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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Tibetan Buddhist, writer and editor Alison Murdoch. Show more

Farming news. Two and a half months after floods devastated large parts of Cumbria, Caz Graham goes to meet a dairy farmer who is slowly trying to get his farm back on track. Show more

Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the great spotted woodpecker. Show more

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

Edward Stourton presents extracts from newly discovered letters that chart a deep 32-year friendship between Pope John Paul II and a married woman. Show more

A look at why the government has rejected MPs' calls to make sex-and-relationship education compulsory in all schools. Plus writer KM Peyton and gender theorist Kate Bornstein. Show more

Luke desperately wants to communicate with his comatose twin sister somehow. Moving family tale starring Tyger Drew-Honey. Show more

Fi Glover with a conversation between a retired photographer and his daughter about the preservation of his archive of half a million negatives into the digital age. Show more

Verdun, 1916. For ten months, German and French troops died in equal numbers in an increasingly symbolic battle that neither side could be seen to lose. David Reynolds explores why. Show more

Hardacres, London's worst advertising agency, sets out to win back a whisky account it once had. Stars Nigel Havers. From 2015. Show more

Why do people shout on their mobile phones? Science sleuths Hannah Fry and Adam Rutherford set out to uncover the truth. Show more

Charities have been exposed for using commercial call centres to call elderly and vulnerable people. We speak to a former telephone fundraiser about the bad practices in her firm. Show more

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Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. Show more

Psychotherapist Susie Orbach has her first meeting with Jo, a new patient and an out-of-work actress. Show more

Pat gets some reassurance, and is Kirsty still feeling the romance of Valentine's Day? Show more

Mr Matekoni is on a quest for self-improvement while Mma Makutsi is hiding a secret from her best friend. Stars Claire Benedict. Show more

Louise Cooper and guests ask whether the Isa is on its last legs. Show more

With Dr Mark Porter. The UK's first licensed e-cigarette, owned by a tobacco company, has been classed as a medicine. Robert West and Margaret McCartney debate the issues. Show more

Laurie Taylor asks what can be learnt about nationalism by looking at a country's cultural institutions. Plus discussion on imagining utopias. Show more

A look at the media world, including whether only being available online will secure the Independent's future and a comparison of channel-led v genre-led divisions at the BBC. Show more

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German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, says David Cameron's EU demands are justified.

Adventuring comedian, Tim and nemesis Alex Horne recreate a 19th century bet with a horse and a piece of paper. From 2015. Show more

Bert gets a proposition. And who is the mystery suitor? Show more

Arts news with Samira Ahmed, including Julianne Moore and Ellen Page in Freeheld, novelist Anna Hope on her new book, and singer and multi-instrumentalist Jack Garratt. Show more

Luke desperately wants to communicate with his comatose twin sister somehow. Moving family tale starring Tyger Drew-Honey. Show more

Combative, provocative and engaging debate on the topic of banning boycotts, chaired by Michael Buerk. With Melanie Phillips, Matthew Taylor, Claire Fox and Jill Kirby. Show more

The Rev Dr Emma Loveridge takes listeners to her own private wilderness, which she has created in east Devon to reflect on Jesus's 40 days and 40 nights in the wilderness. Show more

Tom Heap tells the story of coal, from Industrial Revolution to its apparent demise. As the world begins to fall out of love with coal, is it too early to write its obituary? Show more

Libby Purves talks to playwright Rob Askins, actor Mark Lockyer, neuroscientist and stand-up comedian Dean Burnett and cattle warden Ellie Crossley. Show more

In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. Featuring the latest from Ankara, where a car bomb has killed 28 people. Show more

Jonathan's working life is greatly improved by the arrival of a wise new office manager, Greeley. But then Julie floors him with a commercially sensible proposition. Show more

Scientists give machines judgement. More secrets of the Institute of Radiophonic Evolution. With William Beck. From 2016. Show more

The funny, sad and bewildering interactions of a community psychiatric nurse's rounds. Stars Esther Coles. From March 2014. Show more

Rajini Vaidyanathan examines how black Americans are represented. Show more

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Franklin's achievements in the field of physics, and specifically that of electricity, have won him an international reputation. Show more

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