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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with author Rebecca Manley Pippert.

Charlotte Smith explores the dairy industry as Farming Today spends the week on a Gloucestershire farm. This episode asks whether farmers get a fair price for their milk. Show more

Chris Packham presents the wild turkey. Show more

A busy day in the Commons as the chancellor delivers his Autumn Statement. Susan Hulme watches the day unfold and has the best of the rest of Wednesday in Parliament. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Salem witch trials of 1692 and 1693, which led to the execution of 20 people in the New England colony of Massachusetts. Show more

Presented by Jenni Murray. How black women choose to style their hair, the lengths we go to for our appearance, and how the Autumn Statement will impact on women's lives. Show more

One family's story from Zaatari Camp, adapted from an Arabic audio drama about Syrian refugees in Jordan. Yara wants to talk marriage. Reem does not. Show more

Greek cemeteries have run out of space, so the dead are exhumed after just three years. In the only EU country without a crematorium the cash-strapped population has few options. Show more

Wana Udobang meets the writers and poets reflecting contemporary Nigeria - from 419 scams and the Chibok schoolgirls' kidnapping to the crazy, creative hustle of Lagos. Show more

Will Self continues his road trip on the trail of physicist James Clerk Maxwell. He visits Jodrell Bank Observatory in a bid to understand the application of Maxwell's work. Show more

Winifred Robinson discusses efforts to get VW drivers compensation over the emissions scandal and calls to get dangerous truckers off the road faster after an accident. Show more

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David Cameron has set out his case for mounting air strikes against IS in Syria - we hear how his message is received in the House of Commons. And net migration rises to new high. Show more

Cerys Matthews and Tris Penna explore the legacy of early UK gramophone records: a visit to the EMI Archive Trust. From 2015. Show more

Will has had a sleepless night as shoot day dawns, and Justin Elliot wants the truth. Show more

Drama inspired by Emile Zola's Rougon-Macquart novels. Claude is a talented artist determined to paint the truth around him, contrary to popular fashion, and his own 'bad blood'. Show more

Why do witches and radical pacifists haunt Pendle Hill, one of Lancashire's best known landmarks? Helen Mark hears about the witch trials of 1612 and the Quaker George Fox. Show more

Fernando Montano presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Children Change Colombia. Show more

Mariella Frostrup is joined by William Boyd to discuss his novel Sweet Caress, which follows one remarkable woman, a pioneering photographer, through events of the 20th century. Show more

With Francine Stock. Todd Haynes talks about his 1950s-set drama Carol. Jonathan Glazer and Clio Barnard on science and film. Plus Marlon Brando's innermost thoughts on tape. Show more

The DNA of people who lived in Europe as early as 8500 years ago shows signs of evolution, of natural selection and of how farming has changed Europe in the last few millennia. Show more

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The Prime Minister has told MPs that UK air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria would make Britain safer.

Alex and his band explore the theme of the Four Seasons with Matt Lucas and jazz singer, Liane Carroll. From March 2013. Show more

Here's to Helen Titchener! But Joe doesn't feel like celebrating. Show more

Arts news with Samira Ahmed, including the William Hill Sports Book of the Year shortlist and winner, Simon Callow on Orson Welles and philanthropist Michael Oglesby. Show more

One family's story from Zaatari Camp, adapted from an Arabic audio drama about Syrian refugees in Jordan. Yara wants to talk marriage. Reem does not. Show more

Should fewer mothers be sent to prison? Joshua Rozenberg examines what happens to children when their mums are locked up and asks if there are better alternatives. Show more

Peter Day explores how the internet shopping industry is transforming the fortunes of rural villages in China. Show more

The DNA of people who lived in Europe as early as 8500 years ago shows signs of evolution, of natural selection and of how farming has changed Europe in the last few millennia. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Salem witch trials of 1692 and 1693, which led to the execution of 20 people in the New England colony of Massachusetts. Show more

In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. Is Labour divided on Syria? Plus reaction from Damascus. Show more

The dwarf and the reaver reach the cave, where something is waiting. Bill Paterson continues Neil Gaiman's dark tale. Show more

Loud extroverts versus thoughtful introverts. Jon Ronson asks whether brainstorming really works? With Susan Cain. From April 2013. Show more

Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as David Cameron makes the case for UK air strikes in Syria. Show more

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For 30 years, the French writer Raymond Queneau and Iris Murdoch exchanged letters. The Frenchman was her muse and, in Murdoch's chaotic private life, perhaps the one constant. Show more

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