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Adele's unique voice has won both critical acclaim and sold millions of albums - and she's still just 21. BBC Entertainment reporter Colin Paterson asks how she's done it. Show more

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Drawing upon her own correspondence with a late great aunt, Julie Shapiro reveals the spiritually enhancing qualities of writing letters.
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Caz Graham meets a former city banker who's swapped his pin-stripe suit for a pair of wellies. Michael Wentworth Waites now trades a different kind of stock: livestock. Show more

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William Crawley with the religious and ethical news of the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories, familiar and unfamiliar. Show more

Joan Bakewell presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity International Children's Trust. Show more

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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.

On this Mothering Sunday, part of our series for Lent, live from St Martin-in-the-Fields with the Rev Nicholas Holtam. Preacher: Rev Clare Herbert; Director of Music: Andrew Earis. Show more

David Attenborough talks about Alfred Russel Wallace, the great travel writer, geographer and naturalist. From April 2011. Show more

News and conversation about the big stories of the week.

Elizabeth has an inspired idea and Kathy plays a dangerous game. Show more

Actor Martin Sheen, star of TV drama The West Wing and the film Apocalypse Now, joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island discs. Show more

Sheila Dillon explores a food story behind the 150th anniversary of Italian unification. In 1861 Italians came together as one nation, but does food reveal a different story? Show more

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The latest national and international news, with an in-depth look at events around the world. To share your views email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #theworldthisweekend.

For Mother's Day, an exploration of the special bond between mother and son. Three moving stories of conflict and reconciliation. A collaboration with Woman's Hour. Show more

Eric Robson leads the GQT team in lively horticultural debate in the village of Hartlebury. Anne Swithinbank investigates the manufacture and safety of municipal compost. Show more

American satirist Joe Queenan looks into the company that makes fake shop fronts to cheer up dying high streets, and meets Joe Hoare, the laughter therapy guy. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Jack Aubrey gains promotion and is to lead a squadron of ships against the French. Naval epic set in 1809, starring David Robb. Show more

James Naughtie and readers talk to one of Ireland's finest writers, Jennifer Johnston, in her home town of Londonderry/Derry. The chosen novel is The Gingerbread Woman. Show more

The American Civil War inspired poets from Whitman to Dickinson. 150 years after the first shots, this programme considers the role of poetry in understanding that conflict. Show more

Is enough understood about how memory works to properly assess evidence in sex abuse cases when allegations date back decades? Jackie Long speaks to victims and those accused. Show more

Adele's unique voice has won both critical acclaim and sold millions of albums - and she's still just 21. BBC Entertainment reporter Colin Paterson asks how she's done it. Show more

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John Waite makes his selection from the week's radio. Show more

Kathy tries to make amends. Meanwhile, will Joe and Eddie learn their lesson? Show more

While the movies and television programmes can popularize science for American audiences, Americana examines how, or if, the realities of science are capturing US attention. Show more

Having managed to lose his crew within 24 hours of landing, the commander discovers a door in the ground. But what lies on the other side? Read by Peter Capaldi. Show more

Tim Harford returns with a new series, explaining the numbers behind the news. Are the cuts 'small'? And we introduce 'the Other Census'. Show more

Matthew Bannister on trucking giant Edward Stobart, US vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro, childrens' writer Diana Wynne Jones and the tenor Robert Tear. Show more

The latest news from the world of personal finance.

Joan Bakewell presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity International Children's Trust. Show more

Peter Day investigates the future of oil in light of the turmoil across the Middle East that has sent oil prices jumping and raised questions about the security of energy supplies. Show more

Carolyn Quinn and Andrew Grice preview the week's events at Westminster. Show more

BBC Radio 4 brings back a much loved TV favourite - What the Papers Say. Anne McElvoy of The Economist takes a look at how the broadsheets and red tops treat the week's news. Show more

Francine Stock talks to Jerzy Skolimowski and Jim Loach about their new films and actor Roger Allam explains how the comic strip Tamara Drewe was given cinematic life. Show more

Drawing upon her own correspondence with a late great aunt, Julie Shapiro reveals the spiritually enhancing qualities of writing letters.
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Live tours used to promote albums, now albums promote live tours: how did live music overtake recorded in terms of economic value? Also, organised crime goes international. Show more

The bells of St Michael's Cornhill, London.

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