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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sister Gemma Simmonds, CJ.

Reports on the wheat and barley harvests, the National Trust calls for a radical change to the way that farming is funded and how sea eagles impact on Scottish sheep farmers. Show more

Steve Backshall presents the red-necked phalarope. Show more

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A car accident leaves Ben in a permanent vegetative state. With no prospect of recovery, is it ethical to withdraw the nutrition and hydration that is keeping him alive? Show more

Feeling shattered by their hectic social life, Maz begins to suspect that her friendship with Verity is not the perfect partnership she hoped for after all. Show more

Vladimir Hernandez returns home to oil-rich Venezuela, which is struggling to feed its own people in the midst of a spiralling economic crisis. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Marie-Louise Muir explores 25 years of New York's influential Signature Theatre company, with founder Jim Houghton. From 2016. Show more

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Consumer affairs programme. The latest on the Bank of England decision on interest rates. And artificial grass sales are growing. Show more

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Analysis of news and current affairs with James Robbins.

A human eyeball in a silver setting gives a striking insight into the theatre of cruelty in Shakespearean time. From May 2012. Show more

Susan stands her ground, and at Brookfield things seem to be looking up. Show more

Mma Ramotswe has to come to terms with one of the most difficult situations that she has ever faced - taking a holiday. Show more

The number of harbour seals and many seabirds in Orkney is decreasing at a rapid rate. Helen Mark finds out how conservationists are using technology to track some iconic species. Show more

Bill Bryson presents an appeal on behalf of Campaign for National Parks. Show more

In a special edition of the programme, Mariella Frostrup explores contemporary literature from Italy and talks to those on the inside of the Italian literary scene. Show more

Antonia Quirke presents Radio 4's weekly look at the world of film. To mark the thirtieth anniversary of its release, Alex Cox talks about Sid & Nancy, his biopic of Sid Vicious. Show more

What clues should we look for when searching for life on other planets? And as the BBC proms goes intergalactic Iris Ter Schiphorst discusses her commission - Gravitational Waves. Show more

Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.

The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 0.25 per cent

Simon asks if marriage is all romance and harmony, or the most commercial of transactions. With Merryn Somerset Webb. From 2016. Show more

Ed feels positive about the future, and Lilian supports a friend. Show more

The Mercury Prize shortlist, playwrights Colin Spencer and Jon Brittain on writing gay characters 50 years apart, Brazilian artist Vivian Caccuri and author Sara Taylor. Show more

Feeling shattered by their hectic social life, Maz begins to suspect that her friendship with Verity is not the perfect partnership she hoped for after all. Show more

The UK government has delayed a proposed new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset. But what did the plan call for in the first place, and what should be done now? Show more

Does speed matter? Peter Day visits Chattanooga, which became America's first 'gig city' in 2010, to explore the impact super-fast internet has had on economic enterprise. Show more

What clues should we look for when searching for life on other planets? And as the BBC proms goes intergalactic Iris Ter Schiphorst discusses her commission - Gravitational Waves. Show more

When pensioners Viv and Fred Morgan read about a teenager committing suicide clutching her teddy, they decided to act, turning their home into a school to help other bullied kids. Show more

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The New Zealand judge chairing an investigation into child sexual abuse has become the third chair to quit, following criticism that she spent so much time abroad. Show more

While the Master is sensing his own mortality, and the Beginner looks back on an infidelity, the Writer enjoys some not very veiled threats from his publisher. Show more

No holds barred sketches from trio Daphne the gang have a mysterious murder on the Yorkshire Moors to solve. From 2016. Show more

Aleks Krotoski compares our intuitive wayfinding skills to those of the digital world and finds out why describing the best way from A to B still poses problems for tech. Show more

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After the fast and furious years of the late sixties and early seventies, Bowie moves to Berlin, where his music, and his life, changes once again. Show more

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