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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Judy Merry. Show more

As Defra releases the badger cull figures, we ask how successful it was. We hear that while in Somerset the cull was deemed effective, in Gloucestershire it fell well short. Show more

Liz Bonnin presents the eastern orphean warbler in an olive grove near Athens. Show more

4 Extra Debut. From Paul McCartney to Wham! Comedian Sarah Millican shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From 2014. Show more

Presented by Sheila McClennon. Including changes to the law on domestic abuse, a new report into special guardianship and the latest on a Vatican investigation into US nuns. Show more

Gary finally comes to terms with the hormone blockers, but Charlotte has shocking news for him. Show more

Bethany, Emma and Tanya, who were raised male, seek treatment as trans women at the Charing Cross Gender Identity Clinic in London. Show more

Martin Jarvis performs the second of two comic classics, in front of an audience at the Cheltenham Festival. A packed house rocks with laughter - it's 'Just William' as stand-up! Show more

A surprise turn of events in the Macknade household heralds a change in their fortunes. Show more

Why the Advertising Standards Authority has been asked to look at broadband adverts. Do smart meters help you save? And are German markets a good addition to Christmas traditions? Show more

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Iraqi army struggling in Anbar, Kurds lift siege of Mount Sinjar, record emergency admissions in England, Labour writes to cabinet secretary on special advisers. With Mark Mardell. Show more

Bettany Hughes considers virtue at a club for the English aristocracy, with a former Greek minister of finance and with an aid worker just back from an Ebola zone in Sierra Leone. Show more

Charlie needs a bit of help, and Helen is feeling the pinch. Show more

4 Extra Debut. It's nearly Christmas and 12-year-old Dean has been left home alone. So where's Mum?By Laura Bridgeman and Charles Lambert. From December 2014. Show more

Eric Robson chairs the horticultural panel programme from Dalston. Pippa Greenwood, Christine Walkden and Matthew Wilson answer questions from an audience of local gardeners. Show more

The Earl of Rosebury, Rudyard Kipling, Edith Wharton and others pay tribute to the King of Belgium in a book published in December 1914. Show more

Matthew Bannister on former show girl Mandy Rice-Davies, family planning expert Dr Tim Black, photographer Michel du Cille and conservationist Ian Player. Show more

Listeners speak directly to the controller of Radio 4, Gwyneth Williams, to discuss changes to the Archers, ongoing budget cuts and the station's 'dazzling digital future'. Show more

Fi Glover introduces a mother who remembers how her daughter’s birthmark affected her early life, and her daughter who confirms that her parents were right not to have it removed Show more

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A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig, who is joined by Bob Mills, Mark Steel and Rebecca Front, alongside regular panellist Jeremy Hardy. Show more

Emma makes an offer, and Jill gets a shock. Show more

Miranda Hart on the success of Miranda and the final episodes of the sitcom, John Rutter on creating a Christmas carol, and a new edition of Seamus Heaney's poetry. Show more

Gary finally comes to terms with the hormone blockers, but Charlotte has shocking news for him. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Hampton in Middlesex, with Giles Fraser, Tessa Jowell MP, Norman Lamb MP and John Redwood MP. Show more

Roger Scruton asks what makes for real art, as opposed to cliche or kitsch. Real art, he says, needs beauty, form and redemption. Show more

A spirit of generosity and recklessness fills the air as all Folkestone is encouraged to give itself to the war. With Craige Els, Will Howard. Show more

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Carrying the sorrow for her loss deep within her, Tess returns to Ireland after 40 years. Concluded by Niamh Cusack. Show more

Journalist Laura Bates chooses the 19th-century American children’s author, Louise May Alcott. With Matthew Parris. From 2014. Show more

Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.

Fi Glover introduces a couple who have been married for half a century and have passed their love of their mountainous land on to their children. Show more

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Peter Hennessy concludes this series by asking William Hague MP, leader of the House of Commons, how the United Kingdom's constitution will be changed by further devolution. Show more

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