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Spiritual reflection to start the day, with the Rev Alison Jack. Show more

Scientists at the National Institute of Agricultural Botany are working with colleagues in India to develop varieties of wheat which may be able to cope with climate change. Show more

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Chris Packham presents the wedge-tailed shearwater of the Indian and Pacific oceans. Show more

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Tom Sutcliffe with Jules Pretty on extinction, Andreas Wagner on evolution's greatest puzzle, Ruth Padel on learning from animals and Chris Stringer on lost human species. Show more

What impact do hormones have on women during their lives? Dr Michael Craig, who set up the UK's first female hormone clinic, and Norwich GP Dr Amanda Howe discuss. Show more

4 Extra Debut. New York, 1948. A theatre designer, Therese Belivet, meets a woman who turns her life upside down. Stars Miranda Richardson. Show more

Alan Dein visits an old mariners' home on the banks of the River Mersey. These Merchant Navy sailors, and their widows, reflect on their seafaring lives. Show more

Barney and Evan help David with renovations at his Italian villa and the girls get bikini ready. Stars Fiona Allen. From 2014. Show more

The Graham household prepares for an arrival. Show more

Presented by Winifred Robinson. Students say they are struggling with hidden costs and fees at university. Show more

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Beirut became a crucible of terrorism in the 1980s. Fergal Keane revisits the time of kidnap, chaos and the birth of Hezbollah. Show more

Kenton speaks his mind, and Peggy speaks from the heart. Show more

The first in a series of three legal dramas following Barrister Rebecca Nyman. Rafid claims he was wrongly arrested after a night out, is he due compensation from the police? Show more

The second semi-final of the eclectic music quiz, with Paul Gambaccini in the questionmaster's chair. Show more

New York's south Bronx is still one of the city's most deprived areas. Sheila Dillon meets Karen Washington, a woman who is using food and farming to transform her neighbourhood. Show more

Bruce Lacey is a mischievous and radical presence in British culture - an artist, performer and film-maker. Now aged 87, he reflects on his life, including work with the Goons. Show more

How are religious plague narratives affecting the responses to the Ebola outbreak? Show more

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A visit to the Victoria Hall in Stoke-on-Trent for regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden plus Omid Djalili on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

Kenton speaks his mind, and Peggy speaks from the heart. Show more

Kirsty Lang reviews the film St Vincent, which stars Bill Murray as a reluctant babysitter. Plus the winners from the Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Show more

4 Extra Debut. New York, 1948. A theatre designer, Therese Belivet, meets a woman who turns her life upside down. Stars Miranda Richardson. Show more

Danny Kruger travels to Texas to find out why traditional conservatives are now advocating rehabilitation and reducing their enormous prison population. Show more

Gabriel Gatehouse goes in search of Annie, an Ebola victim in Liberia. Along the way he meets the medics and families on the front line of the Ebola crisis. Show more

Monty Don asks if we are being short-sighted when it comes to conserving long-lived species. Show more

Tom Sutcliffe with Jules Pretty on extinction, Andreas Wagner on evolution's greatest puzzle, Ruth Padel on learning from animals and Chris Stringer on lost human species. Show more

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Esmond receives bad news from England and learns more about Father Bailey and, especially, Ada. Show more

Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats discuss their 1978 second album 'A Tonic for the Troops'. With John Wilson. From 2014. Show more

Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.

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4 Extra Debut. Mohsin Hamid’s fractured youth in Pakistan and USA and the creation of language, art and identity. Read by Sanjeev Baskhar. Show more

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