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Spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Methodist minister Rev Roger Hutchings. Show more
With around 75 percent of flowers imported to the UK, Charlotte Smith assesses the challenges the UK flower industry faces. Plus the problems farmers have with Chinese lanterns. Show more
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Morning news and current affairs, presented by John Humphrys and Sarah Montague, with Gillian Hargreaves on her husband's right to die, and debating Gaza and Afghanistan. Show more
Start the Week
Writers on Families: Colm Tóibín and AS Byatt
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Andrew Marr with writers Colm Toibin, AS Byatt and Will Eaves, and evolutionary biologist Mark Pagel. Show more
Female entrepreneurs put questions to a panel of successful businesswomen in a special programme broadcast live from Liverpool. Presented by Jane Garvey. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Idealistic teacher George Harpole opts to shake things up as he becomes acting head of a primary school. Stars Shaun Dingwall. Show more
Tens of thousands of ashes remain uncollected or unscattered. Amanda Mitchison looks at the choices, the conflicts and the absurdity of how the British deal with cremated remains. Show more
Natalie Haynes, Michael Rosen, Arthur Smith and Paul Sinha vie for wordy supremacy chaired by Gyles Brandreth. From 2012. Show more
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Martha Kearney presents the national and international news. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato. Show more
Tom Wolfe's Bronx was a crime-ridden place of despair. Alvin finds out if it is still the site of moral and physical desolation. Show more
Pat blames herself. Meanwhile Alice has her nose to the grindstone. Show more
By Richard Monks. A man of Polish descent is attacked in the lead up to local elections, then a right wing extremist leader's teenage daughter goes missing. Are the cases linked? Show more
4 Extra Debut. Steve Punt hosts the battle of wits as three students from University of East Anglia take on three professors. From March 2012. Show more
Richard Johnson reports from Japan on the impact of the Fukushima disaster on food. How has the threat of contamination changed attitudes to the nation's prized food culture? Show more
...Odyssey. Tom Holland explores the continuing appeal of Homer's Odyssey. Why should that be? Show more
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the place of faith in the lives of travelling people. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Liza Tarbuck, Josie Lawrence and Kit Hesketh-Harvey to talk for 60 seconds without hesitation, repitition or deviation. From March 2012.
Jim gets into his stride and Emma has childcare problems. Show more
Front Row
Lesley Sharp; Noah Stewart; We Bought a Zoo
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Actress Lesley Sharp on her role in TV drama Scott and Bailey; tenor Noah Stewart on a career which has taken him from Harlem to the Royal Opera House; We Bought a Zoo reviewed. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Idealistic teacher George Harpole opts to shake things up as he becomes acting head of a primary school. Stars Shaun Dingwall. Show more
Radio 4's investigative history series. Mike Thomson reveals the complex motives behind the 1949 assassination of the young British governor of Sarawak. Show more
Analysis
Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Downing Street Guru
30 minutes
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Investigating the appeal of Downing Street's favourite intellectual, Nassim Nicolas Taleb - author of the best selling book The Black Swan. Show more
Quentin Cooper investigates aliens in Antarctica, a collision that may have changed the climate, why we hate nasty noises and how star-quakes could help us find habitable planets. Show more
Start the Week
Writers on Families: Colm Tóibín and AS Byatt
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Andrew Marr with writers Colm Toibin, AS Byatt and Will Eaves, and evolutionary biologist Mark Pagel. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Diplomats at the UN Security Council issue strong condemnations of the violence in Syria. But is there any real chance of a political solution? With Ritula Shah. Show more
Zbigniew is working on the house Petunia Howe lived in, when he makes a life-changing discovery. Read by Rafe Spall. Show more
Faded Broadway diva Candi Karmel, plus more characters from the 'one-woman Fast Show'. With Philip Pope. From December 2010. Show more
Sean Curran and the BBC's parliamentary team report as MPs condemn the killing of 16 Afghan civilians by an American soldier. And peers back moves to make stalking a crime. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
4 Extra Debut. The final hours of her father Stalin's death. Svetlana Alliluyeva's 1963 memoir smuggled to India. Read by Stella Gonet. Show more
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