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Prayer and reflection with Becky Harris.

At least 50,000 people had food poisoning after eating or handling chicken last year. Anna Hill asks what farmers and processors are doing to reduce campylobacter infections. Show more

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests. Libby is joined by Dr Kevin Jones, Vic Armstrong, Vidal Sassoon and Peter Jefferson. Show more

Presented by Jenni Murray. Jeffrey Archer; girls in Tanzania facing rape on the way to school; powerful men and womanising; readjusting to family life after working away. Show more

Rebecca Front and brother Jeremy Front enlist the help of Honor Blackman to find out how actress Peggy Saville created her saucy yet innocent screen image in her 1960s heyday. Show more

Peter Lewis tells the story of the object he added to the BBC History of the World website, a sweetheart's portrait painted for his Uncle Bryn at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Show more

Mark visits the canal, castle and cattle to see what makes the Yorkshire town and its inhabitants distinctive. From March 2009. Show more

John Waite examines why schools across the UK have been left without the skiing trips they paid for. He speaks to the schools, parents and councils left to pick up the pieces. Show more

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Prof Hargreaves on his review of the UK's intellectual property laws, Steve Forbes discusses Forbes Magazine and do recent privacy rulings signal the end of kiss-and-tell? Show more

Jamie's private life becomes public knowledge and Roy questions some business decisions. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Steve is stressed at work. His wife barely recognises him. Retirement wasn't meant to be like this. Stars Alison Steadman. Show more

Paul Lewis and an expert panel answer calls about paying for or accessing care, following the Law Commission's recent proposals to make legal rights to support services clearer. Show more

By Simone Felice. When the lights in his apartment fuse, Adrian Young puts on a dress and takes to his bike to ride the streets of Brooklyn on a wintry December night. Show more

Europe at war; a disillusioned people; a tsar blindly believing in his autocratic right to rule; a new leader in waiting - Martin Sixsmith plots the course of Russian revolution. Show more

Will the city remain viable despite overcrowding, pollution, resource vulnerability and the increasing gulf between rich and poor? Also, new research on cemetery taboos. Show more

A look at earthquake trauma treatment. Plus, do placebos work when you know that's what they are? And find out why Botox may stop you reading other people's emotions. Show more

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Arthur Smith's at home in London with stand-up comedy from Sean Lock and Annette Fagon and music from Squeeze. From April 2011. Show more

Oliver is feeling isolated and an afternoon of luxury awaits Jolene. Show more

With Mark Lawson. Miriam Margolyes on her 70th birthday; Zoe Wanamaker in Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard; Naomi Alderman on computer game LA Noire. Show more

Rebecca Front and brother Jeremy Front enlist the help of Honor Blackman to find out how actress Peggy Saville created her saucy yet innocent screen image in her 1960s heyday. Show more

Jake Wallis Simons describes how an ancient row within Tibetan Buddhism is causing a modern schism, and why it led him to give up Buddhism for good. Show more

Since the 1930s there's been a simmering conflict over California's water supply. The state governor has now demanded a resolution by 2012. Tom Heap asks if he will get his way. Show more

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests. Libby is joined by Dr Kevin Jones, Vic Armstrong, Vidal Sassoon and Peter Jefferson. Show more

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Haag Azzam has got what he wished for, but fails to anticipate the terrible consequences. Show more

Faye is in a panic over the family coming to dinner. Life should be cozy? Starring Daisy Haggard and Katy Brand. From 2008. Show more

Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.

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Emma Fielding reads the history of 'Vesuvius'. Shelley and Dickens visit the volcano and scientists Faraday and Davy feast on its slopes in celebration of Napoleon's defeat. Show more

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