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A short reflection and prayer with the Rev Dr Bert Tosh.

The price of milk is rising but it's not clear when or if the increase will be passed on to those whose produce the milk. Plus a look at the reseeding of wildflower meadows. Show more

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Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the common pheasant. Show more

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Northumbrian piper Kathryn Tickell and Afro-jazz bass trombonist Hannabiell Sanders look at Newcastle - the Sage, the Tyne bridges - and create new music that follows the skyline. Show more

Former BBC West Africa correspondent Mark Doyle explores Graham Greene's relationship with West Africa, which produced Journey Without Maps and a novel, The Heart of the Matter. Show more

Featuring 85-year-old Pam Butcher, table tennis world champion for her age category. Plus three women talk about their sons and a grandson, killed recently in London by knives. Show more

Father Quixote makes a friend of an Italian bishop, with unexpected consequences. Show more

Grace Dent presents untold dramas of 21st-century Britain. Sherrie, a Romany Gypsy, hopes to visit Auschwitz for Roma Holocaust Memorial Day, but faces soaring flight costs. Show more

Man flu hits the Hong Kong expat’s flat, so Zoe helps out, but a dodgy deal sparks alarm. Stars Katherine Kingsley. From 2016. Show more

The Daily Mirror reports 22 deaths from heatstroke on a hospital ship, and the Graham household is concerned for Gabriel's mind. Show more

Andrea Catherwood looks at a change to the safe dosage of paracetamol for youngsters and hears from the woman who campaigned for it. Plus a focus on the UK's seaside resorts. Show more

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Street philosophy with Bettany Hughes, and changing ideas about character through time at an ancient Greek palace, in a library, at a political think-tank, and in neuroscience. Show more

Harrison doubts himself, and Rob is feeling generous. Show more

1776 Vienna: Physician Franz Anton Mesmer offers to treat blind musical prodigy Maria Theresia von Paradis with his revolutionary technique. But will her sight be restored. Show more

Paul Gambaccini welcomes competitors from London and Derbyshire in Heat 8 of the eclectic music quiz. Show more

2016's strawberry solstice fell as the UK's strawberry pickers embarked on a bigger crop than ever before. Sheila Dillon unravels the uncertain future of our favourite fruit. Show more

Sierra Leonean storyteller Usifu Jalloh is inspired by the people of Sierra Leone, rebuilding their communities after Ebola. Show more

Brian Cox and Robin Ince explore the great mysteries of our universe, on stage at Jodrell Bank. They are joined by Charlotte Church, Ben Miller, Paul Abel and Tim O'Brien. Show more

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Labour's leadership election chaos; High Court rules more than a hundred thousand new members allowed to vote. Suicide bomber kills 70 in Pakistan. Show more

Nicholas Parsons returns for the 76th series of the panel show. His guests are Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Josie Lawrence and Katherine Ryan. Show more

Shula shows off a birthday present, and Jill has a question for Pip. Show more

Samira Ahmed talks to artist Conrad Shawcross and reviews an Edinburgh Festival production of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. Plus 60 years of the British sitcom. Show more

Father Quixote makes a friend of an Italian bishop, with unexpected consequences. Show more

How does terrorism affect us as thinking, feeling, fearing human beings? Is the threat of attack making us frightened of each other's shadows? Show more

Vladimir Hernandez returns home to oil-rich Venezuela, which is struggling to feed its own people in the midst of a spiralling economic crisis. Show more

Brett Westwood is sucked into the weird and wonderful world of the leech. It's been portrayed both as monstrous and as a medical marvel, but which is nearer the truth? From 2016 Show more

Northumbrian piper Kathryn Tickell and Afro-jazz bass trombonist Hannabiell Sanders look at Newcastle - the Sage, the Tyne bridges - and create new music that follows the skyline. Show more

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In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. Can aid now get through? We talk to the UN's Syria humanitarian task force chief. Show more

Filippo Bologna's biting satire on Italian book prizes. Three authors fight, almost to the death, for their country's greatest honour. Today: The Beginner has a lot to lose. Show more

Michael Rosen and Laura Wright explore irregular verbs with Marcelle Cole, and a contribution from Steven Pinker. What are they, where did they come from and why do they exist? Show more

Why does a parent's awe over their child's ability with technology turn so quickly to fear? Aleks Krotoski explores the anxieties at the heart of modern parenting and tech.

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4 Extra Debut. Author Lauren Elkin considers distinguished women as she strolls in Paris and New York. Read by Julianna Jennings. From 2016. Show more

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