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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Father Tim Byron.

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Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Galapagos Islands' blue-footed booby. Show more

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Tom Sutcliffe discusses the importance of uncertainty and failure with Helga Nowotny, David Willetts, Matthew Syed and Oliver Morton. Show more

Heart-warming drama about unrequited love and unfulfilled dreams. Based on the real-life diaries of successful artist and goose-breeder Monica Rawlins. Dramatised by Bethan Roberts. Show more

Misha Glenny explores a crucial period in France's history, when Burgundians warred with Armagnacs and the English threatened to become kings of France... until Joan of Arc arrived. Show more

Sue Perkins sets moral and ethical posers for Dave Gorman, Anita Anand, Mark Evans and Jenny Eclair. From 2013. Show more

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Winifred Robinson with new emissions limits for diesel cars; Richard Pennycook, CEO of the Co-op Group; the Disability Discrimination Act 20 years on; energy bills; and crisps. Show more

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Presented by Martha Kearney, with a look at the Russian plane crash investigation, implications of Scottish Labour Trident vote and the 200th anniversary of George Boole's birth. Show more

Dan Snow presents the recollections of soldiers who travelled home from the Western Front on leave for an all-too-brief few days in 1915. Show more

Helen is in a world of her own, and Kenton is wearing special cotton. Show more

Toby Jones stars as movie mogul Louis B Mayer determined to stop Upton Sinclair becoming the next Governor of California and taxing the movie studios. Comedy by Stephen Sheridan. Show more

Northern Ireland take on the south of England in the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections, chaired by Tom Sutcliffe. Show more

Sheila Dillon looks into the latest science and thinking on which oils we should choose to cook with and how taste, health and environment all come into play. Show more

4 Extra Debut. The life and legacy of visionary 19th century Manchester philanthropist, Thomas Horsfall. With Michael Symmons Roberts. From 2015. Show more

Aleks Krotoski explores living in a digital world.

Russian airline whose plane crashed in Egypt says only external forces can be to blame. Thomas Cook accused of putting money ahead of customers' needs over Corfu deaths.

Julian Clary, Susan Calman, Josie Lawrence and Paul Merton join Nicholas Parsons to speak without hesitation, deviation or repetition for 60 seconds. Show more

Clarrie is taken on a detour, and Helen is put on the spot. Show more

Arts news with Samira Ahmed, including Kamila Shamsie reviewing He Named Me Malala, Wynton Marsalis with violinist Nicola Benedetti and Alistair McDowall on his play Pomona. Show more

Heart-warming drama about unrequited love and unfulfilled dreams. Based on the real-life diaries of successful artist and goose-breeder Monica Rawlins. Dramatised by Bethan Roberts. Show more

Roger Bolton looks back at the ferocious internal Labour Party battles of the 1980s and examines the extent to which there is now a re-run of the battle for control of Labour. Show more

Looking at the UK, reunified Germany and the European Union, former cabinet minister John Redwood asks how successful a currency union can be without political union behind it. Show more

Beetles represent twenty percent of all living species. Brett Westwood explores how they have influenced arts and science around the world. From 2015 Show more

Tom Sutcliffe discusses the importance of uncertainty and failure with Helga Nowotny, David Willetts, Matthew Syed and Oliver Morton. Show more

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Reporting and analysis from a global perspective with Ritula Shah. Erdogan wins the Turkish election, and Dame Edna on Australia ending dames and knights. Show more

Bond is in America, trying to convince Capt Eugene T Lawrence of the US Navy that he should delay the forthcoming rocket launch. But he is not having much luck. Show more

Neuroscientist Dr Frederique Liegeois joins Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright to discuss the genetic basis of language. Show more

Susan Hulme reports as senior civil servants deny the collapsed Kids Company charity was given special treatment and government housing plans come under fire in the Commons. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. Claire Harman's biography of one of Britain's greatest novelists, which reveals how the often tragic events of Charlotte Bronte's life inspired her writing. Show more

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