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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton. Show more

The Cuban Missile Crisis gets the musical treatment, courtesy of an iPM listener; Tanni Grey-Thompson reads your news; and a man whose wife found love in old friendship on Facebook. Show more

The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.

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Jules Hudson is in North Yorkshire discovering the fascinating history of Richmond Castle and the surrounding landscape. Show more

Caz Graham investigates how farming co-operatives work in the UK, Europe and globally, and asks whether working together could improve the future for UK farmers. Show more

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Morning news and current affairs presented by John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Suzy Klein and Richard Coles with studio guest Lynda Bellingham, plus the man who invented the camera phone, a one-handed pianist and a woman who woke up on the operating table. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Laurence Llewelyn Bowen is creative curator of the Blackpool Illuminations. He explores their lasting attraction for visitors. From September 2012. Show more

What effect does digital technology have on how we think? Insights from MIT's Joi Ito, director Julie Taymor, games supremo Make Gallagher and an Aspen Ideas Festival audience. Show more

The BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines. Presented by Kate Adie.

The journalist and comedy actress in the talk tag show where the guest is the next interviewer. From August 2012. Show more

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Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, with Edwina Currie, Steve Richards, Ben Summerskill and Minette Marrin. Show more

Listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's edition of Any Questions?

By David Hare. Drama set in the '60s in Lancing College, Sussex. A pin-sharp pupil is cut off from his fellow boys by virtue of his own intellect, background and questioning spirit. Show more

Exploring the impact of the Largo from Dvorak's New World Symphony. With Anti-Apartheid campaigner, Albie Sachs. From 2012. Show more

Highlights from the Woman's Hour week, including the Norwegian lawyer who prosecuted Anders Behring Breivik, and novelist Dame Jacqueline Wilson. Presented by Jane Garvey. Show more

Full coverage of the day's news.

The Cuban Missile Crisis gets the musical treatment, courtesy of an iPM listener; Tanni Grey-Thompson reads your news; and a man whose wife found love in old friendship on Facebook. Show more

The latest shipping forecast.

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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Clive Anderson is joined by actors Luke Treadaway, Phil Cornwell, Alexandra Roach and author Charlie Connelly. With music from Red Baraat. Show more

Claire Bolderson profiles Frances O'Grady, whose nomination as the first woman to be general secretary of the Trades Union Congress will be confirmed next week. Show more

Tom Sutcliffe and his guests - writers Susan Jeffreys, Giles Fraser and Jim White - review the week's cultural highlights, including The Tempest starring Tim Pigott-Smith. Show more

Born in 1912, John Cage was one of the 20th Century's most controversial musicians. English composer and protege Gavin Bryars explores the American's many archive appearances. Show more

The Buddenbrook family business is under threat from within and without. Stars Joseph Millson and Barbara Flynn. Show more

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.

John Humphrys chairs a debate asking, 'How should we teach?'. The panel discuss testing, internet and technology, and self-teaching. Show more

Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with Samira Ahmed, Dominic Sandbrook, Simon Jones and Dominic Lawson. From August 2012. Show more

Roger McGough begins a new series with a cheery selection of poetry by Auden, Keats and Jenny Joseph. The readers are Pippa Haywood, Patrick Romer and Harry Livingstone. Show more

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.

An overprotective father wrestles with his spirited blind daughter's unexpected independence, and with his own role in her life. Stories from the US author, read by William Hope. Show more

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