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Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Mark Wakelin. Show more
For the first time in years wool prices are increasing. Charlotte Smith finds out if that means farmers will finally get more than it costs to shear the sheep. Show more
In Our Time
Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists
45 minutes
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Lives of the Artists, the great biographer Giorgio Vasari's study of Renaissance painters, sculptors and architects. Show more
With Jenni Murray. Child psychologist Oliver James on his latest advice for parents. Show more
BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. Show more
Paul Bayley examines the history of the flexidisc, a cheap, lo-fi way of releasing a record between the 1950s and 1990s. From May 2010. Show more
Winifred Robinson talks to the new interim Chair of the Student Loans Company, investigates artificial meat and joins gardeners with disabilities at the Chelsea Flower Show. Show more
Actor Samuel West describes his favourite moment in the history of science. Show more
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National and international news with Martha Kearney.
The sacred Ganges river provides spiritual and physical sustenance for millions, but today it is filthy. Tom Heap asks if World Bank dollars can change India's life source. Show more
David gets annoyed with Elizabeth and Helen discovers some news. Show more
Period drama by Michael Eaton and Neil Brand, set in London in 1902. Music hall performers Manny Cohen and Danny Cohan take a chance in film, learning the business the hard way. Show more
Clare Balding walks the South Downs Way. Starting at the coast near Eastbourne, she meets a group of disabled ramblers with a passion for the countryside of East Sussex.
Carrie Grant appeals on behalf of the National Association for Colitis and Crohn's Disease. Donations: Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal. Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144. Show more
Series of stories written and read by actors. Tracy-Ann Oberman tells the story of Augustus Caesar's daughter in Imperial Rome. Show more
Lenny Henry investigates the 'lost tribes' whose music is endangered as the country modernises, gets into township Kiba and finds disaffected young Afrikaners reviving angry punk. Show more
Mariella Frostrup and Michael Morpurgo visit a Lincolnshire lighthouse to uncover the story behind the writing of Paul Gallico's timeless classic The Snow Goose. Show more
Quentin Cooper investigates volcanic ash and asks if we're ready for the next eruption. Plus the private Falcon 9 rocket and how dinosaurs became so big. Show more
The first Green MP, Caroline Lucas, describes her favourite moment in the history of science: the invention of the contraceptive pill. Show more
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Plus Weather.
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Arthur's off on a day trip to France with his friends – and he's brushed up his French. Stars Steve Delaney. From December 2009.
Tom and Jazzer have trouble with the pigs, and Helen talks to Ian.
Front Row
Crime writer Peter James and World Cup jukebox jury
30 minutes
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With Mark Lawson, who meets crime writer Peter James, visits the opening of five new galleries at the Museum of London and presides over Front Row's World Cup jukebox jury. Show more
The history of the world as told through objects arrives in China 1500 years ago. Neil MacGregor and an ancient scroll painting and poem that rules on female behaviour. Show more
As the fallout from the Deepwater Horizon oil slick tarnishes BP's reputation, Simon Cox asks if it could have done more to ensure the safety of its operations in the US. Show more
Evan Davis and guests discuss how companies plan for the short and long term as the Eurozone crisis adds to economic uncertainty. And how does business deal with downtime? Show more
Brett Westwood examines the natural world and wildlife conservation. Following the work of seabird ecologists on the Isle of May. Show more
In Our Time
Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Lives of the Artists, the great biographer Giorgio Vasari's study of Renaissance painters, sculptors and architects. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The government outlines plans for welfare reforms to get people off benefits and back to work, but will they succeed? We examine the existing schemes in Birmingham and London. Show more
Emilia Fox reads from the darkly comic by novel by Louise Levene, set in 1960s London. Jane has moved into a Mayfair flat with Suzy, but all is not straightforward. Show more
Music teacher Nigel Penny has to come up with a radio jingle. And fast. Stars Richie Webb and Vicki Pepperdine. From May 2010. Show more
Rufus Hound is joined by Steve Hall, member of the comedy sketch group We Are Klang. Steve reveals what it was like to grow up as a proper mummy's boy. Show more
Sean Curran and the BBC's parliamentary team report on moves to cut short the House of Commons' long summer break and MPs and Peers continue debating the Queen's Speech. Show more
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The history of the world as told through objects arrives in China 1500 years ago. Neil MacGregor and an ancient scroll painting and poem that rules on female behaviour. Show more
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