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Spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day, with Andrew Graystone, chaplain to the media at the Olympic Park. Show more

Anna Hill hears about Ireland's first GM crop trials for 14 years. The European Commission is funding the controversial project growing blight-resistant potatoes. Show more

Morning news and current affairs with James Naughtie and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.

Libby Purves is joined by The Great British Bake Off's Paul Hollywood, air ambulance doctor Tony Bleetman, theatre director Ivan Cutting, and curator and jouster Tobias Capwell. Show more

Do you enjoy spending time and money on your appearance? Or feel under increasing pressure to look a certain way? Jenni Murray takes listeners' calls. Show more

Agnes is assaulted by a guard. Although Colonel Suga promises to investigate and bring justice, Lieutenant Yoshida chooses a different course of action against Agnes. Show more

In 1967, Roy Bates occupied a disused military platform in the North Sea, named it Sealand and declared independence. Jolyon Jenkins investigates this real-life Passport to Pimlico. Show more

The Olympics are coming to Woodstock, so what better time for Sir William to go on a go-slow and for Henry to hunt for dragons? Stars James Fleet. From June 2012. Show more

How to get hold of those elusive remaining Olympic tickets, and why an earthquake in Italy is causing problems for hospitals in the UK. Consumer news with Shari Vahl. Show more

John Waite reveals how scores of people with learning disabilities are ending up in illegal forced marriages. Show more

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Peter White follows those who helped secure the Olympics for London and are now playing a key role in the Games, from the dancer opening the event to the swimmer going for gold. Show more

There's an awkward homecoming. Meanwhile Fallon needs her mother's advice. Show more

Celebrated Australian playwright Louis Nowra takes us from Sydney to Venice in a modern comedy. An heiress thinks she will become a princess - but is her fiance really a prince? Show more

Ruth Alexander presents a special edition offering a guide to money for young people, exploring saving, borrowing prudently, avoiding big mobile phone bills and house rental tips. Show more

About a third of deaths from liver disease is down to excessive alcohol consumption, but what is responsible for the other two thirds, the majority? Dr Mark Porter investigates. Show more

'Jobs for the Boys?' Laurie Taylor explores new research which claims that working class people are excluded from jobs in the UK's TV and film industries in particular. Show more

Steve Hewlett talks to ITV chief executive Adam Crozier about what the future holds for the network. Plus Twitter's big moment at the Olympics. Show more

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Comedian Rufus Hound is joined by Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson, who vividly remembers her teenage crush on Mick Jagger. From August 2012. Show more

Tracy is incensed. Annabelle has her suspicions. Show more

Harold Bloom and Christopher Bigsby pay tribute to Gore Vidal, and John Wilson visits North London's William Morris Gallery and discusses two new film depictions of China. Show more

Agnes is assaulted by a guard. Although Colonel Suga promises to investigate and bring justice, Lieutenant Yoshida chooses a different course of action against Agnes. Show more

Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk with Claire Fox, Kenan Malik, Matthew Taylor and Melanie Phillips. Show more

Publisher and technologist James Bridle asks how computer networks will affect cultural memories, looking for the crossing points between books and technology. Show more

Dr Kat Arney charts the history of the chemistry set, talking to chemists about how it inspired kids of a previous generation, and then declined in popularity. Show more

Libby Purves is joined by The Great British Bake Off's Paul Hollywood, air ambulance doctor Tony Bleetman, theatre director Ivan Cutting, and curator and jouster Tobias Capwell. Show more

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President Assad's decisive battle in Syria, Olympic superpower rivalries between China and US, and ebola reaches Kampala. Round-up of the day's news, with Robin Lustig. Show more

Biting social satire by Moni Mohsin. The Marriage Committee targets its first potential bride, and an introduction to the blushing groom is arranged. Show more

Special live edition keeping listeners abreast of the Olympics, hosted by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis with Andy Zaltzman, Henning Wehn and Margaret Cabourn-Smith. Show more

Elsecar Park, Barnsley has, for the past four years, been both paradise and hell for its unofficial park keeper Francis McDonald. Alan Dein encounters the lives and stories there. Show more

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A feud between two Muslim neighbours ends tragically and threatens to bring down both families. Read by Sudha Bhuchar. Show more

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