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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Michael Ford. Show more

Dave Howard finds out why the House of Commons canteen has stopped making scrambled eggs and omelettes with fresh eggs and switched to liquid egg instead. Show more

Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the northern wheatear. Show more

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Russell Foster, Professor of Circadian Neuroscience at Oxford University, is obsessed with biological clocks. He talks to Jim Al-Khalili about how light controls our wellbeing. Show more

In this first of three programmes, Frank Gardner explores how one copes with a life-changing injury and begins by talking to Dr Stuart Butchart, who gave Frank hope. Show more

How bonuses exaggerate the gender pay gap. Samantha Shannon on her book The Bone Season. Iranian film director Mania Akbari. Should boys be vaccinated against the HP virus? Show more

Liz has been offered a settlement by the council, if she will sign a gagging order. Show more

Adam Hart investigates if, with DNA cloning technologies rapidly advancing, we could be on the cusp of bringing animals like the woolly mammoth back from extinction. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Poet Paul Muldoon and composer Mark-Anthony Turnage create a musical work to mark Londonderry's 400 year old walls. From August 2013. Show more

Confidence in the UK economy is picking up, according to the Confederation of British Industry. Is that confidence trickling down to consumer spending power? Call Julian Worricker. Show more

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From his hide, wildlife cameraman John Aitchison watches prairie chickens dance on the grasslands of Texas, accompanied by their own extraordinary booming calls. Show more

Oliver is reassuring, and Tom sticks his neck out. Show more

By Christopher Green. In 1971, Yves Saint Laurent stripped naked for a revolutionary photograph. In 2013, Christopher Green recreates that famous shot on a journey through fashion. Show more

History magazine programme. Tom Holland is joined by archaeologist and historian Prof Francis Pryor, and Prof Alex Walsham, author of The Reformation of the Landscape. Show more

Matthew Sweet looks at historic wrongs. Can we blame people in the past who held views that we now regard as abhorrent? Featuring philosopher Miranda Fricker. Show more

Chris Ledgard visits the International Linguistics Olympiad to look at the language and peculiarity of puzzles. Show more

Writer Tanika Gupta nominates Rabindranath Tagore. With Matthew Parris and writer/translator Ketaki Kushari Dyson. From 2013. Show more

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Miles Jupp hosts the panel show that tests how well panellists know those closest to them, in a special show from the Edinburgh Fringe.

Jennifer is concerned, and Rob is running late. Show more

Arts news with John Wilson, including Naughty Boy, Lovelace reviewed, Harry Nilsson's biographer and Front Row's 2002 interview with Elmore Leonard whose death was announced today. Show more

Liz has been offered a settlement by the council, if she will sign a gagging order. Show more

Patents are meant to protect and reward inventors, but the system has become so distorted in the USA that many say it's now a barrier to innovation. Rory Cellan-Jones investigates. Show more

Peter White with Georgia Collins, broadcaster and singer. James Carey from Action updates us on the Young Apprentice scheme, and comment from Frankie Armstrong. Show more

Lisa Jardine explores how the advent of mass manufacture in the Midlands changed scientific endeavour from a gentlemanly pursuit into a gritty profitable factory-based industry. Show more

Russell Foster, Professor of Circadian Neuroscience at Oxford University, is obsessed with biological clocks. He talks to Jim Al-Khalili about how light controls our wellbeing. Show more

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After winning the club's first ever UEFA cup, Bill Shankly's resignation at the height of his success stuns the football world. Show more

Late-night conversation. Hardeep Singh Kohli asks whether the social groups that we belong to divide or define us. Show more

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Neighbours gather in a Buenos Aires house oblivious to the macabre events about to unfold. Meanwhile across the city an insurgency is planned. Show more

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