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

A rainy and disease hit harvest could mean less British wheat in our biscuits and breakfast cereals. Plus the impact of the summer washout on 'pick your own' farms. Show more

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

4 Extra Debut. Stephen Fry talks to David Hockney about how we see and describe colour, and how it can shed light on the way language works. From August 2012. Show more

Can the bond between twins ever be rivalled by another relationship? Edi Stark asks twins and their partners how they all get along and, if jealousy arises, who suffers most? Show more

Judy Murray on the professional tennis tour and how to help your kids achieve their sporting ambitions, and why men over 75 don't have to feel lonely. Presented by Jenni Murray. Show more

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Commentary on the first day of the third Test between England and South Africa from Lord's, with Jonathan Agnew, Henry Blofeld, Michael Vaughan, Geoff Boycott and Shaun Pollock. Show more

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Local traders are in revolt after a rowdy party shop opens in Lenzie. Stars Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary. From April 2011. Show more

Rosa offers a shoulder to cry on. Meanwhile Adam makes his choice. Show more

Mark Lawson interviews Jeanette Winterson as she publishes a novella inspired by the Pendle witch trials. Plus Birger Larsen, director of The Killing, on his new UK drama Murder. Show more

Laura finds the woman she believes is her biological mother and discovers what her life could have been like. Stars Natasha Watson, Meg Fraser, Frances Grey. Show more

Helen Grady investigates the cases of children who are so overweight that their health is at risk. Show more

Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel and the dirtiest. With insatiable demand from growing emerging economies, it's here to stay. Peter Day asks if coal can ever go green. Show more

In the rainforest canopy, James Aldred encounters one of the world's most powerful birds of prey, the Harpy Eagle. From 2011. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Stephen Fry talks to David Hockney about how we see and describe colour, and how it can shed light on the way language works. From August 2012. Show more

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National and international news and analysis, presented by Robin Lustig.

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

The human chameleon's host of comic characters including a nonagenarian musical diva. With Philip Pope. From August 2011. Show more

Sketch show with a comic slant on human frailties. Discover how progress is coming along on a bridge between Dover and Calais. With Tom Basden, Stefan Golaszewski and Tim Key. Show more

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High drama as the diaries of Mrs Isabella Robinson are discovered and taken away - by no less a person than her opportunistic husband. Read by Emma Fielding. Show more

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