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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Canon Dr Sarah Rowland Jones, priest in charge of the City Parish of St John the Baptist, Cardiff. Show more

Anna Hill learns about the farmer's year on a sheep farm, as the whole programme comes from a Welsh uplands farm at lambing time. Show more

David Attenborough presents the song thrush. Show more

Should ministers who want the UK to leave the EU receive referendum-related documents? Susan Hulme reports on the arguments in the Commons and has the best of the rest of Monday. Show more

Professor George Davey-Smith of Bristol University talks to Jim Al-Khalili about why some people have long healthy lives and others do not. Is it down to social class or genetics? Show more

Interview series. Mark Lawson is writing a memoir but has always shied away from use of the first person pronoun. He talks to vlogger Hannah Witton about making one's life public. Show more

Platinum-selling, Grammy-winning Jess Glynne performs in studio. Jane Garvey meets Emily and Zoe, who have grown up on TV in the series Born To Be Different. Plus women's pensions. Show more

Life at Lowood School is cruel and harsh, and so Jane cherishes her friendship with Helen. Show more

In 1974, President Richard Nixon launched a war on cancer. In 2015, Vice President Joe Biden announced a 'moonshot' on cancer. Graham Easton asks what this campaign can achieve. Show more

Joseph Harker asks why the UK's classical music scene remains so resolutely white and discusses how British art music culture might evolve - to enrich and engage with us all. Show more

One of Palmyra's most iconic structures - and the man who gave his life to protect the city. Show more

Listeners explain what they enjoy about getting older and discuss regrets they might have. Show more

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Sunil Khilnani tells the story of the Bengali writer and thinker Rabindranath Tagore, India’s first Nobel Prize winner. Show more

Blossom Hill is alive with the sound of interfering. David and Pip are busy shearing. Show more

Mushrooms and a dead body help Pilgrim track down his former close friend Morgan Hambleton to a disused hospital, where some very unorthodox medicine is being practised. Show more

The latest historical and archaeological research.

Peter Gibbs explores the emerging science of soundscape ecology. Can we use sound to understand more about our environment and learn to protect what we hear before it is too late? Show more

Michael Rosen and Laura Wright look at language and memory and that most frustrating phenomenon: tip of the tongue. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Harriett Gilbert, Sam Leith and Deborah Bull discuss books by Mervyn Peake, John Berryman and Gabriel Garcia Márquez. From 2016. Show more

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Seamus Daly is released from prison after the case against him collapses. Relatives of those who died in the Real IRA bomb attack in 1998 say they feel let down by police.

Whilst looking for somewhere to live, Ed finds inspiration for a Sunday night TV drama. Stars Christopher Douglas. From 2015. Show more

Rob enjoys acting as a mentor, and Ed enjoys some hard graft. Show more

Architect Professor Sir Peter Cook shows us around his first British building, plus what Francois Truffaut learnt from Alfred Hitchcock, and why is Macbeth a cheesegrater? Show more

Life at Lowood School is cruel and harsh, and so Jane cherishes her friendship with Helen. Show more

Jane Deith investigates special guardianship orders, where children removed from their parents are put in the care of relatives as an alternative to adoption. Does it always work? Show more

News for people who are blind or partially sighted. The minister for disabled people Justin Tomlinson answers listeners' questions on PIPs, benefits and Access to Work. Show more

Margaret McCartney looks at the evidence linking talc use and ovarian cancer, which has hit the headlines. Plus PBC, an often-missed condition, and severe head injury. Show more

Professor George Davey-Smith of Bristol University talks to Jim Al-Khalili about why some people have long healthy lives and others do not. Is it down to social class or genetics? Show more

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Ros Altmann interview; James Naughtie on Super Tuesday; old Gershwin track, new problem. Show more

The Blackwoods hold a tea party for Helen Clarke and friend, Mrs Wright. But conversation takes a dark turn, much to Merricat's delight. Show more

Comic and transvestite Andrew O'Neill, married and in a steam punk band, shares his thoughts on gender identity. From December 2014. Show more

Susan Hulme reports from Westminster, where the chancellor warns a vote to leave the EU would result in a 'long, costly and messy divorce' and MPs raise Syrian ceasefire breaches. Show more

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James’s enthusiastic entry into English society, shown by letters recording 107 dinners in one season. Read by Henry Goodman. Show more

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