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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Reverend Kate Bottley. Show more

With a look at a new report into fishing in Britain's Exclusive Economic Zone, trees showing resistance to ash dieback disease, and harvesting olives in Britain. Show more

Chris Packham presents the mandarin duck. Show more

Jim Al-Khalili talks cloning with the creator of Dolly the sheep, Ian Wilmut. Show more

Interview series. Sir Trevor McDonald explores the idea of redemption, talking to two very different people with very different ideas on what it means. Show more

Andrea Riseborough talks about the life of a female actor. Why the mother of two premature babies is campaigning for maternity leave to be extended for mothers of premature babies. Show more

Cath has had a brain haemorrhage. If she gets through the next ten days, her chances of survival will improve. Show more

Brett Westwood spots a chameleon and investigates how this master of disguise has led us to ask big questions about how we adapt to the environments we find ourselves in. From 2016 Show more

Released in December 1964, Sam Cooke's song has become synonymous with the American civil rights movement. From October 2016. Show more

Matthew Sweet explores how objects connect us to particular people and memories, and how we use the things in our homes to represent aspects of our lives and selves. Show more

Rail passengers are coping with strikes, delays, overcrowding and rising ticket prices. Listeners tell the programme what their train journey is like. Show more

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Gretchen Gerzina explores the lives of two black people in the higher echelons of English society, in other people's households, Dido Belle and Dr Johnson's servant Francis Barber. Show more

Susan doesn't feel like celebrating, and Johnny encourages Tony. Show more

Victorian detective drama starring Brian Cox and Siobhan Redmond. Written by David Ashton.
Episode two: A Man Of Honour. Mulholland is challenged to a duel. Show more

Jay Rayner and his panel are in Pontefract, Yorkshire. With Dr Annie Gray, Andi Oliver, Tim Hayward and Tim Anderson. Show more

Motorways kill animals - that is unavoidable. Tom Heap asks if the death toll can be minimised with badger tunnels and bat flyovers. Show more

As part of the BBC LovetoRead campaign, Michael Rosen talks about his first experiences in reading and how and what he reads now. With Dr Laura Wright and Professor Kathy Rastle. Show more

Bidisha, Gillian Reynolds and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Jean Rhys, Frances Woods and John Le Carre. From 2016. Show more

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Ed tries to stir up healthy anti-authoritarian rage as editor of the student magazine. Stars Christopher Douglas. From 2016. Show more

Ian has got an offer to consider, and Kate is keen to share her perspective on relationships. Show more

Director Mira Nair and Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong'o discuss Queen of Katwe, a film about an African chess prodigy. Stephen Armstrong reviews Sarah Jessica Parker's sitcom Divorce. Show more

Cath has had a brain haemorrhage. If she gets through the next ten days, her chances of survival will improve. Show more

With the pension regulator facing criticism over the BHS scandal, how well is it able to protect retirement savings and does it need stronger powers? Allan Urry investigates. Show more

Kim Milward and her guide dog were refused a hotel room - GDBA's Richard Leaman shares his reaction. Writer Red Szell muses on being something of a reluctant guide dog owner. Show more

There is confusion about how and when teens should be getting the new Meningitis ACWY vaccine. Plus testosterone for female sex drive and allotments on prescription. Show more

Jim Al-Khalili talks cloning with the creator of Dolly the sheep, Ian Wilmut. Show more

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What can be done to end the conflict in Syria? The programme talks to former shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn. Show more

Conrad is alive but not well. Spooked by a mysterious woman, he is on the run, catching a train from Munich to Italy, while Eleanor recalls a time when their future seemed bright. Show more

Stephen K Amos is joined by Mae Martin, Travis Jay and Dan Antopolski to present a guide to coming of age. From 2014. Show more

Susan Hulme reports from Westminster where the foreign secretary warns Russia that it risks becoming an international 'pariah' following its bomb attacks in Syria. Show more

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Angela Carter is in a rebellious mood and starts to find her voice. Edmund Gordon's illuminating biography of one of English literature's most inventive writers. Show more

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