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Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Leslie Griffiths. Show more

Despite this year's cold winter, a new study reveals that spring is getting earlier. Nature records have shown that UK plants are flowering earlier each year. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests Jonathan Bate, Uttara Natarajan and AC Grayling discuss the life and works of William Hazlitt. Show more

Presented by Jenni Murray. Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe on leaving Westminster; actor Jodhi May in a dark comedy; how far should advertising go, and can worry be inherited? Show more

Would Richard Barnes have killed himself if, as everyone says, he'd never been happier? Jackie Hartwell continues to hunt for answers. Show more

Latin America has seen the largest mass conversion in history: the explosive growth of Pentecostalism. Steve O'Hagan asks why so many are reaching out to this new religion. Show more

Ventriloquist Nina Conti explores the world of marathon improvisation, where performers seek a deeper sense of self. From 2010. Show more

Why the NHS is plagued with absenteeism, and are we really becoming a nation of cyclists? Winifred Robinson presents. Show more

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National and international news with Martha Kearney.

The Stern Report put a price on carbon and this catapulted climate on to the world agenda. Tom Heap finds out if putting a price on nature can do the same for biodiversity. Show more

Vicky's calves get a new lease of life, and Jazzer steps into the breach. Show more

Adaptation of Mary Norton's children's classic. Having emigrated to the field at the back of the house, the Clock family must find shelter before the sparrowhawks get them.

Helen Mark travels across the former coalfields of South Wales to see the transformation to the landscape and to the rivers that once ran black with industrial and mining waste. Show more

Helen Mirren appeals on behalf of Barnardo's. Show more

Series of short stories by EM Forster. A chance encounter leads an unhappily married couple to find solace in forbidden ways. Read by Ruth Wilson. Show more

With the table set for Shabbat-eve, Nina Myskow discusses life, love and potato latkes with Rabbi Lionel Blue. Show more

James Naughtie and readers talk to Jeanette Winterson about her breakthrough first novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, about a girl growing up in an Evangelical Christian group. Show more

Quentin Cooper looks at a tsunami simulator to test how buildings can resist powerful waves created by earthquakes. Plus how first flowerings reveal effects of climate change. Show more

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Milton proves that you don't need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. You just need a fully working anemometer and a mouse called Tim. With Tom Goodman-Hill. Show more

Time starts running out for Brenda, and Tom puts his money where his mouth is. Show more

Pierce Brosnan on playing a former Prime Minister in his new film The Ghost, Yvette Fielding on ghost hunting stateside and a review of a trio of new classical music CD releases. Show more

Would Richard Barnes have killed himself if, as everyone says, he'd never been happier? Jackie Hartwell continues to hunt for answers. Show more

Following recent Serious Case Reviews into the 'British Fritzl' and the violent attack by two boys in Edlington, Simon Cox asks why lessons are still not being learnt. Show more

For a 200-year-old machine, the bicycle still has a lot of life in it. Peter Day slips on his cycle clips to find out where the bike industry is taking us. Show more

The first in a series of programmes by the BBC Natural History Unit looking into the world of nature and the challenges of wildlife conservation. Presented by Brett Westwood. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests Jonathan Bate, Uttara Natarajan and AC Grayling discuss the life and works of William Hazlitt. Show more

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National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig.

Violet arrives in New York and, with some trepidation, sees Edwin face-to-face for the first time in decades. Read by Eileen Atkins. Show more

Scrooby tries to become a councillor, having got into trouble joyriding his wheelie bin. Stars Andy Parsons, with Dara O Briain, Russell Howard, Hugh Dennis. From April 2010. Show more

As Parliament comes to an end, MPs and Peers reach the end of a week of legislative horse-trading.

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Adolf Hitler tours the occupied French capital, wanting to model his dream-Berlin on the city. Narrated by Stephen Boxer. Show more

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