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Prayer and reflection with Ibrahim Mogra. Show more

'A quick handshake is enough' - the father of a dead Royal Marine discusses public displays of grief, and how he dreads Remembrance services. With Eddie Mair. iPM@bbc.co.uk. Show more

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Richard Uridge visits what is known as the jewel of the Channel Islands, Herm, to find out what it is like for the 58 residents who all live and work for one employer on the island. Show more

Drought or flooding? Charlotte Smith hears how UK farmers could better manage their water. Show more

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Morning news and current affairs, with John Humphrys and Sarah Montague: The future of sick pay. Are pensions too costly? And does E still equal mc squared? Show more

Richard Coles with director Sir Alan Parker, poet Kate Fox, a 93-year-old magician, a mother who was jailed, Kirsty Young's musical choices and Celia Birtwell's Inheritance Tracks. Show more

John McCarthy looks at Jewish Eastern Europe with Dennis Marks, a Second World War escape from Hong Kong with Tim Luard and the A272 with Rita Boogaart. Show more

4 Extra Debut. David Owen Norris and his guests enjoy Queen Victoria's favourite songs sung on location in Buckingham Palace. From 2013. Show more

George Parker of the Financial Times on new powers for the Bank of England; how to deal with petitions; and a personal story from a newly-promoted MP. Show more

Kate Adie introduces correspondents' despatches from Egypt, Russia, Afghanistan, Burma and Colombia. Show more

The latest news from the world of personal finance, presented by Paul Lewis.

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis dissect the week's news with the assistance of Jon Holmes, Henning Wehn, Pippa Evans and Mitch Benn. Show more

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Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Royal Grammar School, Worcester, with Owen Paterson, Diane Abbott, John Harris and Iain Martin. Show more

Listeners respond to Any Questions? topics, including youth unemployment, banks, the UK's influence in Europe and fuel duty rise. Show more

Set in Alderley Edge, Alan Garner's story is based on a local legend of sleeping knights ready to awake to save the world. Stars Robert Powell and Hugo Docking. Show more

Ken Clarke and guest Ian Smith examine the life and music of the hard-bop trumpeter Lee Morgan. Show more

Presented by Jane Garvey. Diane Keaton, Sinead Cusack, Anita Dobson, Vancouver's missing women: prostitute killer, donor sperm children, do we get less angry as we get older? Show more

Carolyn Quinn with a fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines.

Evan Davis asks his panel if now is the time for businesses to pursue ambitious plans. They also discuss banking and take stock of the consumer sector in the run-up to Christmas. Show more

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Clive Anderson chats to actor Robert Lindsay, fighting talk with Billy Bragg, and designer Orla Kiely talks babies with Jo Bunting. Music from the Webb Sisters and Billy Bragg. Show more

As Meryl Streep prepares to star as a determined Margaret Thatcher in a new star-studded biopic, Andy Denwood explores her own single-minded dedication to her chosen profession. Show more

Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writers Miranda Sawyer and Francis Spufford and musician Pat Kane review the week's cultural highlights, including Reasons to Be Pretty by Neil Labute. Show more

'What do you know?' 'How do you know?' and 'Do you know?' are deceptively easy-sounding questions. Stephen Fry looks for answers on an entertaining cab ride round the archive. Show more

It's 1903, and New Englander Lambert Strether is sent to Paris to bring home his fiancée's wayward son and heir. Stars Henry Goodman. Show more

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Combative, provocative and engaging debate on the morality of the press chaired by Michael Buerk with Clifford Longley, Kenan Malik, Anne McElvoy and Matthew Taylor. Show more

Nationwide general knowledge quiz chaired by Russell Davies. The quest begins for the 59th Brain of Britain champion. The first heat features competitors from London and Inverness. Show more

Alan Dein tells the story of Austrian poet Ernst Jandl who stunned and delighted the audience at the famous 1965 Royal Albert Hall Poetry Incarnation with his 'concrete poetry'. Show more

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Peppa is due to marry Finu, then runs off to join some hot-shot she has never even met. Apparently it's his reputation that does it! Read by Dermot Crowley. Show more

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