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Benjamin Zephaniah presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Inquest. Show more
Iain Banks talks to James Naughtie and readers about his ground-breaking first novel The Wasp Factory. Recorded at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh. Show more
Francine Stock talks to Withnail creator, Bruce Robinson about his return to directing with The Rum Diary, and Andrea Arnold and Errol Morris discuss Tabloid and Wuthering Heights. Show more
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A week of radio that never happened. Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes rewind and mangle real programmes. From November 2011. Show more
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Joshua Rozenberg asks how the UK's Human Rights Act might be reformed and what the legal implications of change would be for British courts, Parliament, government and people. Show more
After a week of turmoil in the bond markets, Evan Davis and guests examine what bonds mean for business. They also discuss the trials and tribulations of running an airport. Show more
Saving Species reports from North America on studies to tag and follow the movements of sea horses and in so doing reveal the secrets of their extraordinary lives. Show more
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One of Sherlock Holmes's young informants has gone missing. Concerned for his safety, the detective tracks his sister to The Bag of Nails pub. Derek Jacobi reads. Show more
Are you a 'decent' person? Then this is the show for you as Britain is put to rights. Stars Kevin Bishop. From November 2011. Show more
David Cornock and the BBC's parliamentary team report as James Murdoch faces MPs again and insists he was not made aware of the extent of phone-hacking at the News of the World. Show more
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The Kenyan government stops subsidising university education, so Wainaina and his sister enrol at Transkei University instead. Read by Freddy Macha. Show more
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