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  1. On Your Farm 27/05/2012

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    Charlotte Smith goes behind bars to visit a farm within a prison at HMP North Sea Camp.

  2. Farming Today Farming Today This Week

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    Charlotte Smith meets gold medal winners at the Chelsea Flower Show.

  3. Ramblings Series 21, Flamborough Head to Bridlington

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    1/6. Clare Balding meets Stuart and his dog Poppy, walking round England for charity.

  4. Book of the Week Hedge Britannia, Episode 5

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    5/5. Hedge People - from the creators of stately home hedges to the modern campaigners.

  5. Farming Today 25/05/2012

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    France's ban on growing GM Maize is rejected, but it won't be forced to drop the embargo.

  6. Book of the Week Hedge Britannia, Episode 4

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    4/5. Hedge enthusiast Hugh Barker explores the legacy of Captain Leyland.

  7. Extinct! Episode 2

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    2/3. Are humans causing the sixth great mass extinction event in Earth's history?

  8. Material World 24/05/2012

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    Energy generation perceptions, light loving bugs, fast chips, and predicting earthquakes.

  9. Farming Today 24/05/2012

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    New multi-million pound funding for bioscience - but how much will be spent on GM crops?

  10. Book of the Week Hedge Britannia, Episode 3

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    3/5. Topiary was probably brought to these islands by the Romans - the controversy lingers on.

  11. It Is Rocket Science Series 2, Episode 2

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    2/4. Funny, factually-accurate look at space travel and explosive nuclear propulsion.

  12. Costing the Earth Jellyfish Invasion!

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    Miranda Krestovnikoff examines claims that jellyfish are taking over the world's oceans.

  13. Thinking Allowed Wine tasting; US philanthropy

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    US philanthropic foundations, and the changing language of wine tasting.

  14. Farming Today 23/05/2012

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    A merger of two dairy co-ops could mean better milk prices for some UK dairy farmers.

  15. Book of the Week Hedge Britannia, Episode 2

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    2/5. How the Neolithic art of coppicing is renewing itself in 21st-century competitions.

  16. The Life Scientific Episode 23

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    Jim Al-Khalili meets Antarctic scientist Lloyd Peck and discovers giant sea spiders.

  17. Farming Today 22/05/2012

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    UK trials of GM crops could be in peril after protests over GM wheat, with Anna Hill.

  18. Book of the Week Hedge Britannia, Episode 1

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    1/5. The checkerboard pattern of lowland Britain reveals a history of boundaries and enclosures

  19. Material World 17/05/2012

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    Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news.

  20. The Digital Human Episode 4

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    4/7. Aleks Krotoski looks at religious belief and the internet.

  21. Farming Today 21/05/2012

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    Anna Hill hears allegations about cheating in the show ring to help cows win prizes.

  22. Thinking Allowed Why Love Hurts

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    Laurie Taylor investigates the pain of love from a sociological perspective.

  23. The Living World Lesser Horseshoe Bats

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    Sarah Pitt visits the Usk Valley to see a population of lesser horseshoe bats.

  24. Open Country Navigation Skills

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    Helen Mark is in Snowdonia to see if the walkers have enough navigation skills.

  25. Costing the Earth Pushing Water

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    Drought in the south but plenty of water elsewhere. Why not move it? Tom Heap investigates

  26. Extinct! Episode 1

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    1/3. Adam Rutherford asks why almost all of life became extinct 250 million years ago.

  27. The Life Scientific Frances Ashcroft

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    Frances Ashcroft on a lifetime spent studying the link between blood sugar and insulin.

  28. The Digital Human Episode 3

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    Available since Mon, 14 May 2012.

    3/7. What is the biggest threat to privacy: governments, corporate entities or our friends?

  29. The Living World The Pasqueflower

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    Joanna Pinnock views the beautiful wild pasqueflower at a nature reserve in Cambridgeshire

  30. Material World 10/05/2012

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    Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news.

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