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With Bishop Dr Joe Aldred.
The budget for DEFRA has been cut by almost a third in the goverment's spending review. The Secretary of State for the Environment, Caroline Spelman explains these cuts. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of logic, the study of reasoning and argument. Show more
Including celebrity photographer Mary McCartney and hypnotic gastric bands - do they reallly work? Plus how was Edgar Allan Poe influenced by the women in his life? Show more
Clara Glynn's dramatisation of Guy McCrone's novel about a girl growing up in 1870s Scotland. Having refused Henry Hayburn's proposals of marriage Phoebe is left confused. Show more
Kate Adie presents reports from Pakistan, Algeria, Liberia, Okinawa and the Kalahari Desert in Botswana. Show more
Bob Dickinson explores the 'Happening', that essential artistic event of 1960s bohemia. Could it make a comeback? From 2010. Show more
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Wine drinkers have enjoyed a decade of great taste and great prices. A host of environmental problems could be about to bring the golden age to an end. Tom Heap investigates. Show more
Will's feeling out of the loop and Kenton hangs out with Jamie. Show more
By Hattie Naylor. The extraordinary true story of a boy who walked out of his Moscow home at the age of four and spent two years living on the city streets with a pack of wild dogs. Show more
Clare Balding walks with the Friends of the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, a group who share a love of what the writer Robert Louis Stevenson referred to as 'the hills of home'.
Jonathan Dimbleby presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity WaterAid. Show more
The cantankerous Fleet Street legend on everything from poetic sauce bottle labels to seasoned bumblebees and za-zas. Read by Roger Lloyd Pack. Show more
Katrina Porteous tells the story of her fellow poet Kathleen Raine, with whom she shares Scottish roots, a Cambridge education and a connection with Northumberland. Show more
Mariella Frostrup talks to bestselling writer Ken Follett about his new book which follows five families through the dramatic events of the early twentieth century. Show more
Science Minister David Willetts tells Quentin Cooper and a panel of experts about the effects of the spending review on the research budget. Show more
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Richard Herring reclaims objects that we've grown to hate - a tracksuit top with a hood. With Emma Kennedy. From October 2010. Show more
Jamie's illusions are shattered and Helen is full of good advice. Show more
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Red reviewed; Peter Asher on Apple Records, Tutankhamen
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John Wilson reviews Bruce Willis in the film Red; Peter Asher remembers Apple Records. Plus Booker shortlisted novelist Lloyd Jones. Show more
Neil MacGregor is looking at the forces shaping our modern world. Today he tells the story of the credit card for Muslims, one that is compliant with Sharia law. Show more
In the first of a new series Joshua Rozenberg examines the problems facing the family courts, and speaks to the Head of the Family Court Division Sir Nicholas Wall. Show more
Evan Davis and his guests discuss the importance of raw materials for their companies. They also consider whether business is a place for emotion and sentimentality. Show more
Saving Species is up early with the sunrise observing the skies over London for south-bound migrating birds. Is the departure of swifts and swallows for Africa still a spectacle? Show more
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of logic, the study of reasoning and argument. Show more
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After his brother's death, Latimer realises that his chilling premonition may just come true. Read by Nigel Cooke. Show more
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Neil MacGregor is looking at the forces shaping our modern world. Today he tells the story of the credit card for Muslims, one that is compliant with Sharia law. Show more
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