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As new mass media were born in the 1920s, the first spin doctors were on hand to help politicians use them. Anne Perkins asks what today's politicians could learn from them. Show more
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The Duchess of Norfolk appeals on behalf of Hospices of Hope. Show more
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A service from Ebenezer Baptist Church, Abertillery, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Six Bells mining disaster. Preacher: Rev Roy Jenkins. Musical director: Steven Bard. Show more
David Cannadine reveals the colourful history of passports and identity cards - the political tensions, public resistance and some curious 19th century practices. Show more
News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
The week's events in Ambridge. Victory is sweet for Brian, and Pip has a surprise for Jude. Show more
Kirsty Young's castaway is the film director Lewis Gilbert. Show more
Sheila Dillon explores changing fashions in the fried potato, from the Bruges chip museum to the 150th anniversary of fish and chips. Show more
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A look at events around the world with Edward Stourton.
El Sistema's music changed lives in Venezuela. Lesley Riddoch wonders if it can work for deprived kids in Scotland? From 2010. Show more
Anne Swithinbank, Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood answer questions posed by visitors to Gardeners' World Live in Birmingham. Show more
Nicholas Parsons revisits Clydebank in Glasgow to rediscover his time as a wartime apprentice in the shipbuilding industry. Show more
Ned's search for meaning in his 35-year career as an intelligence officer takes him back to the killing fields of Cambodia and to a torturer's cellar in Gdansk. Show more
Mariella Frostrup talks to columnist and author Allison Pearson about her latest novel, the successor to her bestselling I Don't Know How She Does It. Show more
Roger McGough introduces some of the 154 sonnets of Shakespeare, plus a selection from some other 17th-century masters: John Donne, Andrew Marvell and Henry Vaughan. Show more
New research plays down claims of an epidemic of mental illness among soldiers who've served in Afghanistan. But do the figures tell the full story? Julian O'Halloran investigates. Show more
Author and social historian Marina Warner creates a fictional response to the week's news. Show more
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Liz Barclay introduces her selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio. Show more
Jude has his nose to the grindstone while Chris and Alice make plans. Show more
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Short monologues by Jonathan Lennie, based on historical facts and conjecture, about deaths of great composers. Philip Warlock is dreading the prospect of facing Christmas alone. Show more
Tim Harford presents the magazine which explains the numbers behind the news. Show more
Radio 4's obituary programme, analysing and reflecting on the lives of people who have recently died. Show more
Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. Show more
The Duchess of Norfolk appeals on behalf of Hospices of Hope. Show more
Can politicians make us more patriotic? Dr John Bew compares the old and new governments' approaches to Britishness and examines plans to teach more British history in schools. Show more
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George Parker takes a wry look at how the broadsheets and red tops treat the week's top stories. Show more
Rebecca Hall talks to Francine Stock about her latest film, Please Give. Show more
Mark Tully explores the difference between a scientific understanding of the world and a mythological understanding. Show more
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Does fanaticism exist or is it just a term applied to ideas which run counter to liberalism? John Gray and Alberto Toscano discuss with Laurie Taylor. And life in a high crime area. Show more
The sound of bells from St Michael's Church, Mottram-in-Longdendale. Show more
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