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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

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Recent research says that the familiar becomes more important to us in troubled times, Mark Tully asks if familiarity can make us more content. Show more

A peer with a passion for pedigree pigs - Sarah Swadling meets the President of the British Pig Association, the Marquess of Salisbury and an enthusiast for traditional breeds. Show more

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Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. Show more

Journalist and satirist Ian Hislop appeals on behalf of the charity Railway Children. Show more

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Holy Islands: Bishop Stephen Oliver visits Caldey Island in the last of the summer services exploring the spirituality of islands on Britain's coastline. Show more

John Gray explores the role of memory in giving meaning to our lives. He reflects on how we struggle to preserve our past but at the same time sometimes long to leave it behind. Show more

Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week, presented by Paddy O'Connell.

Sue MacGregor recalls the infamous Poll Tax initiative, precursor to Margaret Thatcher's downfall, bringing together those who designed it with those who opposed it. Show more

Nicholas Parsons challenges Tim Vine, Jason Byrne, Gyles Brandreth and Paul Merton to speak for 60 seconds. From 2012.

Sheila Dillon explores a food story of decline and revival - British mustard. Show more

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

Mark Goffeney tells Peter White about passion for music. He now juggles playing the guitar on tour with looking after his three children - not bad for a man born with no arms. Show more

Eric Robson, Bob Flowerdew, Chris Beardshaw and Bunny Guinness join gardeners in Norfolk. Plus, Christine Walkden makes surprising discoveries about birds' feeding habits. Show more

In 1989 the Observer journalist was arrested and accused of spying for Britain. Also accused was a nurse, Dee Parish. 6 months later Bazoft was executed by the Iraqi authorities. Show more

The battles of Ma Joad as her family trek west in 1930s America. Starring BBC Audio Drama Award winner Michelle Fairley. Show more

Victoria Hislop talks to James Naughtie about her debut novel The Island, a fictional account of a real life leper colony on the island of Spinalonga, just off the coast of Crete. Show more

Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' poetry requests with work by Frost, Yeats and Julia Copus. The readers are Pippa Haywood, Patrick Romer and Harry Livingstone. Show more

BBC defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt takes listeners on a journey through the UK defence economy as she tracks the fate of a single bullet from the factory to conflict. 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

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Selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio, presented by Gerry Northam. Show more

Freddie takes on a new challenge. Meanwhile Roy leaps in to help. Show more

Music and comedy from Alex and his five-piece band at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. With Al Murray and Tim Key. From 2012. Show more

Leading comedian Mark Watson reads his own short story, specially commissioned by BBC Radio 4, in front of an audience recorded live at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Show more

Love at first sight for Woman's Hour and Men's Hour? Plus the Feedback jingle. Radio 4's forum for audience comment, presented by Roger Bolton. Show more

Obituary series. Matthew Bannister remembers astronaut Neil Armstrong, organist Carlo Curley, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and comedian Phyllis Diller. Show more

Paul Lewis looks at the regulation of claims management firms, CVV numbers, credit card rewards and claiming back money from the NHS for the medical costs of long-term care. Show more

Journalist and satirist Ian Hislop appeals on behalf of the charity Railway Children. Show more

How are orchestras to survive in a world of cuts? Peter Day explores the impossible economics of the concert hall. 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.

Nick Watt of the Guardian analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories in Westminster and beyond. Show more

Matthew Sweet meets with actor Toby Jones to discuss the weird world of the Berberian Sound Studio, director Peter Strickland's love letter to Italian horror films of the 1970s. Show more

Recent research says that the familiar becomes more important to us in troubled times, Mark Tully asks if familiarity can make us more content. Show more

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Why is the Italian family in danger of extinction? Laurie Taylor explores Italian business, legitimate and otherwise, and travels to Naples to investigate the role of family values. Show more

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