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Daily prayer and reflection with the Rev Simon Doogan. Show more

Charlotte Smith hears calls for a pay rise and an extra day off for farm workers. The Unite union says despite the economic climate, farm wages must rise. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Bannockburn of 1314, an important victory for Scotland in its fight to win independence from England. Show more

Presented by Jenni Murray. Journalist and columnist Allison Pearson on writing, Hollywood and depression. Show more

Discovering his true identity, Ashok, now Ashton, is educated in England - but yearns to return to India. With Blake Ritson. Show more

The full story from correspondents in Egypt, India, Uganda, Afghanistan and Ukraine. Show more

Harriett Gilbert presents a reappraisal of the life and legacy of Raymond Chandler, the man from Upper Norwood who invented the American hard-boiled PI as we know him. Show more

Shari Vahl talks to MP Nigel Adams about his plans to change planning rules on pubs. We'll speak to the author of a new book, 'A Guide to non-cash Reward', Michael Rose. Show more

Six years after the Shipman Inquiry recommended reform of the General Medical Council, key changes have not been implemented. A new regulator to discipline doctors is scrapped. Show more

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The Arctic is melting. The wealth of resources - oil, gas, uranium and even diamonds - are suddenly accessible. Tom Heap reports from Canada on the battle to seize them. Show more

David is in positive mood and Caroline shares an important secret. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Kate Clanchy's tough and touching play exposes the truth about two women on either side of a cultural divide, with a razor sharp wit. Show more

Helen Mark is in Wiltshire to find out about our obsession with the weather and its impact on our lives and landscape. Show more

Sandi Toksvig presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Womankind Worldwide. Show more

Potatoes, beetroot and apples are gathered in, and the honey is harvested. The National Poet of Wales reads from her journal about life on her small-holding. Show more

Gyles Brandreth looks back at the 80s when he was appearing on TV-am. It was also the time of a great electoral triumph for Mrs Thatcher and a scandal involving Cecil Parkinson. Show more

Mariella Frostrup talks to writer Sebastian Faulks about his new television series Faulks on Fiction; and novelist Michael Arditti on his latest book, a love story set in Lourdes. Show more

Quentin Cooper looks into the science stories of the week and speaks to the scientists who are making the headlines. Show more

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Using letters to reveal corporate lunacy - the comedian is baffled by the weird world of parking enforcement. From 2011. Show more

Emma feels sidelined while David hits password problems. Show more

With Kirsty Lang, including Laura Linney in The Big C, Harry Hill on the artwork he helped to create, opera director David Pountney, and Carol Topolski on her novel Do No Harm. Show more

Discovering his true identity, Ashok, now Ashton, is educated in England - but yearns to return to India. With Blake Ritson. Show more

With a string of disturbances, riots and attacks in jails since December, are tensions from overcrowding, gang violence and poor management taking prisons to breaking point? Show more

Evan Davis asks his guests how companies can keep up with the times and avoid becoming out of date. They also discuss which laws they would most like to scrap. Show more

Is it possible to save all the wildlife on Earth? Saving Species explores how decisions are made to save species and habitat. Is saving species in conflict with saving wilderness? Show more

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Bannockburn of 1314, an important victory for Scotland in its fight to win independence from England. Show more

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Noor discovers the truth about Ruth and Farid and her sense of betrayal boils over when she is asked to baby-sit Anna once again. Now she knows the truth, what will Noor do? Show more

The word is spreading like meat paste and business is booming, but there is a teenage fly in the soup de jour. Show more

Sean Curran reports from Westminster. He hears MPs call for a cap on the amount of money that can be lent on huge interest rates - often to the poor. Show more

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Further adventures amongst the building blocks of the universe including the iconic whiteness of calcium which takes us from bones to buildings. Show more

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