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A reading and a reflection to start the day with the Rev Peter Baker. Show more

As the export of live sheep resumes from Dover, so do the protests demanding it ends. Charlotte Smith explores the controversy with the RSPCA and the NFU. Show more

The latest news from Westminster and beyond.

Sue MacGregor brings together the pioneers of the Centre for Alternative Technology, the radical community that launched the Green Movement in Britain from the Welsh countryside. Show more

Folk rock sisters The Staves sing live in studio, Britain's first female boxing coach Alison Curtis, and what has happened to the hard women in science fiction? With Jenni Murray. Show more

Archie has devastating news for Zoe, but neither of them knows who is returning to surprise them. The joys and sorrows of war have never seemed more acute than now. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Chocolate, swimming and sport: Gladys Jones and Sir Adrian Cadbury reflect on life at Cadbury’s Bourneville factory. From May 2013. Show more

The young party idealists' ambition steps up a gear after their summer break. Stars Tom Basden and Tim Key. From September 2012. Show more

The drink that promises children their 'five-a-day' but is said to deliver not a single one. Clever headlines catch the eye, but how much is a good one worth? With Peter White. Show more

Fi Glover presents a conversation between sisters about how being bullied can lead to self-harm, in the series that proves it's surprising what you hear when you listen. Show more

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Local election results and analysis presented by Shaun Ley. Show more

Piers's pilgrimage along the river reaches its conclusion in south west London, where the Thames becomes tidal and where he lived with his young family. Show more

Elona has to bite the bullet. Show more

4 Extra Debut. When a strange loner buys a suit in a charity shop, it changes his life. Black, supernatural comedy starring Jeremy Swift. Show more

The team visits the East Malling Research Centre in Kent, with Eric Robson in the chair. Matthew Wilson, Bob Flowerdew and Christine Walkden are on the panel. Show more

Martin Jarvis reads three stories by Agatha Christie. Mr Quin and Mr Satterthwaite investigate a possible miscarriage of justice. Show more

Matthew Bannister on country star George Jones, Labour Party general secretary Jim Mortimer, film star Deanna Durbin, cellist Janos Starker and co-housing campaigner Sarah Berger. Show more

Tim Harford talks to a student whose work raises questions about austerity policies. Plus Margaret Thatcher in numbers, The Magic Flute, and birds + windows = ? Show more

Fi Glover presents a conversation about men and crying, in the series that proves it's surprising what you hear when you listen. Show more

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A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. With Jeremy Hardy, Katy Brand, Fred Macaulay and Humphrey Ker.

Nic comes up with an idea, and Pat puts Lynda straight. Show more

Arts news. John Wilson meets Agnetha Fältskog; TV's Hannibal reviewed; writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie chooses a painting by Ben Enwonwu for the Cultural Exchange. Show more

Archie has devastating news for Zoe, but neither of them knows who is returning to surprise them. The joys and sorrows of war have never seemed more acute than now. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House, London, with Yvette Cooper MP, Steve Crowther, Chris Grayling MP and Lord Oakeshott. Show more

John Gray draws on a story by Walter de la Mare to argue that the prevailing creed of scientific materialism is a 'simple-minded philosophy' too limited for an unknowable world. Show more

Julia Stoneham's dramatisation of Julian Barnes's love triangle tale, which slowly darkens and deepens, drawing the listener compellingly into the quagmires of the heart. Show more

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Complete local election results, plus gunmen have shot dead the prosecutor investigating the murder of Pakistan's ex-leader Benazir Bhutto. News round-up with Ritula Shah. Show more

Debs has been overburdened by grief at losing her husband. Abdi shows her how to let it go and, in return, Debs makes a startling discovery about his family's last day in Dadaab. Show more

Gyles Brandreth chooses Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes. With Matthew Parris and Andrew Lycett. From 2013. Show more

Eminent folk singer (and former librarian) June Tabor movingly explores the links between literature and song, presenting extracts from her favourite books and poems. Show more

Fi Glover presents a conversation between friends about the tragic loss that tested their lifelong relationship. Show more

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In 1997, Margaret Thatcher invited Charles Moore to write her biography. This is the first volume of his portrait of the former prime minster. The reader is Nicholas Farrell. Show more

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