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

Sybil Ruscoe finds out how genetically modified fruit flies could offer an alternative to pesticides on some fruit crops. Show more

Brett Westwood presents the Greenshank. Show more

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

Amanda hears the voices of smugglers and the gallant customs officers who fought them in bloody battles. Show more

Ruth Rendell and 50 years of Inspector Wexford, plus actor Rosamund Pike, a fall in China's infant mortality, the impact of domestic violence on women in the workplace. Show more

Housekeeper Mrs McNab tries to stop the abandoned house from falling into disrepair. Stars Lyndsey Marshal and Alexandra Mathie. Show more

The brutal murder of a woman at a fast food restaurant in China at the end of May sparked a national outcry. Carrie Gracie goes in search of the secretive cult of the Almighty God. Show more

Dominic Sandbrook explores how the first generation of radio listeners developed a new art of listening, by delving into the diaries of the Austrian musician Heinrich Schenker. Show more

On the Folkestone Leas, an unlikely pair are brought together to promote the town's flagging tourism. Show more

Consumer news. The government wants us all to insulate our homes, it is even part of the Green Deal, but what problems can arise if your home is not suitable? Show more

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Shaun Ley presents national and international news.

Kathy Willis visits Kew's Millennium Seedbank to uncover the role of seedbanking in conserving plant diversity. From 2014. Show more

There's bad news for Loxfest, but hope takes wing for the road protesters. Show more

Anna is haunted by lifelong secrets. Judith's presence in the house causes her fears and guilt to surface. Stars Julia McKenzie. Show more

Revered by fly fishermen, Helen Mark finds out about the famous chalk streams of Hants and Wilts. She begins at Salisbury's Harnham Water Meadows, overlooking the cathedral. Show more

Bill Oddie presents an appeal for Bipolar UK, which supports individuals with the misunderstood and often devastating condition of bipolar, their families and carers. Show more

Books news and features with Mariella Frostrup. John Banville takes Mariella on a tour of the foggy streets, smoke-filled bars and genteel hotel tea rooms of 1950s Dublin. Show more

Actress Robin Wright reveals what it is like playing actress Robin Wright in the fantasy satire The Congress. Plus David Michod on The Rover, and a crisis in the VFX industry. Show more

The news in science and science in the news. Dr Adam Rutherford discovers if quantum physics holds the answer to the long-held mystery of how our common anaesthetics work. Show more

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Thom Tuck with up-and-coming comedy circuit sketch groups - The Colour Ham, Lead Pencil, and Foil, Arms and Hog - at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. From August 2014. Show more

Mike cannot believe what Vicky is saying, and Susan takes Neil's breath away. Show more

Featuring comedian Al Murray, The Killing actress Sofie Gråbøl, James Plays director Laurie Sansom, Hollywood actress Anne Archer and piano double act Worbey and Farrell. Show more

Housekeeper Mrs McNab tries to stop the abandoned house from falling into disrepair. Stars Lyndsey Marshal and Alexandra Mathie. Show more

It was the big idea of the coalition, but what has become of it? Reporter Simon Cox looks at what went wrong with the 'big society' and asks whether it's still going strong. Show more

Can Silicon Valley's enormous success as the global centre of innovation continue indefinitely? Peter Day explores the Valley's past and present to learn about its future. Show more

The news in science and science in the news. Dr Adam Rutherford discovers if quantum physics holds the answer to the long-held mystery of how our common anaesthetics work. Show more

Amanda hears the voices of smugglers and the gallant customs officers who fought them in bloody battles. Show more

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The latest on the fleeing Yazidi refugees in Iraq, bad economic news for the eurozone, and can universities maintain their quality as numbers rise? With Rob Broomby. Show more

It's Issy's funeral and the house is full of sadness but Jacob hatches a plan to make everything better. Read by Emma Fielding. Show more

Sketch show written entirely by the public. Stars Chris Addison, Fiona Clarke, Gavin Webster and Janice Connolly. From August 2014. Show more

Fi Glover talks to women who have left their children and about the impact that decision has had on their lives. Show more

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As Leonardo da Vinci makes a new life for himself in Milan, Lisa Gherardini comes of age in a Florence. Read by Nancy Crane. Show more

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