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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Peter McGrail of Liverpool Hope University. Show more

The bank that may bail out British trees. From diseases to pests, native UK species face more dangers than before. Charlotte Smith visits a seed bank trying to combat the problem. Show more

David Attenborough presents the nightingale. (Part 1 of 2) Show more

Susan Hulme with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.

Gillian Anderson talks about her new TV detective series The Fall. Plus punk's enduring legacy in the world of fashion, and how important are our aunts? Presented by Jenni Murray. Show more

Sam is besieged by desperate wives whose men fought at sea for no money. One of them makes a moving appeal. Stars Kris Marshall and Katherine Jakeways. Show more

Crime writer Val McDermid tries to solve a mystery: did the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison intend to die when she was trampled by the King's horse at the Derby of 1913? Show more

The prospective politicians visit Phoebe and 'The Grundy' in hospital. Stars Tom Basden and Tim Key. From September 2012. Show more

Consumer news with Peter White. Safety concerns over laser eye treatment, what is 'shrinkage' and should we put up with it? Plus the curse of the pop-up tent. Show more

Fi Glover presents a conversation between 22-year-old Edward, who's been blind since birth, and his mother in the series that proves it's surprising what you hear when you listen. Show more

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John McCarthy remains in Israel and the West Bank, visiting the Sea of Galilee and the remote Marsaba monastery. From May 2013. Show more

Kirsty's in cheering-up mode, and Lilian tries to put things right. Show more

By Hugh Costello. Thomas Perret should be dead. He resigned as Pope Paul VII two years ago, but with his successor in trouble, a collision between the two pontiffs seems inevitable. Show more

Eric Robson is in the chair, with gardeners at the Food and Environment Research Agency in York. On the panel are Bob Flowerdew, Pippa Greenwood and Alison Pringle. Show more

A determination to win weighs heavily on an elderly sailor. A story of obsession and close attention to detail. Read by Bernard Cribbins. Show more

Remembering sailing gold medallist Andrew Simpson, film director Bryan Forbes, Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti, Ms Magazine editor Mary Thom and architect Rick Mather. Show more

Tim Harford makes sense of the numbers being used in the political battle about the UK and its membership of the EU. Plus military suicides, Richard III, and dog years. Show more

Fi Glover presents a conversation between Alison and her daughter Caitlin, about their bittersweet memories of the difficult woman who was Alison's mum and Caitlin's grandmother. Show more

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A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. With Francis Wheen, Jeremy Hardy, Bridget Christie and Bob Mills.

Josh makes his pitch, and Pip feels let down. Show more

Harold Pinter's The Hothouse in a revival, Karl Hyde of Underworld, poet Kate Clanchy on writing her first novel, and Jodi Picoult's Cultural Exchange. With John Wilson. Show more

Sam is besieged by desperate wives whose men fought at sea for no money. One of them makes a moving appeal. Stars Kris Marshall and Katherine Jakeways. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Keele University in Staffordshire, with Patrick McLoughlin MP, Christine Hamilton, Yasmin Alibhai Brown and Stephen Twigg MP. Show more

John Gray draws on the novels of Mervyn Peake to argue it's a mistake to imagine that modernity marks a fundamental change in human experience. Show more

In 1862, the Prince of Wales toured the Middle East with photographer Francis Bedford. John McCarthy follows their journey considering how the locations have changed since. Show more

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News from a global perspective, with Ritula Shah. Abu Qatada, Owen Bennett-Jones and Paul Moss report from Pakistan, and atmospheric carbon dioxide is now at 400 parts per million. Show more

Abdi is preparing for Christmas Day with no idea that Debs has astonishing news for him. And he must decide whether it's a cause for celebration or further devastating heartache. Show more

Mumsnet founder Justine Roberts champions the life of Liverpool’s football manager Bill Shankly. With Matthew Parris. From 2013. Show more

Mark D'Arcy with all the news from Westminster as the Queen's Speech debate continues, today focusing on jobs and business. Show more

Fi Glover introduces a conversation between two mothers who have both been addicted to drugs, and who now reflect on how they will talk to their own children about drug abuse. Show more

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Dave Goulson sets up the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and looks at what the future holds for these fascinating and vitally important little creatures. Show more

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