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Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day, with the Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. Show more

Anna Hill presents the programme from Oxford, where two farming conferences are underway. Show more

Chris Packham presents the brown thrasher, usually seen in North America. Show more

Rachel Byrne reports from Westminster on a flood-dominated Prime Minister's Questions and a debate on Universal Credit.

David Mitchell ends his look at modern manners in a golf club bar. The members reflect ruefully on the demise of the jacket and tie. So have things all gone wrong? Not really. Show more

The company that brought computers into business was Lyons, known for its cakes and teashops. Aleks Krotoski tells the story of how this technology transformed office work. Show more

Actor Jessica Raine talks about her role in ITV's new period drama Jericho. Plus a discussion on who are the women to watch in 2016. Jenni Murray presents. Show more

The residents of 124 Bluestone Road return from a day trip to the Cincinnati fair to discover a young woman collapsed outside their home. Show more

A national corruption scandal has deepened Brazil's economic crisis. But, as Linda Pressly finds in the poor state of Maranhao, sleaze is widespread. Show more

Trevor Cox asks whether compression can detract from our enjoyment of recorded music - does it matter that what we hear may not be the same as what the musicians heard in the studio? Show more

On this day, Lord Selbourne made an appeal for more game to be donated to hospitals, before the end of the shooting season, and Victor feels more hunted than hunter. Show more

Consumer affairs with Winifred Robinson, including an investigation into the Child Maintenance Service, which has run up arrears of £35 million in just two years. Show more

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An examination of the way manners, mores and etiquette have evolved over the centuries, with guides to behaviour from Erasmus to modern bloggers. Show more

Phoebe calls for moral support, and Helen feels hopeful. Show more

Poet Michael Symmons Roberts tells the story of Jimmy's life through 79 birthdays watched with Leila, his guardian angel. Inspired by the average male lifespan. Show more

Scotland's longest river brings fertility to a huge swathe of farmland and nature. Caz Graham meets the locals and samples the produce of the River Tay. Show more

Jonathan Self presents an appeal on behalf of Room to Read. Show more

Richard Flanagan talks about The Narrow Road to the Deep North, winner of the Man Booker Prize 2014. Presented by James Naughtie and recorded with a group of readers. Show more

With Francine Stock. Eddie Redmayne reveals the research he undertook for The Danish Girl, a new drama about transgender pioneer Lili Elbe. Show more

El Nino arrives every few years and plays havoc with global weather patterns. BBC Inside Science unpicks the science behind this phenomenon. Show more

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Chancellor warned of the "dangerous cocktail of economic risks" facing the UK. A man wearing a fake suicide vest has been shot dead by police officers in Paris.

An unlikely wager, a troubled bluesman and a rip-roaring adventure on the high seas. With Margaret Cabourn-Smith. From 2016. Show more

Is David having doubts? The Fairbrothers have a proposal. Show more

Tim Collins reviews Danish film A War, Guys and Dolls reviewed, crime writer Natasha Cooper on the return of Maigret and Costa Children's Book Award winner Frances Hardinge. Show more

The residents of 124 Bluestone Road return from a day trip to the Cincinnati fair to discover a young woman collapsed outside their home. Show more

As violence spikes in Afghanistan and evidence emerges that IS has established a toehold, is it time for the west to admit it lost the war? Show more

How important is trust in business, and can it be won back if it is lost? Matthew Gwyther investigates and gets an exclusive interview with Audi chairman Rupert Stadler. Show more

El Nino arrives every few years and plays havoc with global weather patterns. BBC Inside Science unpicks the science behind this phenomenon. Show more

David Mitchell ends his look at modern manners in a golf club bar. The members reflect ruefully on the demise of the jacket and tie. So have things all gone wrong? Not really. Show more

In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. Rare report from Yemen's second city, are we still 'Je Suis Charlie'? Plus Big Yin's tour. Show more

Richard settles into life on the beach and is surprised to find he does not miss 'the world'. His hallucinations with Daffy continue, and he even forgets about the map he drew. Show more

The comedian-activist and his audience consider tax-avoidance, quantitative easing and voting reform. From February 2012. Show more

Susan Hulme reports from Westminster where MPs argue over energy bills, the response to recent floods and the government's decision to speed up the equalisation of the pension age. Show more

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Welles is at the centre of a political storm over the planned staging of pro-labour opera The Cradle Will Rock, with its clear left-wing union sympathies. Will the show go on? Show more

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