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Daily prayer and reflection with Shaykh Michael Mumisa. Show more
Caz Graham hears consumers will pay the price for the surge in wheat prices. Prices doubled in just six weeks, with money being made across the world, betting harvests will fail. Show more
Morning news and current affairs with John Humphrys and James Naughtie, discussing cutting benefit fraud, civilian deaths in Afghanistan and the Domesday Book online. Show more
A woman with a living will asking for no treatment to prolong her life arrives at hospital having attempted suicide. Should she be admitted to intensive care? Show more
Presented by Jenni Murray. Including 7/7 London bombings survivor Davinia Douglass on her recovery, and 24-year-old composer Alissa Firsova on having her piece played at the Proms. Show more
Jolyon Jenkins recalls the university sit-ins of 1970, when Liverpool's students flew the red flag from the Senate House and Keele's tried to levitate the vice-chancellor's house. Show more
Former Python Terry Jones takes a look at Theatre of the Absurd, the surreal plays of Ionesco and Adamov and others, and asks if they paved the way for zany and unsettling comedy. Show more
To what extent should the arts be funded by the taxpayer? That's the question in today's Call You and Yours. Show more
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National and international news with Martha Kearney.
Professor Robert Winston looks at the evidence that Schubert contracted syphilis and wrote his greatest works under the shadow of this chronic and, at the time, incurable disease. Show more
Helen tackles a delicate subject and Susan starts to get things organised. Show more
We rejoin Rumpole and Hilda in the late 1950s. Rumpole is seduced into defending an attractive woman violinist accused of murder. Starring Timothy West and Benedict Cumberbatch. Show more
The proposed cull of badgers in Pembrokeshire has been postponed by court order. But what, asks a West Wales audience, does the panel think of the science behind the cull? Show more
Afternoon Reading
The Other Garden and Collected Stories by Francis Wyndham
Episode 1: The Facts of Life
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
4 Extra Debut. Young Newton never settled at school, and has to see the headmaster about a rather delicate subject. Short stories recalling England in the '40s, read by Bill Nighy. Show more
First from his school to get into Oxford, Andrew McCormack and his father Peter contrast their experiences of student budgeting. Show more
Chris Ledgard presents Word of Mouth on dumbing down. We hear from the examiners who write test questions, while Joe Queenan says that people who don't like words should shut up. Show more
The Greek poet Sappho has been described as everything from a great intellectual to little more than a vamp. Bettany Hughes discusses the life of an enigmatic character. From 2010. Show more
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Plus Weather.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
The crew's safety course sparks trouble for Douglas's inner dog and Martin's inner ear. Stars Stephanie Cole. From July 2009. Show more
Vicky and Susan have plenty to talk about and Jennifer tries to head off a social disaster. Show more
Front Row
Martin Creed, Sloane Crosley, Black Dynamite
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
With John Wilson. Including a review of Black Dynamite, a spoof of 70s Blaxploitation films. Plus, Turner Prize winning artist Martin Creed on his Edinburgh exhibition. Show more
Leo Tolstoy invites an aristocratic Christian disciple to stay. Is pregnant Sofya right not to trust him? Stars Ian McDiarmid. Show more
Sue Armstrong investigates the growing pressure on developing countries as tobacco companies battle for the hearts and lungs of new smokers. Show more
In Touch goes to the Eisteddfod and hears the new Welsh Synthetic Voice Software. Plus listener reaction to last week's programme on the guide dog owners refused hotel bookings. Show more
A woman with a living will asking for no treatment to prolong her life arrives at hospital having attempted suicide. Should she be admitted to intensive care? Show more
Professor Gus McGrouther finds parallels in his wound healing research and early methods recorded on clay tablets. From 2009. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
With Robin Lustig. Debating the differing British and American approaches to tackling the deficit; are the 'Sunni Awakening' returning to violence? Show more
Adjoa Andoh reads from Andrew Sean Greer's novel. Pearlie has settled down in marriage with Holland and they have a son, but a stranger enters her life who will change everything. Show more
Situation comedy set in 17th-century London. Samuel Pepys wants his less famous sister Pauline to move out, even while her love life is in ruins. Stars Olivia Colman. From Aug 2010. Show more
A wedding party en route to Exeter is delayed by a car on the railway track. Stars Jeremy Swift and Alex Kelly. From 2009. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
It's the festival of Eid, one of the most holy days in the Muslim calendar, but the sacrificial goat has disappeared. Read by Nisha Nayer. Show more
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