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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Alison Murdoch. Show more

Charlotte Smith speaks to the BBC's Berlin correspondent, Damien McGuinness, about why a meat-free diet is becoming a controversial issue in the German elections. Show more

Martin Hughes-Games presents the black-headed gull. Show more

A minister faces questions about claims that a British jihadist, who was released from Guantanamo Bay, enjoyed a big compensation payment. Susan Hulme reports on MPs' exchanges. Show more

Sir Antony Beevor, historian, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. Show more

Spiritual reflection and prayers on a topical subject, led by Father Frankie Mulgrew. Show more

With Nikki Bedi. Caring for your spouse; the dresses of Diana, Princess of Wales; black female police officers - 1981 and now; #thisgirlcan; and craft and its benefits to health. Show more

Irene, at last, returns home bearing gifts, and Angus finds himself giving diplomatic advice. Starring Crawford Logan. Show more

Aside from the physical landscape, what does graffiti and street art actually change? Steve Urquhart meets people who protest illegally on walls in Paris, Barcelona, and Sao Paulo. Show more

Trisha has an unexpected visitor, while Clare decorates with a vengeance. Are they both just papering over the cracks? Stars Hilary Lyon. From May 2014. Show more

In the 1960s, the youth of China was swept up in a whirlwind of political fanaticism. Lucy Burns speaks to Saul Yeung, who was 20 when he took part in the Cultural Revolution.

Peter White on the changes for whiplash compensation claimants. Poor quality new houses built by Bovis - what can the wider industry learn? And the latest arthritis treatments. Show more

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When a woman's partner disappears she sets out to find him. The police tell her he is safe and well, but she does not believe them. Grace Dent presents her story. Show more

Helen is told to stop worrying, and Joe is having doubts. Show more

Robert Emms and Michelle Terry star in Adrian Penketh's drama set in the high-pressure world of air traffic control. What happens when the unthinkable happens? Show more

Eric Robson and the team are in Tittensor, Staffordshire. Bunny Guinness, Christine Walkden and Matthew Wilson answer questions from local gardeners. Show more

Short story by Simon Van Booy. Ben is hitching from Devon to Scotland, and as darkness looms, a car stops for him. The driver is a young woman called Diane. Read by Carl Prekopp. Show more

Kate Silverton on hotelier Stanley Bard, campaigner Norma McCorvey, radio producer Michael Ember and singer-songwriter Peter Skellern. Show more

Looking for clarity on Radio 2's new schedule? Head of Radio 2 Lewis Carnie answers listeners' questions. And Archers' actor Timothy Watson explains the mind of Rob Titchener. Show more

Fi Glover introduces a conversation between friends who discovered poetry and found it changed their lives. Show more

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The Labour leader to carry on, despite the defeat in the Copeland by-election. Malaysia investigates how a nerve agent, used to kill Kim Jong Nam, was brought into the country.

Susan Calman, Charlie Higson, Sarah Kendall and Lucy Porter join Miles Jupp for the last show in the current series. Show more

Justin is over the moon, and Jennifer cannot believe her eyes. Show more

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan on screening The Salesman in Trafalgar Square; Jake Arnott on novel The Fatal Tree; The Tale of Januarie opera based on Chaucer's The Merchant's Tale. Show more

Irene, at last, returns home bearing gifts, and Angus finds himself giving diplomatic advice. Starring Crawford Logan. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Buntingford, Hertfordshire with Arron Banks, Ayesha Hazarika, Lord Lamont and John McDonnell MP. Show more

John Gray on populism. He argues that modern-day populism has largely been created by centre parties who have identified themselves with an unsustainable status quo. Show more

Charlotte Smith presents the first part of her investigation into the story of British farming and discusses what the priorities should be for its post-Brexit future. Show more

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Labour MPs have warned that the Copeland by-election results suggest the party is heading for a general election catastrophe. Show more

Cora flees, but where will the railroad take her on this occasion? Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, read by Clarke Peters. Show more

Lauren Laverne discusses instinct with guests including businesswoman Hilary Devey, neuroscientist Sophie Scott, anthropologist Kit Davis and former detective Mo Dowdy. Show more

Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.

Fi Glover introduces a conversation between friends who met at a creative writing class, who find publishers' expectations can place limits on the creative drive. Show more

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Poets Michael Symmons Roberts and Paul Farley interrogate the myth of the doomed poet. Today they explore the life - and death - of eccentric poet WH Auden. Show more

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