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MPs inquiry into land-based education. Rural skills in Scotland. Reduce emissions from uplands livestock. Fishermen say fishing by coracle is under threat from river pollution. Show more

Bill Oddie presents the ruff. Show more

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Sean Curran reports as the Prime Minister takes MPs' questions about the situation in the Middle East.

Thomas Heatherwick argues that an adventurous urban landscape would make us happier and healthier, but at what cost? Show more

Former Downing Street strategist, adviser to Boris Johnson, and Vote Leave insider Cleo Watson examines the building blocks and dark art of political campaigning. Show more

Using the phone: Is this a dying art? And the latest update on the Online Safety Bill which is soon to become law. Show more

Kirsty Young finds out what Jamie Oliver would say to his younger self, knowing what he knows now. Show more

Simon Armitage is in the Arctic, to see for himself what's happening in a part of the world that's so crucial to the climate change debate, and to write new poems in response. Show more

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Katya Adler and guests explain the context of the conflict, exploring issues and history that will help you get to grips with what’s going on today. Show more

Oliver faces a crisis, and Pip takes a big step. Show more

Sir Ken is desperate for a pupil to reach Oxford. Show more

Visions and out of body experiences during birth and a name that stretches back through time - Josie Long presents short documentaries about coming into the world. Show more

Lucy Worsley investigates how a young lady in high society Glasgow is accused of murdering her secret lover. Show more

Tom Bateman concludes his history of the French and British mandates in the Middle East as he examines how events in the 1940s still reverberate today. Show more

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Kiri Pritchard-McLean witnesses a demonstration of a revolutionary pill on a string that detects throat cancer. She also examines fresh air, and showmanship in medieval surgery. Show more

There’s chaos at Grey Gables, and Ian offers some advice. Show more

Front Row is live from Belfast with performance from folk singer Cara Dillon and news of a missing artwork by Rodin. Show more

No area has been harder hit by the collapse of retailer Wilko than Worksop in Nottinghamshire. File on 4 follows former staff as they attempt to claw their way back into work. Show more

An interview with Ukrainian Vlad Yeschenko, who was serving in the ongoing war against Russia until he lost his eye sight due to a mine explosion. Show more

James Gallagher meets an 80-year-old athlete, tries out an ageing suit and meets a team of sports scientists as he tries to understand what holds us back from exercise as we age. Show more

Thomas Heatherwick argues that an adventurous urban landscape would make us happier and healthier, but at what cost? Show more

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By Jo Baker. Charlotte's relief that friend El and godmother Saskia are safe after the heavy bombing is tempered by meeting Saskia's new girl, Mary. Show more

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Daniel's father and grandmother fight for survival as slave labourers in the Siberian wastelands, in the next in this heartrending and powerful family memoir. Show more

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