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Stoke City's Matthew Etherington speaks exclusively about the true extent of his gambling habit. He reveals he would spend up to £40,000 per month and turn to loan sharks when that money was gone.

In a powerful interview, Bob Geldof talks to Stephen Nolan about the battles he's faced through his life. He describes the loneliness and suicidal thoughts he felt after Paula Yates left him. He describes his battles with tabloid newspapers, and what it's been like reforming the Boomtown Rats. And he talks about becoming the first Irishman to go into space. Caution: this interview contains some st...

He's the man behind classic hit songs like Lola, You Really Got me, and Waterloo Sunset. Stephen Nolan's one on one interview is with Ray Davies from the Kinks.

Victoria Derbyshire hears from men who've been violent towards their partners. Plus Victoria finds out more about "perpetrator programmes" which try to prevent abusers' behaviour. Warning: this programme contains strong language and descriptions of abuse from the start.

What do you think of your GP? What does your GP think of you? Health care professionals and listeners try to answer these questions in 5 live Breakfast's half hour debate on GP care. Plus, the NHS's Chief Inspector of GPs for England, Professor Steve Field, gives his first national broadcast interview since starting his job.

Tommy Robinson speaks exclusively to 5 live Breakfast's Nicky Campbell about why he's chosen to stand down from the far-right English Defence League.

Exclusive figures obtained by the Victoria Derbyshire programme on 5 live reveal the true extent of underage drinking in the UK. The programme has discovered that nearly three hundred children aged 11 or younger went to A&E last year for an alcohol related condition. In total, 6,500 children aged 17 and under were admitted to hospital in the last year as a result of drinking.

Anna Foster presents highlights from Energy Day, when 5 live discussed key issues from the energy debate, as well as trying to power a radio studio entirely from renewable sources of energy.

Victoria Derbyshire is in Glasgow, a year to go before Scotland gets to vote on whether or not to go it alone as an independent country

A tribute to broadcasting giant, Sir David Frost who has died at the age of 74.

The Labour leader Ed Miliband tells Drive the House of Commons made the right decision by refusing to rush to military action in Syria. But he says Britain still has enough weight in the world to make a difference. Hear his interview with John Pienaar here:

Listen to the highlights of two special programmes presented from Washington to mark the 50th anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. Dotun Adebayo discusses Dr King’s legacy and the impact of the speech which has become a defining moment in the history of the American civil rights movement. Guests include the King family friend Juanita Abernathy, the cousin of Emmett Till...

Arsenal left back Kenny Sansom was one of the golden boys of football earning 86 caps for England In recent years he has been secretly battling with alcoholism. His alcohol addiction and gambling left him with money problems so severe he was homeless and had to sleep on park benches. With the help of the Professional Football Association, Kenny has been in detox and is now sober. In his first inte...

In this documentary, the BBC's World Affairs Editor John Simpson reports from China, five years after the Beijing Olympics. Simpson talks to activists, academics and artists who are openly questioning whether Chinese communism can survive and returns to Tiananmen Square, where he dodged bullets to cover the 1989 massacre for the BBC.