Richard Daniel and guests discuss listeners' questions about the natural world.
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Adam Hart-Davis explores the history of the technology of Christmas.
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Helen Mark celebrates December's Blue Moon with artist Elspeth Owen.
Kirsty Young's castaway is the actor David Tennant.
Shaun Ley investigates what happened to 108 missing episodes of Doctor Who from the...
Mark Rylance reads from a new edition of Van Gogh's prodigious correspondence.
Andrew Marr talks to four leading scientists.
Richard Cork explores the mind of Vincent van Gogh through his correspondence.
Russell Davies chairs the twelfth heat of the perennial general knowledge contest.
Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.
Michael Portillo reconsiders the uncomfortable facts behind The Glorious Revolution...
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Ian Hislop investigates the Three Kings of the Christmas story.
Mark Gatiss explores the hugely popular Doctor Who novelisations of the 1970s and 8...