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Vladimir Putin, then a KGB agent, was caught up in dramatic events as East Germany collapsed. Chris Bowlby explores how this experience shaped Putin's career and behaviour today. Show more

Eric Robson chairs the horticultural panel programme from Buckingham Palace. Chris Beardshaw, Matt Biggs and Pippa Greenwood answer gardening questions from the Queen's Gallery. Show more

Sunday Omnibus: Fi Glover introduces conversations between a mother and daughter, grandparents and granddaughter, and two cooks, from London, Scotland and Devon. Show more

Four strangers form an unlikely bond that takes them through one of India's most turbulent recent periods. A story of the triumph of the human spirit under inhuman conditions. Show more

Mariella Frostrup is joined by author Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, who discusses her acclaimed debut novel Dust. Show more

Lemn Sissay explores the increasing amount of poetry in Britain's outdoors and asks if it is an imposition or an addition to the environment. Show more

The UK is on heightened alert after recent terrorist shootings. Allan Urry investigates the illegal guns market in Europe and asks what is being done to stop similar attacks here. Show more

Mark Coles profiles Leanne Wood, the Plaid Cymru leader, who will join six other party leaders in a general election TV debate this week. Show more

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Hardeep Singh Kohli chooses his BBC Radio highlights. Show more

Shula has a donkey at the ready. Meanwhile, Tony is getting tetchy. Show more

A story about the devil and a good point about security numbers on the back of credit cards. Starring Lawry Lewin. From 2012. Show more

Verner requires one last prize acquisition to complete his collection of antique music boxes. Read by Tim McInnerny. Show more

Behind the scenes at BBC Westminster ahead of the general election, and a nostalgic look back at Radio 1's Sunday night chart show. Show more

Matthew Bannister on Singapore's prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, Radio 1 controller Derek Chinnery, ichthyologist Eugenie Clark, author Mal Peet and singer-songwriter Jackie Trent. Show more

With just over a week until 'Pension Freedom Day', Paul Lewis presents a programme on what pension liberalisation will mean for those aged 55 or over approaching retirement. Show more

Anne Reid presents an appeal on behalf of Independent Age. Show more

Jeremy Cliffe asks if the real political divide is between those who feel comfortable in liberal, diverse, urban Britain and those who do not - the cosmopolitans versus the rest. Show more

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

George Parker of the Financial Times analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories. Show more

Presented by Francine Stock. Kenneth Branagh talks about Cinderella, and Noah Baumbach discusses While We're Young. Show more

Mark Tully asks if confession is really good for us. He considers the pros and cons of owning up in political life and talks to historian Eamon Duffy about the rite of confession. Show more

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Laurie Taylor explores the commodity chains in high fashion and second-hand clothing. Plus fur, family and inheritance in middle-class Poland. Show more

The bells of St Olave's, Hart Street in London. Show more

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