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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Ranjit Singh Dhanda.
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Charlotte Smith opens nominations for BBC Farmer of the Year 2012 - help find a farmer who is inspiring others. Show more
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
Morning news and current affairs presented by John Humphrys and Justin Webb. With debates on the Greek election, children in care, mental health and playing music to cows. Show more
Start the Week
Science and Politics: Professor David Nutt and David Blunkett
43 minutes
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Andrew Marr with guests David Nutt, Mark Henderson, Jill Rutter and David Blunkett discuss how far science can influence the political agenda. Show more
Fashion style in the rain, nannying for life, an Afghan radio soap, the future for women made homeless, and Ukraine's forgotten children. Presented by Jane Garvey. Show more
Wealthy landowner, criminal and warlord Akbar Khan welcomes his son's friend to his household, pleased to find someone who will help his criminal activities. Show more
2012 marks the 75th anniversary of the evacuation of 4,000 child refugees from Bilbao during the Spanish Civil War. This is their story. Show more
Comic Mark Steel visits Holyhead in Anglesey to talk ferries, foot nibbling, and Kate and Wills. From December 2011. Show more
James Naughtie peers down the microscope at the Nobel prize-winning molecular biologist who helped discover the structure of DNA. Show more
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National and international news with Martha Kearney. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.
In exploring the riddle of existence, Richard Holloway uses American poet Emily Dickinson as a bridge between 19th- and 20th-century thinking. Show more
Open Farm Sunday goes with a bang. Meanwhile Neil cannot contain his curiosity. Show more
Quirky comedy about a teenager who becomes an internet star because of his nightly good-news webcasts. With Joshua Jenkins, Julia McKenzie, Mark Heap. Show more
The wide-ranging music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini featuring contestants from Lancashire, Stafford and Worcester. From 2012. Show more
The Food Programme
The Best in Food and Farming
28 minutes
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Sheila Dillon launches the search for the winners of the 2012 BBC Food and Farming Awards. Show more
Bob Dickinson follows Sheffield-based theatre group Forced Entertainment as they use improvisation to develop their new work, The Coming Storm, for its world premiere in Germany. Show more
Back for a new series, Robin Ince and Brian Cox are joined by comedian Dave Gorman to consider the great mysteries that still remain uncovered in the watery depths. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Nicholas Parsons challenges Jenny Éclair, Tony Hawks, Richard Herring and Paul Sinha to speak for 60 seconds. From 2012.
Jill has her say and Darrell begins to worry. Show more
Front Row
Yoko Ono's art; Bruce Willis in Lay the Favourite
30 minutes
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Reporting on a major exhibition of art by Yoko Ono which includes a maze and a room in which visitors are invited to record their smile. Plus a review of film Lay the Favourite. Show more
Wealthy landowner, criminal and warlord Akbar Khan welcomes his son's friend to his household, pleased to find someone who will help his criminal activities. Show more
Through the story of a German night fighter captured in Suffolk, Michael Portillo remembers the crucial electronic war waged between the Axis and the Allies. Show more
The Swedish model of welfare was once a left wing obsession. Now it is a Tory one too. Jo Fidgen investigates the truth about Sweden's welfare state and its lessons for Britain. Show more
Quentin Cooper looks at how the ideas of mathematical genius Alan Turing formed the digital age, and more from So You Want to Be a Scientist. Show more
Start the Week
Science and Politics: Professor David Nutt and David Blunkett
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Andrew Marr with guests David Nutt, Mark Henderson, Jill Rutter and David Blunkett discuss how far science can influence the political agenda. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Greek politicians work to form a coalition following the weekend's elections, but are Europe's problems resolved? Ritula Shah presents national and international news and analysis. Show more
Skeetah and Manny's cousin Rico organise a savage dog fight in the woods, watched by Esch and their friends. Skeetah is determined not to give away any of China's puppies to Rico. Show more
Dominic Arkwright, Michael Simkins, Funke Baffour and Tom Mitchelson on truth and lies in everyday life. From 2012. Show more
Susan Hulme and the BBC's parliamentary team report as the education secretary Michael Gove defends his plans for a major shake-up of the curriculum in English primary schools. Show more
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4 Extra Debut. Italian journalist Roberto Saviano describes the effects of writing his Mafia exposé. Read by Nicholas Murchie. From June 2012. Show more
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