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Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with Church of Scotland minister the Rev Lezley Stewart.

How beef farms can be linked to more than 1,000 other farms via the trading of cattle - something which has obvious implications for the spread of disease. Show more

Michael Palin presents the northern cardinal from a New York's Central Park. Show more

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Jacqueline de Rojas, President of techUK, chooses the eight tracks, book and luxury she'd take with her if she were cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

Brexit anxiety. Bedtime Stories, the project which helps prisoners write stories for their children. And women at the UN making their voices heard at the CSW event in New York. Show more

By Nick Walker. Annika is struggling and in therapy, but still has to solve the murder of an industrialist at the Oslo theatre. Show more

The BBC's Education Editor, Branwen Jeffreys, investigates how the fallout from a fiscal illusion will impact the future of over 18s education in England. Show more

London's worst advertising agency, Hardacre's, tries to put the excitement back into water. Stars Nigel Havers. From 2017. Show more

New dystopian novel by John Lanchester, author of Capital and The Debt to Pleasure. Episode 5: Joseph and Hifa face the reality of their punishment. Show more

The people juggling work with caring for relatives. How Amazon is expanding its operations and creating more jobs. Banning junk food adverts before the watershed. Show more

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A fight for survival and a message for the West. Show more

Natasha is put on the spot and Will offers a solution Show more

By Caroline Horton. Things are fine. Pandora is young, living in Paris, she's got a nice boyfriend and a job that pays the bills. So why did she try to kill herself? Show more

Eric Robson and his panel of experts are in East Meon, Hampshire. Show more

When two cousins meet in Belfast, the former best friends must confront their uncertain futures. Read by Aaron McCusker. Show more

Matthew Bannister on philosopher Baroness Warnock, police commander William Hucklesby, artist Rose Hilton, Professor Lord Bhattacharyya and singer Scott Walker Show more

Roger Bolton hears listener views on the controversial documentary In the Right, investigating the role of women on the far-right, and discusses the BBC's annual plan. Show more

Friends talk how the changing political landscape affects their lives - specifically about losing a baby which was due on the day Britain is scheduled to Brexit. Fi Glover presents Show more

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PM warns MPs' third rejection of Brexit plan is grave
Thousands join pro-leave protest

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches

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Freddie returns to Ambridge but has his prison experience changed him for better or worse? Show more

Novelist Ian Rankin reviews the new stage version of Local Hero in Edinburgh, the anti-climax in culture, Agnes Varda remembered, and the National Theatre's Lisa Burger. Show more

Robert Forrest's popular thriller set in 10th-century Japan. Shonagon and Saisho revisit their youth and wander the palace at night. But they are not alone. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Dover Castle Keep with Alastair Campbell, Lord Hennessy, Bronwen Maddox and Gisela Stuart. Show more

John Gray reflects on where British politics goes from here. Show more

4 Extra Debut. From New York, screen siren Kathleen Turner celebrates the enduring mystique of the film noir femme fatale. From 2017. Show more

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New dystopian novel by John Lanchester, author of Capital and The Debt to Pleasure. Episode 5: Joseph and Hifa face the reality of their punishment. Show more

Nicola Walker and Sarah Ann Kennedy discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. Show more

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Friends talk about wedding plans and engagements in the family and about learning to let go. Fi Glover presents. Show more

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After failing to escape with his family, Aeham has to make the agonising choice between staying in Syria and being killed or leaving them behind and fleeing to Europe alone. Show more

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