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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Clair Jaquiss. Show more

As the government plans a badger cull trial in England, to help control TB in cattle, Sarah Swadling hears why cattle TB tests and culls are needed to safeguard human health. Show more

With John Humphrys and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.

Jonathan Freedland looks back at the Guardian newspaper's move south from its former Manchester base in 1964 and compares it to today's move by the BBC in the opposite direction. Show more

Andrea Levy never planned on being an award-winning novelist, until she went to adult education creative writing classes. John Wilson reunites her with her tutor and a class mate. Show more

With Jenni Murray. Calls to relax China's one-child policy; Indian singer Aruna Sairam; does language hold women back in the boardroom? And the politics of holiday packing. Show more

Edith is devastated to discover that Aylmer Ross has been injured in the war. She is desperate to know how seriously hurt he is. Stars Haydn Gwynne. Show more

Presented by Brett Westwood. With the latest news from Chris, the Africa-bound cuckoo, an update on the UK Ladybird Survey and why tree sparrows matter. Show more

Science journalist Simon Singh shares some of his favourite pieces of quirky and revealing blogs, spoofs and fiction, brought to life by Meera Syal and Robin Ince. Show more

Call You and Yours with Julian Worricker. Car free cities by 2050? Email youandyours@bbc.co.uk or call 03700 100 444 (lines open at 10am). Show more

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Debbie Wiseman explores the life of the composer who created the music for TV’s Rumpole of the Bailey. From 2011.
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Clarrie's anxieties increase. Meanwhile Pat and Tony try to keep things going. Show more

By Jane Rogers. A charming play about a writer suffering from writer's block and starring the late Anna Massey. Show more

We love messing about in boats. But to keep our leisure craft working, we have to keep their hulls free of barnacles and weed. Are we polluting our lakes and seas as a result? Show more

By Helen Barton. 4 Extra Debut. Emerging short story writers' radio debut. Helen Barton on finding the right words when it matters. Read by Claire Skinner. Show more

Soviet society becomes an all-consuming military state as Stalin attempts to rebuff the Germans. Leningrad suffers the most, the siege epitomising the courage of the Soviet people. Show more

What's in a name? Chris Ledgard looks at where our surnames come from and what they mean to us. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Harriett Gilbert, Alexander Waugh and Xanthe Clay discuss books by VS Naipaul, Jane Grigson and Virginia Woolf. From 2011. Show more

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The human chameleon's host of characters from a chatty school girl to a decrepit charwoman. With Philip Pope. From July 2011. Show more

There are conflicting views at Bridge Farm and David offers his support. Show more

Horrid Henry the movie reviewed; Nicholas Crane discusses his new TV series Town; and Stella Rimington explains the judges' choices of books for the Man Booker Prize longlist. Show more

Edith is devastated to discover that Aylmer Ross has been injured in the war. She is desperate to know how seriously hurt he is. Stars Haydn Gwynne. Show more

Is there a conflict of interest when public servants take private sector jobs? Julian O'Halloran investigates the 'revolving door' between government and business. Show more

We examine the impact of NICE's decision not to approve a drug used for treating diabetic macular oedema, a condition that affects 50,000 people in the UK. Show more

Is there such a thing as a normal immune system? Vivienne Parry investigates. Show more

Jonathan Freedland looks back at the Guardian newspaper's move south from its former Manchester base in 1964 and compares it to today's move by the BBC in the opposite direction. Show more

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Dr Pereira has met a charismatic young man and offered him a job on the culture page of his newspaper but he is worried by the young man's views. Derek Jacobi reads. Show more

Find out what is popular, so you can be too! Plus, Britain's least-haunted house is visited by terrified ghost hunter Felix Richard. With Nick Doody. From July 2011. Show more

Pete Paphides reveals the story and music behind the 1972 folk album by Mike Waterson, Martin Carthy and Ashley Hutchings.

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There is anger and a sense of urgency when four young men are murdered in South London in a single weekend. Written by Gavin Knight. Show more

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