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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Kirsty Thorpe. Show more

Reports of flocks of raven targeting very young lambs and killing them are growing. The Food Assembly enables people to pre-order food on-line direct from the farmers' market. Show more

Mat Waddington recalls the day a long tailed tit played cupid in his life, tapping on the windows of love birds across his Worcester village. Show more

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Professors Fay Dowker and Jim Al-Khalili discuss the texture of space-time. Is it smooth and continuous or lumpy? Show more

In the first of two programmes about people from families with inherited genetic disorders, Jane Hill meets Caroline Harding, who had to decide whether to test her unborn child. Show more

A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music. Led by Canon Steve Williams. Show more

Food historian Dr Annie Gray on Queen Victoria's diet. Improving support for those that go through the 'medical management' of a pregnancy loss. Body hair. Lichen Sclerosus. Show more

Uplifting comedy drama about the life, loves and misadventures of wheelchair user Maz. Maz wonders how to clear the air with Hayley after her early morning intrusion. Show more

From the origins of the universe, though batteries, glass and grease to influencing the working of our brains, neuroscientist Sophie Scott tracks the incredible power of Lithium. Show more

Frances Fyfield and her team visit the Ricordi Archive in Milan to see the rich orchestral score of Respighi's famous trilogy - Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome and Roman Festivals. Show more

On this day in 1917, the Stockholm Conference refused entry to anyone on the side of the German Imperialists, and Mrs Edkins thinks there's a plot against her. Show more

Consumer phone-in. How have you helped someone overcome their alcohol or drug addiction? Melanie Abbott presents. Show more

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From 'Mad Men' to 'Math Men'. As so-called Big Data transforms the marketing world, Rory Sutherland looks at the intensely competitive ad campaigns of insurance comparison sites. Show more

Jill has a bone to pick with David, and Pip does not want to be a burden. Show more

While betrayals and counter-betrayals dominate Gregor's every waking moment, his niece Manel is sent by her rebel comrades into the desert on a mission to kill. Show more

Jay Rayner takes his panel to Plumpton College. Barry Smith, Silvana Franco, Tim Anderson and Andi Oliver answer the audience questions in East Sussex. Show more

The Falkland Islands penguins have thrived since the war, saved from human interference by Argentine landmines. Peter Gibbs finds out what happens when the mines are cleared. Show more

Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright answer listeners' questions with help from guests Katherine Fry and Rowena Kirton, authors of the book 'Grammar for Grown-Ups'. Show more

Steven Knight, creator of ‘Peaky Blinders’, nominates Sitting Bull. With Jacqueline Fear-Segal and Matthew Parris. From 2017. Show more

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Jeremy Corbyn has repeatedly refused to say whether the UK will definitely leave the European Union if Labour wins the general election.

The comedian tackles the mysteries of the brain in an odyssey taking in love and guilt and robot co-workers. From 2017. Show more

Peggy has to make a tough decision, and Brian has a sudden realisation. Show more

We talk to writer, director and actor from the TV adaptation of a controversial play about the Windsors; and the curator of a Pink Floyd retrospective shows us flying pigs. Show more

Uplifting comedy drama about the life, loves and misadventures of wheelchair user Maz. Maz wonders how to clear the air with Hayley after her early morning intrusion. Show more

Documentary. Historian Adam Smith explores the forces that transformed American life and society as it plunged into war from April 1917. Show more

Andrew Bastawrous, CEO of Peek, a social enterprise which screens people for eye disease in developing countries, plus Tom Walker reports on a blind running club in Bristol. Show more

Social media is distorting professional boundaries between patient and therapist. Claudia Hammond asks if it's wise for each to seek out more online than just credentials. Show more

Professors Fay Dowker and Jim Al-Khalili discuss the texture of space-time. Is it smooth and continuous or lumpy? Show more

New leader says he wants less confrontation with North Korea. Show more

Jules is forced to seek out the last person she would ever ask for help to in order to protect her niece. Starring Sian Brooke. Show more

Kevin Eldon and his all-important cast return with sketches about the Napoleonic Wars, boilers and a rollercoaster. From 2017. Show more

Antonia Quirke uses Richard Burton's voice to illustrate how cinematic voices have changed, and she meets with leading dialect coach Penny Dyer to deconstruct it. Show more

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Richard Ford tells us the stories of his parents. Father prospers at work, so they move to the suburbs, to a nice house with a shiny car in the drive. But dark clouds loom. Show more

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