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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton. Show more

Farming and countryside news. Can Scottish dairy farmers increase milk production by 50% by the year 2025? The Scottish government wants them to try. Charlotte Smith finds out why. Show more

Brett Westwood presents the thrush nightingale. Show more

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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the French polymath Blaise Pascal. Show more

Great Men Value Women - a school initiative talking to teenage boys about masculinity. Plus trumpeter Alison Balsom, UKIP and women, and Noreena Hertz on making good decisions. Show more

When Neil breaks up with his girlfriend, he needs his mother but now he has only his father to turn to, and Leonard is not sure he is up to the task. Stars Jonathan Bailey. Show more

Linda Pressly investigates the threat from mercury poisoning to the health of Indonesian gold miners. Show more

Tim Marlow meets four of the UK's leading artists, exploring the kinds of sounds and music that influences their resulting work of art. Show more

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Bettany Hughes investigates ideas of agony, from conflict on the sports field to the battles of the heart upon which literature depends. From September 2013. Show more

Tony has second thoughts, and Lynda breaks the bad news. Show more

Ronnie discovers her long-lost younger sister set up in a quayside apartment in the posh end of Salford. How can she afford to live there? Show more

Clare Balding launches a new series by joining the Tuesday Walkers of North Devon, to discover the vital role the group plays in the lives of its members, who are all now retired. Show more

Dame Judi Dench presents an appeal for ACE Africa. Show more

Jo Nesbo on his new Harry Hole thriller Police, we go in search of buried gems as Mariella Frostrup discusses pirate literature, and Frank Tallis on the book he'd never lend. Show more

Francine Stock talks to director Oliver Hirschbiegel about controversial biopic Diana. Tony Gilroy and Hossein Amini on the art of screenwriting, and Sean Ellis on Metro Manila. Show more

Adam Rutherford looks at the history of chemical weapons. Plus, is fingerprint identification secure and could it be fooled by a gummy bear? Show more

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Local headmistress Mrs Temple tackles Ramesh over a new range of sweets. Stars Sanjeev Kohli and Donald Mcleary. From October 2012. Show more

David is celebrating his birthday, and Eddie and Joe are enthusiastic participants. Show more

Mark Lawson talks to writer and director Woody Allen, whose new film Blue Jasmine stars Cate Blanchett and Sally Hawkins. Sally Hawkins and Mike Leigh also share their thoughts. Show more

When Neil breaks up with his girlfriend, he needs his mother but now he has only his father to turn to, and Leonard is not sure he is up to the task. Stars Jonathan Bailey. Show more

What are the risks of being tasered, and how safe are the alternative methods available to police, like CS spray, batons and police dogs? Melanie Abbott investigates. Show more

In Peter Day's 25 years of presenting In Business he has talked to many survivors of booms and busts. He has been back to some of them to ask what lessons they have learnt. Show more

Adam Rutherford looks at the history of chemical weapons. Plus, is fingerprint identification secure and could it be fooled by a gummy bear? Show more

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the French polymath Blaise Pascal. Show more

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In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective, including the wearing of full-face veils by NHS staff in England, and is Iran changing its relations with the west? Show more

As Thomas is recalled back to London, there are strange goings-on at the Britannia. From September 2013. Show more

The bizarre and hilarious world of sketches, stories and characters from our sinister ringmaster, Colin Hoult. From 2013. Show more

Matthew Sweet is in the pub, discussing a knotty conundrum with an invited audience and a panel of experts. Today it's whether free will exists, with philosopher Wayne Martin. Show more

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Criminal poisoning in the 19th century was remarkably easy. After an entire family was killed by arsenic, the race was on for a test to catch the culprits. Show more

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