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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, from the chaplain to the Royal British Legion, the Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch. Show more

Four hundred people gathered in Oban on Scotland's west coast over the weekend for the inaugural meeting of the Scottish Rural Parliament. How will it help remote communities? Show more

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Chris Packham presents the vegetarian tree finch on the Galapagos Islands. Show more

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Andrew Marr discusses mortality and longevity with surgeon Atul Gawande, novelist and editor Diana Athill, medical ethicist Prof Deborah Bowman and historian Dr Carl Watkins. Show more

Jane Garvey talks to popular science writer Mary Roach about why we should be more interested in the digestive system. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Skye lives with her baby brother Dexter. And Spider the cat, and their Mum, but they're both usually out. Stars Sydney Wade. Show more

Laura Barton draws on her own experiences, and those of her literary heroines, to explore the phenomenon of the tomboy. Show more

The prospect of attending a wedding pushes the three couples to the limit. Stars Jack Docherty. From November 2014. Show more

Melvyn Bragg is joined by philosopher Angie Hobbs, lawyer Harry Potter, neuropsychologist Paul Broks and theologian Giles Fraser to exchange ideas on freedom. Show more

Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. NHS Highland is advertising in Leeds to lure GPs to vacancies in Scotland. Can England's inner cities afford to lose them? Show more

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Agony aunt Irma Kurtz talks to her American counterpart Cheryl Strayed about the USA agony in her 'Dear Sugar' column. Show more

Remembrance Day brings thoughtful reflection, and Adam has a startling idea. Show more

By Margaret Evison. A mother's story about the death of her son, Lt Mark Evison, killed by a Taliban sniper as he led his men in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in May 2009. Show more

Russell Davies chairs the latest heat of the wide-ranging general knowledge music quiz, with contenders from Greater Manchester and Lancashire. Show more

From the eryngii to the not-so-humble button, Dan Saladino discovers a world of mushrooms, grown for food, from Europe's biggest mushroom farm to a spawn plant and far beyond. Show more

Simon Armitage visits Baltimore to explore Glessner Lee's Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, a series of dolls' houses depicting crime scenes that are used to train detectives. Show more

Aleks Krotoski examines what digital mapping has meant for our understanding of the world. Are we always aware of the decisions that make them look the way they do? Show more

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John Lloyd and Phill Jupitus with comedian Neil Innes, explorer Dr Bradley Garrett and anthropologist Isabel Berncke. From 2014. Show more

Johnny gets a visitor, and there are plans afoot for Peggy's party. Show more

Stella Duffy on crime drama The Fall, Bryan Ferry on his solo album Avonmore, theatre exploring climate science and the school system, and Peder Balke at the National Gallery. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Skye lives with her baby brother Dexter. And Spider the cat, and their Mum, but they're both usually out. Stars Sydney Wade. Show more

Shaun Ley tells the inside story of one extraordinary day in the House of Commons and a vote that changed history for Syria - and for Britain. Show more

In the wake of the Trojan horse affair in Birmingham schools, David Goodhart asks whether Britain's socially conservative Muslims can ever integrate into liberal Britain. Show more

Beavers are busy saving us money on flood defences, but is this a good way to look at wildlife? Can we really put a price on the services nature provides? Show more

Andrew Marr discusses mortality and longevity with surgeon Atul Gawande, novelist and editor Diana Athill, medical ethicist Prof Deborah Bowman and historian Dr Carl Watkins. Show more

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Sherlock decrypts a cipher message and discovers someone in the village of Birlstone is in immediate danger. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright talks about his breakthrough 2003 album, ‘Want One’. With John Wilson. From 2014. Show more

Sean Curran reports from Westminster.

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4 Extra Debut. Crime writer Val McDermid delves into the medical archives to discover the secrets of forensic science. From 2014. Show more

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