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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sister Jane Livesey CJ.

Gloucestershire's police and crime commissioner calls for both sides of the badger cull debate to remain calm, amid claims of underhand tactics. Show more

Brett Westwood presents the aquatic warbler. Show more

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Jim Al-Khalili talks to neuroscientist Prof Sophie Scott about how brain imaging is revealing secrets of human speech and why laughter is such an important human social tool. Show more

Carolyn Quinn speaks to Claire Derry, the mother of Samuel Woodhead, the British teenager who went missing in the Australian outback in February 2013. Show more

Beverley Knight on The Bodyguard, Cook the Perfect Apple Cake with Deb Perelman, Melissa Benn on what to tell our daughters, and 50 years after the first woman in space. Show more

It is winter 1934, and consistent with the country's economic depression, business in the millinery trade continues to be slow. Lilly guides Frank in the art of romance. Show more

With ivory poaching in Africa now becoming more criminalised and organised, what is the future for Africa's elephants and is this now a matter of saving Africa's heritage? Show more

He was the ultimate musical brain, the untouchable god with unimaginably lofty preoccupations. Or was he? Rev Richard Coles explores a different Bach, with some unexpected twists. Show more

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Lucy Powell explores the history of dreams and what we think they mean - the great mystical dreamers of the Middle Ages. Show more

Kirsty enjoys some time out, and Kathy's been pushed too far. Show more

Two-part fictional drama inspired by the Plebgate affair. A cabal inside the UK's police force conspires to undermine the government. Show more

Josie Long presents a sequence of unbelievable mini documentaries looking at bending the truth, fantasists and outright liars. Show more

By Lisa Blower. The annual family holiday to the Welsh coast conjures memories of a car full of children, parents, grandparents, picnics and arguments. Read by Rebekah Staton. Show more

Using new documents, Mike Thomson investigates a largely forgotten massacre in modern India. A report detailing what happened in Hyderabad in 1948 has been suppressed, until now. Show more

Trade unionist Sir Brendan Barber chooses the American novelist, John Steinbeck. With Matthew Parris. From 2013. Show more

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A too rude sketch, advice on how to deal with bullies and an accidental visit to Ambridge. With Simon Kane. From September 2013. Show more

Joe's not having a good day, and Darrell's in difficulties. Show more

The artworks competing to occupy the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, the verdict on Stephen King's The Shining sequel, Alfred and Adrian Brendel, and the BBC Short Story Award. Show more

It is winter 1934, and consistent with the country's economic depression, business in the millinery trade continues to be slow. Lilly guides Frank in the art of romance. Show more

With growing concern about the extent of state surveillance, Jenny Chryss examines the little-known body that hears complaints from those who feel they have been unfairly targeted. Show more

Peter White talks to Norman Lamb MP, Minister for Care and Support, about a new RNIB report which claims that blind people are not receiving the rehabilitative services they need. Show more

Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify perplexing health issues. Show more

Jim Al-Khalili talks to neuroscientist Prof Sophie Scott about how brain imaging is revealing secrets of human speech and why laughter is such an important human social tool. Show more

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Ed Miliband announces energy price freeze, the latest on the Kenya siege, and Iran's Rouhani addresses the UN. In-depth reporting and analysis with Carolyn Quinn. Show more

Much to his sister's dismay, far from being put off by her coquettish guest, Reginald is falling under Lady Susan's spell. Show more

Tackling more crime, Nick has a day in court, but the judge seems unimpressed. Starring Anna Crilly and Colin Hoult. Show more

Alan Dein connects with a man in Cairo as a gunfight rages outside and a French woman nervously awaiting a meeting with her estranged father. Show more

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Cixi forms an important political alliance and launches a palace coup. Jung Chang's biography of one woman's remarkable rise to power in 19th-century China. Show more

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