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A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. Show more

The latest news about food, farming and the countrysidem, presented by Caz Graham. Farmers and animal rights activists voice their concerns as the planned badger cull draws closer. Show more

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

From the defeat of the Armada to the Battle of Trafalgar, the sailor was the virile poster boy of British manhood. Amanda Vickery investigates. Show more

Edward Stourton revisits broadcast debates from the archives. Are we free to be good? Two philosophers, Iris Murdoch and David Pears, discuss the nature of morality. Show more

Woman's Hour and Men's Hour - A Secrets Special. From gambling debts to true sexual identity, Jane Garvey and Tim Samuels explore the motivations for and impact of keeping secrets. Show more

4 Extra Debut. A body with a missing finger and an extra front tooth leads DCI Sue Craven's team to a cannabis factory. Stars Maxine Peake. Show more

Stephen Smith travels to the Isle of Man to find out about the leisure complex that promised sunshine all year round, what it meant to the island and its untimely ending. Show more

Pip faces his nemesis for an epic Russian battle. Mark Evans' Victorian comic epic stars Tom Allen. From December 2010. Show more

What children are watching, reading and playing, plus the online social media for four-year-olds, turning teens on to business, and is it alright for 13-year-olds to read erotica? Show more

Jim Naughtie on John Hume and David Trimble who shared the Nobel Peace Prize after the Good Friday Agreement. Their stories help illuminate the complex politics of Northern Ireland. Show more

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Syrian rebels say they shot down a helicopter in Damascus, the G20 nations discuss food prices, and Essex police search for a lion. National and international news with Shaun Ley. Show more

At HMP Brixton, prisoners write poems to their younger selves and to those who may be at risk entering the vicious circle of crime and incarceration. Show more

Hayley tries to keep the peace. It's a busy day at The Stables. Show more

David is coming to spend the day, and Sally has planned it meticulously. But when he finally arrives, she is hopelessly unprepared. With Olivia Colman and Ralph Ineson. Show more

Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with Samira Ahmed, Dominic Sandbrook, Simon Jones and Dominic Lawson. From August 2012. Show more

Sheila Dillon embarks on a journey through the spice world. She looks at the modern vanilla trade and meets a young British vanilla grower. Show more

Poet and critic Sean O'Brien traces the life story of short-lived but multi-talented Ted Lewis, the author of Jack's Return Home, which became the hugely popular film Get Carter. Show more

Ernie Rea is joined by prominent Baptists Dianne Tidball, Ruth Gouldbourne and Peter Morden to discuss the history of the Baptist Church and its significance today. Show more

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Nicholas Parsons challenges Tim Vine, Jason Byrne, Gyles Brandreth and Paul Merton to speak for 60 seconds. From 2012.

Lilian's suspicions are aroused. Meanwhile Fallon is getting ambitious. Show more

In a special edition recorded at the Radio 1 Academy in Hackney, Mark Lawson talks to Hustle star Adrian Lester, who also answers questions from an audience of young actors. Show more

4 Extra Debut. A body with a missing finger and an extra front tooth leads DCI Sue Craven's team to a cannabis factory. Stars Maxine Peake. Show more

The eurozone crisis boils along like a tea kettle left screaming on the stove. But once this situation is resolved, the fundamental problem of the euro will remain. 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

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

From the defeat of the Armada to the Battle of Trafalgar, the sailor was the virile poster boy of British manhood. Amanda Vickery investigates. Show more

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The Taliban kill 17 in Helmand, a new spike in violence in Syria, and the struggle to keep France's Mont St Michel separate from the mainland. News round-up with Felicity Evans. Show more

Chris Ledgard examines how we hear speech through background sound, and discovers that his own inability to hear voices in a crowd may be due to King-Kopetzky syndrome. Show more

The cockney comedian charts his life story during the 1990s - returning to education and becoming a teacher. From June 2010. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. Early in 1495, Leonardo da Vinci began work on what would become one of history's greatest artistic masterpieces. Read by Nigel Anthony. Show more

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