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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Simon Doogan.

Charlotte Smith and Adam Henson reveal the finalists for the BBC Farming Today Farmer of the Year award 2012. Show more

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Andrew Marr discusses eastern and central Europe with historians Anne Applebaum and Mark Mazower and journalists Victor Sebestyen and Helen Szamuely. Show more

Does chauvinism in trade unions exist today? Plus artist Celia Paul on being the muse of Lucian Freud, new restrictions on IVF treatment, and at-home manicures. With Jane Garvey. Show more

Commentary on two matches in the Super Eights from Pallekele, with Jonathan Agnew, Roshan Abeysinghe, Vic Marks and Russel Arnold. Show more

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John Lloyd and new curator Jimmy Carr welcome objects from Erica McAlister, Jan Bondeson and Al Murray. From October 2012. Show more

Lilian makes a disturbing discovery and Will splashes the cash. Show more

Emma Watson in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, plus the 2012 Turner Prize exhibition, TV drama Hunted, and the 20th anniversary of theatre company Northern Broadsides. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Contemporary Naples. Caterina Riccardi's husband is arrested and accused of being in the Camorra. Stars Indira Varma. Show more

After feminist punk group Pussy Riot sparked outrage in a Moscow Cathedral, Lucy Ash explores the complex relations between church, state and protest in Putin's Russia. Show more

Mukul Devichand asks what, when set against the expectations of his hopeful supporters in 2008, President Obama has actually achieved on the world stage. Show more

Historian Prof Eric Hobsbawm is interviewed by Simon Schama about his work and his extraordinary life. With archive clips from Eric's previous TV and radio appearances.

Pension changes in the UK, a special report from Venezuela and a boat trip with the former president of the Maldives. National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. Show more

Now in Switzerland, Merivel has sought out the beguiling Louise de Flamanville. Can she offer the solace he seeks? Read by Nicholas Woodeson. Show more

Alan connects with a man shot by a sniper during the Lebanese civil war and a young man jailed for domestic violence. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Wildlife expert Terry Nutkins recalls his unusual childhood spent with author Gavin Maxwell in the West Highlands. From October 2009. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. Childhood in the faded grandeur of the big house, and forbidden love. Irish novelist Edna O'Brien reads the story of her astonishing literary life. Show more

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