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The bells of St Eadburgha in Ebrington, Gloucestershire.

Chris Bowlby charts the career of 76-year-old Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the key figure in Egypt's new political crisis, with parliamentary elections due next week. Show more

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Poet Stewart Henderson contemplates the unresolved and talks to Julie Nicholson whose daughter Jenny was killed in the London bombings on 7th July 2005. Show more

Joanna Pinnock travels to Shropshire where Sara Bellis and Carl Pickup explain the mystery surrounding ancient hollies in this upland landscape. Show more

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Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories familiar and unfamiliar. Show more

Griff Rhys Jones presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Move Europe. Show more

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Longing for Wisdom: A service for Advent from Mayfield Salisbury Parish Church, Edinburgh. With the Rev Scott McKenna, and the Rev Alison Jack of New College. Show more

Mary Beard reflects on the purpose of the much-maligned 'Oxbridge interview' and defends the 'Would you rather be an apple or a banana' school of questioning. Show more

News and conversation about the big stories of the week. With Paddy O'Connell.

Pat tries to find out more and there's an unexpected arrival in Ambridge. Show more

Kirsty Young talks to adventurer Bear Grylls. Show more

Sheila Dillon reports on the winners and finalists of the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2011. Show more

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With Shaun Ley. The latest national and international news, with an in-depth look at events around the world. Email: wato@bbc.co.uk; twitter: #theworldthisweekend.

Michael Portillo discovers how romantic memories of the French Resistance created a military legend which overshadowed its more important political role in post-war France. Show more

Eric Robson chairs a programme from Othery, Somerset. Chris Beardshaw, Anne Swithinbank and guest Toby Buckland join him on the panel. Show more

Exploring the ways people reveal their true selves to the world. Cathy, Andrew and Emily, three MS patients in their 30s, talk about the challenges of coming out with the disease. Show more

The story of a young man and the effect his pity for a young disabled girl has on both their lives. With Piers Wehner, Bryony Hannah and Ronald Pickup. Show more

Mariella Frostrup continues Open Book's celebration of funny books with Tony Parsons on his funniest book, The Virgin Soldiers by Leslie Thomas, first published in 1966. Show more

The ancient Greek poet Simonides hymned the dead of the first Persian Wars. What does his poetry say about war today? Poet Robert Crawford has translated his work into Scots.

Against a backdrop of a reported million empty properties, Robert Elms examines the history of squatting, assessing the culture that's surrounded this subversive search for a home. Show more

Chris Bowlby charts the career of 76-year-old Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the key figure in Egypt's new political crisis, with parliamentary elections due next week. Show more

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Ernie Rea makes his selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio. Show more

Pat is unable to resist. Meanwhile Alan makes a suggestion. Show more

Sue Perkins sets moral and ethical posers for Shappi Khorsandi, Simon Munnery, Fi Glover and Hugo Rifkind. From November 2011. Show more

Byng tells of his first professional engagement as a member of a concert party in Hastings, and remembers working at London's Gaiety Theatre during the First World War. Show more

Less than two years ago, the BBC Asian Network faced extinction. It was spared, but now its budget is set to be cut by almost half. What will this mean for the station? Show more

Matthew Bannister on cricketer Basil D'Oliveira, playwright Shelagh Delaney, civil servant Sir Robin Mountfield, pharmacologist Sir David Jack and poet Peter Reading. Show more

The latest news from the world of personal finance.

Griff Rhys Jones presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Move Europe. Show more

As economic gales blow even harder, are there lessons to be learned from previous recessions? Peter Day finds out from some veteran small business survivors. Show more

Preview of the week's political agenda at Westminster with MPs, experts and commentators. Discussion of the issues politicians are grappling with in the corridors of power.

George Parker of the Financial Times analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories in Westminster and beyond.

Kenneth Branagh talks about playing Olivier to Michelle Williams' Monroe; Nanni Moretti dissects the papacy; and Owen Sheers and Amit Gupta discuss their WWII drama Resistance. Show more

Poet Stewart Henderson contemplates the unresolved and talks to Julie Nicholson whose daughter Jenny was killed in the London bombings on 7th July 2005. Show more

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New research analyses protests over art and culture in America. Also, a life on the margins - older gay people in the countryside. Show more

The bells of St Eadburgha in Ebrington, Gloucestershire.

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