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Farmers in England may be able to shoot badgers to help control TB in cattle. Charlotte Smith talks to farming minister Jim Paice, who believes culling the animals is essential. Show more

Daniel Finkelstein looks at how the market for pay works for those at the very top, and how campaigners are trying to use the same process to raise pay for those at the bottom. Show more

Presented by Jenni Murray. How should women tackle street harassment? Plus, autumn fashions. Show more

Irma is recovered from the rock but despite her safe return the situation at Appleyard College begins to spiral out of control. Show more

Kate Adie introduces dispatches from correspondents in Turkey, Malaysia, Mauritius, Senegal and the United Statesd. Show more

Cerys Matthews pays tribute to her heroine, the fictional rebel of Swedish children's literature, Pippi Longstocking. From September 2010. Show more

Why Edinburgh's trams are not on track, how new technology is fighting hospital infections and the case for and against proposals to give consumers money back for recycling bottles. Show more

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National and international news with Martha Kearney.

No-one enjoys the commute to work but could remote working really save substantial emissions? Dr Alice Roberts investigates the true environmental cost of working from home. Show more

Fallon's friends rally round and Brian tries some hard bargaining. Show more

Paul Watson's drama explores sensitive male issues, difficult lives and sexual relationships as a group of men in a pub watch England's footballers fail at the 2010 World Cup. Show more

Helen Mark explores the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and hears from some of the people whose lives revolve around it in various ways. Show more

Jumoke Fashola appeals on behalf of AMREF. Show more

Martin Jarvis reads three stories by Agatha Christie. Mr Quin and Mr Satterthwaite investigate a possible miscarriage of justice. Show more

Julian Putkowski presents a series on cases that show up Civil Service bureaucracy. In 1954, a young man was found aboard a Polish ship. Was he an asylum seeker or a stowaway? Show more

Mariella Frostrup talks to Man Booker winner DBC Pierre about his new novel. Show more

Who will be chosen as the BBC's Amateur Scientist of the Year? The four finalists present their results in front of a live audience at the 2010 British Science Festival. Show more

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Clare has a new student, Brian has football problems and the Centre is the subject of a movie. With Nina Conti. From March 2009. Show more

Nigel and Kenton enjoy a riotous night out while Jamie has his own plans for the evening. Show more

Mark Lawson talks to Paul O'Grady and reports from the Liverpool Art Biennial where Gary Hume reveals the winner of this year's John Moores Painting Prize. Show more

Neil MacGregor's world history explores the great empires of the world around 600 years ago. Today he examines a jade cup that belonged to a leader of the great Timurid Empire. Show more

A year after the release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, found guilty of the Lockerbie bombing, James Silver looks into the theories surrounding his release. Show more

What comes after the crunch? Double dip or W-shaped recovery? Or something much more uncertain? Peter Day reports from the front line of industry. Show more

Reporting on the tiny creatures that writhe and creep in compost heaps, and why the compost heap is becoming a crucial habitat for grass snakes. Show more

Claudia Hammond investigates the workings of five-year-old brains. Does neuroscience have a place in the classroom? From 2010. Show more

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Loreli King reads from the novel by Wena Poon. Preparations continue for the charity corrida in San Martin. Show more

Who will succeed Zorro? Can pensioners understand the futures trade? Stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb. From September 2009. Show more

Sean Curran reports on the day's proceedings in Parliament. Show more

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