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This week Ricky Ross talks to broadcaster and writer, Dame Joan Bakewell, about her fascinating and varied career.

The debate over whether Britain should be a secular society has generated widespread debate. What is the right balance between the state and religion? And how does a person of faith live in a secular society? Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, Bishop David Chillingworth, and Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies, Mona Siddiqui, discuss whether secularism has become a dirty word.

At a time of life when many of their peers are starting to fly the nest what are the options for young adults with special needs? We hear what the future holds for one family whose teenage daughter has learning difficulties.

As part of this year's Lentfest artist Gerard Burns has painted a fresh interpretation of "The Road to Emmaus" using homeless people to depict Jesus and the two apostles. Anna Magnusson met the artist and the models to hear about their own journey back to a life of independence.

And one year on from New Zealand's devastating earthquake we hear from Bishop Victoria Matthews of Christchurch Cathedral how the city is coping.