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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Dr Naftali Brawer. Show more

This week the programme is investigating livestock rustling as thieves target farm animals across the UK. Plus the dairy beauty queens. Show more

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Liz Bonnin presents the diminutive spoon-billed sandpiper of the high Russian tundra. Show more

Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Andrew Marr discusses Saudi Arabia with academic Madawi Al-Rasheed, economist Deirdre McCloskey, historian Ian Morris and former UK ambassador William Patey. Show more

Lily Tomlin; The Chain with Samantha Morton; film-maker Mmabatho Montsho and South African women challenging sex myths; Jackie Ashley, new president of Lucy Cavendish College. Show more

A beguiling story of two English women living in India more than 50 years apart. Stars Pippa Bennett-Warner and Ronny Jhutti. Show more

Stephen Evans goes deep into the Milky Way to look at the phenomenon of StarCraft and reveals how in South Korea, it is more than just a computer game and has become a way of life. Show more

Hancock needs to be married to get a job. Stars Kevin McNally stars as The Lad Himself. 1955 episode re-recorded in 2015. Show more

Razia Iqbal explores what it means to be a Muslim in modern Europe. Here she talks to the German writer and journalist Hilal Sezgin at her small farm just outside Hamburg. Show more

Consumer affairs, including a look at government plans to cut the feed-in tariff by 87% in early 2016, personalised diet plans, train vouchers, rampaging peacocks and LiFi. Show more

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The programme has reports from Carlisle and Appleby on flood devastation, and the chief scientist for the Met Office explains that rainfall in Cumbria has been 'record-breaking.'. Show more

Anne McElvoy tours 300 years of British liberalism, starting with dissident philosopher John Locke, whose opposition to arbitrary power drove him into exile - but still shapes us. Show more

Debating David is down in the dumps. And no touching, please, we're British. Show more

By James O'Neill. Black comedy set in rural Ireland. Feckless Danny survives a car crash. His partner Catherine thinks he is very lucky. Maybe there is someone looking after him. Show more

Tom Sutcliffe chairs the cultural quiz as Jim Coulson and Adele Geras of the north of England team take on Rosalind Miles and Stephen Maddock of the Midlands. Show more

How do you display the story of food? Sheila Dillon explores the two new food museums in London and New York and looks at the smaller quirky tributes to dishes attracting tourists. Show more

Frances Fyfield is in Prague to see both the handwritten score and some early sketches of Smetana's glorious Ma Vlast, My Land, including the famous evocation of the river Moldau. Show more

Ernie Rea and guests discuss the impact of the Vatican document Nostra Aetate on interfaith relations. Show more

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The number of homes affected by flooding in Cumbria and Lancashire has doubled to five thousand. David Cameron said the government would review what it spends on flood defences.

A return visit to Dorking for regulars Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer, plus Tony Hawks on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

Helen is paid a special visit, and Emma dances away the heartache. Show more

Arts news with Samira Ahmed, including Jim Broadbent and Patrick Barlow on A Christmas Carol, and a look a creating the New Europe Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Show more

A beguiling story of two English women living in India more than 50 years apart. Stars Pippa Bennett-Warner and Ronny Jhutti. Show more

Matthew Sweet asks if there is a moral difference between lying and misleading. In the pub, to help him reach an answer, is a philosopher, psychologist and political spin doctor. Show more

Maria Margaronis explores the debris of Albania's past - the prisons, concrete bunkers and secret police headquarters - as the country attempts to deal with its troubled history. Show more

The story of four care organisations pioneering new ways of looking after the vulnerable in their own homes, told through the eyes of four care workers. Show more

Andrew Marr discusses Saudi Arabia with academic Madawi Al-Rasheed, economist Deirdre McCloskey, historian Ian Morris and former UK ambassador William Patey. Show more

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Reporting from a global perspective. The government delays the Heathrow v Gatwick decision, the Front National hail 'fantastic' elections, and Donald Trump's 'Muslim ban' storm. Show more

Penniless and desperate, Carl is pushed to breaking point by his blackmailing tenant, Dermot. Read by Patricia Hodge. Show more

Jarvis Cocker continues his nocturnal exploration of the human condition. Tonight he finds himself snowed in. Unable to leave, his mind wanders to others caught up in the snow. Show more

Sean Curran reports from Westminster. MPs pay tribute to the emergency services following the flooding caused by Storm Desmond. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. Written in her 90s, Diana Athill debunks the myth that Britain in the 1940s and 50s was a mire of dreariness. From December 2015. Episode 1 of 5. Show more

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