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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Shaykh Michael Mumisa, Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations in Cambridge.

Farmers will be tracking their cows by satellite when the animals are reintroduced to Lakeland fells. Natural England hopes the cattle will help improve biodiversity. Show more

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David Attenborough nominates the 17th-century inventor, Robert Hooke. With Lisa Jardine and Matthew Parris. From August 2008. Show more

How did the MOD lose track of over 5bn pounds worth of military equipment? Adrian Goldberg asks why the system is in disarray and asks what's the risk to frontline troops. Show more

With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.

Stephen Fry is in dangerous territory. Is language and class still the contentious issue it used to be? From August 2011. Show more

Peter explores his bete noire of going slowly. He meets Nick Hancock on the riverbank, but is not persuaded about fishing. He also meets Steve Cunningham and then runs on a beach. Show more

The story of three generations of a corner shop in Derbyshire; and the newly-restored garden at Wrest Park. Presented by Jenni Murray. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Stephanie Calman explores the stories of women who have been in relationships where there is an intellectual mismatch. From August 2011. Show more

The award-winning American essayist on learning French in Paris and a friend's concern for cleanliness. From June 2011. Show more

In a change to the advertised programme, Peter White considers how the rights of disabled people have changed over the past 40 years. Show more

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Nick Robinson explores how different leaders have handled the top job in British politics. Today he looks at Earl Grey. Show more

The popular quotations quiz, hosted by Nigel Rees. With guests Sian Phillips, James Richardson, Edward Stourton and Rebecca Front. From August 2011. Show more

Jim and Christine enjoy a day out while Clarrie feels under the spotlight. Show more

A play in two languages - Spanish and English. Film writing and reality collide in this romantic thriller set in Andalucia. A British man has a love affair with a Spanish woman. Show more

For Radio 4, Today presenter, Justin Webb goes on a personal journey through the archive to get to know his father; journalist and BBC man Peter Woods. Show more

China turns communist and the US and USSR clash in Korea. At home Stalin faces insubordination in the annexed states, but dies before he can carry out his next round of purges. Show more

Sheila Dillon explores the surprising world of yeast. The tiny organisms, essential to much food production, have become a global commodity and also prized by artisan food-makers. Show more

Ernie Rea and guests discuss why so many parents find it difficult to pass on their faith to their children. Show more

Michael Portillo revisits great moments of history to discover that they often conceal other events of equal, but forgotten, importance. This week, the Berlin Olympics of 1936. Show more

Lenny Henry takes on the often misunderstood work of the American abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock. Show more

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The Kiwi is New Zealand’s last remaining flightless bird. Sir David explains exactly why it's so peculiar. From 2011. Show more

Another visit to the Grassington Festival for regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden with Jeremy Hardy also on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

There's an anxious wait at Bridge Farm. Meanwhile Alice is job-hunting. Show more

With John Wilson. Poet Daljit Nagra, who won the 2007 Forward Poetry Prize for the best first collection and how artist Atkinson Grimshaw made his name painting moonlight. Show more

4 Extra Debut. During World War One, American ambulance driver for the Italian army, Frederic, meets British nurse, Catherine. Stars Patrick Kennedy. Show more

Mike Thomson explores Britain's role in thwarting attempts on the lives of Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe in the run-up to Zimbabwean independence in 1980. Show more

Lucy Williamson reports from Seoul on the dangerous trade of the people brokers, smuggling the desperate out of North Korea to the safety of the South. Show more

Quentin hears how scientists are closing in on the Higgs particle, if culling badgers is scientific, how diamonds reveal the first continental drift and how neurons inspire music. Show more

Stephen Fry is in dangerous territory. Is language and class still the contentious issue it used to be? From August 2011. Show more

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From backbench novice MP to the challenger for the party leadership against Margaret Thatcher, Michael Heseltine - now Lord Heseltine - relives his career through the BBC Archives. Show more

Pereira goes to a clinic in Parede where he has time to reflect on his past and to discuss with his doctor the importance of the soul. Derek Jacobi reads. Show more

What's in a name? Chris Ledgard looks at where our surnames come from and what they mean to us. Show more

How will Dr Jeremy and the two Dr Thornton brothers cope with buying the NHS Walk-In Centre? Comic satire on the NHS starring Nigel Planer and Celia Imrie. From June 2011. Show more

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China turns communist and the US and USSR clash in Korea. At home Stalin faces insubordination in the annexed states, but dies before he can carry out his next round of purges. Show more

Lynn Knight's memoir tells how three generations of her family came to be adopted in three distinct ways. Today, her great-grandfather's beginnings. The reader is Barbara Flynn. Show more

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