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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Rosa Hunt. Show more

The development of transgenic TB-resistant cows in China and why the UK currently has a shortage of chick sexers, who distinguish the gender of day-old chicks. With Anna Hill. Show more

John Aitchison presents the dunnock. Show more

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Libby Purves meets pianist Nicholas McCarthy, actor and director Clarke Peters, shepherdess Amanda Owen and chef and restaurateur Raymond Blanc. Show more

Reaction to the Oxford grooming serious case review, Gone to Ground - a story of survival in Nazi Berlin, Emma Dabiri on being mixed-race, and election issues in Northern Ireland. Show more

As a body is discovered, Burden gets further drawn into Lisa’s mysterious missing persons case. Stars David Caves. Show more

Fi Glover introduces an enlightening conversation between two physiotherapists about the importance of posture and how it is viewed by different cultures. From March 2015.
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Old BBC programmes chopped up and recycled into something new. Gerald Scarfe searches for bohemia with a small "b". From 2015. Show more

Dr Johnson's famed biographer James Boswell meets Maria Callas and her dog - and stars in an opera. Stars Miles Jupp. From 2015. Show more

The harmony of Robert's home life is threatened when he intervenes to help Davy's little boy. Show more

Consumer news. The programme talks to the home care provider that will not accept council work on the basis that they do not allow enough time to provide good care. Show more

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Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney.

David Graeber examines the centrality of debt to the origin of money and in the earliest transactions. From April 2015. Show more

We delve into The Archers’ archive and revisit the night the River Am burst its banks and flooded many of Ambridge’s homes. Show more

Lee Mattinson's comedy drama inspired by his first full-time job. Lance aspires to a dull nine-to-five in favour of his hunger for metal, but can he ever live the life he wants? Show more

Ruth Alexander and guests discuss rights to maternity, paternity, adoption or shared parental leave and pay. Show more

Dr Mark Porter presents recent research into saturated fats, advice on checking moles: how to spot the innocent from the sinister, and success rates for egg freezing and pregnancy. Show more

Laurie Taylor explores commercial surrogacy in India and beyond. Plus the changing nature of money in the post-crisis world. Show more

Steve Hewlett talks to the director general of the BBC, Tony Hall, on the future of funding, driving efficiency and how the organisation is governed. Show more

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Bob Mortimer talks to his comedy double act other-half Vic Reeves in the talk tag show. From March 2015. Show more

Pip is trying to cope, and Charlie needs help. Show more

The Alexander McQueen exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Jimmy McGovern's Banished, Kill the Messenger and Hans Haacke's sculpture for Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth. Show more

As a body is discovered, Burden gets further drawn into Lisa’s mysterious missing persons case. Stars David Caves. Show more

Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. Show more

Novelist and actor Kate Saunders reflects on the Passion story. Show more

The hybrid beefalo is taking over the Grand Canyon, polluting and drinking dry the water sources and trashing ancient monuments of Native Americans. So how to solve the problem? Show more

Libby Purves meets pianist Nicholas McCarthy, actor and director Clarke Peters, shepherdess Amanda Owen and chef and restaurateur Raymond Blanc. Show more

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Nigel Farage drops proposal to cap work-related immigration at fifty thousand a year.

Beatrice has guided them to a Saxon village for the night only to find a community in turmoil. Read by David Suchet. Show more

Aussie comedian and art historian Hannah Gadsby explores Manet's shock-evoking 17th-century painting ‘Olympia’. From 2015. Show more

The comic poet retreats from the studio to the kitchen as he tackles the ancient art of cookery. With Tom Basden. From 2015. Show more

Sean Curran reports from Westminster.

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The disquieting persistence of light in Anna Lyndsey’s struggle to make her impossible life possible. Read by Hattie Morahan. Show more

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