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The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Charlotte Smith gets to grips with the NFU's new dairy strategy at the Livestock Event 2013 in Birmingham. Show more

Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the sandwich tern. Show more

Susan Hulme hears David Cameron attack the influence of the Unite union on Labour. There is a dressing down for the defence secretary, and why peers are upset by cyclists. Show more

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As bad news arrives for the Cazalet family, Archie finds himself the unexpected confidant for what seems like the whole family. Show more

Syria's silent majority, and other BBC correspondents' reports from the United States, the Democratic Republic of Congo, France and Georgia, presented by Kate Adie. Show more

Arthur Machen's stories twitched the veil between our world and a disturbing underworld. On his 150th anniversary, Horatio Clare explores the writer's real and imagined landscapes. Show more

The companies using the Green Deal to offer services you don't need, how to negotiate money off your mobile phone contract, and telegrams that changed history. With Peter White. Show more

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Nina Myskow meets rower and endurance addict James Cracknell to discuss food as fuel, and life after losing taste and smell. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. Kate Clanchy's tough and touching play exposes the truth about two women on either side of a cultural divide, with a razor sharp wit. Show more

Actor Timothy West joins Helen Mark to welcome the paddle steamer docking at Clevedon pier. Helen then travels to Weston-super-Mare to visit two others with contrasting fortunes. Show more

Samira Ahmed presents an appeal on behalf of Acid Survivors Trust International. Show more

Evie Wyld, one of Granta's 2013 best young British novelists, discusses her book All the Birds, Singing. Mariella Frostrup discusses the controversial emerging genre of New Adult. Show more

Sightseers director Ben Wheatley talks to Matthew Sweet about his new civil war film A Field in England, and writer Mark Gatiss talks about TV classics remade for the big screen. Show more

Dr Adam Rutherford on today's announcement on bovine TB, stealing sunscreens from nature, and how engineers plan to clean up our space junk. Show more

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Day seven on the colony. Mason faces an ethical nightmare, while Archer faces repairs. With Nicholas Lyndhurst. From April 2012. Show more

Rob has his own ideas, and Emma's trying to give George something else to think about. Show more

Arts news. Michael Simkins offers a guide for aspiring actors, new Civil War film A Field in England, films with two or more directors, and Brian Sewell's Cultural Exchange. Show more

As bad news arrives for the Cazalet family, Archie finds himself the unexpected confidant for what seems like the whole family. Show more

Simon Cox goes to Woolwich in south-east London where off-duty soldier Lee Rigby was killed in broad daylight in May. How is the town coping with the tension? Show more

What do you do when it all goes wrong? Evan Davis and his guests discuss how to manage corporations in times of crisis. Show more

Dr Adam Rutherford on today's announcement on bovine TB, stealing sunscreens from nature, and how engineers plan to clean up our space junk. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the invention of radio. Show more

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The latest news from Egypt, 24 hours after the military coup. Plus a report from Falkirk, and the biggest animal extermination ever mounted. News round-up with David Eades. Show more

Putting their differences aside, Tealing battles with Parroulet to save the house from the approaching bush fires. Show more

John Thomson, Helen Moon, Fiona Clarke and Gavin Webster perform sketches sent in by the public. Made in Manchester. From July 2013. Show more

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