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Spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day with Richard Hill. Show more

News about food, farming and the countryside. Growers predict the UK apple crop will be down almost a fifth on last year. Some Braeburn and Cox orchards have been devastated. Show more

Morning news and current affairs with Sarah Montague and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.

As this year's school leavers await their A-level results, and prepare for record levels of debt from higher education, Quentin Letts asks, 'What's the point of university?'. Show more

Capturing the nation in conversation. Fi Glover presents encounters from Northern Ireland, Stoke-on-Trent and Reading. Show more

The photographic exhibition that hopes to show that being athletic isn't only for the young. Plus, Sir Bruce Keogh on his review into cosmetic surgery after the PIP scandal. Show more

Laura turns detective and tracks down the medic in charge on the day she was born and swapped. Stars Natasha Watson and Finlay Welsh. Show more

Chris Ledgard visits schools in Tyneside and Somerset to retrace their journeys from single sex to mixed education. We go back to the late 60s and the mass switch to co-education. Show more

Missing for 6 years, Brian has stories to tell. He relives his experiences in Chamanoa. Stars Neil Pearson. From June 2012. Show more

The risks of relying on automatic car insurance renewal, what happened the last time a 'Boris Island' airport was tried on the Thames, and recovering from locked-in syndrome. Show more

4 Extra Debut. From the Clyde shipyards to being one of the UK's favourite comedians. James Naughtie considers Billy Connolly. From 2012. Show more

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Lucy Ash is in Milan and meets the heavy rock loving 22-year-old who has become the city's youngest councillor and who says this is the last chance to clean up Italian politics. Show more

Jamie expects the worst and Emma comes to the rescue. Show more

4 Extra Debut. A middle-aged lawyer and an impulsive jewel thief begin an obsessive affair, but she has a boyfriend. Stars Jimmy Chisholm. Show more

Michael Robinson asks what went wrong with Britain's banks and asks whether a return to the banking of yesteryear is a possible solution. Show more

Dr Mark Porter finds out that some medical conditions are over-diagnosed and therefore over-treated, because of the results of certain tests.

The Women of Wall Street: Laurie Taylor considers an in-depth study of the working lives of the women at the heart of America's financial centre. Also, can morality stop crime? Show more

Why does Birmingham Alabama have eight local TV stations, when Birmingham in the UK - four times the size - has none? Could that all be about to change? Steve Hewlett finds out. Show more

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Sandy goofs when lodger Dolores feels guilty and opts be a housekeeper in Edinburgh. Stars Ronnie Corbett. From August 2011. Show more

Lynda is reassuring and Matt makes his feelings clear. Show more

Mark Lawson reports from Edinburgh's Festival and Fringe, in a programme recorded in front of an audience, with guests including David Hayman, Tom Thum and Virginia Ironside. Show more

Laura turns detective and tracks down the medic in charge on the day she was born and swapped. Stars Natasha Watson and Finlay Welsh. Show more

Edward Stourton chairs a debate from the Understanding Human Dignity conference organised by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales and Queen's Belfast. Show more

Does history repeat itself? Katarina Skoberne describes how in her family's case it did, and discusses the thought-provoking lessons it taught her. Show more

The latest predictions of climate change give us a clear picture of Britain in 2060. It's going to look very much like Madeira. Tom Heap asks what that means for the way we live. Show more

As this year's school leavers await their A-level results, and prepare for record levels of debt from higher education, Quentin Letts asks, 'What's the point of university?'. Show more

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Unemployment levels fall, controversy over the West Coast rail franchise, and Cuba's new 'Noah's Ark'. National and international news and analysis, presented by Robin Lustig. Show more

A new ghost story from Helen Dunmore, set during and after the Second World War, about the power of the past to imprint itself on the present, and possess it. Show more

Chief mouser to the Cabinet Office gives a cat's eye view of life at Number 10 under Mrs. Thatcher. With Clive Swift. From 2012. Show more

Ian Leslie with often surprising first literary attempts of the world's best-known writers. With Katy Wix. From August 2013. Show more

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Isabella continues to see Edward Lane, but her feelings are not returned by him. Still, there is also the company of Eugene Le Petit to enjoy. Show more

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