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A waste product from the whisky industry - known as draff - is often used to feed livestock over winter in Scotland. But one farmer says it's becoming harder to come by. Show more

Liz Bonnin presents the morepork or Ru-Ru, New Zealand's only surviving native owl. Show more

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Bernard Mandeville's scandalous and influential work on private vices and public benefits, published first as The Grumbling Hive, a poem, in 1705. Show more

Actor Natascha McElhone in The First, new research on teenaged girls in India, Power List Number 5: Stacey Tang and psychologist and author Edith Eger. Show more

Lynne Truss observes the people of Meridian Cliffs, a small wind-battered town on the south coast, where one of the ladies in Jenny's art class has a surprising past. Show more

Tough choices for young Afghan voters, Serbia's lasting love of guns, how Indonesia's new rich party, a raid on Catalan symbols and a swim reflecting on the history of Czech Jews. Show more

Andrew McGibbon talks to Duncan Lamont about growing up in Greenock, playing jazz saxophone, composing music for Mr Benn, King Rollo and Spot, and being fired from Sinatra's band. Show more

On this day in 1918, the Battle of the Selle ended in victory for the Allied forces, and in Folkestone, Norman Harris joins a strange alliance. Show more

Why department stores are investing millions of pounds revamping their beauty counters. Show more

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James Naughtie finds the heartbeat of history in the front page small ads of old UK newspapers. Hereford Journal, 1 January 1800. Show more

Lynda forges ahead with her plan and Josh attempts to make up for recent events Show more

Stuart Slade’s drama about the destructive impact of telling lies. Svetlana returns to Bulgaria with her daughter to confront her past. Show more

An extraordinary event as three giants stride through Liverpool, changing the people see a familiar landscape. Helen Mark is literally chased down and takes you close up. Show more

Dame Louise Casey makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Depaul International Show more

Liane Moriarty, best-selling novelist and author of Big Little Lies, discusses her latest book, Nine Perfect Strangers. Show more

In the second edition of her new series, Moving Image, Francine Stock talks to director Carol Morley about the film that has influenced her the most, Jane Campion's debut Sweetie. Show more

How might Brexit affect UK Science? Why is feeding a 'last resort' antibiotic to farm animals not a good idea? And why is space probe Bepicolombo going to Mercury? Show more

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Sir Philip Green is named by Lord Hain as the businessman who took out an injunction.

Teddy starts obsessively reading a series of thrillers and Hardacre is visited by an old friend. Stars Nigel Havers. From 2018. Show more

Johnny is under pressure and Rex struggles to control his feelings Show more

Biopic of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, Bohemian Rhapsody, reviewed, plus composer Howard Blake looks back at his career at 80. Show more

Dace sees a fortune teller who’s foreseen all except diabetes, and a patient unhappy with foreign doctors. Stars Dolya Gavanski. Show more

A recent report suggests that almost 45% of single Japanese aged 18 to 34 have never had sex, and many marriages are sexless. Chie Kobayashi and Ruth Evans investigate. Show more

Plastic packaging is big business but it is polluting the world's rivers and the oceans causing a public backlash. Can the industry recover its reputation and how? Show more

How might Brexit affect UK Science? Why is feeding a 'last resort' antibiotic to farm animals not a good idea? And why is space probe Bepicolombo going to Mercury? Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Bernard Mandeville's scandalous and influential work on private vices and public benefits, published first as The Grumbling Hive, a poem, in 1705. Show more

Businessman wholly denies any allegations of "unlawful sexual or racist behaviour." Show more

Helen’s friend reveals more much-researched chilling details about Melmoth. Read by Greta Scacchi and Anton Lesser. Show more

Trisha and Clare find they have distinctly different ideas about hosting a Burns Supper. Stars Hilary Lyon. From 2015. Show more

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