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With Shaunaka Rishi Das, Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies.
Haddock from sustainable stocks will now be clearly labelled, allowing shoppers to purchase fish that is not on the verge of extinction. Show more
This week Libby Purves is joined by Jo Wilding, Michele Dotrice, Ronald Blythe and Jane Green. Show more
Presented by Jane Garvey. Joan Rivers on her film A Piece of Work. News on the US Mid Term elections, Dolphin expert Janet Mann, author Michael Holroyd on his new book. Show more
A dramatisation of Lionel Shriver's unflinching new novel which portrays the economic fall-out of illness. How much money is one life worth? Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio stars. Show more
Sarfraz Manzoor tells the story of Doc Martens, boots which have been woven into British politics, fashion and music. Show more
Prince Charles ends up helping his driver move a sideboard. Jon Culshaw explores famous folk's private lives. From July 2010. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
National and international news.
ITV says it's caught up in a ratings rat race, chasing the lowest common denominator - really? Times editor James Harding on paywalls; and Ian Hislop on investigative journalism. Show more
Lilian keeps an eye on her investment and Ed is fuming. Show more
Old grudges resurface as Miss St Andrews 1961 meets her old rival for the Charities Queen title, nearly 50 years later. Stars Joe McFadden and Ellie Haddington. Show more
Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on financial issues. Show more
Eugene O'Hare reads In Pursuit of the Uneatable by Brian McGilloway. Show more
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Escape to the Country
Episode 8: The Brotherhood of Ruralists, part 1
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
The designer explains how Mother Nature inspired a group of 1970s artists to paint rural life in the countryside.
Laurie Taylor explores the growth of high security prisons in America alongside the increased use of solitary confinement. Laurie also discusses the dominance of the West. Show more
All in the Mind
Battlefield Military Mental Health - Antidepressants and Morality - Community Treatment Orders
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Mental Health On the Battlefield: Claudia Hammond reports on the UK's first ever study tracking the mental health of the military while they were on active combat in Iraq. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman. Spoof documentary with Kevin Eldon providing a critique of the London 2012 Olympics. Show more
Pat tries to take her mind off her worries and Lynda's panto casting reaches crisis point. Show more
Front Row
Dawn French, Cleo Laine, Any Human Heart reviewed
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Mark Lawson talks to Dawn French about marriage and writing and to jazz singer Cleo Laine and watches Jim Broadbent in a TV version of William Boyd's novel Any Human Heart. Show more
A dramatisation of Lionel Shriver's unflinching new novel which portrays the economic fall-out of illness. How much money is one life worth? Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio stars. Show more
Combative, provocative and engaging debate discussing terrorism, civil liberties and the climate of fear. Chaired by Michael Buerk. Show more
For millions of alcoholics around the world, Alcoholics Anonymous's basic text - informally known as the Big Book - is the Bible. Literary critic John Sutherland delves into it. Show more
Is a new personalised drug for skin cancer the biggest revolution in cancer medicine to date? Geoff Watts finds out if our knowledge of the human genome is fulfilling its promise. Show more
This week Libby Purves is joined by Jo Wilding, Michele Dotrice, Ronald Blythe and Jane Green. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
National and international news and analysis. Show more
Penny Downie and Elizabeth Tan read from Betsy Tobin's novel. Lili finally discovers that her brother Wen is not dead. But it's too late - the Snakeheads have found him. Show more
Radio 4's performance poetry series this week featuring Molly Naylor, a young poet and writer who found herself on one of the trains blown up in London in July 2005. Show more
Restarting his stand-up comic career in Newcastle is not all that Jimmy has planned. With Phil Cornwell, Jill Halfpenny and Roger Lloyd Pack. Show more
Susan Hulme and the BBC's parliamentary team report as David Cameron and Ed Miliband clash over the Government's decision to increase university tuition fees. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Poet Philip Larkin successfully gains the Head Librarianship in Hull. An intimate insight read by Hugh Bonneville. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
