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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rt Rev Richard Chartres, Bishop of London. Show more

Sarah Swadling explores celebration food and drink from the British countryside, going truffle hunting in Wiltshire and visiting a wild salmon smokery in Gloucestershire. Show more

Sir David Attenborough presents the mimic specialist Greater Hill Mynah from Asia. Show more

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Libby Purves meets cellists Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd Webber, comedian Milton Jones, writer and director Gurinder Chadha and diplomat and poet Dr Kevin Isaac. Show more

British queens, millennium development goals, and the role of women in the general election. Plus has women's sport come of age? Show more

Chocolates, least favourite sweets and funerals occupy Nigel Slater's time. Stars Celia Imrie and Julian Rhind Tutt. Show more

Fi Glover introduces a father, now happily married to the mother of the two youngest of his seven children, and his eldest son. Should he wait until he's married to have children? Show more

Aasmah Mir asks if Scottish society has been split in two by the independence referendum and speaks to people on both sides of the issue. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Inspector Lestrade collaborates with blind detective Max Carrados to find who caused a horrific train crash. Stars James Fleet. Show more

Can the Wilsons draw a line under the terrible events of 1914, by celebrating New Year in the time-honoured fashion? Show more

The runaway success of e-cigarettes. Is it time health professionals accept they are here to stay? Show more

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Senior Labour MP Lammy backs Blair warning to Miliband, British doctor warns against stricter Ebola screening, and Woolf damehood debated. Show more

A Venetian island-monastery echoes with music. Charles Emmerson journeys through the Armenian diaspora of Europe. From December 2014. Show more

Jennifer is determined, and Adam is beleaguered. Show more

An aspiring screenwriter teams up with the girl next door to learn the rules for writing the perfect rom-com. But can they avoid the biggest cliche of all: falling in love? Show more

Lyse Doucet visits Kabul to see how the lives of Afghan girls and women have changed since the Taliban's defeat 13 years ago and hears concerns for the future as the troops depart. Show more

How neuroscientists are investigating musical hallucinations and why they happen more in people with hearing loss. Nathan Filer and Matt Haig discuss mental health in their novels. Show more

As thoughts turn to resolutions and making a fresh start in 2015, Laurie Taylor wonders if his scepticism about self-help books is well founded. Show more

Host Graham Norton on the changing nature of the chat show, and how age and experience have influenced his style. Show more

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New Year's Eve can be the most expectation-crushing day of the year. So Damien Trench, cookery writer, has some tips on how to survive it with your head held high. Show more

Bullying and bickering. Stephen K Amos's teenage years in 1980s South London. By Jonathan Harvey with Stephen K Amos. From 2014. Show more

Kenton has plans, while Ambridge celebrates. Show more

John Wilson with guests including Benedict Cumberbatch, Emma Thompson, Sam Smith and Dolly Parton. Show more

Chocolates, least favourite sweets and funerals occupy Nigel Slater's time. Stars Celia Imrie and Julian Rhind Tutt. Show more

Kamin Mohammadi presents three of the best recent episodes of Four Thought. The topics include embracing anger, uncertainty and cheekiness. Show more

Paralympian Darren Harris draws similarities between people and prime numbers, and makes the case for a person-centred approach in the age of big data. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Yorkshire poet Ian McMillan explores how the Grimethorpe Colliery brass band continues to represent its community. From 2014. Show more

Libby Purves meets cellists Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd Webber, comedian Milton Jones, writer and director Gurinder Chadha and diplomat and poet Dr Kevin Isaac. Show more

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Is inequality on the rise? David Eades presents a special edition of The World Tonight. Show more

Writer and would-be anarchist Nicholas becomes more and more intoxicated by the 'girls of slender means'. Read by Emilia Fox. From December 2014. Show more

Showcase of new comedy talent from the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe, hosted by Jason Cook and including award-winners Alex Edelman and Funz and Gamez. Show more

Alan Dein speaks to people who, through choice or circumstance, are going it alone. He hears from a Chinese student in Los Angeles, a jilted woman in Australia and a London widow. Show more

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By Tibor Dery. If a dog could vote, would it? Robert Hanks on a human obsession. With Prill Barrett and Jem the border terrier. Show more

Ian Bostridge explores Schubert's masterpiece Winterreise. He focuses on Einsamkiet (Loneliness), Die Post (The Post) and Der greise Kopf (The Old Man's Head). Show more

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