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

News about food, farming and the countryside. Anna Hill reports on calls for an enquiry into how farmers have been affected by the compulsory historical use of sheep dip. Show more

Chris Packham presents the Atlantic canary, singing in the Tenerife treetops. Show more

The home secretary lays out plans which would delay the return to the UK of British people suspected of being terrorists. Susan Hulme reports from Westminster. Show more

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Paul Sinha looks at his London high street and how it ended up being dominated by Chinese and Indian restaurants. From 2014. Show more

Elizabeth and Shula face Jill, and Helen defends her man. Show more

Peter Jackson on his final instalment of The Hobbit, Philip Pullman on William Blake at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, Kathryn Hughes picks her biographies and memoirs of the year. Show more

New York, 1948. Carol and Therese set out on a car trip to discover 1940s America - and each other. Stars Miranda Richardson. Show more

David Aaronovitch presents the combative, provocative and engaging debate. Show more

Elizabeth Wurtzel revisits writing the seminal book Prozac Nation 20 years on, and she argues that the need to pay the bills helps a writer. Show more

As our skies become more crowded, Jack Stewart examines the long-awaited modernisation of air traffic control which could allow pilots to choose their own routes. Show more

Libby Purves meets musician Keith Ball, wildlife expert Lucy Cooke, writers David and Ben Crystal, and Angie Marchese, director of archives at Graceland. Show more

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With Florence now under occupation by the Germans, the Resistance steps up its operations to get the Jewish population to safety. Show more

Entranced by the Edinburgh Fringe, Lach launches his extraworldy experiences into an unexplored world - comedy. From 2014. Show more

Tim Key explores the meaning of 'Egypt' via his poetic works. Tom Basden provides musical accompaniment. From 2012. Show more

Susan Hulme hears George Osborne deliver his last Autumn Statement before the General Election. Show more

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Back in Lahore, Hamid gets to grip with a writer’s solitary life, developing his craft and his fitness. Read by Sanjeev Baskhar. Show more

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