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A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Mary Stallard, director of the St Giles Religious Education Centre, Wrexham. Show more

A mercy mission from England to Italy to help save animals trapped by massive snowdrifts. Two brothers are driving hay and silage to Teramo in the Abruzzo region. Show more

David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the greenfinch. Show more

Professor Alison Smith is a world expert on algae, which range from kelp to diatoms. She talks to Jim al-Khalili about their biology and their many uses, such as food and fuels. Show more

Nikesh Shukla has started learning to box. He speaks to journalist Hayley Campbell about how learning to fight changed her life and how the sport became a source of fascination. Show more

After his stonemason apprenticeship, Telford left for London in 1782, but success eluded him there. Read by Robin Laing. Show more

Midwife Clemmie Hooper answers questions mothers are too shy to ask. Plus the Crawley Old Girls prove you're never too old to take up football and novelist Claire Fuller. Show more

Nat (Samantha Spiro) is determined to pass her driving test but her mother Suki (Alison Steadman) suspects that at some subconscious level she may not want to pass. Show more

Documentary. Are human cyborgs becoming a reality? Frank Swain meets people who are using technology to enhance their bodies and provide new skills. Show more

The BBC's South America correspondent Wyre Davies visits the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura in Paraguay and learns how trash, and lives, are being transformed by music. Show more

On this day in 1917, three people were arrested for their secret plot to assassinate the prime minister, and in North Shields, Marion tells Edie Kitty's secret. Show more

How has loneliness affected you? Why are we lonely today?What can be done about it? Email youandyours@bbc.co.uk and don't forget to leave a phone number. Show more

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Charlotte Smith looks at British farm size, a tale of continuous growth. In Northamptonshire, farmer Charles Matts talks of more land, fewer people and less machinery. Show more

Pip goes in search of the truth, and has Alistair bitten off more than he can chew? Show more

4 Extra Debut. All Gas and Gaiters writers Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps reveal their struggle to launch the TV sitcom. Stars John Sessions. From April 2016. Show more

Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel programme. Jay Rayner, Andi Oliver, Tim Hayward, Henry Dimbleby and Professor Barry Smith are at Woburn Abbey. Show more

Sir Tom Jones answers audience questions about his musical roots 2010 album, 'Praise & Blame'. With John Wilson. From 2017. Show more

Michael Rosen and linguist Esther Asprey answer questions about interesting local and family words from listeners at a Words Roadshow at the Birmingham Literature Festival. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Alan Carr, Melanie Sykes and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by John Fowles, Andrea Ashworth and Malcolm Bradbury. From 2017. Show more

The Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, has warned that Donald Trump's travel ban on several mainly Muslim countries could provide a propaganda opportunity for the Islamic State group.

John lets Lawry take over, with inevitable reactions on the musical finale from Carrie, Margaret and Simon. From 2017. Show more

Ruth makes a shocking discovery, and Jolene gets the inside story. Show more

Deborah McAndrew adapts Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac for Northern Broadsides, pianist VIkingur Olafsson plays Philip Glass' Etudes, Briony Hanson on film Toni Erdmann. Show more

Nat (Samantha Spiro) is determined to pass her driving test but her mother Suki (Alison Steadman) suspects that at some subconscious level she may not want to pass. Show more

The story of former clients of HBOS, who fought for a decade to expose fraud by a bank manager and a firm of 'turnaround consultants'. Is protection for customers any better now? Show more

NHS England's Olivia Butterworth asks for listener feedback on the Accessible Information Standard and student Charles Bloch on his recent experience of being refused a taxi. Show more

Hernias, hands and varicose veins might not be treated on the NHS, as such interventions are now on the 'not normally funded' list, but is this new bureaucracy cost effective? Show more

Professor Alison Smith is a world expert on algae, which range from kelp to diatoms. She talks to Jim al-Khalili about their biology and their many uses, such as food and fuels. Show more

In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. President Trump chooses a conservative judge - Democrats are expected to fight nomination. Show more

In Agnes Ravatn's psychological thriller, Allis and Bagge take to the water and the mythic story of the dragon Nithhogg casts a shadow. Lydia Wilson reads. Show more

Brian Cox, Robin Ince and guests Rufus Hound, Alice Roberts and Adam Rutherford look at science's biggest mistakes and why failure is no bad thing when it comes to science. Show more

Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.

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After his stonemason apprenticeship, Telford left for London in 1782, but success eluded him there. Read by Robin Laing. Show more

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