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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Imam Monawar Hussain, Muslim tutor at Eton College. Show more

Tens of thousands of cattle have perished in the worst snowstorms to hit South Dakota in living memory. Farming Today talks a rancher who estimates she's lost 65% of her stock. Show more

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Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the jack snipe. Show more

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Tom Sutcliffe talks to artist Grayson Perry, curator Penelope Curtis, academic Philip Davis and business consultant Nicholas Lovell. Show more

Do lads' mags deserve a place alongside the weekly groceries? MP Caroline Lucas on the latest attempt to ban them from supermarkets. Anita Anand presents the female perspective. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Glasgow, 1888. Tragedy strikes after art-loving Englishwoman Harriet Baxter meets Scottish painter Ned Gillespie. Starring Phyllis Logan. From October 2013. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Laurence Llewelyn Bowen explores why British luxury brands do so well internationally. What's their secret? From October 2013. Show more

Sue Perkins sets moral and ethical posers for Nick Revell, Danielle Ward, Grace Dent and Ricky Wilson. From November 2011. Show more

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A bomb in Whitehall in 1947 brings the vicious conflict in Palestine to the heart of Empire. Fergal Keane tells the extraordinary story of Betty Knut and the Stern Gang. Show more

It's party night for Susan. Meanwhile Oliver hunts for a diversion. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Can the great German composer Buxtehude find a marriage for his daughter, so that he can retire? Stars Simon Russell Beale, Emma Fielding and Naomi Frederick. Show more

Tom Sutcliffe chairs the cultural quiz, with Scotland pitting their wits against the South of England. Show more

Can there really be only 60 hop farmers left in the UK? Miles Warde goes back to the Herefordshire yard where he worked to find out. Show more

Laurie Taylor looks at the ways in which cultural studies has reached beyond academia and into everyday life. Show more

Aleks Krotoski explores what technology tells us about ourselves and the age we live in. As more of us move to live in cities, how can they cope with this constant expansion? Show more

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John Lloyd and curator Humphrey Ker welcome objects from Richard Ingrams, Jane Bussmann and Howard Stringer. From October 2013. Show more

Jamie takes the initiative, and Kathy is feeling inspired. Show more

The verdict on Enough Said with the late James Gandolfini, Tori Amos and Samuel Adamson on their musical, TV travels with Stephen Fry and Karl Pilkington, and the art of Paul Klee. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Glasgow, 1888. Tragedy strikes after art-loving Englishwoman Harriet Baxter meets Scottish painter Ned Gillespie. Starring Phyllis Logan. From October 2013. Show more

Misha Glenny begins his history of Italy with the French invasion of 1494, when Charles VIII's mercenaries reached Naples. Show more

Charities have been drawn into the world of outsourced service provision, with the state as their biggest customer. Fran Abrams asks if this threatens their philanthropic roots. Show more

Sharks are one of the great icons of wildlife and the oceanic wilderness and yet are in severe decline across the world. How can people and sharks share the oceans? Show more

Tom Sutcliffe talks to artist Grayson Perry, curator Penelope Curtis, academic Philip Davis and business consultant Nicholas Lovell. Show more

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In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective, with Ritula Shah. Including the US budget deadlock - is a deal imminent? Show more

Burning the midnight oil, a young student is forced to entertain an unwelcome and frightening visitor. Read by Matthew Marsh. Show more

Spoken word artists Salena Godden and Scroobius Pip take listeners into two very different worlds. Show more

Can Marengo and Copenhagen's equine love survive Marcy, a real stalking horse? Stars Stephen Fry. From December 2012. Show more

Sean Curran and the BBC parliamentary team report as the work and pensions secretary defends his changes to the welfare system. Plus school league tables are to be redesigned. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. Heston Blumenthal shares his passion for medieval cuisine, recreating a recipe from the chefs of Richard II. From October 2013. Show more

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