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Spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Peter Baker. Show more

'The idea of fighting the class war seems remote'. Welfare Adviser and self-described 'poor person's accountant' Mike Bolton on why he thinks the benefits debate is all wrong. Show more

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Helen Mark is in Gloucestershire to find out more about one of our most fascinating creatures, the eel, and hear about the efforts being made to save this endangered species. Show more

Charlotte Smith asks if landowners are cashing in on England's forests and woodlands. She also meets one farmer who has bucked the trend, leaving dairy farming to manage trees. Show more

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Morning news and current affairs with John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Debating social care, plus the latest on the floods and Murray's chances of victory. Show more

Sian Williams and Richard Coles with classicist Mary Beard, writer Ted Simon, space tourist Namira Salim, and Olivia Newton-John's Inheritance Tracks. Including News. Show more

George Parker of the Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. Show more

Kate Adie presents BBC foreign correspondents' reports from Nairobi, Riga, London, a village in northern Nigeria and a meadow in the Indian Himalayas. Show more

Paul Lewis with the latest personal finance news, including troubles with timeshares and whether you could end up footing the bill if your car breaks down damaging a major road. Show more

A Week of Splits: Jon Holmes, Holly Walsh, Mitch Benn and Pippa Evans join Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis for a sideways glance at this week's big stories. Show more

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Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Darton College, Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Show more

Listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's Any Questions? Topics include Bob Diamond's pay, cuts to the army, women bishops, children going hungry and Andy Murray. Show more

Comic take on the classic Sherlock Holmes mystery, performed by Peepolykus Theatre Company to an audience in Bristol as part of Radio 4's More Than Words Festival. Show more

What are the effects when singers have to learn to change the pitch of their voice? With Christopher Gabbitas. From 2012. Show more

Julie Walters back on stage at the National Theatre, the publishing phenomenon Fifty Shades of Grey, Mitch Winehouse on his daughter Amy, and music from Mary Chapin Carpenter. Show more

The day's top news stories, with sports headlines with Paddy O'Connell.

Evan Davis and guests discuss the evolution and hierarchy of brands. They also consider consumer taste - do customers have good taste, or do they just buy what they are given? Show more

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Clive Anderson is joined by singer and composer Neil Sedaka, Helena Kennedy QC, Sharon Horgan and Luke Goss. With music from Lianne La Havas and Cate Le Bon. Show more

Lemn Sissay, one of the official poets at the London Olympics, responds to the recent banking scandal with a short drama about two bankers trying to enjoy a day out at Wimbledon. Show more

Tom Sutcliffe and guests, writers Susan Jeffreys and Alex Preston and historian Kathryn Hughes, review the week's cultural highlights including The Hunter starring Willem Dafoe. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Peter Oborne explores the night prime minister Harold Macmillan sacked a third of his cabinet in July 1962. From July 2012. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Mr and Mrs Pooter move in to the Laurels and attend a ball. Victorian comic capers with Johnny Vegas and Katherine Parkinson. Show more

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Niall Ferguson asks if different systems of law are key to economic success. How far are the common law's claims to superiority over other systems credible? Show more

Paul Gambaccini chairs the music quiz semi-final with contestants from Tunbridge Wells, Nottingham and Chelmsford. From 2012. Show more

Marking the 200th anniversary of the publication of Lord Byron's Childe Harold, Roger McGough introduces excerpts of the work that made the poet's name and fortune overnight. Show more

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By Alison Miller. Returning home to Orkney after decades in Glasgow, lonely Jan seeks diversion in a blind date. Read by Tracy Wiles.

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