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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra of the Muslim Council of Britain. Show more

The National Farmers Union claims British Sugar is trying to intimidate growers into signing their contracts before a price has been agreed for next year's crop. Show more

Steve Backshall presents the house martin. Show more

Libby Purves meets singer Natalie Cole, actor Joan Shepard, columnist Liz Jones and comedian Tom Wrigglesworth. Show more

How important are looks at work? Plus sex after ovarian cancer, Zora Neale Hurton, and does a woman have any value if she doesn't have any kids? Jenni Murray presents. Show more

Louise finds herself feeling unexpected pity for her father, while Sid is rescued by an old friend. Show more

Mukti Jain Campion reports on India's new national identity scheme, the biggest and most technologically ambitious in the world. Show more

Paul and Steve take a walk to a lonely clifftop cottage. The suave sleuth's rebooted 1946 mystery. Stars Crawford Logan. Show more

Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. A look at standing charges across the energy market, how personal credit ratings are changing and tips on the best time to buy a holiday. Show more

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Mark Lawson meets novelist Brian McGilloway, whose books explore the long shadows of the Troubles. Show more

Brenda's had enough, and there's a last farewell at Bridge Farm. Show more

A trip to Faringdon House, home to eccentric Lord Berners and his seemingly successful ménage-a-trois. Stars Christopher Godwin. Show more

Need advice about pension planning or retirement choices? Call Vincent Duggleby or email moneybox@bbc.co.uk. Show more

Dr Mark Porter goes on a quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us, discussing measles, the prostate, juvenile arthritis, scruffy doctors, and the xenon lung scanner. Show more

Laurie Taylor explores a new academic field emerging from the post 9/11 world. Also, support for political violence in Pakistan. Show more

Lords Hall and Patten questioned by Public Accounts Committee over exec pay offs; Brian Cathcart of Hacked Off on press regulation; impact of the Sun tape on Rupert Murdoch. Show more

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Marcus Brigstocke looks into overcrowding, rehabilitation, radicalisation and the difficulties of dining hall protest tray-banging syncopation. With Rufus Jones. From July 2013. Show more

David's backseat driving, and Roy and Hayley have a day off. Show more

Jane Campion's TV drama Top of the Lake; Rachel Joyce on her new book Perfect; poems about cricket; Pat Barker's Cultural Exchange - Benjamin Britten's Who Are These Children? Show more

Louise finds herself feeling unexpected pity for her father, while Sid is rescued by an old friend. Show more

When is it morally justifiable for an elected government to be thrown out in a coup? Engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. Show more

Tim Harford is joined by Malcolm Gladwell for the first in this new series of talks inspired by ideas in anthropology and the social sciences. Show more

Tracey Logan goes underground to find out how Crossrail is using the latest engineering techniques to bore 26 miles of tunnels below London's tube network, sewers and foundations. Show more

Libby Purves meets singer Natalie Cole, actor Joan Shepard, columnist Liz Jones and comedian Tom Wrigglesworth. Show more

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Egypt prosecutor orders arrest of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie. Royal Mail staff to get shares in business in biggest privatisation since early 1990s. With Ritula Shah. Show more

Can the mysterious Hempstock womenfolk help send Ursula Monkton back to wherever she came from? Show more

Port workers, pub fights and poetry - Mark Steel is in Leith, Edinburgh, to see what makes it so distinctive. From August 2012. Show more

Susan Hulme and the BBC parliamentary team report, as David Cameron and Ed Miliband accuse each other in angry Commons clashes of being 'owned' by powerful vested interests. Show more

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Judith gets a phone call - but worryingly it's from her son, rather than her husband. Show more

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