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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Anna Drew.

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Emma Campbell visits Cotswold Lavender in Gloucestershire, to find out about the annual lavender harvest. Show more

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Sir David Attenborough presents the South American hoatzin. Show more

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

Interview programme in which Robert Peston and Eddie Mair join spring surprise guests on each other. Robert's first guest choice is Julian Barnes. Show more

Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson introduces the extraordinary sounds which accompany the movement of the tides on The Wash. Show more

Woman's Hour joins forces with BBC Radio 5 live's Men's Hour to discuss appearance, from body image and fashion to tattoos and waxing. With Jane Garvey and Tim Samuels. Show more

Out of work at 51, Bindi Banerjee decides to start up her own beauty business. Stars Meera Syal. Show more

Alan Dein takes a pilgrim bus to Glastonbury. On board, African and Afro Caribbean Catholics from the parish of St Nicholas in Tolentino in Bristol share their life stories. Show more

Tom's annoyed his parents don't trust him - with his own car or sister. Can he prove them wrong? With Kate Anthony. From 2013. Show more

Clothes are an essential part of our individual selves, so why do some people decide they will not wear anything at all? Mike Williams investigates. Show more

A look at timeshare software and high-pressure selling, airlines cramming more seats into economy cabins, and fashion designers and sustainable materials. Show more

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Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Edward Stourton. Including Faslane investment, Britain and Egypt's diplomatic row and a French claim to have invented cricket. Show more

Sarah Bernhardt and the start of celebrity charisma - Francine Stock attempts to pin down the quality of charisma. From 2015. Show more

Kenton is dumbfounded, and Helen needs some fresh air. Show more

A David Nobbs comedy. Two retired women teachers share a house but little else. Then a former student, now a rock-star, bursts into their lives. The effect is devastating... Show more

Paul Gambaccini is in the questionmaster's chair for the 2015 final of the wide-ranging music quiz. Show more

Sicilian food expert Mary Taylor Simeti reveals the island's food secrets to Dan Saladino. Show more

Ira Lightman looks into the economic theories of the maverick American poet Ezra Pound and finds them surprisingly topical. Show more

Discussion programme in which guests from different faith and non-faith perspectives debate the challenges of today's world.

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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SNP accuse George Osborne of "arrogance" over new funding for Faslane naval base.

David Mitchell gets Arthur Smith, Jon Richardson, Susan Calman and David O'Doherty to lie with some truths. From 2015. Show more

Jolene has bad news, and the Grundys go to the opera. Show more

As he prepares for a concert tour of the UK, British pianist James Rhodes discusses his controversial autobiography Instrumental: A Memoir of Madness, Medication and Music. Show more

Out of work at 51, Bindi Banerjee decides to start up her own beauty business. Stars Meera Syal. Show more

As the organisation considers its future in its Northern Ireland heartland, journalist Chris Page journeys to West Africa to meet members of the Ghanaian Orange Order. Show more

James Fletcher travels to the coastal wetlands of Louisiana, where each hour, the sea washes away vast tracts of land that sustain local communities rich in Cajun culture. Show more

Brett Westwood explores the role daffodils play in art, medicine, literature and belief. They are harbingers of spring and signs of hope, also of self obsession in Greek mythology. Show more

Interview programme in which Robert Peston and Eddie Mair join spring surprise guests on each other. Robert's first guest choice is Julian Barnes. Show more

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Queues up to thirty miles long form on the border between Hungary and Austria

Marian runs into an old friend in Paris and her personal and professional life is getting more complicated. Read by Peter Firth. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Nazis, Hollywood, Dunkirk and roses. Paul Gambaccini on the story behind Best Picture winner for 1942, Mrs Miniver. From 2015. Show more

Misha Glenny begins his history of Italy with the French invasion of 1494, when Charles VIII's mercenaries reached Naples. Show more

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In Tuscaloosa, map-gazing, Paul Theroux meets Lucille, dressed in black silk and a white hat - 'You lost, baby?'. Show more

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