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The bells of Ripon Cathedral in North Yorkshire.

Chris Bowlby explains why Sir Nicholas Macpherson, treasury supremo, has been a key figure in the Scottish independence debate. Show more

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Sarah Cuddon explores the power and the magic of the spoken word and reading aloud, with reference to voices as diverse as Jarvis Cocker and Richard Burton. Show more

Sybil Ruscoe goes on the journey of Britain's opium poppy harvest, starting in the fields of Dorset before heading to the medicine cabinets of our hospitals and pharmacies. Show more

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Religious news and current affairs programme. Featuring the Archbishop of York's world peace prayer vigil, Oscar Romero's beatification, and Steve Chalke on human trafficking. Show more

Dr Dawn Harper presents an appeal for Action Medical Research, dedicated to helping fund research for sick babies and children. Show more

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A service from the Keswick Convention. With music from Stuart Townend. The preacher is the international speaker, broadcaster and author Dr Ravi Zacharias. Led by Jonathan Lamb. Show more

Will Self reflects on comedy, asking why we laugh and whether there is too much of the wrong type of humour in our culture. Show more

Michaela Strachan presents the golden eagle. Show more

Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.

Loxfest has a PR disaster. Meanwhile David is feeling the strain. Show more

Sue MacGregor reunites journalists working on The Sun newspaper in the 1980s to consider how it revolutionised our news. Show more

How hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation? Gyles Brandreth, Paul Merton and Sue Perkins find out. Recorded at the Edinburgh Festival. Show more

In the first of a three-part series, Dan Saladino revisits the 1970s BBC TV programmes in which Derek Cooper went in search of British regional foods and traditional ingredients. Show more

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James Robbins presents national and international news, including an in-depth look at events around the world. Email: wato@bbc.co.uk; twitter: #theworldthisweekend.

Virginia McKenna explores the lasting impact of Albinoni's adagio, while Andrew Gant maintains it is wrongly attributed to him. From 2014. Show more

Eric Robson chairs the horticultural panel programme from Chester. Matt Biggs, Anne Swithinbank and Christine Walkden join him to answer questions from the audience. Show more

Fi Glover with three excerpts from a conversation from Cumbria between a mother and daughter about coping with the death of the strong man who was their husband and father. Show more

By Mike Walker. James II's reign lasted just four years, before he fled England in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. How did it all go so wrong? With James Fleet. Show more

Mariella Frostrup discusses the rise of live literary events with writers Damian Barr, Evie Wyld and Joe Dunthorne, before a live audience in London. Show more

Anna Scott-Brown hears tales of love, loss and hope on 'Rosie's Bench'. The lives of strangers and friends, and Rosie's own story, are woven into poetry by Michael Symmons Roberts. Show more

Sixty years on from The Doors of Perception, Francine Stock reviews Aldous Huxley's experiments with mescaline and asks why evolution has failed to select out our need for escape. Show more

Chris Bowlby explains why Sir Nicholas Macpherson, treasury supremo, has been a key figure in the Scottish independence debate. Show more

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Liz Barclay chooses her highlights from the previous seven days of BBC Radio. Show more

At Loxfest, there is good news and bad. Show more

Comic tale written and read by Grainne Maguire, recorded live in front of an audience at 2014's Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Show more

Investigating the numbers in the news. Tim Harford looks at how and whether the government is turning around troubled families. Plus chief executive pay, and the Gaza conflict. Show more

Matthew Bannister remembers former Irish PM Albert Reynolds, BBC staff vetter Ronnie Stonham, painter Norman Cornish, broadcaster Gerry Anderson and soprano Licia Albanese. Show more

Increasingly unaffordable prices, soaring rents and regional imbalance. What can be done to fix Britain's broken housing market? Michael Robinson investigates. Show more

Dr Dawn Harper presents an appeal for Action Medical Research, dedicated to helping fund research for sick babies and children. Show more

Peter Day reports from Silicon Valley on the innovations that are promising to transform healthcare. Can the technology companies really help us live longer, healthier lives? Show more

Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.

Sue Cameron of the Telegraph analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories. Show more

Luc Besson on the neuroscience behind Lucy, the Dardenne Brothers discuss their latest award-winning drama Two Days, One Night, and the palaeontologist who kept Jurassic Park real. Show more

Sarah Cuddon explores the power and the magic of the spoken word and reading aloud, with reference to voices as diverse as Jarvis Cocker and Richard Burton. Show more

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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

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