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Prayer and reflection with Becky Harris.
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Ten years after the countryside was devastated by foot and mouth, Helen Mark is in Cumbria to find out how the people of the area have coped with the crisis since then. Show more
Charlotte Smith finds out how farms are generating renewable energy from food waste, wind and solar energy, and getting paid to sell it to the National Grid. Show more
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Morning news and current affairs with James Naughtie and Justin Webb. Are the EU's open borders set to close? Plus, the 'perfect' Eurovision song. Show more
Richard Coles with cook Elisabeth Luard, poet Mr Gee and a woman who is trying for a baby using a website to match her with a donor. Plus Inheritance Tracks from Duncan Lamont. Show more
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John McCarthy looks at Nagaland in north east India with Jonathan Glancey, beekeeping in Kosovo with Elizabeth Gowing and skiing in Iran with Henry Iddon. Show more
Some songs wouldn't be the same without the contributions from their lead guitarists. Nick Barraclough looks at the seminal figures, their techniques, their quirks and egos. Show more
A look behind the scenes at Westminster
Kate Adie hosts correspondents' stories from Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Ireland and Peru. Show more
A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.
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Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the live debate from St John's College, Cambridge with panellists Peter Hennessy, Helena Kennedy, David Willetts MP and AN Wilson. Show more
Your chance to call Jonathan Dimbleby on 03700 100 444 [calls cost no more than to 01, 02 landline numbers] about the topics of the week. Or email us at any.answers@bbc.co.uk. Show more
By Mark Davies Markham. Suggs and Burn Gorman star as Ed and Carl, two musicians in mid-life meltdown. Show more
Solicitor Mark Stephens and TV presenter Konnie Huq join assyriologist Dr Irving Finkel to discuss the tracks they have brought to the group. Show more
Presented by Jane Garvey. Kate McCann talks about the search for Madeleine; music from Rumer; business presentations; restorative justice; super-injunctions; secret supper clubs. Show more
A fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines.
Why don't they blow up IEDs rather than trying to defuse them? We put a listener in touch with a man who spent 10 years defusing explosive devices. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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Clive Anderson is joined by Sarah Lancashire, Anita Dobson, Nick Robinson, Allegra McEvedy and Imogen Edward-Jones. Music from The Secret Sisters and Goldheart Assembly. Show more
By Christopher William Hill. Kirsten and Patrick have very different opinions about how Osama Bin Laden should be represented in an exhibition. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests novelists Gillian Slovo and Michael Arditti and writer Ekow Eshun review the week's cultural highlights including A Delicate Balance. Show more
Historian Michael Wood surveys the rise, fall, and rehabilitation of the most ambitious digital survey ever carried out. Show more
William Wordsworth's great autobiographical poem The Prelude written in the language of common speech, read by Sir Ian McKellen with specially composed music by John Harle. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
David Aaronovitch explores where the line should be drawn between privacy and the right to know, with Clifford Longley, Kenan Malik, Michael Portillo and Melanie Phillips. Show more
Paul Gambaccini hosts the wide-ranging music quiz, with contestants from Nottinghamshire, Bristol and Surrey. From 2011. Show more
Roger McGough returns with half an hour of pure poetry. Stuart Maconie reads a poem by Norman Nicholson. The other readers are Jonjo O'Neill, Alison McKenna and Peter Marinker. Show more
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Three readings featuring extracts from Samuel Johnson's major works read by Michael Pennington and introduced by Johnson's biographer, David Nokes. Show more
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