Spiritual reflection and prayers on a topical subject, led by the Rev Andrew Martlew. Show more

Comedian Alex Horne remembers his gap year teaching English in China, worrying about girls. With Rufus Hound. From January 2015. Show more

Susie Orbach meets John. He is a retired railway worker, who has always been closely involved with union affairs. In a previous meeting, he has told Susie that he loves her. Show more

Feeble switching numbers puts pressure on banks to up their game in the chase for new customers and the UK passengers behind the passenger boom at Dublin Airport.

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Analysis of news and current affairs.

Sir Robert organises the defence of Peking against the Boxer rebels and issues some prophetic warnings to the west about the way it has treated China.

Rob is forced to rethink, and Pip is made to be guinea pig. Show more

Doctor Celestine de Tullio is commanding an offensive up a near-vertical mountain deep in snow. The military objective is at the top, but Celestine has another target in her sights. Show more

Eric Robson and the panel are in the West Midlands. Answering the horticultural queries are Bunny Guinness, Bob Flowerdew and Christine Walkden. Show more

A family heirloom provides the spark for an unexpected literary inheritance. Show more

Matthew Bannister on singer and songwriter Leonard Cohen, war hero Robert Montgomery, US attorney general Janet Reno, broadcaster Sir Jimmy Young. Show more

Who voted in the US elections? Plus are there nine million stray cats in the UK? Show more

Fi Glover introduces a conversation between a couple who spend their leisure time rowing in Swansea Bay. Show more

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Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. With Sarah Kendall, Ellie Taylor, Luke Kempner and Pippa Evans. Show more

Justin shows his cards, and Jazzer makes a point. Show more

An archive interview with the late Leonard Cohen, BalletBoyz directors on their WWI dance film Young Men, and Kevin Powers and Daljit Nagra on contemporary war poetry. Show more

Gladys meets her victim and the events that led to the murder are revealed. Stars Frances Barber. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Cambridge Union Society with Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Dr Lisa McKenzie, Sir Nigel Sheinwald and Emily Thornberry MP. Show more

Roger Scruton assesses some of the reasons behind Donald Trump's victory. And he asks why many who intended to vote for Donald Trump would not have confessed to their intention. Show more

This edition explores three lives from the world of power and kingship, and one from the world of art. Show more

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United Nations human rights officials say there's new evidence of atrocities by Islamic State militants in and around Mosul. Show more

An unexpected arrival from Thomas McNulty's past forces him to face the consequences of his actions in the cavalry and leave his life in Tennessee. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Sally Phillips, Julia Donaldson and Harriett Gilbert on books by John Irving, Paul Wilson and Rachel Cusk. From 2016. Show more

Programme following artist Fiona Graham-Mackay as she creates a portrait of poet Lemn Sissay, listening in on conversations between the sitter and painter as the work progresses. Show more

Fi Glover introduces a conversation between artists about the exciting synergy they have found in shared projects. Show more

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Pete Brown discovers the importance of winter dormancy in the life cycle of an apple tree then learns the careful art of tree pruning in a Herefordshire orchard. Show more

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Commentary on day four of the first Test between India and England from Rajkot, with Jonathan Agnew, Prakash Wakankar, Simon Mann, Geoff Boycott, Vic Marks and Sunil Gavaskar. Show more