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Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Gemma Simmonds.
Charlotte Smith hears calls for CCTV to be installed in all UK abattoirs, to help improve animal welfare. Show more
Kirsty Young's castaway is former England rugby coach Sir Clive Woodward. Show more
Songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman sings live. Plus novelist Hilary Mantel interviewed; and how much have police attitudes to rape really changed?
Tony has proven himself as a father, but his access to his children remains the same. His wife wants a new start 200 miles away. With Craige Els and Gillian Kearney. Show more
With pubs under financial pressure, landladies and landlords talk about their hopes and fears for the future. From 2010. Show more
Gilly's son Ben thinks nothing exciting happens - then a gangster on the run jumps in their car. Stars Samantha Bond. From 2010. Show more
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National and international news with Shaun Ley.
Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy.
Bridge Farm finds a new recruit. Show more
Lenny Henry stars as Jake Thorne, a police chaplain who's lost his faith and has decided, as a test for God, to behave appallingly towards those he’s supposed to help. Show more
The programme joins the fuschia fanatics of Camborne in Cornwall. Matt James visits the UK's only tea plantation and Matthew Wilson visits gardening celebrity Christine Walkden. Show more
Newport funeral directors Michael Ryan and daughter Louise discuss our changing ideas about respect for the dead. From February 2010. Show more
Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series, marking the lives of Alexander Haig, Cy Grant, Geoffrey Woolley and Allan Wicks.
Amelie and Delicatessen director Jean Pierre Jeunet reveals why he thinks all his films are the same. Show more
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Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. The panellists are Susan Calman, Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton and Victoria Mather.
Grief comes hard for Jill. Show more
Colin Farrell on his return to Ireland for his latest film, and the verdicts on the new Gorillaz album and Michael Moore's new film Capitalism: A Love Story. Show more
A History of the World in 100 Objects
The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC)
Chinese Bronze Bell
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Neil MacGregor's history of the world through objects at the British Museum summons up the sound of China 2,500 years ago, with a bronze bell from the age of Confucius Show more
Ed Stourton chairs the topical debate from Wirral. The panel includes Alan Johnson MP, Iain Duncan Smith MP, Chris Huhne MP and Helen Mary Jones AM. Show more
A Point of View
Lisa Jardine: The Power of Memory
10 minutes
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As a tribute to the late historian Lisa Jardine, another chance to hear her reflections on memory and her regrets that her mother could no longer recall her own fascinating life. Show more
By Julian Armitstead. A couple's young daghter is killed in a head-on car crash. Four years later, the parents summon the courage to meet the young lad responsible. Show more
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News and analysis with Ritula Shah. Appeal Court judge says MI5 agents' word cannot be trusted; Greece's prime minister warns of 'bankruptcy' danger. Show more
Daria makes some important decisions about the future, including a separation from Tristan, which he violently opposes. But help is at hand from a most unlikely source. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Kenneth Cranham, Adam Nicolson and Sue MacGregor discuss paperbacks by David Niven, Helen Thomas and John Lahr. From 2010. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
A History of the World in 100 Objects
The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC)
Chinese Bronze Bell
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Neil MacGregor's history of the world through objects at the British Museum summons up the sound of China 2,500 years ago, with a bronze bell from the age of Confucius Show more
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