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A short reflection and prayer with Canon Noel Battye.

Presented by Anna Hill. Featuring news of the publication of significant changes to land ownership in Scotland, which will affect landowners and farmers. Show more

Kate Humble presents the woodcock. Show more

Susan Hulme reports on events at Westminster, where accusations fly over the welfare budget and there is anger at a decision to axe around 250 onshore wind farms. Show more

Ecologist Kate Jones talks about monitoring bats in Transylvania and tracking zoonotic diseases. Presented by Jim Al-Khalili. Show more

Michael Grade talks to people who have taken great risks in their lives. When school teacher Juno Roche changed sex, she risked losing her job, her family, her friends and home. Show more

Jane Garvey presents the programme that offers a female perspective on the world. Sue Lloyd Roberts talks about her urgent need for donor stem cell treatment. Show more

Darleen has enrolled for an English GCSE through dubious means. Jamie has left his job because he was being bullied but is pretending he is still working. Show more

Brett Westwood delves into the mysteries surrounding giant squid to ask why it's portrayed as a Kraken lurking in the deep when modern studies show a timid, misunderstood creature. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Rainer Hersch meets musicians who are leading virtuosi of the day, from guitar shredders to record-breaking drummers. From 2015. Show more

Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. A fugitive returns. Show more

Are you in work and claiming welfare payments like tax credits? How would you make ends meet if they were cut? Should people in work get welfare? Show more

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Presented by Martha Kearney. The justice secretary Michael Gove has said that the government will make sure that budget cuts won't mean people are denied justice. Show more

Canadian and British soldiers recall their experiences of the first German chlorine gas attacks during the 2nd Battle of Ypres in April and May 1915. With Dan Snow. Show more

Helen has some big news, and Ruth feels homesick. Show more

McLevy enlists the help of Jean Brash as he investigates the death of a young seamstress. Show more

Jay Rayner presents the culinary panel programme from Nottingham. With panellists Annie Gray, Henry Dimbleby, Sophie Wright and Robert Owen-Brow. Show more

How do we know about the unwritten rules that govern us? And why does it cause such outrage when we get them wrong? Michael Blastland and guests investigate. Show more

As justice secretary Michael Gove says the courts are failing the poor, Joshua Rozenberg brings together an expert panel to discuss how the system could do better. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Stephen K Amos, Anneka Rice and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Langston Hughes, Edmund White and Lloyd Jones. From 2015. Show more

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As ferry workers strike, migrants climb into lorries at Calais.Paris says a deal on Greece possible this week.A man is locked up in a secure hospital for beheading a pensioner.

Mark Steel visits Alderney in the Channel Islands and performs for local residents in the capital, Saint Anne. From 2015. Show more

Rex is ready to give up, and Pip will not let David down. Show more

Arts news, including Michael Fassbender's new film Slow West, film composer James Horner remembered, Inala dance project and Amber Photography from Newcastle. With Kirsty Lang. Show more

Darleen has enrolled for an English GCSE through dubious means. Jamie has left his job because he was being bullied but is pretending he is still working. Show more

With new waves of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, Jane Deith tracks the back door route many take to get from Italy to the UK. Show more

Presenter Peter White and guests review the TV series Daredevil and its accessibility on Netflix. Reporter Tom Walker visits a beekeeping project for the visually impaired. Show more

What happens to seven-day opening at GP surgeries when the money runs out? Plus Mers, Sars and viruses that jump the species barrier and the health risks of nitrous oxide. Show more

Ecologist Kate Jones talks about monitoring bats in Transylvania and tracking zoonotic diseases. Presented by Jim Al-Khalili. Show more

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Moscow warns that deployment would be regarded as most aggressive US step since Cold War Show more

Louis hands over the Venice theatre to Mazie. But Mazie starts to wonder where he gets his money from. Show more

Kevin Eldon's guests include a stupid man, Apollo 11 mission commander Neil Armstrong and sadly, a hypnotist. From August 2012. Show more

Susan Hulme reports from Westminster, where the justice secretary says he will look again at legal aid in England and Wales, which was cut back drastically in 2013. Show more

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For Julian Barnes, modern art begins with Paul Cezanne, an artist whose portraits 'are all still lives'. Show more

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