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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Glenn Jordan.

Egg consumption in the UK is rising and five billion were sold last year. Charlotte Smith hears that farmers could produce more. Show more

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David Attenborough presents the nightingale. Show more

Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.

Jonathan Freedland discusses madness, music and mental health with Carrie Cracknell, Jonathan Biss, Tom Burns and Richard Bentall. Show more

Are part-time female GPs creating a problem for the health service? Jane Garvey and guests discusses the impact on a relationship of a partner's ex-loves. Show more

Richard Fallon MP is convinced promotion to the front bench is being denied him because of his obese son and his lack of visibility. This latter aspect is about to change radically. Show more

Series following 16-year-olds through a year of army training. The recruits must learn to adapt to their new regime. It's physically and mentally hard, they are homesick and tired. Show more

Kerry Godliman is obsessed with lists - bleaching mugs, napping, sorting out cobwebs and buying Puy lentils. From May 2013. Show more

Consumer news with Julian Worricker. Have gold to sell? Why a gold comparison website may not, in fact, be comparing anything - so where does your gold go?i. Show more

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John McCarthy arrives in Lebanon to visit the Prince's encampment in Beirut and visits Baalbek’s ancient temples. From May 2013. Show more

There's a big surprise waiting for Clarrie, and David and Ruth make a decision. Show more

A sixth-former is attacked on his way to school and hospitalised. When Max and Sean start to investigate, they hardly expect to uncover a love story. Show more

Paul Gambaccini chairs the second heat in the 2013 series of the general knowledge music quiz, with competitors from London and Bristol. Show more

Sheila Dillon in conversation with Jancis Robinson, from her beginnings in wine writing 40 years ago to becoming a world-renowned authority on the subject. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Rats under floorboards covered in paint? Artist Susan Aldworth explores the artist's studio in a technological age. From 2013. Show more

At the start of a new series, Ernie Rea and guests debate the Jesuits, in the light of Pope Francis's recent election. How will the principles of the Order impact his papacy? Show more

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David Mitchell invites Mark Watson, Tony Hawks, Lucy Porter and Ed Byrne to hide truths in lies. From May 2013. Show more

Alistair has to disappoint Darrell, and Pat and Tony have things to think through. Show more

Arts news with Mark Lawson. Cultural Exchange with the Archbishop of Canterbury, TV writer Allan Cubitt, and how to make food for the stage, like Titus Andronicus's gruesome pie. Show more

Richard Fallon MP is convinced promotion to the front bench is being denied him because of his obese son and his lack of visibility. This latter aspect is about to change radically. Show more

Now that universities are urged to demonstrate their impact on the outside world, Abigail Williams explores the changing image of the humanities academic in the public imagination. Show more

Rob Walker returns to Takoradi to find out how Ghana's oil boom has affected this once sleepy port city. Show more

What would happen to UK scientific research in the UK were to leave the EU? Also the discovery of pear shped nuclei and the potential fate of our solar system explained. Show more

Jonathan Freedland discusses madness, music and mental health with Carrie Cracknell, Jonathan Biss, Tom Burns and Richard Bentall. Show more

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In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective, with David Eades. Will a new Pakistan government support the war on terror? Show more

A good man must choose between his conscience and his duty to the Service. The counter-operation begins. Read by Damian Lewis. Show more

With a royal baby due, Michael Rosen looks at Britain's national naming culture, interviewing people with the rarest surnames and learning about the history of naming in the UK. Show more

Sean Curran rounds up the day in Westminster, where tensions surfaced again over a possible referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. The early 1830s. Who will press for the 'reform' of age-old corruption and privilege? Read by Adrian Scarborough. From May 2013. Show more

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