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Prayer and reflection with the Rt Rev and Rt Hon Richard Chartres, Bishop of London.

We meet a family going back into milking at a time when nine dairy farmers a week are leaving the UK industry. Plus, a visit to the last traditional oak bark leather tannery. Show more

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James Rhodes and Susan Tomes, two concert pianists, discuss their work with Olivia O'Leary. Show more

Prime Minister four times between 1868 and 1894, William Gladstone finally left Downing Street for the last time at the age of 84. Show more

Presented by Jenni Murray. Andrew Morton's new royal biography, do 'night bras' work?, feminism in Poland, and the 'Family Man' prison programme that aids offender rehabilitation. Show more

By Karen Blixen. Dramatised by Judith Adams. Karen is settling into life on the farm but Bror, her husband, has very different ideas. And there is also Lulu to contend with. Show more

Saving Species reports from rural Nigeria under a sky swirling with millions of swallows destined for the barns and roofs of Europe. Show more

Christine Finn explores how contemporary author’s writing will be kept. Can a paperless archive be future proof? From 2011. Show more

TV, radio, online: is the BBC delivering the programmes and content you want? Your views to Sir Michael Lyons, the outgoing head of the BBC's watchdog, the BBC Trust. Show more

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Presented by Phil Hammond. Novelist David Nicholls, voiceover artist Julie Berry and comedian Stewart Lee discuss the tracks they have brought to the group. Show more

Lilian's keen to welcome a new arrival and it's back to domestic chores for Jennifer. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Martin has a secret. A big secret. One that threatens to turn Ronnie's world upside down. Stars Gerard Murphy and James Fleet. Show more

Fiona Watson presents the popular history programme. How a British working-class movement helped shape the electoral system of Australia, and the first media royal. Show more

1930s story in which an attractive red-headed teacher meets five jolly men on a train going north. Read by Imelda Staunton. Show more

As the empire expands, the Russian state is in turmoil. Martin Sixsmith examines Russia's Time of Troubles and its troubled rulers before a new, strong dynasty emerges. Show more

Chris Ledgard explores Speakers' Corner in London's Hyde Park. He talks to the regulars who come to speak each week and learns how its history stretches back over 100 years. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Broadcaster Sue MacGregor nominates singer Kathleen Ferrier who died tragically young. With Matthew Parris and conductor Christopher Fifield. From April 2011. Show more

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The ground-breaking phone-in show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy. Stars Rhys Thomas and Simon Day. From April 2011. Show more

Worries mount about David and Peggy has an afternoon out. Show more

Presented by Mark Lawson. With actress and author Shirley MacLaine on her new essay collection, Kenneth Branagh's film Thor, and an archive interview with the late John Sullivan. Show more

By Karen Blixen. Dramatised by Judith Adams. Karen is settling into life on the farm but Bror, her husband, has very different ideas. And there is also Lulu to contend with. Show more

Nick Ross travels to the Ukraine to uncover the true health impact of the radiation leak 25 years after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident. Show more

Peter White talks to Brazilian pianist Marcelo Bratke, who spent years denying his own blindness. He explains some of the techniques he adopted to conceal his poor vision. Show more

Claudia Hammond talks to Professor James Fallon, a neuroscientist who has the brain and genes of a psychopath. Show more

James Rhodes and Susan Tomes, two concert pianists, discuss their work with Olivia O'Leary. Show more

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Tristan meets Marian Bancroft and recollects his first meeting with her brother Will as young soldiers at Aldershot. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Academic Eleanor Longden hears voices in her head, but rejects her schizophrenic diagnosis. With Josie Long. From April 2011. Show more

Susan Hulme presents the top news stories from Westminster.

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Landfill sites and sewage treatment works. Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts probe England's true wilderness. From April 2011. Show more

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