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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Canon Edwin Counsell.

Farming and countryside news with Sybil Ruscoe. A UN aid operation is underway to help farmers in Gaza after 42,000 acres of farmland is damaged in the conflict. Show more

Michaela Strachan presents the golden eagle. Show more

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

Roy Hattersley tells Peter Hennessy how a teacher inspired his belief in equality and recalls what he learned about attitudes to poverty while delivering milk on a vacation job. Show more

A look at George Orwell's publisher and his social conscience. Robert McCrum's stories of great British publishers. From March 2014. Show more

Jo Pavey on running and motherhood, vocational training for young women, Helen McCrory plays Medea, pelvic floor dysfunction in men and Rudyard Kipling's sister Trix. Show more

Edna continues to be enraptured by Robert’s company, but there’s a shock in store for her. Kate Chopin's novel which shook the US in 1899 starring Pippa Bennett-Warner. Show more

Fi Glover introduces a conversation between a mother and daughter who ponder whether the daughter's anorexia was the result of her father's death. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Physician and writer Raymond Tallis explores how the act of waiting pervades our lives, causing pleasure and anguish. From 2014. Show more

Mimi and Joe turn to the latest parenting theory when daughter Lucy gets a boyfriend. Stars Sarah Alexander. From August 2012. Show more

Escaping the atrocities at home, the Belgian refugees pour into Folkestone and present a new challenge for the townsfolk. Show more

Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. The American wine maker who says he has proved you can safely ignore what all the experts say about wine. Show more

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Shaun Ley presents national and international news.

Kathy Willis examines new ways to assess the role of plant biodiversity to our livelihoods and well-being. From 2014. Show more

Eddie keeps Ed going, while David is feeling the strain. Show more

It is 1983, and Margaret Thatcher is awaiting her former college tutor, Nobel Prize winner Dorothy Hodgkin, however the visit will put their friendship to the test. By Adam Ganz. Show more

From buy-to-let to let-to-buy, Michael Robinson asks why landlords are increasingly dominant in the UK housing market. Show more

Dr Mark Porter examines the hidden conflicts of interest that may affect how your GP or specialist treats you and the advice patient groups give you. Show more

What really makes a difference to a child's ability? Homework? Class size? Sarah Montague interviews the author of one of the biggest research projects into schools and teaching. Show more

BBC coverage of the police raid on Sir Cliff Richard's home, how journalists are coping on the ground in Ferguson, and can Sky's ambitious new diversity targets be met? Show more

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Popular impressions show with Jon Culshaw, Lewis MacLeod, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey and Debra Stephenson. Show more

Loxfest has a PR disaster, and Wayne steps in to help Jolene. Show more

Arts news with John Wilson, including Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Tom Conti on Abraham Lincoln, Andy Bell and Vince Clarke from Erasure, and unscripted crime drama in Suspects. Show more

Edna continues to be enraptured by Robert’s company, but there’s a shock in store for her. Kate Chopin's novel which shook the US in 1899 starring Pippa Bennett-Warner. Show more

Matthew Taylor aims to give listeners a completely new way to understand a controversial issue and to decide where they stand, beginning with fracking. Show more

Comedian Rosie Wilby proposes the end of monogamy. She first discussed the idea in a show at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival, since when it has taken an unexpectedly serious turn. Show more

Robin Ince looks at the trends in self-help that took it away from soulful wellbeing towards business and the arts of making money. Show more

Roy Hattersley tells Peter Hennessy how a teacher inspired his belief in equality and recalls what he learned about attitudes to poverty while delivering milk on a vacation job. Show more

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Obama condemns journalist's beheading. More fighting and more civilian deaths in eastern Ukraine. In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective with Ritula Shah. Show more

Claire talks about her dream, Al learns about the three Nephites and Jacob is awaiting someone special. Read by Emma Fielding. Show more

More radiophonic secrets as scientists find certain low frequencies have erotic applications. With William Beck. From 2014. Show more

Bea, an amazing cook, is making a cake for her husband's 60th birthday with a special message. Stars Susie Blake. From 2014. Show more

'I love my son, but I just don't like him anymore,' explains one woman in a programme that deals with the subject of family estrangement. Show more

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Face-to-face with Neolithic man, Adam Thorpe considers what we can really learn from archaeology. Read by Philip Franks. Show more

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