Samira Ahmed and guests discuss whether cannabis should be decriminalised, if doctors should ration treatment for the elderly and whether we have the right to offend. Show more

With days to go before the US elections, Tim Stanley looks at how sitcoms from South Park to Ellen mirror a modern, complex America not often seen during the presidential campaign. Show more

Nicky Campbell presents The Big Questions from Alec Reed Academy in Northolt. He asks - is it too late to renew the Catholic Church? And do we need ten new commandments? Show more

Matthew Sweet examines the place of reading in a digital age. Do we still believe that there is such a thing as a common reader? Show more

Topical debate with Sally Magnusson. Should Britain take in refugees from Syria? Is organised religion letting down the faithful? And should lads' mags cover up? Show more

Presented by Rana Mitter. Jung Chang, author of Wild Swans, discusses her new account examining the story of the most important woman in Chinese history: Empress Dowager Cixi. Show more

David Dimbleby presents the topical debate from Salford, with an audience who are all either under 30 or over 60 years old. The panel includes Jeremy Hunt MP and Sadiq Khan MP. Show more

Nicky Campbell presents a special edition of The Big Questions from Goldsmiths College in London asking, did World War 1 change Britain for the better? Show more

As the Hayward Gallery opens an exhibition depicting the human body in sculpture, Ralph Rugoff and Deborah Bull join Philip Dodd to explore different representations of the body. Show more

Philip Dodd presents. With director Yael Farber talking about fear, conspiracy and her South African roots, debating liberalism past and present and WWI neuroses and shell shock. Show more

Why is the impulse to shame others so powerful? From fat-shaming to heaping shame on politicians, Jane Garvey discusses the politics of shame and what it says about us. Show more

Richard McGregor, Hans Van de Ven and presenter Rana Mitter discuss relations between Japan, US and China. Plus Ronan Bennett on dramatising the Gunpowder Plot for TV. Show more

John Pienaar with the latest news from Europe, including interviews with MEPs and reports from the European Parliament.

John Pienaar is joined by the Times columnist Jenni Russell and Tim Stanley from the Telegraph. They discuss universal credit, the government's flagship welfare policy. Show more

Rana Mitter and guests discuss the arguments against democracy. With Professor David Runciman, Duncan Kelly, Patricia Thornton and Tim Stanley. Show more

David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Bristol. On the panel are Elizabeth Truss, Douglas Alexander, Vince Cable, Caroline Lucas and Tim Stanley. Show more

Philip Dodd presents. With choreographer Javier de Frutos, the Everyman figure and Carol Ann Duffy's new adaptation, Clive James's new poetry collection and academic Hamid Dabashi. Show more

Adam Fleming is joined by Tim Stanley, Stephen Bush, Annunziata Rees-Mogg and Dr Philippa Whitford to review the Vice Presidential debate in America and the new restrictions announced for Scotland. Show more

David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Wembley. Among the panellists are comedian Sandi Toksvig, Elizabeth Truss MP, John McDonnell MP and Alex Salmond MP. Show more

Philip Dodd discusses British identity with photographer Martin Parr, who has curated an exhibition bringing together views of the UK taken by international photographers. Show more