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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Alison Murdoch. Show more

Harvest is in full swing and although early reports suggest good grain yields, farmers will face a price drop for the crops they are bringing in from the fields. Show more

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Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the herring gull. Show more

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James MacMillan composes a piece tracing the skyline of Cumnock, his home pit village in Ayrshire, while Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis plays the skyline of Ben Wyvis in the highlands. Show more

Agony aunt Irma Kurtz talks to her Australian counterpart Kate de Brito about her 'Ask Bossy' online advice column. From July 2014. Show more

England v India: Commentary on the second day of the third Test, from Southampton, with Jonathan Agnew, Ed Smith, Phil Tufnell, Michael Vaughan, Geoff Boycott and Rahul Dravid. Show more

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England v India: Commentary on the second day of the third Test, from Southampton, with Jonathan Agnew, Ed Smith, Phil Tufnell, Michael Vaughan, Geoff Boycott and Rahul Dravid. Show more

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The SAVE video is ready to roll, and Fallon is getting ambitious. Show more

Gareth Malone and Adrian Sutton's WW1 Prom, Neil Bartlett's novel The Disappearance Boy, Bel Mooney reviews In the Club and Michael Symmons Roberts's summer poetry choice. Show more

All-girl band Velveteens sign their first record deal. Are they destined to flop or be Top of the Pops? Stars Samantha Robinson. Show more

Gordon Corera travels to Stockholm to investigate the assassination of Swedish prime minister Olof Palme. He begins with newly-unearthed documents written by writer Stieg Larsson. Show more

What do you do when a twisting funnel drops from the sky with tearing winds of up to 500km an hour? Neal Razzell goes out and about with the storm chasers in Oklahoma City, USA. Show more

Monty Don asks whether wildlife reserves fenced off from encroaching development can really function on their own or whether they are effectively zoos in the wild. Show more

James MacMillan composes a piece tracing the skyline of Cumnock, his home pit village in Ayrshire, while Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis plays the skyline of Ben Wyvis in the highlands. Show more

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Libya's government pleas for help after fighting causes huge oil blaze, Ukraine forces take back plane crash site, China's gay activists hope for rights ruling, with Carolyn Quinn. Show more

Whilst Johannes is in Venice an unwelcome visitor arrives at the Brandt household. Read by Emilia Fox. Show more

Chris Ledgard uncorks a message in a bottle to see how this humble missive has bobbed its way through ancient wars, naval history, Elizabethan espionage and maritime science. Show more

The former Commons speaker Lady Boothroyd tells peers the leader of the House of Lords should continue to have a full seat in Cabinet. Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. Show more

Fi Glover introduces a conversation about the intimacy of nude photography and how it can reveal the unexpected. From July 2014. Show more

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As a boy, Kerridge found refuge in the wilderness of suburban England whose reptilian inhabitants were wondrously untameable. Now he reflects on his enduring passion for cold blood. Show more

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