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With Steve Clifford, General Director of the Evangelical Alliance.

Sarah Swadling meets David and Julie Hewitt as they cope with an unstoppable flow of eggs on a Cornish chicken farm. Show more

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Morning news and current affairs with James Naughtie and Justin Webb: Guest editor Diana Athill and the Archbishop of Canterbury reflect on the meaning of faith.

Andrew Marr celebrates 40 years of Start the Week with Richard Baker and Melvyn Bragg. Show more

Presented by Jane Garvey. Jane revisits the best international items and guests of 2010 including stories of captivity and freedom from Ingrid Betancourt and Natascha Kampusch. Show more

Prunella Scales and Anne Reid star in this fractious festive 11th series of Ladies of Letters. As family descend on the ladies for Christmas, the inevitable chaos ensues. Show more

Chris Eldon Lee talks to tradesmen, working for the British Antarctic Survey, about life on the frozen continent. From 2010. Show more

In a one-man tour de force Martin Jarvis performs the PG Wodehouse story before a packed audience at the 2010 Cheltenham Festival. Show more

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National and international news with Edward Stourton. The Mikhail Khodorkovsky trial, end of year interview with Labour's Douglas Alexander and Pakistani novelist Kamila Shamsie.

Russell Davies chairs the tenth heat in the competition for the 58th Brain of Britain, from Manchester. Show more

Nigel makes an intriguing discovery and there's a disappointment in store for Tony. Show more

By Nick Warburton. Comedy drama starring Trevor Peacock as an inspirational chef who runs an idiosyncratic restaurant in the Cambridgeshire Fens. Show more

Brian Wilson looks at the colourful life of Sir Fitzroy Maclean, the SAS soldier who was Churchill's man in the East and good friends with Marshal Tito. Show more

The only male teacher at his primary school talks about his campaign to involve fathers in their children's school. From December 2010. Show more

Danish chef Rene Redzepi of Noma, the 'world's best restaurant', forages for food in Lapland and London. Show more

Ernie Rea and guests discuss the story of the visit of the Magi or wise-men to the infant Jesus in the Nativity story. Show more

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Series of brief musical comedies by Dave Cohen, David Quantick and Richie Webb. Lying King. The journey of young lion cub Cleggba as he meets the wily Scarmeron. Show more

Radio 4's antidote to panel games returns for its 54th series with regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Phill Jupitus on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

Kirsty gets more than she bargained for and Tony faces facts. Show more

Mark Lawson focuses on how director Alfred Hitchcock worked with his female stars, including interviews with Tippi Hedren, star of The Birds and Marnie, and Jean Marsh. Show more

Prunella Scales and Anne Reid star in this fractious festive 11th series of Ladies of Letters. As family descend on the ladies for Christmas, the inevitable chaos ensues. Show more

This summer's floods were the worst natural disaster ever to hit Pakistan. Lyse Doucet travels across the country to assess the long-term consequences for this pivotal state. Show more

David Goldblatt examines the growth of Senegalese wrestling, from traditional rural ritual to commercial urban spectacular. Show more

Science stories. New DNA evidence from a Siberian cave reveals our complex genetic past, and cooking the perfect Christmas turkey - advice from a molecular gastronomist. Show more

Martin Bell presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Street Child Africa. Show more

Andrew Marr celebrates 40 years of Start the Week with Richard Baker and Melvyn Bragg. Show more

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National and international news and analysis. Show more

Mary takes a trip to Launceston with Jem, but it ends unexpectedly. Daphne du Maurier's dark gothic tale read by Tamsin Greig. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Fergal Keane takes a journey through the letters, diaries and notebooks of Nelson Mandela's extraordinary archive. From December 2010. Show more

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Josie unravels greater mysteries of the cosmos in her quest to better herself through learning and books. From February 2009. Show more

It's pre-war Paris, and Jacques Guerin, a rich bibliophile with a passion for the late Marcel Proust, has a chance encounter which leads him to his quarry. Show more

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