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A reading and a reflection by George Craig to start the day on Radio 4.
Thousands of fish thrown overboard dead by fishermen across Europe every day could be saved by new measures trialled in the UK according to the Government. Show more
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Morning news and current affairs with Sarah Montague in London and John Humphrys in Athens. Show more
Start the Week
Australian culture with Thomas Keneally, Kate Grenville and Deborah Cheetham
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Andrew Marr discusses Australia's cultural heritage with the authors Thomas Keneally and Kate Grenville and opera singer Deborah Cheetham. Show more
Woman's Hour
Nancy Mitford, Women's Refuges, Chile's Camila Vallejo
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Novelist Nancy Mitford was considered one of the funniest writers of the last century. Writer India Knight discusses her life and legacy. Presented by Jane Garvey. Show more
Sara Wilson was a VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) nurse posted to Egypt in January 1918. The drama charts her journey to a desert hospital where she discovers love and death. Show more
Elsecar Park, Barnsley has, for the past four years, been both paradise and hell for its unofficial park keeper Francis McDonald. Alan Dein encounters the lives and stories there. Show more
Mrs Vine hypnotises Steine and uses gulls to lay siege to the Brighton police force, while Mrs G learns Hoagy's secret. Show more
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A History of the Brain
Episode 1: A Hole in the Head
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Beginning his trip through 5,000 years of human understanding of our brain, Dr Geoff Bunn looks at trepanation and why Ancient Egypt believed the brain had no use in the afterlife. Show more
There's a family summit at Bridge Farm. Meanwhile Susan tries to make contact. Show more
By Eve Steele and Ed Jones. A 60-year-old photographer is accused of assaulting his financial advisor. Emotional triangle? Or Baby Boomer revenge? Show more
The three most recent Radio 4 Brain of Britain champions compete in the ultimate general knowledge contest, chaired by Russell Davies. Show more
Sheila Dillon looks at the world of the commercial forager. As chefs become increasingly interested in sourcing wild ingredients, who are the people turning it into a profession? Show more
As the first painting to be attributed to Leonardo for a hundred years goes on show at the National Gallery, art critic Rachel Campbell-Johnston meets the Leonardo detectives. Show more
Simon Cox explores technology and prediction - from advertising billboards tailoring adverts to suit the individual to Twitter helping hedge funds make money.
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John Lloyd CBE and Dave Gorman accept new exhibits for their imaginary museum from comedian Harry Enfield, solar astronomer Lucie Green and Alan West, Baron West of Spithead. Show more
Nic just can't make her mind up, and David offers relationship advice. Show more
Front Row
Wuthering Heights; screenwriter Peter Morgan
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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With Mark Lawson, including a review of Andrea Arnold's latest film Wuthering Heights, and interviews with author Peter James and screenwriter Peter Morgan. Show more
Sara Wilson was a VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) nurse posted to Egypt in January 1918. The drama charts her journey to a desert hospital where she discovers love and death. Show more
Hugh Levinson tells the story of the lobotomy craze of the 1940s and 50s and asks what the procedure's popularity says about the nature of scientific progress - or otherwise. Show more
Individual leadership is seen as a key to change in politics or business. But is the importance of collective action and attitudes being overlooked? Michael Blastland investigates. Show more
With Quentin Cooper. Has nuclear fission restarted at the Fukushima NPP in Japan? Is the future of air travel airships? Is there truth in the legend of the Viking Sunstone? Show more
Start the Week
Australian culture with Thomas Keneally, Kate Grenville and Deborah Cheetham
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Andrew Marr discusses Australia's cultural heritage with the authors Thomas Keneally and Kate Grenville and opera singer Deborah Cheetham. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis.
Some 100 years after the death of Sherlock Holmes, a manuscript is discovered in the vaults of Cox and Co. It recounts a case too shocking to be published in his lifetime. Show more
Dominic Arkwright asks why once scary fairies have a new image? With Eddie Lenihan, Faye Durston and Juliette Wood. From 2011. Show more
The best of the day in the Commons and the Lords with Sean Curran. Show more
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Prize-winning author Binyavanga Wainaina's impressionistic memoir of growing up in Kenya amongst a cacophony of sounds. Show more
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