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

Farmers in Cumbria face the floods with livestock under water and inaccessible land. Scientists call for an international approach to antibiotic use in agriculture. Show more

Liz Bonnin presents the blue rock thrush, perched high on a Spanish castle. Show more

Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as environment secretary Liz Truss updates MPs on flooding in the north of England and the borders. Show more

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of its publication, Brian Cox and the world's leading cosmologists take Robin Ince on a guided tour of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity. Show more

What do fairy tales teach girls about what a woman should be? A revealing discussion about the dark side of these morality tales. Show more

Jane Garvey presents the programme that offers a female perspective on the world. A look at National Front MP Marion Marechal-Le Pen and her appeal to the far right in France. Show more

Harry visits the Rivers to try to break free of the Nawab while the narrator visits the Baba Firdaus shrine. Stars David Seddon. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Journalist Prince Casinader and Father Lorio search to see if an elusive wonder survived Sri Lanka's civil war. From 2014. Show more

Suzi Quatro and Lenny Kaye discuss the famous Brecht/Weill song written for The Threepenny Opera in 1928. From December 2015. Show more

Steve Backshall speaks to professional rock climber Leo Houlding to discover what drives him to extreme adventure. Show more

Shari Vahl asks for listeners' experiences of flooding. What lessons have been learned on issues like insurance and flood defences? Show more

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Iain Duncan Smith talks about Universal Credit, plus a floods update and a look at who owns the sunken Spanish treasure found in the Caribbean. Presented by Mark Mardell. Show more

Anne McElvoy revisits the innovative ideas of Scottish philosopher Adam Smith and the wider influence of the Whig aristocracy. Show more

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

Comic play by award-winning writer Ed Harris about sight, insight and magic, starring Indira Varma as a tattooist who finds herself in a fairytale - with real fairies. Show more

Sarah Montague finds out how a failing school improves, by looking at one of the secondary schools at the centre of Birmingham's so-called Trojan Horse scandal. Show more

Three graduates talk to Fi Glover about their experience of university and question whether it was the right choice. Show more

Amidst public anxiety over any number of threats to British interests, Michael Blastland and the team turn the lens of psychology from us to them, and perceptions of 'the other'. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Cricket umpire Dickie Bird chooses one of England's opening batsmen, Sir Leonard Hutton. With Matthew Parris. From 2015. Show more

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BBC News has been told that European security agents missed an opportunity to capture the ring-leader of the Paris attacks, 10 months before they took place.

Unable to tell their sons about the facts of life, Henry and Vera ask their friends. But the Foxes don't like kids, the Goslings don't like each other and Venus takes things to far. Show more

Phoebe is under the spotlight, and Adam is concerned about Charlie.

Arts news with Samira Ahmed, including Andrew Graham-Dixon on his TV documentary on the Mona Lisa, and a look at David Bowie's Lazarus and Andrew Lloyd Webber's School of Rock. Show more

Harry visits the Rivers to try to break free of the Nawab while the narrator visits the Baba Firdaus shrine. Stars David Seddon. Show more

Robert Peston investigates the future for secondary education, travelling to four cutting-edge schools and talking to educators, analysts and business people. Show more

The way blind students get support is changing, so will it work? And the programme speaks to Daniel Kish, the American who says blind people can be taught to be more independent. Show more

Including a look at dismantling Europe's largest brain bank, tackling climate change with psychology and trigger warnings for English literature students. Show more

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of its publication, Brian Cox and the world's leading cosmologists take Robin Ince on a guided tour of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity. Show more

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With Dermot gone, Carl looks forward to having sole tenancy of the house in Maida Vale. Read by Patricia Hodge. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Sketches written by the public. Stars Jason Manford, Janice Connolly, Gavin Webster, Fiona Clarke and Darren Kuppan. From 2015. Show more

Susan Hulme reports as MPs reject votes for 16- and 17-year-olds in the forthcoming EU referendum, and the justice secretary defends the scrapping of controversial court charges. Show more

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Stephanie Cole reads Diana Athill's poignant essay about the miscarriage that almost killed her, aged 43, in the early 1960s. From December 2015. Show more

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