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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Mark Coffey.

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside, presented by Georgina Windsor. Free range egg producers claim they face losses running into tens of thousands of pounds. Show more

News and current affairs with James Naughtie and Evan Davis, debating GCSE marking, build-to-let housing and gibbons singing soprano. Show more

Intonation is the rollercoaster of speech, creating the uppy-downy of Welsh and the Dalek monotone. With Stephen Fry. From August 2012. Show more

For many twins, their worst nightmare is to lose their other half. Edi Stark finds out how it is not the loss after a lifetime that is always hardest. Show more

Why the author and philosopher Ayn Rand is finding favour amongst the political right, how science is redesigning the rules of sex, and the secrets of a great picnic. Show more

The humanitarian crisis facing Martha and her team is escalating. The clinic is overwhelmed, and militias are attacking the wells. Show more

Bulgaria's Criminal Football: Bulgarian crime and politics have long had close connections with football. Margot Dunne asks if the violence and corruption are getting out of hand. Show more

Stuart Maconie on rock musicians who combined symphony and pop music. With Rick Wakeman, Roy Wood and Ivan Hewett. From 2012. Show more

The new coffee chain backed by a major supermarket, rising energy costs, and the British company that is trying to persuade us to fall back in love with French wine. Show more

James Naughtie reflects on the high-flyer from the advertising world, now as well known as an art collector. Show more

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Alison Steadman tells the story of how and why the Rose-ringed Parakeet became a British bird. Show more

Eddie faces a grilling and Rosa offers careers advice. Show more

In pursuit of the woman he loves, Stevenson heads to New York for a momentous train journey to California. Stars David Tennant. Show more

Helen Mark explores the Gwent Levels, an extensive low-lying area on the north side of the Severn Estuary in South Wales registered as a Historic Landscape of Outstanding Interest. Show more

Matthew Peacock, founder of the charity Streetwise Opera, and Pamela Cooke, a former Streetwise performer, make an appeal on the charity's behalf. Show more

Writer and broadcaster Aminatta Forna talks to Pat Barker about Toby's Room, her latest novel set around World War I, plus Linda Grant reveals the questions authors hate. Show more

Matthew Sweet talks to director James Marsh about his IRA drama Shadow Dancer, and Mark Gatiss remembers Carey Grant as Cole Porter in Night and Day. Show more

Quentin Cooper puts the peregrine among the pigeons and asks whether age-related hearing loss means birds with high song are missed off the all-important British bird surveys. Show more

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A new dance craze sweeps Lenzie, and Dave finds a new friend. Stars Sanjeev Kohli, Donald McLeary and Kevin Eldon. From May 2011. Show more

Matt piles on the pressure and there's welcome news for David. Show more

Booker T remembers the recording of Green Onions, the Authors cricket team returns to the wicket after 100 years, and Charlie Brooker's new spoof is reviewed. With John Wilson. Show more

The humanitarian crisis facing Martha and her team is escalating. The clinic is overwhelmed, and militias are attacking the wells. Show more

Students want value for money for their £9,000-a-year university fees. But with the government squeezing the money it gives to higher education, can the colleges deliver? Show more

Short of cash to start a business? More and more people are using the internet to get customers or would-be investors to make their projects happen. Peter Day reports. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Martin Wainwright explores Britain's fascination with moths - and hears the plans of composer Harrison Birtwistle. From May 2011. Show more

Intonation is the rollercoaster of speech, creating the uppy-downy of Welsh and the Dalek monotone. With Stephen Fry. From August 2012. Show more

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Eurozone leaders meet to discuss their approach to Greece, and a special report from Norway on the eve of the Anders Breivik verdict. Round-up of the day's news, with Ritula Shah. Show more

Before travelling to Valenciennes to recruit labour, Baratte spends an unusual late night with the organist Armand. Read by John Sessions. Show more

Rory Bremner hosts a topical satire show with a distinctly Scottish twist from the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe, with a blend of stand-up, sketch, satire and incisive interviews. Show more

Sketch show with a comic slant on human frailties. With Tom Basden, Stefan Golaszewski and Tim Key. From November 2008. Show more

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Does our experience of time change as we age? Essay by Daniel Tammet celebrating mathematics. Read by James Anthony Pearson. Show more

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