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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Judy Merry. Show more

As the 2015 EU fishing quota is set in Brussels, Anna Hill hears about the confusion over the discard ban, which could force fishermen to break the law. Show more

Liz Bonnin presents the formerly widespread saddleback of New Zealand. Show more

Susan Hulme hears MPs demand 'English votes for English laws'. David Cameron sticks up for fracking. And there are protests at financial cuts at Kew Gardens. Show more

Libby Purves meets Barry and Bob Cryer, violin maker Florian Leonhard, adventurer Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent and choirmaster Andrew Gant. Show more

We join folk musician Kate Rusby backstage as she prepares for her Christmas tour of the UK. Plus will there be more women at Westminster after next year's General Election? Show more

Amy's desperation to get on the hormone blockers begins to worry her family, and her granddad Ted finally understands her predicament. Show more

Fi Glover with a conversation between friends of Nigerian origin, reflecting on their culture's intolerance of homosexuality and its effect on their lives and their friendship. Show more

Comedian Colm O'Regan reports from the Kilkenomics festival in Ireland. Why has it been called 'Davos with laughs'? From 2014. Show more

Can Britain's longest serving and laziest PCSOs catch a mystery hand-cream thief? Stars Richie Webb and Nick Walker. From 2014. Show more

The recruitment drive takes a new and charming turn on the streets of Folkestone. Show more

Consumer news, including Ofgem head Dermot Nolan, endocrine disrupter compounds, supermarkets offering pick-and-mix of prepared Christmas dinners, and the Blackberry Classic. Show more

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Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney.

Bettany Hughes examines irony in a club where it is banned and in the studios of Radio 4's Today programme. Show more

Carol and Jim go under cover, and Lynda has an exhausting rehearsal. Show more

By Mateusz Dymek. Stockholm: Hakan and Cati are attempting to raise their child gender-neutrally. But is this simply political correctness or does it hide something else? Show more

Presented by Paul Lewis. Have you been a victim of fraud or identity theft? How do you report it and get your money back? Show more

Claudia Hammond investigates the condition perinatal obsessive compulsive disorder. Are mirror neurons overhyped, and does a baby pick up anxiety more from its mother or father? Show more

Fat gay men - resisting the stigma. Laurie Taylor explores how such men respond to a 'body beautiful' gay culture. Also, the masculine world of the butchers. Show more

Steve Hewlett reports on BT's exclusive talks to buy EE, journalism's changing relationship with PR, Ofcom's review into Channel 4, and Tindle London weeklies launch. Show more

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Paul Sinha investigates how the telephone came into being with a tale of electro-shock therapy and an exploding boat. From 2014. Show more

Justin is hosting the local farmers, and Roy is lonely at Christmas. Show more

Double Oscar-winner Christoph Waltz talks about on working with Tim Burton in Big Eyes and responds to rumours surrounding his role in the new James Bond film. Show more

Amy's desperation to get on the hormone blockers begins to worry her family, and her granddad Ted finally understands her predicament. Show more

Michael Goldfarb presents a programme in which a panel of new Britons debate the UK immigrant experience and the questions raised by making a new home abroad. Show more

Economist Jeffrey Sachs, who advised Russia at the end of the Cold War, argues that many of today's global problems were caused by bad decisions at the end of previous wars. Show more

Can maths reveal hidden patterns in terrorist activity? Dr Hannah Fry asks whether mathematical modelling could help us fight terrorism. Show more

Libby Purves meets Barry and Bob Cryer, violin maker Florian Leonhard, adventurer Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent and choirmaster Andrew Gant. Show more

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President Barack Obama announces the re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba. In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective with Ritula Shah. Show more

Tess has raised her son Theo alone. Now aged 14, he’s old enough to ask some tough questions. Read by Niamh Cusack. Show more

The host of NYC's longest-running open mic night is now in the UK, remembering the height of his notoriety. From 2014. Show more

A white-knuckle adventure for reporter Jane and friends to the Guatemalan jungle. Stars The Boom Jennies. From November 2012. Show more

Susan Hulme and the BBC parliamentary team report as MPs welcome an inquiry's findings that allegations that British troops tortured and killed Iraqi detainees were 'baseless'. Show more

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Peter Hennessy is joined by Onora O'Neill, the philosopher, to discuss how further devolution will change the United Kingdom's constitution. Show more

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