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A short reflection and prayer with Pastor Lindsay Allen.

Farming and countryside news with Anna Hill. The National Farmers' Union appeals to Brussels for help over falling milk prices. And are England's meadows about to disappear? Show more

Sir David Attenborough presents the Australian magpie. Show more

The home secretary pledges the government will learn the lessons of the Rotherham child abuse scandal. Sean Curran reports from Westminster. Show more

Margaret Beckett MP, the former foreign secretary and Labour deputy leader, reflects on her transition from trainee engineer to Labour MP. Show more

Robert McCrum explores the publishing life of Carmen Callil, founder of the pioneering women's publishing house Virago Press. Show more

Jenni Murray presents the female perspective, discussing groping in public places, Egypt's lost queens and a new translation of Anna Karenina. Show more

Trapped inside the rapidly burning house, Shardlake and Barak search desperately for an escape route. Stars Justin Salinger. Show more

Fi Glover introduces a conversation in which 63-year-old Victor shares the joy of his new life now he has learned to read and write, with the mentor who handed him the key. Show more

Helen Scales explores our long-held dreams of living under the sea, from Jules Verne through to Jacques Cousteau. From 2014. Show more

Paul Sinha, Natalie Haynes, Holly Walsh and Lloyd Langford vie for wordy supremacy. Hosted by Gyles Brandreth. From 2014. Show more

A Belgian couple arrive at the vicarage claiming that Matthieu is their baby, but Marieke has more than an instinct that they are lying. Show more

Consumer news. Inside Britain's most complained about energy company's customer call centre and police raid homes following the exposure of a gold investment scam by You & Yours. Show more

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National and international news with Martha Kearney.

With their ship locked in ice, the film crew attempt to walk across the frozen Antarctic waters to film a colony of Gentoo penguins on a tiny island. Show more

There are two doting grandmothers in Ambridge, and David and Jill find something unexpected. Show more

Johnny Vegas stars as Jeffrey Parkin, shining a mis-wired spotlight on the revelation that a house really stands up or falls down on the basis of its human contents. Show more

Paul Lewis answers your calls and emails about saving and investing. Show more

Rebecca Morelle examines how children could be born with DNA from three people. The UK has just become the first country in the world to make this legal. Show more

Teacher and writer Daisy Christodoulou tells Sarah Montague why she thinks a generation of children are being taught the wrong things. Show more

Steve Hewlett on the BBC Trust's potential new chair Rona Fairhead, decisions the BBC made when covering the raid on Sir Cliff Richard's home, and the Press Gazette joining IPSO. Show more

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Popular impressions show with Jon Culshaw, Lewis MacLeod, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey and Debra Stephenson. Show more

Ed is not happy. Meanwhile, Vicky wants the best for Beth. Show more

Arts news, interviews and reviews. Samira Ahmed talks to actor Dan Stevens, who has gone from Downton Abbey to Hollywood, where he is starring in new horror film The Guest. Show more

Trapped inside the rapidly burning house, Shardlake and Barak search desperately for an escape route. Stars Justin Salinger. Show more

Matthew Taylor presents a new discussion programme that aims to give listeners a completely new way to understand a controversial issue and to decide where they stand. Show more

Carrie Gibson argues that we need to rethink what we mean by paradise. Show more

Four years of harsh drought across Texas has prompted radical measures. Tom Heap hears how farmers, frackers and residents are being affected. Show more

Margaret Beckett MP, the former foreign secretary and Labour deputy leader, reflects on her transition from trainee engineer to Labour MP. Show more

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Obama talks tough on Ukraine, warning on Islamic State, and ebola nurse recovers. In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective with Ritula Shah. Show more

Twenty-five years later, and Robbie's life is very different to his former music career. Show more

Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema piece together their high-concept, high-paced sketch show. From 2014. Show more

A single mother, abandoned by her lover, dreams of raising her son to wreak revenge on his father. Stars Jenny Eclair. From 2014. Show more

Sean Curran reports from Westminster on the first Prime Minister's Questions since the summer break.

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Reading from his colourful memoir, Omid Djalili recalls his unconventional childhood in an Iranian guesthouse in London. Show more

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