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Developments could be built in rural areas without planning permission, even if a quarter of villagers don't want them. Caz Graham talks to housing minister Grant Shapps. Show more
Morning news and current affairs with John Humphrys and James Naughtie, debating quango cancellation, council tax revaluation and banking reconfiguration. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor reunites the team behind kid's TV favourite Play School, including Brian Cant and Floella Benjamin. From September 2010. Show more
Move over Rover! Jenny Murray looks at the rise of the rabbit - now the UK's third most popular house pet. Plus, gender medicine - testing drugs for their specific effect on women. Show more
By Steve Chambers. Phil is in custody and Denise has to watch their flat being forensically taken apart. Show more
How much do our children really learn each October during Black History Month? Josie d'Arby looks at how the teaching of black history has evolved and how relevant it is. Show more
By Rona Munro. Friedrich and Beth met as wartime enemies and found love on a Scottish cattle farm. With Stanley Baxter and Sam Peter Jackson. Show more
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National and international news with Shaun Ley.
Tim Harford and the More or Less team examine more numbers in the news. This week: welfare numbers, pay revisited and how many birds do cats kill? Show more
Kenton's feeling very rough indeed, and Kate arrives home. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Sal and Tony's international promises come home to roost. Comedy of manners starring James Nickerson and Olwen May. Show more
Peter Gibbs and panel are guests of Henleaze Garden Club in Bristol. Pippa Greenwood revisits Jennie Eastman and mother Kay in their Portishead garden. Part of Listeners' Gardens. Show more
Ivan Hewett talks with violinist Daniel Hope about the key of D Major, in an attempt to discover why it often conveys a sense of majesty and glory. Show more
Matthew Bannister presents Radio 4's obituary programme, analysing and reflecting on the lives of people who have recently died. Show more
Francine Stock talks to film star and director Ben Affleck about his new feature The Town. Show more
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Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical news quiz. With Jeremy Hardy, Sue Perkins and Andy Hamilton. Show more
Kathy's hopes are dashed, and Jolene is grateful for the We Love the Bull campaigners. Show more
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Julian Fellowes and Hugh Bonneville discuss the ITV period drama Downton Abbey and Kirsty Lang interviews writer Colm Toibin about his short story collection The Empty Family. Show more
Neil MacGregor is this week focusing on European encounters around the world between 1450 and 1600. Today he is with the with the first truly global money - silver pieces of eight. Show more
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from Manchester, with questions for the panel including Chris Huhne MP, Douglas Alexander MP, Will Straw and Amanda Platell. Show more
Lisa Jardine reveals her inner conflict between two passions inherited from her mother: a money-saving streak versus a love of baking extravagant multi-layered cakes. Show more
Against the background of rising hysteria in the Middlesborough community over the murders of prostitutes, Denise's dreams of a happy second marriage are challenged. Show more
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National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. Show more
Bee is shocked to realise she missed fifteen phone calls from her younger sister Tess before she died. Read by Hattie Morahan. Show more
Professor Robert Winston chooses a key figure of the French Renaissance, writer Michel de Montaigne. With Matthew Parris and Sarah Bakewell. From September 2010. Show more
With pubs under financial pressure, landladies and landlords talk about their hopes and fears for the future. From 2010. Show more
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Neil MacGregor is this week focusing on European encounters around the world between 1450 and 1600. Today he is with the with the first truly global money - silver pieces of eight. Show more
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