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Short reflection and prayer with Glenn Jordan.
A new internet scam has been swindling farmers out of thousands of pounds. Anna Hill finds out how improvements in on-farm security has seen thieves turn to new methods. Show more
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Morning news and current affairs with John Humphrys and Justin Webb, featuring Libya, the future of the British high street and the travails of Usain Bolt. Show more
Peter White with the series which is not afraid to pose awkward questions about disability. He meets Shannon Murray, a model who has been a wheelchair user since her teens. Show more
In 1960, Labour politician Denis Healey meets Frenchman Maurice Schumann to discuss Britain's place in Europe. Show more
Women in Aviation. Hilda Hewlett - the first British woman to get a pilot's licence. What happened to Amelia Earhart? Astronaut Cady Coleman and Wing Commander Sara Mackmin. Show more
Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad
1. Getting to Know You
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for years
How a true email friendship grew between BBC journalist Bee Rowlatt and Iraq-based academic May Witwit. With Souad Faress. Show more
Bridget Kendall crosses the Atlantic to meet former Peace Corps volunteers, listen to their tales and evaluate their role as America's 'missionaries of democracy'. Show more
The award-winning American essayist on buying a holiday home and struggling with genders when learning French. From July 2011. Show more
Part of the BBC's Domesday Reloaded, Mark Lawson returns to Leeds - the place that had special significance for him in 1986 - the 25th anniversary of the original Domesday Project. Show more
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With Shaun Ley. National and international news. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.
Tom Sutcliffe is joined by the teams from Wales and the North of England in the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. Show more
Peggy has a proposition and Tom is feeling flustered. Show more
By Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Diplomat Bob Goldacre has lost sight of an American businessman in Baghdad. Inspired by The Arabian Nights, stars Sirine Saba. Show more
Archive on 4
When the Eyes of the World Were on the Clyde
1 hour on BBC Radio 4 FM
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John Lloyd tells the story of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders, who in 1971 took on the Government to defend their jobs. From 2011 Show more
Portugal has never had so many graduates, but at the same time, it has never been so hard for young people to find work. Many are heading for Portugal's former colonies. Show more
A special edition with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen looking at the history of kitchen designs and the designers who have influenced the most important space in our homes. Show more
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the development of Buddhism in the West. Show more
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Just a Minute
Series 61
Episode 4: With guests Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Shappi Khorsandi and Russell Kane
32 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Hosted by Nicholas Parsons from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. With Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Shappi Khorsandi and first-timer Russell Kane. Show more
James and Leonie make some enemies. Meanwhile there are vandals at work in Ambridge. Show more
Michael Ondaatje won the Booker Prize with his novel The English Patient. He talks to Mark Lawson about poetry and a new novel following a boy in the 50s from Ceylon to England. Show more
Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad
1. Getting to Know You
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for years
How a true email friendship grew between BBC journalist Bee Rowlatt and Iraq-based academic May Witwit. With Souad Faress. Show more
God in China
Episode 1: Taoism and Folk Religion
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Tim Gardam investigates faith in modern China. He begins by exploring how this Communist country is reconnecting with its heritage through its own indigenous religions. Show more
Crossing Continents
The Mystery of Dirar Abu Sisi
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Gabriel Gatehouse investigates the strange story of Dirar Abu Sisi, a Palestinian who disappeared from a Ukrainian train only to reappear in an Israeli court on terrorism charges. Show more
Quentin looks at the oldest fossils; tracks cholera across continents, plays games with weather forecasts and asks how many species there really are on Earth. Show more
Peter White with the series which is not afraid to pose awkward questions about disability. He meets Shannon Murray, a model who has been a wheelchair user since her teens. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Special programme on Europe with Felicity Evans. Is the UK right to be not inside the euro, but a member of the EU? And what of the future of the EU? Show more
Changez watches in fury at a newscast of American troops invading Afghanistan. Riz Ahmed continues Mohsin Hamid's book. Show more
Chris Ledgard looks at what counting the incidences of words can tell us - from whether a writer has Alzheimer's, to who wrote Macbeth and even how to read the mood of the country. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Alexander Armstrong explores why Special Agent Dick Barton's adventures have been thrilling audiences since 1946. From July 2010. Show more
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4 Extra Debut. Reading from her compelling memoir, Janice Galloway remembers her turbulent adolescence in a small Scottish town in the 1970s. Show more
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