Morning news and current affairs with John Humphrys and Justin Webb: Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke outlines his sentencing proposals. Plus, can a daily aspirin combat cancer? Show more

With Jane Garvey. What role do secrets play in our personal lives? Ryanair's raunchy festive calendar - sexist publicity stunt or charitable fund raiser? And obesity in pregnancy. Show more

Roger Hamley makes an important announcement, and Molly is obliged to keep yet more secrets. Stars Gunnar Cauthery and Emerald O'Hanrahan. Show more

A special edition of Saving Species from the 100 Foot Washes in Norfolk with an invited panel of experts and a live audience - And not to forget the thousands of migratory swans. Show more

Andrew Collins examines our centuries-old preoccupation with representing the 'real' world in virtual space. From 2010. Show more

Call You & Yours on the Public Health White Paper. Healthy Lives, Healthy People. Is this a new era for public health in England? Show more

Nobel Laureate Professor Barry Marshall describes the moment Kary Mullis worked out how to make millions of copies of DNA, a technique that launched modern bio-technology. Show more

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Musician Tim van Eyken tells the story of the banjo that went with explorer Ernest Shackleton to Antarctica. From December 2010. Show more

There's a staffing crisis at the Bridge Farm Dairy and Clarrie's trying to plan ahead. Show more

by Ali Taylor. Giant. Upstairs. Ten quid a look. A touchingly real and comically disingenuous story about the awkwardness of being misshapen, and the misery of not fitting in. Show more

Electric cars are advertised as costing just pence to run, but can they really be made to operate for a fraction of the cost of a tank of petrol? Show more

By Heidi Amsinck. Strange things happen when Henrik Borg sleeps on the train from Copenhagen and wakes not in Helsingor but in a mysterious, disused railway siding. Show more

Professor Anthony King reports on the brutally suppressed revolution against Soviet rule in Hungary, the Melbourne Olympics and the most infamous water polo match in history. Show more

The story of Angela, who was sectioned under the Mental Health Act after a psychotic episode in 2005. Angela and her family speak about the impact. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Public relations expert Mark Borkowski discusses the life of the manager of the Sex Pistols. From December 2010. Show more

Nobel laureate Harry Kroto describes his favourite moment in the history of science: the moment Robert Hooke described how springs behave. Show more

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A right-wing intervention and must-have board games. Stars Kevin Bishop, Stephen K Amos and Doon Mackichan. From December 2010. Show more

Jill makes her feelings known and Harry's getting nervous. Show more

Mark Lawson talks to Cultural Olympiad Director Ruth Mackenzie, comedian Harry Hill discusses celebrity memoirs and Richard Cork reviews novels set in the art world. Show more

Roger Hamley makes an important announcement, and Molly is obliged to keep yet more secrets. Stars Gunnar Cauthery and Emerald O'Hanrahan. Show more

...Paralympics. To mark the 50th anniversary of the Paralympics, Peter White explores the controversies and inconsistencies underlying them, and looks ahead to the 2012 games. Show more

Reaction to the government's public consultation on DLA reform. Why book worms in Stoke could face a restricted choice of reading and how music lovers get their "gleek" on. Show more

How do parts of the brain interact? Claudia Hammond reports on the latest approaches. Including exclusive information on a new initiative for online counselling support for cancer. Show more

Interview series. Fergal Keane talks to Jean-Robert Cadet, a former Haitian child slave or 'Restavec'. Show more

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Against his better judgement, Andrei visits the vulnerable son of a feared secret police official in hospital. Read by Sara Kestelman. Show more

A doctor's night-time visits are sent off course when she starts receiving calls from a former patient. Stars Lucy Akhurst. Show more

Susan Hulme and the BBC's parliamentary team report as the Justice Secretary promises to end the 'remorseless rise' in prison numbers by tackling reoffending. Show more

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The young Socrates listens to the great thinkers of Athens and forms his own philosophical thoughts on life. Read by Bettany Hughes. Show more

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