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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Richard Littledale. Show more

Farming news with Charlotte Smith. As speculation grows about the future of the pilot badger culls in England, Defra ministers face questions from MPs in the House of Commons. Show more

Bill Oddie presents the little ringed plover. Show more

Sean Curran and team report from Westminster on Prime Minister's Question Time, the outcome of the G7 Summit and a noisy debate on capping welfare spending. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Max Weber's book The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Show more

Elsa Hammond who hopes to be the fastest woman to row from California to Hawaii, the latest figures on women on boards, and a new stage version of the 1980s film Fatal Attraction. Show more

Five dramas about Malaria, and scientific attempts to defeat the deadly disease: the canal and mosquito. Stars Siobhan Redmond. Show more

Tim Whewell reports from Turkey and Lebanon on efforts to contain the spread of infectious diseases in refugee populations caused by the collapsing healthcare system in Syria. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Poet Murray Lachlan Young retraces a journey of 20 years ago around Scotland exploring his own Scottishness. From 2014. Show more

Winifred Robinson reveals the huge disparity in numbers of doctors on duty at weekends compared to weekdays. And is it all about the price? Why we get mad at energy companies. Show more

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England's CMO warns that we now see obesity as normal. Could an investigation into energy prices stifle investment in new power plants? Plus police culture and domestic violence. Show more

New 18th-century ideas about 'what friends are for'. Dr Thomas Dixon's history of friendship over the centuries. From March 2014. Show more

It is Tom's stag night, but will Ian and Rob bury the hatchet? Show more

After Hamlet's accidental murder of Polonius, Laertes returns to Elsinore bent on revenge. Stars Jamie Parker and Tom Mison. Show more

Alexander McCall Smith talks about why Precious Ramotswe, of The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of novels, is his favourite character. Show more

Mariella Frostrup presents an appeal for Sport Relief. Show more

Helen Mark explores Chelford Cattle Market in Cheshire, where farmers have traded livestock and gossip for over a century. Show more

Anita Shreve discusses her latest novel The Lives of Stella Bain, and a look at the enduring appeal of George Eliot's Middlemarch with writers Rebecca Mead and Rebecca Stott. Show more

Cinema, DVD and TV news. Director Sally Potter discusses her best-known films including Orlando. Production designer Eve Stewart shares secrets from the Muppets latest movie. Show more

Gareth Mitchell asks BBC School Reporters what they think of Fracking, GM food, artificial humans and shark attacks Show more

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Jason looks at the trials of life when your partner falls pregnant, and the perils when first meeting your in-laws. From 2014. Show more

Fallon sees red, and Kenton feels a long way from home. Show more

Arts news, including Jane Horrocks on playing Little Voice, a review of new film doc 20 Feet From Stardom, US Iraq war veterans writing fiction, and playwright Tim Barrow. Show more

Five dramas about Malaria, and scientific attempts to defeat the deadly disease: the canal and mosquito. Stars Siobhan Redmond. Show more

Ahead of fresh inquests into the 96 deaths at Hillsborough, a panel with legal, policing and political perspectives and an audience in Liverpool ask: can we trust the police? Show more

Evan Davis meets the people who help the world's wealthy elite manage their lives, invest their money and donate to good causes. Show more

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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Max Weber's book The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Show more

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Turkey bans YouTube, only a week after it tried to ban Twitter. In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective, with Philippa Thomas. Show more

A new beginning and some unwanted news. Touching love story about the power of books. Read by Madeleine Potter and Hari Dhillon. Show more

Charlie Brooker seeks the best in wrong answers from panellists Rufus Hound, Sharon Horgan and Fergus Craig. From March 2011. Show more

Sean Curran has reaction in the Commons to the latest developments in the energy market. Show more

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Kim Philby returns to an MI6 posting in Beirut. He contacts the KGB, but the net is closing in. Read by Simon Russell Beale. Show more

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