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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Stephen Shipley.

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Could a rise in livestock rustling lead to illegal meat entering the food chain? Sybil Ruscoe finds out. Show more

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Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the robin. Show more

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

Is putting a capital letter on a word similar to branding a cow? Who are the proprietors of proper words, and can words be owned in the same way cows can? Show more

Agony aunt Irma Kurtz talks to her South African counterpart, Criselda Kananda, about her advice column. From August 2014. Show more

The latest on the Woman's Rugby World Cup; comic Deborah Frances-White on the inspiration behind her new show; and town v country - is the rural idyll all it's cracked up to be? Show more

The Ramsays are holidaying on the Isle of Skye. Young James is determined to get to the lighthouse. Stars Lyndsey Marshal. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Gerald Scarfe with scavenged BBC archive clips rebuilt into something new and unpredictable on the theme of Hell. From 2014. Show more

Geoff attempts a career as a comedian in a very small town – getting an audience could be a problem. With Adam Riches. From August 2014. Show more

As the search for the missing boys continues, Folkestone's local police find their resources terribly stretched. Show more

Winifred Robinson asks why the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund closed so suddenly. And Monarch says it's sorry for offering delayed passengers just half the compensation owed. Show more

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James Robbins presents national and international news.

Kathy Willis explores the action of plant hormones, the understanding of which transformed global crop production. From 2014. Show more

Rob is put on the spot, and Burns confides in Jazzer. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Award-winning drama about growing up in the army. Lucy's father swears this is their last posting. Stars Hermione Norris. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with Chris Addison, Jim Al-Khalili, Katy Brand and John Campbell. From August 2014. Show more

Sheila Dillon visits a salad business that employs ex-addicts and other people who find it hard to get jobs. Show more

Lauren Laverne charts the evolution of the female muse, profiling three women who have inspired creative genius: Elizabeth Siddal, Suzanne Farrell and Erin O'Connor. Show more

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedians Josie Long and Paul Foot, psychologist Richard Wiseman and neuroscientist Stuart Ritchie to ask, 'Is irrationality genetic?'. Show more

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Nicholas Parsons hosts, as Paul Merton, Alun Cochrane, Jonathan Ross and Liza Tarbuck try to talk on various subjects for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Show more

Carol is concerned about Peggy, and Elizabeth confides. Show more

Kirsty Lang talks to author Jung Chang, comedians Dylan Moran and Igor Meerson, and documentary director Todd Miller. Plus Edinburgh Festival plays about the Scottish Referendum. Show more

The Ramsays are holidaying on the Isle of Skye. Young James is determined to get to the lighthouse. Stars Lyndsey Marshal. Show more

Heather Jones asks why a recently discovered intelligence warning given seven weeks before Germany's 1939 invasion of Poland was not acted upon by the British authorities. Show more

As Ukrainian holidaymakers stay away from Crimea's beaches following Russia's annexation of the peninsula, Lucy Ash meets the Russians who are reclaiming their bit of paradise. Show more

Four individuals discuss the part languages and words play in their working lives. Show more

Is putting a capital letter on a word similar to branding a cow? Who are the proprietors of proper words, and can words be owned in the same way cows can? Show more

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Iraq's political and humanitarian crisis deepens, learning from Uganda's ebola experience, and a spectacular meteor shower expected tonight. News round-up with Carolyn Quinn. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Jacob wants the family to be together on his birthday, but with a Mormon bishop father – duty calls. Read by Emma Fielding. Show more

Chris Ledgard looks at how the telephone changed society and rewired the way we spoke to one another. Show more

Fi Glover gathers people round a kitchen table to share strange tales that turn out to be unexpectedly common. In the first programme, Fi talks to people who have seen a ghost. Show more

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.

4 Extra Debut. Dianne Hales investigates the real Mona Lisa? Why did Leonardo paint her? Why does her smile enchant us? Read by Nancy Crane. Show more

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