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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Michael Ford. Show more

The National Farmers' Union is seeking an injunction against anti badger cull activists, and Sybil Ruscoe meets a non-violent protest group who will be picking up injured badgers. Show more

Michaela Strachan presents the honey buzzard. Show more

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Alan is gravely ill with cancer, caused by a faulty gene. His children each have a 50 percent chance of inheriting it. Their mother Rachel wants them tested. Should she be allowed? Show more

What's the future hold for women's football? Plus the power of female friendships, the 'womanist' ad campaign from Marks and Spencer, and Emma Smith talks about her new memoir. Show more

Martin Jameson's thriller about a social worker suspended after a national scandal. Liz changes her mind, and her appearance. Show more

Emre Azizlerli explores the strange new alliances forged in Turkey's anti-government protests and asks if this diverse movement can hold together. Show more

Marking 40 years as a British broadcaster, Paul Gambaccini looks back with Sir Nick Partridge and Tim Marlow. From August 2013. Show more

Stuart Flinders with news of a possible MOT for caravans, and the man who successfully battled against the rising price of his mobile phone contract. Show more

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On a very small island in the South Atlantic, surrounded by a large colony of very aggressive fur seals, wildlife cameraman John Aitchison tries to film the birth of a seal. Show more

It's make-your-mind-up time for Jolene, and Martyn is like a dog with a bone. Show more

Three years after the collapse of the world food market, Phil and Sian attempt to make amends for their role in the crisis. Stars Matthew Gravelle, Carys Eleri and Stuart Milligan. Show more

Skiff-racing has long been declining in Scotland, but kit boats are now being built and rowed by communities up and down the coast. Helen Mark is in Ullapool to see them in action. Show more

Charlotte Green presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Practical Action. Show more

Patrick Gale takes Mariella Frostrup around the Cornish landscape that has inspired and informed his novels. Show more

Francine Stock talks to Matt Damon about how Hollywood isn't making movies for the over-35s. Scientific consultant James Kakalios explores how superheroes use real physics in film. Show more

Prof Alice Roberts explores the research that is transforming our world, including the science of artificial reefs and why our feet are more ape-like than we thought. Show more

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The multi-award winning American essayist brings more wit and charm: 'Easy Tiger' and 'Possession'. From October 2012. Show more

Ruth is sympathetic, and Helen's weaving a tangled web. Show more

Fran Healy of Travis, back with a new album after a six-year gap; Simon Bird and Jonny Sweet on their TV comedy Chickens; crime writers discuss how to make characters disappear. Show more

Martin Jameson's thriller about a social worker suspended after a national scandal. Liz changes her mind, and her appearance. Show more

Phillip Kemp travels to Gibraltar to investigate what's really happening on The Rock. Show more

Peter Day finds out about the concept of 'design thinking', and how designers are moving out of the lab and into the real world in some very unusual ways. Show more

Prof Alice Roberts explores the research that is transforming our world, including the science of artificial reefs and why our feet are more ape-like than we thought. Show more

Will Gompertz meets the people taking YouTube to the next level and changing how we make and watch TV. Show more

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Pressure on Syria to let UN inspectors investigate suspected chemical attack. Egypt's former president Mubarak released from prison and flown to military hospital. With David Eades. Show more

Bill Shankly visits a young footballer at the children's hospital who has been told he'll never play again. Show more

Mariella Frostrup asks if privacy is overrated, exploring how we have set the boundaries between intimate and public spaces. Show more

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The arrested men are forced out of a police truck at gunpoint on a deserted Buenos Aires road. All they can see is wasteland, and they still have no idea what is happening or why. Show more

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