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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Calvin Samuel. Show more
MEPs vote on changes to the £40 billion subsidy given to European farmers. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests Mary Beard, Peter Wiseman and Tim Cornell discuss Romulus and Remus, the foundation myth of Rome. Show more
Woman's Hour
Armistead Maupin, pension proposals, Sarah Vine discusses thinning hair
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Armistead Maupin talks to Jenni Murray as Tales of the City is dramatised on Radio 4, Sarah Vine tells of coping with thinning hair and we discuss pension changes and co-parenting. Show more
When DCI Sue Craven's team stage a night time farm raid, they are not prepared for the horrors discovered. Stars Maxine Peake. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Return of the King of Bunga Bunga
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With Kate Adie. Italy's bunga bunga king is back, but will the electorate give Berlusconi another term as prime minister? Plus, other despatches from reporters across the globe. Show more
The Hudson River School was America's first art movement. Susan Marling reports on how this group changed the nation's thinking about its own magnificent landscape and wilderness. Show more
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Murray Lachlan Young meets a pole-dancer working in a London club and visits another who's hung up her thong. He weaves their contrasting opinions about the industry into a ballad. Show more
Lynda makes a discovery. Meanwhile Vicky is exhausted. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Extraordinary true story of a nurse's abduction in Ecuador and her husband and son's journey for justice. Stars Reece Dinsdale. Show more
Felicity Evans visits the Black Isle in the Scottish Highlands to hear how residents are collecting memories of the landscape, before they are forgotten forever. Show more
Juliet Stevenson presents an appeal on behalf of international children's charity ChildHope. Donations: Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal. Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144. Show more
Open Book
Chinese literature - viewing this emerging superpower through its novels
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Mariella Frostrup discusses Chinese literature and how we can view this emerging superpower through its novels. Plus, Eleanor Updale on telling a story in the space of one minute. Show more
The Film Programme
Steven Spielberg - a special extended interview with Francine Stock on his film Lincoln
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Steven Spielberg - in a special extended interview, he talks to Francine Stock about his latest film, Lincoln, which is dominating the Oscar lists with 12 nominations. Show more
Material World
Noise and plane design; Birdflu; Dogs; Mackerel
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Are ever stricter noise and energy consumption restrictions making plane design harder? Controversial bird flu research, dog domestication and why mackerel is off the menu. Show more
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Stephen K Amos on facing fears, with Michael Redmond, Holly Walsh, Boothby Graffoe and a nervous audience member! From 2013 Show more
Joe intervenes, and Rob settles into village life. Show more
Front Row
Alexei Sayle on his return to stand-up; Vanessa-Mae; 500 word plays
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Kirsty Lang talks to Alexei Sayle about his return to stand-up after 16 years, Vanessa-Mae on swapping her violin for skis, and 500 word plays at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. Show more
By Francesca Joseph. Contemporary drama set in a women's prison. Terry takes Katie on her first trip to the countryside and the pair grow closer, but can he cope with her deceit? Show more
Current affairs series. Phil Kemp examines the Police Federation and its role in the resignation of the Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell. Show more
Family firms are the backbone of the world's economies, but only a third survive to the second generation. Evan Davis and guests explore the ups and downs of the family business. Show more
Presented by Brett Westwood. Featuring a report from the Congo basin on the plight of bonobos and a look at dragon trees on the island of Madeira. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests Mary Beard, Peter Wiseman and Tim Cornell discuss Romulus and Remus, the foundation myth of Rome. Show more
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With David Eades. British, German and Dutch nationals are advised to leave the Libyan city of Benghazi immediately, large numbers of Syrian refugees have been arriving in Jordan. Show more
Art teacher at Marcia Blaine School, Mr Teddy Lloyd begins to paint Miss Brodie's girls. Read by Gerda Stevenson. Show more
Surreal seaside chaos hits the headlines and Father Michael spots a 'shopportunity'. Stars Stephen Mangan. From January 2013. Show more
Alicia McCarthy and the BBC's parliamentary team report as MPs back a call for 16-year-olds to be allowed to vote. And there is fresh concern over horse meat in the food chain. Show more
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Lucy Hughes-Hallett charts the life of the Italian politician and poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, as he transforms the Croatian port of Fiume into a delinquent city-state. Show more
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