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With Bishop Donal McKeown in Belfast.
A Defra-funded study reveals 70 per cent of ducks bought in English butchers, game dealers and supermarkets have been shot with lead shot despite it being banned 11 years ago. Show more
Poet and broadcaster Ian McMillan joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs. Show more
Presented by Jenni Murray. Have we lost the 'art of goodhousekeeping'? Does it matter anyway? Has Aung San Sui Kyi made a mistake in asking people to boycott the Burmese elections? Show more
Lavinia Murray's drama inspired by the diaries of military artist David Rowlands. It is Easter Sunday and David joins the British Battalion on a rare day of peace. Show more
Why has the NHS in Hull spent nearly £500,000 on a yacht for young people? Jolyon Jenkins reports on the controversial 'Cat.Zero' project which is designed to change lives. Show more
Simon decides it is time to get self-motivated and starts composing his electronic music. Stars Darren Boyd. From November 2010. Show more
Suspected anti-competition in the online hotel booking sector; China protects 'Scotch Whisky'; and pit wheels to bicycle wheels - the former mining town where visitors are flocking. Show more
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Justin Webb explains why he wants to toughen up his act, novelist Joanna Trollope pleas for more adventurous drama on BBC Radio, and should overseas listeners pay the licence fee? Show more
Peggy is impressed by Tom's business acumen and Jazzer makes his debut. Show more
By Rony Robinson and Sally Goldsmith. A funny touching play about the menopause. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
Askham Bryan College, North Yorkshire
45 minutes
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The panel are guests of students and staff at Askham Bryan College in North Yorkshire. Matthew Wilson is on site with the project manager of the 2012 Olympic Park. Show more
Brett Westwood on how to identify many of the birds found on Britain's offshore islands, with the help of wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson. Show more
Matthew Bannister on Joseph Gavin who helped to put the first men on the moon, the opera singer Shirley Verrett and Ehud Netzer who discovered what's thought to be Herod's tomb. Show more
Francine Stock presents the first in a new series about the digital revolution and the rise of community cinemas. Show more
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Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical news quiz with guests including Jeremy Hardy and Andy Hamilton. Show more
Eddie plans a diversion and tensions surface at the dinner dance. Show more
Front Row
Sir David Attenborough and his love of fossils
30 minutes
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With Kirsty Lang. Sir David Attenborough on his quest for the origins of life in the new TV series, First Life. Tony Palmer remembers composer Henryk Gorecki who has died. Show more
Lavinia Murray's drama inspired by the diaries of military artist David Rowlands. It is Easter Sunday and David joins the British Battalion on a rare day of peace. Show more
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Alton College in Hampshire with questions for the panel including Bob Crow, General Secretary of the RMT union. Show more
Sarah Dunant finds religion a powerful lens for a fresh look at history, bringing more sharply into focus an episode such as the Babington plot against Queen Elizabeth the First. Show more
A History of the World in 100 Objects Omnibus
Tolerance and Intolerance (AD 1550-1700)
1 hour
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Neil MacGregor presents an omnibus edition of his global history told through objects. This week he looks at the great religions of the 16th and 17th centuries. Show more
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National and international news and analysis. Show more
Jim Norton reads JG Farrell's novel set against the struggle for independence. As menace hangs in the air around the Majestic, a dear friend returns to Kilnalough. Show more
...Aung San Suu Kyi: Portrait of the life Aung San Suu Kyi by Mike Wooldridge. Hearing from friends, loved ones and political colleagues. Show more
Mark D'arcy reports on events at Westminster. Members of the House of Lords debate the government's recent Strategic Defence and Security Review. Show more
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The Moro incident. Mark Twain speaks his mind on the conduct of the American forces in the Philippines. Read by Kerry Shale. Show more
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