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Jeremy Clarkson travels to Belfast to test the Renaultsport Twingo 133.
A look at plants and the ingenious and manipulative ways they counter life's challe...
Singer Alesha Dixon investigates the potential fallout of not knowing who your fath...
Films featured include Where the Wild Things Are from idiosyncratic director Spike...
Jit must make every design, decorating and DIY decision without input from Kathryn.
A look at marine invertebrates, including Humboldt squid, starfish and giant octopi...
Jeremy and Richard decide on the greatest car company, and DJ Chris Evans joins the...
A look at British children's outdoor games between the 1900s and the mid-1950s.
Europe takes on the USA as Jeremy pits the Corvette ZR1 against Audi's R8 V10. (R)
The businessman investigates stagnant lounges, poor care and a lack of specialist s...
How in the 18th century Scotland was transformed into one of the richest nations on...
Featuring a group of students who have their celebratory meal ruined by their waite...
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May investigate a famous Romanian roa... (R)
A team of hustlers tries out notorious scams on members of the public in Las Veg... (R)
Unique footage of a killer whale engaging in sneaky behaviour to hunt elephant s... (R)
Teenagers Calvin and Rosie travel to Belize to spend a week with the Perez family.
The Mighty Boosh meet Monty Python to tell the story of the group's comedy albums.
Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes discusses the life of Henry V.
Benjamin Zephaniah examines why Jamaican patois is the slang of choice for UK teena...
The myth and reality of Joan of Arc, and the other Frenchwoman who did more to save...
The year Bob Marley spent driving a forklift truck in the Chrysler car factory in D...
Robin Ince and Brian Cox are joined by Jon Ronson and Seth Shostack from SETI Insti...
Scientists say testing our 'working memory' instead of IQ would be more accurate.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Silk Road, the trade routes which spanned Asia.
Russell Davies chairs the ninth heat of the perennial general knowledge contest.
Including 2009 Turner Prize-winning artist Richard Wright.
Denmark's Green Lighthouse; Vint Cerf's smart home; Smart meters; Malta's smart gri...
300 years ago, Abraham Darby used coal to make iron. We go to where it happened.
James Naughtie and readers talk to John Irving about his novel, A Prayer for Owen M...
With Jane Garvey. Including Tamzin Outhwaite on Sweet Charity, and children's outdo...
Dr Warren Hern talks about his choice to carry out abortions despite death threats.
Kirsty Young's castaway is the Attorney General, Baroness Scotland.
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The latest business news, with reports from Singapore, Frankfurt, London and New York.
News and views from the business world with Mickey Clark and Andrew Verity.
Billy Kay revisits some of his archive features exploring the Scottish diaspora.
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
Are defence chiefs losing the battle for the hearts and minds of UK military families?
Including reviews of Tamzin Outhwaite in Sweet Charity and John Malkovich in Disgrace.
Racism in Peru; South African footballing grannies and adventures in the Sahara.
Libby Purves hears the stories of people helped by the 2008 Radio 4 Christmas Appeal.
CERN particle smashing; secrets of toughest bacterium; lab pork; how to live longer.
James Naughtie and readers talk to John Irving about his novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany.
Scientists say testing our 'working memory' instead of IQ would be more accurate.
Matt talks to former Clinton press secretary Joe Lockhart and columnist Neil Steinberg.
American neuroscientist, David Eagleman, talks about science, religion and afterlife.
Eternity, the resilience of corruption and how we know what others are thinking