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Prayer and reflection with Dr Tina Beattie, Director of Catholic Studies at Roehampton University.

Drought status is announced for much of Eastern England. The Environment Agency tells Charlotte Smith that farmers are worst affected and domestic supplies are safe, for now. Show more

Opera singer and star of Les Miserables Alfie Boe joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs. Show more

Presented by Jenni Murray. Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond talks about booze and bigotry. Jazz singer Nailah Porter performs live in studio. Also, Men and hair loss. Show more

Tom and Jenny have joined a menagerie in London, but Tom hatches a plan to escape and take Jenny back home. Stars Stuart McLoughlin. Show more

Emily Buchanan visits child sponsorship projects in Ghana and explores the dilemmas of this form of giving to developing countries. Show more

How will Dr Jeremy and the two Dr Thornton brothers cope with buying the NHS Walk-In Centre? Comic satire on the NHS starring Nigel Planer and Celia Imrie. From June 2011. Show more

The end of cheap air travel? How regions are cashing in on live music events; drought-proofing your garden; and the street traders taking their passion for food on the road. Show more

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With Roger Bolton. Is there more footie than news on Radio 5Live? Is the Today programme's combative interview style always appropriate? The search for new comedy talent continues. Show more

Kathy undertakes a frantic search. Meanwhile Shula is concerned about the family. Show more

Having avoided an ASBO, Rumpole is hoping to become a QC at last, as he prepares to defend a young man on a charge of murder. Show more

The GQT team are guests of Transition Town Totnes, Devon. Eric Robson is joined by Pippa Greenwood, Christine Walkden and Chris Beardshaw. Show more

Memories of playwright Terence Rattigan on the day of his centenary, in conversation with Mark Lawson. Sir Donald Sinden delivered the address at his memorial service in 1978. Show more

Matthew Bannister on US diplomat Lawrence Eagleburger, author Josephine Hart, actress Miriam Karlin, America's 'Dr Death' Jack Kevorkian and voice of the Daleks Roy Skelton. Show more

Depardieu and Deneuve, Jeff Bridges and Lisa Eichhorn - Francine Stock investigates Potiche and Cutter's Way and talks to cameraman Seamus McGarvey about cinema as poetic gauze. Show more

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Olympic tickets, universities and nightmarish raunch-confusion. Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are back for a new series of The Now Show, with special guest, John Finnemore. Show more

Jazzer faces toil and trouble. Meanwhile Adam makes the finishing touches. Show more

Mark Lawson meets Kristin Scott Thomas, reviews Terry Pratchett's TV documentary on assisted death and talks to Neil MacGregor about the Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries. Show more

Tom and Jenny have joined a menagerie in London, but Tom hatches a plan to escape and take Jenny back home. Stars Stuart McLoughlin. Show more

Topical and political discussion from the Cheltenham Science Festival, chaired by Jonathan Dimbleby, with Peter Hain, Chris Grayling, James Harding and Vivienne Parry. Show more

David Attenborough explores the evolution of plants, which saw nature’s first bribe over one hundred million years ago. From 2011. Show more

Howard Neal, who has a low IQ, has been in prison for 25 years. Proceedings will soon be completed in the US courts to have him finally removed from death row. Show more

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Park So-nyo finishes her own story and her daughter Chi-hon makes a pilgrimage to Rome. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Chris Smith, Mavis Cheek and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Robert Macfarlane, Frances Kay and Jackie Kay. From 2011. Show more

Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster on efforts to change the law on dangerous dogs and a plan to introduce roadside testing to catch out drivers using illegal drugs. Show more

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Manning Marable's biography of the human rights activist. Malcolm was assassinated in Harlem on 21st February 1965. It has never been clear who ordered his murder. Show more

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