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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Mike Ford. Show more

Twenty-one million birds have been killed as the USA tries to halt a bird flu epidemic. The virulent H5N2 strain of the disease has affected 14 states across the Midwest. Show more

The Marsh Warbler - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound. Show more

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature. Show more

Crime writer Minette Walters on The Cellar, natural childbirth campaigner Sheila Kitzinger, singer Joy Williams and a celebration of breastfeeding in Bristol. With Jenni Murray. Show more

Mewa Gul and his family have fled the Pak-Afghan mountains for the home village they left during the fighting many years ago. But the returning refugees find much has changed. Show more

Natalia Antelava asks if the creeping influence of the Orthodox Church in Georgia's schools is turning them into a breeding ground for radical Christianity. Show more

Mark Radcliffe travels from Edale to Top Withens near Haworth. He talks to poet Simon Armitage about walking the Pennine Way and meets folk singer Kate Rusby. Show more

Dominic Lawson interviews best-selling military historian Antony Beevor over a game of chess. Show more

Trapped in customer service hell? How to take your complaint to the top and there's still gold in them there hills. Show more

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Pip meets up with some new arrivals, and Caroline is feeling low. Show more

Dirt by Martin Jameson. First drama of Stone series created by Danny Brocklehurst and starring Hugo Speer as DCI John Stone Show more

Caz Graham visits the Northumberland countryside to discover stunning art in the landscape, produced by Iranian artist Khosro Adibi. Show more

Helen Lederer presents an appeal for BasicNeeds. Show more

Libyan writer Hisham Matar talks to James Naughtie and a group of readers about his acclaimed first novel In the Country of Men, which was nominated for the Man Booker Prize 2006. Show more

Peter Firth on bringing Spooks to the big screen, Neil Brand discusses the soundtrack for Raging Bull and Celine Sciamma's audition process for Girlhood. Francine Stock presents. Show more

Adam Rutherford investigates the news in science and science in the news.

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Holly Walsh challenges Clive Anderson, Sarah Millican and Joe Lycett over the social minefield of modern life. From May 2015. Show more

Rob gets a result, and Toby rolls the fleeces. Show more

Golden Globe-winning drama The Affair reviewed, an interview with artist Michael Craig-Martin, French drama Girlhood and the National Theatre of Wales's Mother Courage production. Show more

Mewa Gul and his family have fled the Pak-Afghan mountains for the home village they left during the fighting many years ago. But the returning refugees find much has changed. Show more

Peter Marshall reports on why drug resistance is now regarded by the UK government to be one of the most severe threats to public safety. Show more

Peter Day reports from New York City's Silicon Alley to discover if machines are learning to be smart and asks what impact artificial intelligence could have on all our lives. Show more

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature. Show more

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