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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Karen Smith.

Farmers for Action vows to act within days over the falling price of milk. Plus why a campaign group thinks better meat labelling will improve animal welfare. With Charlotte Smith. Show more

Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the mysterious shoebill of Uganda. Show more

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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and reputation of Julius Caesar, one of the most intriguing figures of Roman history. Show more

Jenni Murray ask why kids still love boarding school tales. What has the Green Party got to offer? Plus the impact of a new male contraceptive on how we deal with birth control. Show more

Robert Forrest's thriller set in 10th century Japan. While Yukinari questions the wolf-girl, the Empress is determined to nurse her husband free of his sickening fascination. Show more

Kate Adie presents despatches from around the world, including a close look at the Egypt of President al-Sisi, plus stories from Russia, Sweden, Zimbabwe and Myanmar. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Film maker Penny Woolcock explores the lives of Sheffield’s Mottershaw family who, in 1903, made cinema history. From 2014. Show more

Adam finally tells the whole truth, as all Reverend Winwood's chickens come home to roost. Show more

Winifred Robinson discusses Wonga writing off customers' debt and interviews a listener who says his siblings are stealing from his elderly mother. Show more

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Payday lender Wonga to wipe debts of 330,000 customers, and the foreign secretary calls for rapid and decisive action to combat the West African Ebola epidemic. With Mark Mardell. Show more

As the course ends for chip shop students in Leeds, and the public experience their efforts, Alison Clarkson discovers why potatoes must be cut to time. From October 2014. Show more

Phoebe loses her temper, and Lynda is inspired. Show more

Oona Chaplin stars as Frances, a tongue-tied fantasy fiction addict in Lou Ramsden's original rom-com about language, love and dwarves. Show more

Clare Balding embarks on the third leg of The Dales Way in the company of two experienced long distance walkers. It does not stop them getting lost though! Show more

Carey Mulligan presents the Radio 4 Appeal for War Child, who provide care and counselling for children traumatised by war, rebuilding lost childhoods. Show more

Marilla Frostrup discusses Robert Merle's iconic French series The Brethren, now in English. Plus a look behind the genius of Ian Curtis, and socio-linguist Steven Pinker on style. Show more

David Fincher on adapting bestselling thriller Gone Girl for the big screen, Clint Mansell on the pleasure and pain of writing for Hollywood, and George Szirtes on Le Jour Se Leve. Show more

Adam Rutherford asks the Royal Society why there is a decline in their awards to female scientists this year, and he investigates getting science out from behind paywalls. Show more

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Nathan tries to be a good role model for his younger brother Tyree. With Adjoa Andoh and Curtis Walker. From October 2014. Show more

Bert is on hand to help, and Charlie has got plans for Adam. Show more

Kirsty Lang talks to actress Rosamund Pike about her emotionally and physically demanding role in the screen adaptation of best-selling crime thriller Gone Girl. Show more

Neil MacGregor visits Strasbourg, now in France but also a key city in German history, culture and precision engineering, as revealed by model of the astonishing cathedral clock. Show more

As the leaders of the Catholic Church gather to debate teaching on the family, is Pope Francis really the 'revolutionary' Pope that his admirers hope for and his critics fear? Show more

The best person for the job? Evan Davis hears from four bosses who took back control of the companies they had once founded. Why did they leave and what events brought them back? Show more

Adam Rutherford asks the Royal Society why there is a decline in their awards to female scientists this year, and he investigates getting science out from behind paywalls. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and reputation of Julius Caesar, one of the most intriguing figures of Roman history. Show more

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Crispin Hershey, once a major star of the literary firmament, is now living with the spectacularly disastrous consequences of his plan to embarrass an unpleasant literary critic. Show more

Harvest festivals and bonfires. Pam Ayres' poetry and sketches with Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead. From October 2012. Show more

Writer Elif Shafak takes us to the Istanbul she has lived in and loved for all her adult life and invites us to reimagine the city. Show more

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Neil MacGregor visits Strasbourg, now in France but also a key city in German history, culture and precision engineering, as revealed by model of the astonishing cathedral clock. Show more

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