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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Mary Stallard. Show more
Mark Stephen uncovers Scotland's lost archaeological history. Mark hears how the byrehouses along the shores of Loch Tay came to be abandoned, as a rural way of life disappeared. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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Helen Mark visits the landscapes that inspire the folk group Show of Hands, who have won awards for their music depicting rural life in Dorset and the West Country. Show more
Sixty per cent of the UK's food is imported from Europe and beyond. With global freight suffering disruption, we discover why the UK imports food that can be grown here. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues that matter to them. Fi Glover is joined by singer and actor Alvin Stardust. With poetry from Luke Wright. Show more
John McCarthy hears from Alistair Moffat and Charles FitzRoy how history is at the heart of Tuscan tourism, and what made Leigh Richardson buy a farm in Brazil? Show more
Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha discovers how her films are received at India’s biggest film festival. From 2010. Show more
Clive Anderson presents a quirky, irreverent guide to the events of the election campaign, from the TV debates to the leaflet war, and the psychology of winning or losing. Show more
Kate Adie introduces dispatches from foreign correspondents in Thailand, Algeria, Spain, Ghana and the North Pole, telling the stories behind the world's headlines. Show more
Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. With Phill Jupitus, Jeremy Hardy, Fred Macaulay, and Sue Perkins. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the live debate from north London. The panellists are Jack Straw MP, Caroline Spelman MP, Sir Menzies Campbell MP and Justine Roberts. Show more
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's edition of Any Questions?
Jonathan Glancey ponders what the landmark buildings of a country tell us about its political life. Have UK politicians always hidden away in the Palace of Westminster.
By Jonathan Smith, set in England and India during WWII. Sam Greenwood is posted to India with the 14th Army while his haemophiliac brother Arthur has to remain at home in Kent. Show more
Phil Hammond's guests are novelist Marina Lewycka, sculptor Grayson Perry and neuroscientist tango queen Professor Nicky Clayton. Show more
Presented by Jane Garvey. Coronation Street actor Beverley Callard talks candidly about suffering a breakdown and being treated for clinical depression. Show more
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula Shah, plus the sports headlines.
Eddie Mair and Jennifer Tracey present iPM, the programme that starts with its listeners. This week: "Do the political parties have much to offer the single and childless?". Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Peter Curran is joined by Paul Merton, Noel Clarke, Sean Langan, Ralf Little and Tim Bradford. With music from Angus and Julia Stone and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Show more
Edward Stourton profiles Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, the highly successful but controversial global investment bank at the centre of fraud allegations. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the week's cultural highlights, including The Slap by Australian novelist Christos Tsialkos and Todd Solandz's film Life During Wartime. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Ex-Communard Rev Richard Coles examines how the Beatles and other bands in history have decided to call it a day. From April 2010. Show more
Smiley has glimpsed the possibility of bringing down his lifelong adversary Karla. He turns to ex-colleagues in the Circus for help before taking off alone into hostile territory. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Clive Anderson and guests discuss fears that Britain's libel laws are being used to stifle free speech. Show more
Paul Gambaccini hosts the wide-ranging music quiz, with contestants from Torquay, London and Teesside. From 2010. Show more
Brian Patten tells the story of the nature poet Molly Holden, whose illness confined her indoors. The readers are Annette Badland and Nigel Anthony. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
By Ruth Thomas. Overwhelmed by the upheaval of moving house, Anna procrastinates by playing with her daughter's doll's house. Read by Cara Kelly. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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