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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Mary Stallard.

The Health and Safety Executive calls for farmers to think of farms more as a workplace than a home, to help cut the number of accidents. Show more

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Chris Packham presents the Arabian babbler of a Yemeni Desert. Show more

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Tom Sutcliffe talks with Betsy Wieseman of the National Gallery, poet John Burnside, art historian James Hall and the musician and conductor Richard Tognetti about self-scrutiny. Show more

Jane Garvey talks to Karen Blackett about getting ahead in business. Show more

A female soldier dies in suspicious circumstances. Did she take her own life after being sexually assaulted? Stars Katie Lyons. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Sara Parker’s tapestry of tales about the powerful but tiny metal sewing needle used both at home and at work. From 2014. Show more

The love, marriage - and despair of three couples. A death causes some reprehensible behaviour. Starring Fiona Allen. From 2014. Show more

Melvyn Bragg is joined by mathematician Vicky Neale, historian of science Simon Schaffer and philosophers Barry Smith and Angie Hobbs to discuss different ideas about beauty. Show more

Why increasing numbers of disabled claimants are having their benefits reduced. And what next for Tesco? Show more

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Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney.

Mark Lawson explores fictional investigations of Cuba after the Castro revolution with Leonardo Padura, author of The Havana Quartet, and Caroline Garcia-Aquilera. Show more

Peggy is courageous, and Rob is the man in a crisis. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Hard up art expert Duncan Kavanagh waits to see how the Arab Spring and democracy will change Egypt. Stars Nigel Lindsay. Show more

Russell Davies welcomes the last three competitors bidding for the 2014 Counterpoint title, in the ninth and last heat in the current season of the music quiz. Show more

Terra Madre 2014: A global movement of farmers and food producers which attracts the attention of world leaders. Presented by Dan Saladino. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Michael Smith investigates the American artist's mysterious 20 months stay in a Northumberland village in 1881. From 2014. Show more

If a driverless car has to choose between crashing you into a school bus or a wall, who do you want to be programming that decision? Aleks Krotoski explores ethics in technology. Show more

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Radio 4's antidote to panel games returns for its 62nd series. Regular panellists Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer are joined by Jo Brand with Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

There is a disappointment for Brian, and Lynda has got her nose to the scent. Show more

Tommy Lee Jones' film The Homesman reviewed; Dave Grohl on Foo Fighters' new album; Blanche McIntyre on Accolade. Show more

A female soldier dies in suspicious circumstances. Did she take her own life after being sexually assaulted? Stars Katie Lyons. Show more

How long can justice wait? When should the past be let go? Keir Starmer QC explores the troubled relationship between justice, retribution and the passage of time. Show more

'I always buy this type of coffee.' But is that decision one of principle - or just because you buy it each day? Nick Chater asks which matters more to us: precedent or principles? Show more

Blue whales are increasingly being hit by ships, especially off the coast of California. As whales recover from hunting this is a growing problem. What can be done? Show more

Tom Sutcliffe talks with Betsy Wieseman of the National Gallery, poet John Burnside, art historian James Hall and the musician and conductor Richard Tognetti about self-scrutiny. Show more

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To solve the mystery of who attempted to kill John Douglas, it is necessary to journey back to the past and into the Valley of Fear. Show more

Manic Street Preachers talk about their third, career-defining, 1994 album The Holy Bible. With John Wilson. From 2014. Show more

Is there a crisis with recruitment to the army? And could the UK economy be entering a new recession? Susan Hulme has the best of Monday in the Commons and the Lords. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. Actor Alan Cumming reads his moving memoir about his troubled relationship with his father and a family mystery. Show more

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