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A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Prof Maurice Scanlon. Show more

Farming and countryside news, with Anna Hill. Dairy companies warn that shoppers may stop buying milk as a new labelling system will give it an amber warning for sugar content. Show more

All the news from Westminster, where MPs approve legislation which gives Holyrood the power to hold a Scottish independence referendum in 2014. With Susan Hulme. Show more

Fi Glover explores how the job opportunities open to the younger generation have diminished since the 1960s, when the baby boomers entered work. Show more

Men and baldness, singles and sex, how to make shared parenting work, women in the legal profession, and how World War II influenced women writers. Presented by Jenni Murray. Show more

Jim devotes the week to his novel, but realises he must also win back his wife. Can he do both? Stars Paul Ritter. Show more

Alok Jha asks if the UK is doing enough to make sure we have a dream - premiership - team when it comes to science? From 2013. Show more

The social workers' anxiety over redundancies is eclipsed by shattering news about Ray. Stars Sally Phillips. From January 2013. Show more

Electronic cigarettes were invented in China in 2007 and sales have taken off in Europe. The body that regulates health products - the MHRA - wants to treat them as medicines. Show more

Cases of Campylobacter, the most common cause of food poisoning in the UK, are increasing. John Waite asks what is being done to tackle this threat to public health. Show more

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Vivienne Parry with the science behind Kipling's stories and a tale stranger than fiction. Readings by Samuel West. From 2013. Show more

Rob receives the third degree, and there's an exciting development at Willow Cottage. Show more

By Rose Tremain. An imagining of the last days of the Duchess of Windsor for whom King Edward VIII abdicated his throne. With Elizabeth McGovern. Show more

The State Pension is changing, with a new 'Single Tier' pension payment replacing the existing system in 2017. How will you be affected? Email Paul Lewis at moneybox@bbc.co.uk. Show more

Dr Mark Porter presents a series that aims to demystify perplexing health issues. Show more

Laurie Taylor traces the origins and development of neo-liberal economics. He also explores the enduring and complex relationship between race and music. Show more

Lord Hunt, chair of the PCC, on press self-regulation. Plus free speech and the role of the columnist, and editors' challenges in dealing with instant reaction to writers. Show more

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As Carolyn and Martin row with a taxi and a bee, Douglas and Arthur play with an airport. Stars Benedict Cumberbatch. From January 2013. Show more

Brenda is on tenterhooks. Meanwhile Tony gets down to business. Show more

Actor Brian Cox, David Bowie's video producer Tony Oursler, a new exhibition about Vikings in Scotland, and Dame Liz Forgan on her final speech as Chair of Arts Council England. Show more

Jim devotes the week to his novel, but realises he must also win back his wife. Can he do both? Stars Paul Ritter. Show more

Nick Robinson looks at how controversial decisions are reached behind in Whitehall. This week, he and his guests discuss whether Britain's civil service should be reformed. Show more

New series. Tim Harford tells short stories about fascinating people and ideas in economics. On Regent Street, Tim looks at heated pants and the business of innovation. Show more

Why did living things invent sex 1.5 billion years ago? Why do so many persist with inefficient and risky mode of reproduction? Adam Rutherford explores the deep history of sex. Show more

Fi Glover explores how the job opportunities open to the younger generation have diminished since the 1960s, when the baby boomers entered work. Show more

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Two foreigners killed, more taken hostage by Islamist militants in Algeria. Plus President Obama sets out gun control plans after primary school killings. Presented by Ritula Shah. Show more

Mark Watson's story of loss and forbidden love. Dominic struggles to deal with the consequences of his actions, and hears some shocking news which almost tips him over the edge. Show more

Agony aunt Sarah and her Support Group tackle more problems: childless and proud of it and a wannabe romantic. From May 2011. Show more

Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster, where David Cameron and Ed Miliband clashed over the idea of a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU. Show more

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Paula Byrne explores popular unrest and food riots, and Austen's brother's military career. Show more

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