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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rt Rev Nicholas Holtam, Bishop of Salisbury. Show more

Anna Hill hears that the spring snow might cause permanent damage to agriculture on the Isle of Man. Show more

Susan Hulme presents the latest news from Westminster and beyond.

Daily audio interventions by five artists to mark the launch of Open, a £1 million initiative by Artangel and BBC Radio 4. Susan Hiller reimagines how broadcast space might be used. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss water, one of the most remarkable of all molecules. Show more

Powerlister Lucy Heller - chief executive of Ark; Foreign Secretary William Hague discusses his Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative; Mike Buchanan and John O'Farrell debate. Show more

The Kneebones are in serious financial trouble with bailiffs back and cracks in the house! Stars Ed Gaughan. From 2013. Show more

Justin Rowlatt visits the vast copper mine which has made Mongolia the world's fastest growing economy - but will the country reap the benefits or scare off the foreign miners? Show more

4 Extra Debut. Rowan Pelling reveals how shoes are not just functional objects but can tell us about our social status, sexual desires and personality. From March 2013. Show more

How far will the National Trust go to let visitors treat historic houses as their own? Plus co-housing communities and the parking company kicked out of its own trade association. Show more

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The Easter Rising, the Dublin Rebellion of 1916, appeared to catch the British cabinet by surprise. Author Nick Rankin investigates what the cabinet really knew, and how. Show more

David Hendy considers the visceral impact of a stadium full of noisy humans, from the London Olympics to the Roman Colosseum. Show more

Pip receives a wake-up call, and Darrell tries to explain. Show more

By Nicola McCartney. Fact-based drama about the Provisional IRA's planned assassination of the Queen and destruction of Shetland's new Sullom Voe oil terminal in 1981. Show more

Helen Mark meets the sisters (and sheep) of the environmentally-friendly Stanbrook Abbey in North Yorkshire. Surrounded by the springtime landscape, they reflect on new beginnings. Show more

Geraldine James presents an appeal for the National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACOA). Show more

Aminatta Forna on her book The Hired Man, the Russian literary scene with Russian Booker-winning author Mikhail Shishkin, and the 150th anniversary of The Water-Babies. Show more

Francine Stocks talks to Danny Boyle about his career including his new film Trance, starring James McAvoy and Rosario Dawson, and how he directed the Olympic opening ceremony. Show more

Quentin Cooper talks to Prof Colin Blakemore and Prof Chris Rapley about ideas in science that are 'dangerous'. Plus, what is the lasting value of science festivals? Show more

4 Extra Debut. Robert Winston traces how DNA has become part of our lives, and talks to Nobel prize-winning scientist James Watson. From March 2013. Show more

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The slightly interactive, comedy-infused poetry cabaret. With Matt Harvey, Kate Fox and Elvis McGonagall. From August 2012. Show more

Iftikar is tempted. Meanwhile Brenda finds an excuse. Show more

Penny Woolcock discusses her documentary film about attempts to broker peace between rival gangs in Birmingham; singer Michael Bolton on how he has reached a new audience. Show more

The Kneebones are in serious financial trouble with bailiffs back and cracks in the house! Stars Ed Gaughan. From 2013. Show more

Victoria Derbyshire investigates the lifting of restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian migrants in 2014 and speaks to those who have already made the move. Show more

Education and how to make a profit from it is the focus: from low-cost private schools in Ghana to no-frills law courses and a Liverpool University campus in China. Show more

Dr Adam Hart meets the migratory bee keepers of America as they travel to the annual almond bloom in California, the largest crop pollination event on Earth. Show more

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Clive Anderson is joined by Bonnie Tyler, Alice Lowe and Anthony Horowitz for an eclectic mix of conversation and comedy, with music from Soweto Kinch and Cody ChesnuTT. Show more

Paul Bhattacharjee reads Mohsin Hamid's novel on modern Asia, which follows one boy's rise and fall in the sprawling metropolis. In this episode, learn from a master. Show more

Answering that old chestnut 'Are Women Funny?' Bridget Christie on the state of modern feminism. With Fred MacAulay. From March 2013. Show more

In 1942, the first American GIs arrived in Britain. Seventy years on, Martha Kearney traces the impact those million and a half troops had on the country and its people. Show more

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