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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Chine McDonald of World Vision UK.

Shifts in the sugar market: should British supermarkets stock UK grown sugar to give consumers a choice? Also, more free range milk on the shelves, and making the polluter pay. Show more

Chris Packham presents the grey heron. Show more

Sean Curran reports from Westminster, where the business secretary says he is 'cautiously optimistic' about the future of Vauxhall after a deal to sell it to a French company. Show more

Eminent Harvard political philosopher Michael Sandel explores the philosophical issues around work in a rapidly automating world in a special edition recorded in Dagenham. Show more

Spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music. Led by Andrew Graystone. Show more

Programme that offers a female perspective on the world. Pauline Collins, now appearing in a new film with Joan Collins, talks to Jane Garvey about her long career. Show more

The family fortune is lost and her father is ill. Already facing big disappointment, what should Agnes do? Stars Ellie Kendrick. Show more

Ken Hollings continues the series that revels in the Mars of imagination, history and science. The red planet has long been a strange attractor of humanity's utopian destinies. Show more

David Cannadine explores political fame and defining objects: Sir Alec Douglas-Home and his matchbox economics. From 2016. Show more

Interview series. Sir Trevor McDonald explores the idea of redemption, talking to two very different people with very different ideas on what it means. Show more

Consumer phone-in. Call You & Yours - is the UK letting down its nurses? The Royal College of Nursing says pay isn't keeping up with the cost of living. Email youandyours@bbc.co.uk. Show more

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Francis Spufford wheels his bicycle along Maybury Road and through Woking to consider the delight which Wells took in destroying a place he had only just recently arrived at. Show more

Miranda makes herself clear, and Toby arrives just in time. Show more

Meera Syal stars as a jobless divorcee piecing her life together again - by writing and reading erotic fiction to a group of partially sighted care home residents. They love it! Show more

Josie Long presents stories on time and timing - from losing track of the hours to a fear of Sundays. From 2017. Show more

Internet shopping has brought more delivery vans and more pollution to cities. Tom Heap looks for greener alternatives. Show more

Joshua Rozenberg speaks to the Lord Chancellor and minister for justice for England and Wales, Elizabeth Truss. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Tony Robinson, Andi Oliver and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Nickolas Butler, James Baldwin and Elizabeth Taylor. From 2017. Show more

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The Government's plans for a new generation of grammar schools are facing mounting opposition; a senior Conservative MP predicts "a real battle" in Parliament.

Mark Watson asks who wants to live forever? Should life be more quality not quantity? With Tim Key and Tom Basden. From 2014. Show more

Fallon gets an unexpected reaction, and Lilian is not to be disturbed. Show more

Judith Kerr and Chris Riddell discuss Dr. Seuss and his influence on their own books; Wolfgang Tillmans on portraits, projections and politics; playwright Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig. Show more

The family fortune is lost and her father is ill. Already facing big disappointment, what should Agnes do? Stars Ellie Kendrick. Show more

File on 4 lifts the bonnet on a rogue element in the haulage industry and asks whether regulation is robust enough to catch firms with a cavalier approach to safety. Show more

James Harding, BBC's director of news, talks about a new £1 million fund earmarked to recruit disabled journalists. Derek Sinclair from Contact a Family explains child benefits. Show more

As we dream of sending humans to Mars, the psychological problems of a mission loom large. Claudia Hammond investigates the mindset behind the drive needed to reach the red planet. Show more

Eminent Harvard political philosopher Michael Sandel explores the philosophical issues around work in a rapidly automating world in a special edition recorded in Dagenham. Show more

MPs discuss whether they will back the Lords' Brexit amendments. Show more

Lizzie's mother has shocking news explaining and Diner prepares to sell the house. Read by Hattie Morahan and Carl Prekopp. Show more

A coming-of-age live comedy show exploring the clumsiness of adolescents and their need for friendship and love. From 2017. Show more

Sean Curran reports from Westminster as the House of Lords votes for Parliament to be given a 'meaningful vote' on the final Brexit deal. Show more

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Meeting Mrs Mazzy - the day that changed Nina Simone's life. Show more

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