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A short reflection and prayer with Canon Simon Doogan.

Initial findings from a study at the University of Liverpool show that TB could be more widespread in badgers in Cheshire than previously thought. Show more

Michaela Strachan presents the arctic skua. Show more

Elizabeth and Kenny are expecting a baby with a fatal abnormality. He will die before, or soon after, birth. Under what circumstances can they donate his organs after his death? Show more

Jenni Murray presents the programme that offers a female perspective on the world.

Jamie decides to surprise Darleen and go to the commune to declare his love for her. But it all goes terribly wrong. Show more

What do you do when a twisting funnel drops from the sky with tearing winds of up to 500km an hour? Neal Razzell goes out and about with the storm chasers in Oklahoma City, USA. Show more

Actor Neil Stuke chooses his favourite and funniest pieces of writing about food for the audience at the Bristol Food Connections Festival. Readers: Miranda Raison and Jack Klaff. Show more

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Police chief denies Met spied on justice campaigns. Algerian plane missing over Sahara. Christian woman condemned to death in Sudan flown to Italy. Presented by Edward Stourton. Show more

How 1845’s Irish potato famine tragedy sparked the new science discipline of plant pathology. With Kathy Willis. From 2014. Show more

Susan's in gossip mode, and Elizabeth gets a visitor. Show more

Preparations are underway for Mma Makutsi's wedding and Mma Ramotswe makes an unexpected ghostly sighting. Show more

How did people live 2,000 years ago during the Iron Age? Helen Mark finds out at Butser Ancient Farm near Petersfield in Hampshire, very much a living archaeological laboratory. Show more

Hugh Quarshie presents an appeal for Anti-Slavery International. Show more

Alex Clark talks to Tom Campbell and Nikesh Shukla about fictionalising today's alienated young men, profiles African writer Amos Tutuola and takes a look at literary Sarajevo. Show more

Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss lines up one of his favourite screen detectives, Richard Lester reveals which of The Beatles was the best actor and Hercules labours again. Show more

Facebook can tag your image and cameras at supermarket checkouts can measure your age and sex. Your image is being used, but what about the ethics and your right to privacy? Show more

Britain and Russia react to Austria-Hungary's ultimatum. Historian Margaret Macmillan looks back through contemporary accounts of the events leading up to the First World War. Show more

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Comedian Thom Tuck presents three sketch groups from the UK circuit: Croft and Pearce, Beasts and Casual Violence. From June 2014. Show more

The SAVE campaigners blaze a trail. Meanwhile, Lilian is being mischievous. Show more

Giant puppets return to Liverpool; thriller writer Gerald Seymour (Harry's Game) on Irish politics; the two stars of Porgy and Bess; the South American artistry of Gego reviewed. Show more

Jamie decides to surprise Darleen and go to the commune to declare his love for her. But it all goes terribly wrong. Show more

An alleged plot by Muslim activists to Islamise secular schools in Birmingham triggered a major government investigation. Reporter Simon Cox tries to uncover the truth. Show more

Faulty children's beds and mislabelled monkey nuts: Evan Davis discusses product recalls. Show more

Facebook can tag your image and cameras at supermarket checkouts can measure your age and sex. Your image is being used, but what about the ethics and your right to privacy? Show more

Will Gompertz meets Rem Koolhaas, the architect who fears his profession is in crisis and worries that technology is spiralling out of control. Show more

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Police 'spies' report - 18 justice campaigns investigated, Hamas leader speaks to the BBC, French anti-Semitism claims with Philippa Thomas. Show more

Rejected by her husband, Nella feels alone, except for the watchful gaze of the strange blonde woman. Read by Emilia Fox. Show more

David Baddiel hosts, as Jonathan Ross, Richard Herring, Kerry Godliman and Paul Chowdhry go against all their instincts and try not to make an audience laugh. Show more

Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.

Fi Glover introduces a conversation between friends who had very different relationships with their grandmothers. One worked in a palace, the other ran off to Rio. Show more

Israel rejects ceasefire plan and has everyone shared in UK recovery? With Philippa Thomas. Show more

James Nestor investigates the world of freediving, and the deepest sea, in a homemade submarine in the Caribbean. From 2014. Show more

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