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Prayer and reflection with Richard Hill. Show more

Imported eggs will be tested under UV lights from 1 January to check they are not from hens in banned battery cages. And the big problem facing vegetable growers: giant parsnips. Show more

Libby Purves is joined by Runa Khan Marre, Charles Hazlewood, Matthew Bourne and Gebisa Ejeta. Show more

Jenni Murray presents. Is Angela Merkel the Iron Lady of Europe? HPV vaccine update; feminism and the media; Christmas garlands; how much should tell your partner about your past? Show more

Helen Graham's marriage is now five years old, and Huntingdon has refused to let her leave with her son but, just as she is planning a secret flight, he has discovered her journal. Show more

Peter Snow turns the pages of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin for 7 December 1941 to recreate the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor which brought America into the Second World War. Show more

Laurence and Elliot quietly share a house, until Hannah nabs the spare room. Pilot with Colin Hoult and Isabel Fay. From 2011. Show more

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In his look at how the post office has shaped British society, Dominic Sandbrook investigates 18th-century long-distance letters. From December 2011. Show more

Helen attempts to explain and Will tries to be tactful. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Dramatist Peter Tinniswood's final play observes the brevity of life and the frailty of love. Stars Roy Hudd and Emma Fielding. Show more

Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on managing borrowing. Show more

With Claudia Hammond. Diagnosing bipolar disorder is tricky: symptoms are often confused with those of other conditions and the costs of misdiagnosis can be very serious. Show more

Laurie Taylor examines research into the advice offered to parents, and comparative research in America and Holland, into teenage sex in the parental home. Show more

Attorney-General Dominic Grieve MP on taking a tough line with the press; Danny Finkelstein and Iain Overton on alleged power of lobbyists; Jonathan Miller on reporting in Syria. Show more

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Victoria Coren Mitchell dares guests David Baddiel, Lucy Porter and Richard Osman to challenge received opinion and knee-jerk thinking. From November 2011. Show more

Pat teeters on the brink and Josh has an eye to the main chance. Show more

Mark Lawson reviews a new staging of Shakespeare's Richard II, directed by Michael Grandage and starring Eddie Redmayne, and talks to singer songwriter Carole King. Show more

Helen Graham's marriage is now five years old, and Huntingdon has refused to let her leave with her son but, just as she is planning a secret flight, he has discovered her journal. Show more

Should drug companies be given more access to NHS patient data? Chaired by Michael Buerk. Show more

David Perks, physics teacher and founder of the Physics Factory in London, believes current science teaching is depriving children of the academic science education they deserve. Show more

Flying at many times the speed of sound has been an elusive goal of aeronautical engineers for many years. Gareth Mitchell looks at how near we are to achieving hypersonic flight. Show more

Libby Purves is joined by Runa Khan Marre, Charles Hazlewood, Matthew Bourne and Gebisa Ejeta. Show more

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Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. Show more

At the golf club the ladies are trying to decide on the theme for the annual dinner dance, but Major Pettigrew has other things on his mind. Show more

In search of seasonal goodwill, it's Mark Watson's quest to improve the world. With Tom Basden. Broadcast live in December 2011. Show more

Sean Curran and the BBC's parliamentary team report as David Cameron comes under pressure over what safeguards he will seek for Britain at the EU summit on the eurozone crisis. Show more

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The fonts we encounter on our journeys and the story of the man who tried to give up Helvetica. Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt. Show more

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