by someone on the way home. Short stories recalling England in the '40s, read by Amanda Root. Show more
Two single fathers from different generations, Stuart and Kevin, discuss their contrasting experiences of the benefit system. Show more
Aminatta Forna talks to novelist Louise Dean about her new book The Old Romantic and discusses the fictionalisation of real crime. Show more
Quentin Cooper dissects the latest science. Includes features on the Perseid meteor shower, a new carbon capturing project in California, and efforts to make cheaper solar cells. Show more
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Episode 2: Tracey Emin and How She Done the Bed
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Director Desmond Olivier Dingle leads a celebration of Tracey Emin and her unmade bed. Stars Patrick Barlow. From July 2009. Show more
It's a day of celebrations for Matt, while Fallon starts a recruitment drive. Show more
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Must be the Music, Candia McWilliam, Arvo Part
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Kirsty Lang reviews Must be the Music, the new TV talent show that aims to be a more credible X Factor. Plus writer Candia McWilliam on her emotional recovery from blindness. Show more
Leo is cold and formal with Sofya, and she is increasingly attracted to a portly pianist who has come to the country for the summer. With Haydn Gwynne, Ian McDiarmid. Show more
Mukul Devichand investigates the controversial new test that decides which of the long term sick is 'fit to work'. Are Britain's most vulnerable bearing the brunt of the cuts? Show more
Peter Day talks to Saeed Amidi, owner of a tiny office space in Silicon Valley that has produced a stream of blockbuster companies in recent years, including Google and PayPal. Show more
Nick Haslam re-evaluates the renowned underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau, and to shed light on the bitter battle over both his legacy and his boat. Show more
Michael Buerk talks to people who have made life-altering decisions. Michael talks to Heather Pratten about her decisions to help her terminally ill sons in very different ways. Show more
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National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. Show more
By Andrew Sean Greer. Despite having her life shattered by Buzz's news, Pearlie agrees to help him, and tells him what happened to her husband during the war. Show more
Sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions. With Rachel Atkins, Dominic Coleman, Lewis Macleod, Julie Mayhew, Ingrid Oliver and Colin Hoult. Show more
Simon uses his 'flair for original ideas' to prove to his colleagues and family just how bad he feels about being an arms dealer. From April 2009. Show more
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In an attempt to bond with the girls at school, Zaiba goes clubbing in Bradford and discovers a whole new world. Zaiba Malik's memoir is read by Nisha Nayar. Show more
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