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A spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day, with Canon Simon Doogan.

To cut or not to cut? Some rural residents want verges strimmed for safety and tidiness reasons; but environment campaigners say verges are a refuge for flowers and pollinators. Show more

Lindsey Chapman recalls walking with fellow Springwatch host Brett Westwood, it was the first time she had heard the call of the Cetti's warbler. Show more

Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Artist and biographer Keggie Carew travels to Sheffield to meet the producer and mercury prize nominated singer-songwriter Richard Hawley. Show more

Officers of the Royal Flying Corps recall the war in the air during April 1917, when the British suffered heavy losses. With Dan Snow. Show more

A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music. Led by the Rev Dr Sam Wells. Show more

Why do we think of Jane Austen as cosy? We discuss her fascination with war, money and risky romance. And Dame Caroline Spelman MP talks about her friend Theresa May. Show more

Assaf wants to trade the fake medicines across Syria, even to opposition areas. Syrian writers and actors provide a rare glimpse of how life is lived in contemporary Damascus. Show more

The coach recalls how he first spotted her potential; the swimmer remembers how he got inside her head. Fi Glover presents. Show more

Giles Edwards asks what happened in Portsmouth after the anti-paedophile riots in 2000. Show more

Policeman turned comic Alfie Moore gives an audience police powers concerning the most broken law in Britain. From 2017. Show more

Tim Harford introduces inventions, ideas and innovations that have helped to create the modern economic world. Robots threaten the human workforce, but are crucial to the economy. Show more

Summer poems: Cut Grass, by Philip Larkin, read by Alex Jennings and The Way through the Woods, by Rudyard Kipling, read by Anton Lesser. Show more

This edition looks at car insurance quotes, fake holiday sickness claims and music technology. Show more

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Analysis of news and current affairs.

Summer poems: Bill Paterson reads Edwin Morgan's Strawberries. Show more

Jeremy Bowen's personal history of the Middle East. The popular revolution in Egypt during the Arab Spring. Show more

Freddie finds a new vocation, and Anisha sets a challenge. Show more

Mickey is summoned to deal with the problem of remotely controlled German boats packed with explosives. The solution coincides with a crisis in his personal life. Show more

Financial phone-in. Is our rental market working well? Adam Shaw wants to hear your views about rents, deposits, fees, tenancy agreements, whatever's on your mind. Show more

Could a failure to generate new brain cells be a root cause of depression? Claudia Hammond examines this controversial idea that could lead to new drug therapies for depression. Show more

Summer poems: Edward Thomas's Adlestrop, read by Simon Russell Beale. Show more

Sociological discussion programme, presented by Laurie Taylor. Laurie asks if we should collaborate with rather than defend natural processes of decay and decline. Show more

Is Al Jazeera at risk in the Qatar crisis? Also, Alexandra Shulman on 25 years at Vogue and Huw Edwards explains what went wrong on the BBC News at Ten. Show more

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The government has set out its legislative programme in a Queen's Speech

Eileen and Lizzie are set to enjoy the wedding. No matter what Yvonne does. Stars Una Stubbs and Tamzin Outhwaite. From 2017. Show more

Tom is ready to seal the deal, and Lilian smells a rat. Show more

Joseph Fiennes on the Handmaid's Tale. Plus poet Daljit Nagra, a new exhibition on Wyndham Lewis, and mezzo-soprano Catriona Morison, winner of BBC Cardiff Singer of the World. Show more

Assaf wants to trade the fake medicines across Syria, even to opposition areas. Syrian writers and actors provide a rare glimpse of how life is lived in contemporary Damascus. Show more

Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Claire Fox, Melanie Phillips, Anne McElvoy and Shiv Malik. Show more

Hugh Warwick charts the fragmentation of the British landscape by the lines which cross it, and he calls for urgent reconnection to allow our flora and fauna to flourish. Show more

Old English medical texts, such as Bald's leechbook, contain recipes for antimicrobial salves. Naomi Alderman tells the story of these medieval potions. Do they have a role today?

Artist and biographer Keggie Carew travels to Sheffield to meet the producer and mercury prize nominated singer-songwriter Richard Hawley. Show more

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Can Theresa May push her legislative plans through with her threadbare majority? The programme discusses the PM's options with a veteran broadcaster and three parliamentarians. Show more

By Arundhati Roy. Tilo is woken suddenly, and a primordial punishment is called down. Indira Varma is the reader. Show more

Adverts, actors, hipsters and trolls - YouTube star Damien Slash skewers modern life in his one-man show. From 2017 Show more

Sean Curran presents a specially extended edition of the programme on the day of the Queen's Speech as the government sets out its legislative programme for the next two years. Show more

Summer poems from William Morris (read by Sinead Cusack), William Shakespeare (read by Juliet Stevenson) and Seamus Heaney. Show more

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The author's journey around the colour palette reaches pink, taking us from baby clothes to Marilyn Monroe. Read by Francesca Dymond. Show more

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