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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Claire Campbell Smith. Show more

At a challenging time for dairy farming, Farming Today attends the first Women in Dairy conference and hears from one of the industry's 'untapped resources'. Show more

Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the North American Swainson's hawk. Show more

Sean Curran reports as David Cameron defends the decision to accept 20,000 Syrian refugees and acting Labour leader Harriet Harman appears at her last Prime Minister's Questions. Show more

Keir Hardie died on 26 September 1915. To mark the centenary of Labour's first leader, Gordon Brown gives a personal account of his hero's life and legacy. Show more

In Venice, Joe Queenan meets a lawyer who retrained as a gondolier after deciding that he no longer wanted to make a living out of other people's problems. Show more

Jenni Murray presents the programme that offers a female perspective on the world. With features on the Pope, divorce and Catholic women; women in technology; and depression. Show more

Fearful of being stolen by the drug cartels, LadyDi leaves to work as a maid in Acapulco. Show more

More than 700 girls aged 14 and under gave birth in Paraguay last year. Why are girls so vulnerable to abuse, and why are families and the law failing to protect them? Show more

4 Extra Debut. Adrian Goldberg explores the violence, tribalism, clothes and haircuts of British late 70s and early 80s music gigs. From 2015. Show more

Maggie Macknade is the only person in her household who seems to understand the dangers of harbouring a deserter. Show more

Consumer affairs programme. A family describes how the battle to protect their 83-year-old mother from cold callers has made their lives a misery. Show more

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The ballot to elect the new Labour leader has closed. We report from Serbia on people-smuggling into Hungary. And have scientists found a new species of human ancestor? Show more

Medieval literature scholar Dr Carolyne Larrington travels to Orkney to explore the folkloric creatures that are said to dwell in the sea and on the shore. From September 2015. Show more

Ruth feels out of the loop, and Carol has a blooming good idea. Show more

By Katharine Way. Psychological thriller about sight and perception. Cassie has a degenerative eye disease, but her boyfriend's brother thinks she is faking her disability. Show more

Helen Mark explores the hidden landscape of the Naze in Essex and its unique heritage, geology and ecology. Show more

Nick Crane presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Sustrans. Show more

David Nicholls talks to James Naughtie and a group of readers about his enormously successful novel One Day. Show more

Looking at the latest cinema releases, DVDs and films on TV. Including Pasolini by Ferrara, How to Change the World and music for robots. With Francine Stock. Show more

Tracey Logan hears about a new human ancestor, a spacesuit to counter the effects of zero gravity, asks what exactly is quantum biology and tries a new cure for sea sickness. Show more

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A crisis for power-sharing in Northern Ireland after the First Minister, Peter Robinson, resigns.

John Lloyd and his latest curator Sarah Millican welcome Matt Parker, Eben Upton and Sydney Padua to talk computers. From 2015. Show more

Jolene offers a sympathetic ear, and Kenton seeks inspiration. Show more

Kirsty Lang meets up with Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and his wife, novelist Polly Samson. Plus the latest adpatation of An Inspector Calls and the French movie La Famille Bélier. Show more

Fearful of being stolen by the drug cartels, LadyDi leaves to work as a maid in Acapulco. Show more

What has The Archers got to do with the price of milk? Lesley Curwen looks at the present crisis in dairy farming through the prism of the long-running radio soap The Archers. Show more

Steinway and has been making pianos for more than 150 years. Peter Day visits its New York factory to discover what gives the company its prized place on the world's stage. Show more

Tracey Logan hears about a new human ancestor, a spacesuit to counter the effects of zero gravity, asks what exactly is quantum biology and tries a new cure for sea sickness. Show more

Keir Hardie died on 26 September 1915. To mark the centenary of Labour's first leader, Gordon Brown gives a personal account of his hero's life and legacy. Show more

First Minister and most Democratic Unionists resign in row about murder linked to IRA.

Tempers flare when Ivy loses it and keeps her secret close, while Kasim repays Alice with a joke. Read by Sian Thomas. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Will makes himself the model candidate, learning what the public want from greetings cards. Stars Richard Marsh. From 2015. Show more

Sean Curran reports from Westminster on the emerging political crisis in Northern Ireland.

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Maggie Smith’s film career blossoms. Peter Firth reads Michael Coveney's biography of one of Britain's best-loved actors. Show more

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