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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Simon Doogan.
Charlotte Smith and Adam Henson reveal the finalists for the BBC Farming Today Farmer of the Year award 2012. Show more
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
Start the Week
Anne Applebaum on Eastern Europe
43 minutes
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Andrew Marr discusses eastern and central Europe with historians Anne Applebaum and Mark Mazower and journalists Victor Sebestyen and Helen Szamuely. Show more
Woman's Hour
Women and unions, Celia Paul, at-home manicures
58 minutes
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Does chauvinism in trade unions exist today? Plus artist Celia Paul on being the muse of Lucian Freud, new restrictions on IVF treatment, and at-home manicures. With Jane Garvey. Show more
Matthew Parris uncovers amusing diplomatic despatches, including those from a modern-day ambassador which made Jack Straw cry with laughter. Show more
The life-juggling Manchester DJ must also cope with a chance of his big break. Stars Justin Moorhouse and Anne Reid. From 2012. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
National and international news with Martha Kearney.
Gyles Brandreth remembers Harold Macmillan's fall and the race to succeed him, and eventually met the great man in Oxford in 1979. Macmillan dozed throughout. Show more
Mike has a moving experience. Meanwhile Emma feels aggrieved. Show more
Was Sergeant MacGregor's old flame murdered? Chief Inspector Dover heads to Glasgow to find out. Stars Kenneth Cranham. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe is in the chair, as Wales and Northern Ireland compete in the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. Show more
The Food Programme
Food and Farming Awards: The Finalists
28 minutes
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Cook and food writer Valentine Warner reveals this year's line-up of best food and drinks producers. Show more
Grace Dent examines classic durations of music, film, TV and radio. Will on-demand content be longer and better, or shorter and dumber? Does duration still shape popular culture? Show more
Aleks Krotoski looks at how different cultures are preserving their identity in the face of the homogenising effects of technology. Show more
Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
John Lloyd and new curator Jimmy Carr welcome objects from Erica McAlister, Jan Bondeson and Al Murray. From October 2012. Show more
Lilian makes a disturbing discovery and Will splashes the cash. Show more
Front Row
Emma Watson in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Turner Prize, Hunted
30 minutes
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Emma Watson in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, plus the 2012 Turner Prize exhibition, TV drama Hunted, and the 20th anniversary of theatre company Northern Broadsides. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Contemporary Naples. Caterina Riccardi's husband is arrested and accused of being in the Camorra. Stars Indira Varma. Show more
After feminist punk group Pussy Riot sparked outrage in a Moscow Cathedral, Lucy Ash explores the complex relations between church, state and protest in Putin's Russia. Show more
Mukul Devichand asks what, when set against the expectations of his hopeful supporters in 2008, President Obama has actually achieved on the world stage. Show more
Historian Prof Eric Hobsbawm is interviewed by Simon Schama about his work and his extraordinary life. With archive clips from Eric's previous TV and radio appearances.
Pension changes in the UK, a special report from Venezuela and a boat trip with the former president of the Maldives. National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. Show more
Now in Switzerland, Merivel has sought out the beguiling Louise de Flamanville. Can she offer the solace he seeks? Read by Nicholas Woodeson. Show more
Alan connects with a man shot by a sniper during the Lebanese civil war and a young man jailed for domestic violence. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Wildlife expert Terry Nutkins recalls his unusual childhood spent with author Gavin Maxwell in the West Highlands. From October 2009. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
4 Extra Debut. Childhood in the faded grandeur of the big house, and forbidden love. Irish novelist Edna O'Brien reads the story of her astonishing literary life. Show more
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