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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Father Tim Byron.

So what did go wrong at Kids Company? Sean Curran reports on the latest investigation into the charity by MPs and has the best of the rest of Monday in Parliament. Show more

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Two German officers, and a British woman who survived the sinking of the Lusitania by torpedo, recall the rise in U-Boat attacks in 1915. Show more

Clarrie is taken on a detour, and Helen is put on the spot. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Farmer Barry discovers that he is the star of a long-running radio drama serial and goes in search of answers. Stars Joe Hall. From November 2013. Show more

Josie Long presents stories of what follows after the main event, from imprisonment to the passing of a dust storm. From 2015. Show more

Campaigners claim England's river life is under threat from 'insidious' pollution, yet the government says rivers are at their healthiest in 20 years. Tom Heap investigates. Show more

Solicitors affected by cuts in criminal legal aid give their verdicts on how the changes will affect them, and Joshua Rozenberg interviews Supreme Court judge Lord Carnwath. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Ann Cleeves and Harriett Gilbert on books by Alain-Fournier, George Orwell and Joanna Rakoff. From 2015. Show more

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No 10 denies scrapping plans to seek MPs approval which appears to be ebbing away.

Andrew's girlfriend announces she is pregnant, and he has to face one of the biggest decisions of his life. From November 2015. Show more

David has a proposition for Ruth, and the Fairbrothers have their work cut out. Show more

Presented by John Wilson, including Danny Boyle on directing his new film about Steve Jobs, and Hugh Hudson and Ken Loach remembering Colin Welland. Plus Billy Bragg on his lyrics. Show more

Having endured an awful spring, Monica hopes a visit from her nephew, the artist Geoffrey Rawlins, will bring some reprieve. Yet memories of the past are never far from her mind. Show more

The government is cracking down on big fees charged by agencies hiring out medics to NHS hospitals but who is checking if the staff they provide are up to the job? With Allan Urry. Show more

This edition looks at the technology to control central heating. Also featured is the Blind Veterans UK newly formed radio society, and Red Szell talks about street clutter. Show more

The Rest Test. What exactly is rest; are you getting enough and what is the best way to do it? A global investigation of rest needs listeners' help. Plus new research on arson. Show more

Jim Al-Khalili talks to Patrick Vallance, who heads up drug development at the pharmaceutical company Glaxo Smithkline about his life in science and industry. Show more

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Including a special report on the death of Ahmed Chalabi, and the man going off the 'digital grid'. Show more

Having linked Jason Sin to Smersh and the impending rocket launch at Wallops Island, Bond and Jeopardy head to Sin's compound. Show more

Sean Curran reports from Westminster as MPs clash on help for refugees and police chiefs protest at cuts in funding. Plus why an MP cannot put solar panels on his cow shed. Show more

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Hattie Morahan reads Claire Harman's biography. Today, school life and corresponding with the poet laureate, Robert Southey. Show more

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