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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Canon Noel Battye. Show more
Charlotte Smith hears about changes to the way European fishermen work, approved by MEPs yesterday. And grim news from Northern Ireland, where total income from farming has halved. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Epicureanism, the system of philosophy based on the teachings of Epicurus and founded in the 4th century BC. Show more
Woman's Hour
Tegan and Sara; How to Create the Perfect Wife
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Eve Pollard, Dawn O'Porter and the Woman's Hour Power List judges discuss leading women in culture and how much power and influence they have. Tegan and Sara perform live. Show more
Mary Ann turns detective over Burke and Michael opens up to his mother about being gay. Stars Lydia Wilson. From February 2013. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Time to Dig Up the Beer
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Kate Adie presents reports from BBC foreign correspondents. Spaniards are furious that top people line their pockets while they make painful sacrifices in the name of austerity. Show more
4 Extra Debut. The England Writers Football Team play against the Scotland Writers Team. But can writers make good footballers? From 2013. Show more
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National and international news with Martha Kearney. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.
Dominic Arkwright talks to dancer Rose Metcalf, who escaped from the stricken cruise ship Costa Concordia and made an emotional call home to her parents in the UK. Show more
Will reacts angrily. Meanwhile the rumour mill is buzzing at Lower Loxley. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Is life coach Derby up to the job of a lifetime? Real-time drama recorded on location with Nicola Walker and Stephen Tompkinson. Show more
In a new series, Clare Balding is walking for self-improvement. In this programme, she joins a walking book group in North London who feel that rambling aids literary criticism. Show more
Anne Wafula Strike presents an appeal on behalf of International Nepal Fellowship. Show more
James Naughtie and a group of readers hear John Simpson and Hilary Spurling discuss George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia, which is airing as part of the Radio 4 Real Orwell Season. Show more
The Film Programme
Helen Mirren on Hitchcock; Alan Parker on his Bafta honour
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The director Alan Parker celebrates becoming a BAFTA Fellow and looks back at his career with Francine Stock. Plus, Helen Mirren on playing Hitchcock's influential wife Alma. Show more
Material World
TB vaccine, satellites, Lake Ellsworth, Antarctic station
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Quentin Cooper looks at failures in science and lessons learnt in new TB vaccine trials. Plus, drilling in Antarctica and mobile phones in space. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Stephen K Amos compiles an idiot's guide to crime and punishment with Alfie Moore, Ava Vidal and Richard Herring. From 2013. Show more
There's a fleeting meeting for Lilian and Paul. Meanwhile Josh pushes himself forward. Show more
Front Row
David Morrissey, Jake Bugg, Glam! at Tate Liverpool
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John Wilson visits Glam! at Tate Liverpool, a show re-assessing the styles and sounds of the 1970s; talks to rising star Jake Bugg, and discusses zombies with David Morrissey. Show more
Mary Ann turns detective over Burke and Michael opens up to his mother about being gay. Stars Lydia Wilson. From February 2013. Show more
Current affairs series, presented by Jenny Chryss. After the recent closures, Jenny examines the behind-the-scenes battles to save some of the high street's best-known names. Show more
The traditional print book industry is being shaken up by the digital revolution. Evan Davis and guests examine what the publishing landscape might look like once the dust settles. Show more
Brett Westwood, the BBC Natural History Unit and the Open University look into the world of wildlife and conservation. British and Arctic Mammals. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Epicureanism, the system of philosophy based on the teachings of Epicurus and founded in the 4th century BC. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Round-up of the day's news with David Eades. The architect of America's drone strategy, John Brennan, tries to convince Congress he should be the new head of the CIA. Show more
Down and out in London, Orwell meets a couple of pavement artists and considers society's attitude to those who are forced to beg. Show more
Mastermind intends to kill the audience, unless a brave challenger from the front row can defeat him. From February 2013. Show more
An embarrassing U-turn over GCSE exams by the education secretary Michael Gove. The best of that and the rest of the day in the Commons and Lords with Rachel Byrne. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Biography of the English composer by Paul Kildea, published in the year that marks his centenary. Read by Alex Jennings. In this epsiode, Gloriana. Show more
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