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Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Janet Wootton. Show more
Farming Today reports from Cererals 2010, the largest arable show in Europe, on the ways farmers are planning to produce more food to feed a growing world population. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Central Asian polymath al-Biruni and his 11th-century book India, one of the first scholarly works about the country. Show more
Presented by Jenni Murray. Vanessa Redgrave discusses playing opposite her husband on film and how she coped with recent family tragedy. Plus, shoes which claim to keep you fit. Show more
Sammi and Jason are thrown together in a traffic jam, and Luke gives Emma a makeover. But just when things seem to be coming together, Nicky starts scheming with Dolly. Show more
BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Navid Akhtar looks at the phenomenally successful career of Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire composer AR Rahman, dubbed 'The Mozart of Madras'. From June 2010. Show more
Winifred Robinson looks at how some UK companies are monitoring customer comments on social networking sites. And are our gardens being swallowed up by development? Show more
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National and international news with Martha Kearney.
Dominic Arkwright, Heather Brooke, Simon Evans and Naomi Alderman debate the mood of our relentless entitlement. From 2010. Show more
The atmosphere at April Cottage is tense and Jamie struggles to cope. Show more
By Rob Kinsman. When he was nine, Charlie was kidnapped. He never knew who was behind it. Years later, when another child goes missing, he has a chance to discover the truth. Show more
Clare Balding walks her third stretch of the South Downs Way, from Bramber to Washington, with a group of friends who've been walking together for 25 years. Show more
Sheena McDonald appeals on behalf of The Brain Research Trust. Show more
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A new girl at school with a 'strangely adult air' shocks her classmates with an improbable story from her past. But one of the children decides she must be telling the truth. Show more
The Virgin Mary is one of the most celebrated muses in the world. Rosie Goldsmith investigates the power of Mary as a subject of art. Show more
James Naughtie and readers talk to celebrated writer Lynne Reid Banks about her groundbreaking novel The L-Shaped Room, first published 50 years ago. Show more
Quentin Cooper presents a feast of science, from culinary chemistry to the Antarctic food chain, by way of conker canker and the psychology of penalty kicks. Show more
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Garry Richardson presents a topical sports comedy show. With Laurence Howarth, Richie Webb, Dave Lamb. Show more
Peggy faces a tricky choice and Matt has a battle on his hands. Show more
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Guitarist Richard Thompson on curating the Meltdown Festival, Anish Kapoor unveils his new giant sculpture Temenos, and Sean Bean risks the plague in the film Black Death. Show more
Korea: source of modern-day electronic components. Neil MacGregor delves into the history of a an artefact from the region.
Joshua Rozenberg asks if the police's use of cameras endangers civil liberties or is necessary to prevent crime. Show more
Stephanie Flanders chats to guests from the worlds of music, banking and mining about long-term strategy and scouting for talent. Show more
Brett Westwood examines the world of nature and the challenges of wildlife conservation. Our first report from the Great Barrier Reef on how its sharks are doing. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Central Asian polymath al-Biruni and his 11th-century book India, one of the first scholarly works about the country. Show more
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With Roger Hearing. How much damage is Obama's BP bashing doing to Britain? Is it time for David Cameron to intervene? Can philanthropists shore up falling arts funding? Show more
As the picture becomes clearer, Neyland needs Superintendent Hamp's help to reel in the perpetrators. Show more
With Letchington Arts Centre on the brink of closure, Nigel's roped in for a protest song. Stars Richie Webb. From June 2010. Show more
Rufus Hound invites comedians to revisit their formative years by dusting off their teenage diaries and reading them out in public for the very first time. With Josie Long.
Susan Hulme reports on an angry reaction in the Commons to the coalition government's billion-pound cut to Town Hall budgets. Show more
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