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With Steve Clifford, general director of the Evangelical Alliance. Show more
Looking after wildlife on a winter farm. Charlotte Smith revisits farmer Richard Haynes who has gone the extra mile to encourage birds and bugs onto his Buckinghamshire farm. Show more
Singer Sandie Shaw joins Kirsty Young to choose her eight Desert Island Discs. Show more
Presented by Jenni Murray. High-heeled shoes for the party season - how high, and why? Poet Anneliese Emmans Dean performs a specially commissioned poem for Woman's Hour. Show more
Prunella Scales and Anne Reid star in this festive 11th series of Ladies of Letters. Irene discovers her daughter-in-law's secret plan and Vera's family faces leaving home. Show more
The moving and inspiring stories of four men who were left alone after the death of a partner, and who went on to find a new direction late in life. Show more
Can struggling journalist Maddox's literary pretentions survive in the new media world? Stars John Sessions. From December 2010. Show more
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Tim Harford and the More or Less team explore 2010 in numbers. Show more
Elizabeth's feeling under pressure and Joe plans a new enterprise. Show more
The accused asks the senior QC to hand over his case to young Horace Rumpole. Stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Timothy West. Show more
Peter Gibbs chairs a lively New Year's Eve edition from Essex. Anne Swithinbank joins the experts at a cactus convention. Part two in our houseplants series. Show more
A male professor, teaching Women's Studies, talks about his work as a man on the fringe of academic feminism. From December 2010. Show more
Matthew Bannister remembers creator of The Wombles Elisabeth Beresford, political commentator Anthony Howard, outspoken Judge James Pickles and cult musician Captain Beefheart. Show more
Francine Stock talks to Oscar winning scribe Simon Beaufoy, writer of The Full Monty and Slumdog Millionaire, about 127 Hours. Show more
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Series of brief musical comedies by Dave Cohen, David Quantick and Richie Webb. Her Majesty The Queen has had an enormous year - here it is squeezed into 15 minutes with music. Show more
The News Quiz team take a look back at 2010. Sue Perkins, Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, and Francis Wheen make up the panel dissecting a year's events. Presented by Sandi Toksvig. Show more
Tom tries to intervene and Nigel springs a surprise. Show more
Mark Lawson turns question master for the night, as he hosts the Front Row Quiz, with two teams facing a test of their arts knowledge of 2010 and beyond. Show more
Prunella Scales and Anne Reid star in this festive 11th series of Ladies of Letters. Irene discovers her daughter-in-law's secret plan and Vera's family faces leaving home. Show more
Stephen Sackur is joined by some of the BBC's top correspondents as they give their predictions about what will shape our world in 2011. Show more
Joan Bakewell celebrates the art of diary writing by public figures and private individuals, whose accounts of everyday life help shape our view of the past. Show more
Nicholas Parsons makes his selection of the best BBC Radio of 2010. Show more
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Reeling from her shock discovery, Mary is soon on the run and must make a life-changing decision. Concluded by Tamsin Greig. Show more
Dancer and actor Lionel Blair chooses his friend, Sammy Davis Jr, one of the world's great all-round entertainers. With Matthew Parris. From December 2010. Show more
Join co-news anchors John Tweedledum (Jack Dee) and Jim Tweedledee (Peter Capaldi) for a very special review of the last year in Nursery Land. Show more
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4 Extra Debut. In the days before electric lights and oil lamps, an English village is plagued by spirit bears. Mystical tale read by Ian Holm. Show more
By Lorenza Foschini. Jacques Guerin offers up his collection to the world and the author opens a cardboard box. Show more
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