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Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Michael Piret. Show more
Julian Lloyd Webber explores different attitudes towards siblings. Can an older brother stunt the growth of a younger one, and do the youngest siblings remain babies forever? Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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Moira Hickey visits Fair Isle, Britain's most remote inhabited island renowned for its birdlife. She is there for the opening of a new bird observatory. Show more
Charlotte Smith visits the Game Fair in Warwickshire, to see how the game and shooting industries are coping with the economic downturn. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Morning news and current affairs with Sarah Montague and Evan Davis. Featuring Jon Venables' conviction, Richard Desmond's purchase of Channel 5 and the sound of British pondlife. Show more
Fi Glover with BBC correspondent Frank Gardner and poet Aoife Mannix, author Gerald Seymour shares Inheritance Tracks and the people of Holmfirth sip the Last of the Summer Wine. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Actor and comedian Gordon Kennedy tries to convince author John O'Farrell to change his pessimistic ways. From July 2010. Show more
Steve Richards from the Independent looks behind the big stories of the week at Westminster, including one Lib Dem who says her party's getting a raw deal. Show more
Kate Adie introduces reports from Tibet, Afghanistan, Egypt, Madagascar and the Republic of Ireland. Show more
Naga Munchetty with a special edition of the programme on saving and investing. Show more
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of the week's news, with help from Jon Homes, Laura Shavin, Mitch Benn and guest, Nathan Caton. Show more
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Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the live debate from Lochinver village hall, Sutherland, with questions for the panel including Lord McNally, Minister of State for Justice. Show more
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's edition of Any Questions?
Christopher Hampton narrates his witty and sad memory play about his family's life in Alexandria in the 1950s. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Nina Perry demonstrates and celebrates the secrets of good timing with the assistance of four precise professionals. From July 2006. Show more
Presented by Jane Garvey. Singer Macy Gray, trafficking and the Olympic Games, the history of the department store, music from The Unthanks, gay dads Gary and Barrie Drewitt Barlow. Show more
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula Shah, plus the sports headlines.
Peak oil: we meet some of the people who are preparing now for the day the oil runs out. Plus the words of ordinary people who suffer migraines, set to music. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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Clive Anderson is joined by Paul McKenna, Benedict Cumberbatch, Lord Bill Morris, Robin Ince and Alex Horne. With music from Mercury nominees Wild Beasts and Neville Skelly. Show more
Michael Cockerell on the latest twist in the astonishing story of fallen press baron Conrad Black, out of jail for now and promising to wreak vengeance on his many foes. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe and novelist Aminatta Forna, broadcaster and cleric Rev Richard Coles and writer Kevin Jackson review the week's cultural highlights, including Toy Story 3. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Exclusive and lesser known recordings of comic legend Peter Sellers revealing his lighter side. With Glenn Mitchell. From July 2010. Show more
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Elite intellectual Joseph Knecht feels compelled to rebel against the utopian society he once idolised. Stars Derek Jacobi. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions behind the week's news. With Michael Portillo, Melanie Phillips, Matthew Taylor and Claire Fox. Show more
Nigel Rees chairs the quotations quiz with Julia Hartley-Brewer, AL Kennedy, Patrick Barlow and Max Hastings. From July 2010.
Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests, including works by Michael Longley and Lavinia Greenlaw. The readers are Kenneth Cranham, Annette Badland and Jonjo O'Neill. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
By George Orwell. A young English policeman in colonial Burma is faced with the task of shooting a rogue elephant. How important is loss of face? Read by Matthew Wolf. Show more
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