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A reading and a reflection to start the day with the Rev Mary Stallard. Show more
Dutch mink farmers are calling for up to one billion euros in compensation following a ban on fur farming, which will come into force in 2024 across the Netherlands. Show more
David Attenborough presents the garganey. Show more
Sean Curran hears a word of warning about Syria. There's anger over a lack of insurance for houses on the flood plain, and a new call for double summer time. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss. Show more
Leanne Benjamin on 20 years as principal dancer with the Royal Ballet, powerlister Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, and do shared hobbies make or break a relationship? Show more
Ezra has plans to modernise Scarlatti's Restaurant. Stars Barbara Barnes and Simon Lee Phillips. Show more
Reporters look behind the world's headlines for the deeper stories in Syria, India, Somalia, Cairo and Rome. Presented by Kate Adie. Show more
4 Extra Debut. The amazing life story of a swinging London 1960s pop artist who fell from grace, told by Wayne Hemingway. From 2013. Show more
You and Yours
Jay Rayner on food, sewing shops and misleading jobs
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Why buying local is not always as sustainable as you think, the jobseekers taken in by misleading adverts, and is the sewing machine the new breadmaker? With Winifred Robinson. Show more
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National and international news with Martha Kearney. Show more
Mother Tongue Interference
Episode 4: Maria Mertzani
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Five short autobiographies in two languages. Maria Mertzani moved from Greece to study sign language in the UK and now teaches Greek children and British adults in the UK. Show more
Helen takes it on the chin, and Ruth has a giggle. Show more
Zuleika's story is a sparkling mash-up of culture and history, set in Roman London. Passionate, brutal, original drama by Bernardine Evaristo, dramatised by Jonathan Holloway. Show more
Clare Balding joins the hiking group of the Chilterns American Women's Club, as they walk to discover more about their new home area and to meet other ex-pat spouses. Show more
Graham Norton presents an appeal on behalf of World Child Cancer. Show more
Open Book
Author Louise Erdrich; plus the winner of the Independent Bookshop award
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Mariella Frostrup talks to Native American writer Louise Erdrich about her National Book Award-winning novel The Round House, and looks at the work and life of F Scott Fitzgerald. Show more
The Film Programme
Cannes Festival hits and misses; director Clio Barnard; Stephen Frears on Ali
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Francine Stock on the hits and misses of the Cannes Film Festival, plus British director Clio Barnard on The Selfish Giant, and Stephen Frears on Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight. Show more
Why is Oklahoma so prone to tornadoes and what can residents do to protect themselves? Plus a vaccine against Schmallenberg virus, protecting British trees and bistatic radar. Show more
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Victoria Coren Mitchell dares Germaine Greer, Alex Horne and David Mitchell to commit heresy. From May 2013. Show more
Lynda tries to bite her tongue, and Elona makes a decision. Show more
Front Row
Erwin Blumenfeld, Lydia Davis, Nigel Kennedy's Cultural Exchange
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Fashion photographer Erwin Blumenfeld, Man Booker International winner Lydia Davis, and Nigel Kennedy's Cultural Exchange is 'Black and Blue' by Louis Armstrong. With John Wilson. Show more
Ezra has plans to modernise Scarlatti's Restaurant. Stars Barbara Barnes and Simon Lee Phillips. Show more
Melanie Abbott investigates whether the criminal justice system can deliver on its promise to deal with allegations of historic sexual abuse. Show more
In Business
Vorsprung durch Technik or Universitat?
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Experts worry that Germany's economy is running out of steam, asking where German innovation is and why so few of its universities rank among the world leaders. Peter Day reports. Show more
Dr Geoff Bunn reveals the history of lie detection, starring Dick Tracy and Wonder Woman. Today they are replaced by colourful images from brain scans, but are we nearer the truth? Show more
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss. Show more
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In-depth reporting and analysis with Philippa Thomas. Woolwich, Obama's counter-terrorism policy, Congo, riots in Sweden, and Nigeria says goodbye to Chinua Achebe. Show more
Kit and Toby find their efforts to expose the truth rebuffed. Damian Lewis continues John le Carré's gripping novel. From May 2013. Show more
Jarvis Cocker's award-winning nocturnal exploration of the human condition. Join him on a night ferry crossing, coast to coast, encountering souls lost and saved along the way. Show more
The biggest selling German author Hermann Hesse's influence extends from anti-Nazi pacifism to 1960s counterculture, New Age-ism and modern gaming. His legacy is re-evaluated. Show more
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Spectacular displays grew in popularity as more and more daring young women began to perform aerial stunts from balloons. Read by Rory Kinnear. From May 2013. Show more
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