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In January 1946, artist Laura Knight takes a life-changing commission as war artist to the Nuremberg Trials. Show more

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Winifred Robinson looks at a potential clamp down on e-cigarette use by children, how to get the best ski insurance, and problems for some users of Asda Mobile. Show more

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Bettany Hughes examines changing ideas of liberty by allowing a neuroscientist to take control of her brain and by perusing the pornography of the French Revolution. From Jan 2014. Show more

Peggy is taken aback, and Pat cannot keep silent. Show more

Michael Symmons Roberts' atmospheric noir drama in verse. Set in Manchester's exciting underworld of police, informants and criminals. Starring Jason Done and Sinead Keenan. Show more

The eighth heat in the 2014 series of the nationwide general knowledge quiz is chaired by Russell Davies at the BBC Radio Theatre in London. Show more

Sheila Dillon finds out why humble Greek yogurt triggered a worldwide food craze. Show more

Poet Paul Farley talks about the words and sounds that have inspired his writing. He recalls growing up in Liverpool listening to the Shipping Forecast on Radio Four. Show more

Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the place of faith in today's complex world, discussing the relationship between Christianity and the law. Show more

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Marcus Brigstocke, Holly Walsh, John Finnemore and Rufus Hound talk with deliberate inaccuracy about board games, salt, guinea pigs and actors. From January 2014. Show more

Kirsty has a favour to ask, and Susan is making excuses. Show more

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In January 1946, artist Laura Knight takes a life-changing commission as war artist to the Nuremberg Trials. Show more

Some in the SNP dream of an independent Scotland aligned with the Nordic Pact. But is it a realistic geopolitical strategy or a Scandinavian pipe dream? Allan Little investigates.

Andrew Brown asks if the Church of England has become fatally disconnected from society.

Monty Don discusses discovering new medicine in the natural world, exploring the role the natural world plays in human health and how to manage this for future generations. Show more

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Letters between Miriam in America and her father Albert in Germany shed new light on their relationship. Show more

Michael Rosen and guests get to grips with the scientific metaphor. Is gravity really like a bowling ball on a sheet, and is the atom really like a mini solar system? Show more

Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.

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Germaine Greer tells of her quest to find a piece of her native Australia to heal: finding the right patch of land. From 2014. Show more

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