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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Imam Monawar Hussain, Muslim tutor at Eton College. Show more
Should farmers be allowed to convert their barns into homes? New government plans say they could do so in the future without planning permission. But not everyone's in favour. Show more
Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the carrion crow. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Book of Common Prayer, published after the Reformation in order to make church liturgy available in English. Show more
Woman's Hour
Patsy Kensit; Morwenna Banks; Gloria de Piero
45 minutes
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Patsy Kensit talks about her autobiography; Morwenna Banks shares the inspiration for her new R4 drama; Gloria de Piero on her new role as Labour's spokesperson for women. Show more
At the home of the artist Ned Gillespie, a New Year party goes horribly wrong - and young Sybil gets the blame. Victorian gothic mystery starring Phyllis Logan. From October 2013. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Songs of Love and Loss
30 minutes
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Kate Adie introduces despatches from BBC foreign correspondents in India, Portugal, Madagascar, St Kitts and Italy. Show more
Architecture critic Jonathan Glancey looks at the challenges architects face in designing mosques for 21st-century Britain. Show more
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Fergal Keane explores how the civil rights marches of the late 60s in Northern Ireland were replaced by sectarian violence, as paramilitaries, inactive for many years, regrouped. Show more
There's a welcome phone call for Helen, and things get worse for Mike. Show more
By Lenny Henry. Corrinne returns to Jamaica and is reunited with her children after 20 years. What will she find? Show more
Guest presenter Toyah Willcox joins listener Cathy Dreyer in Oxfordshire as she completes yet another circuit of a short local route that she has chosen to walk 365 times. Show more
Michael Palin presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Farm Africa. Show more
Open Book
Philip Pullman, Jung Chang, Alexander McCall Smith
28 minutes
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Philip Pullman discusses the great Soviet children's classics of the 1920s and 30s, Jung Chang on Empress Dowager Cixi, and Alexander McCall Smith on the book he would never lend. Show more
The Film Programme
Paul Greengrass on Captain Phillips; David Gordon Green on Prince Avalanche; Robin Wright in The Congress
28 minutes
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Director Paul Greengrass talks about piracy and treachery on the high seas in his latest film Captain Phillips. Robin Wright discusses being immortalised as a cartoon. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Genetics and education; Golden Rice inventor; Chimp Chatter and Lightning Lab
30 minutes
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Professor Robert Plomin tells Dr Adam Rutherford that education secretary Michael Gove's outgoing advisor Dominic Cummings was right to highlight the role of genetics in education. Show more
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Social Worker Clare Barker and colleagues must move offices and embrace hot desking. Stars Sally Phillips. From January 2013. Show more
David deals with an emergency. Meanwhile Darrell is evasive. Show more
Front Row
Prince Avalanche reviewed; Masterpiece in a primary school; Theatre director Michael Blakemore
30 minutes
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Arts news. The verdict on the film Prince Avalanche; Mark Lawson visits a Luton primary school which has a Frank Auerbach painting for a day; theatre director Michael Blakemore. Show more
At the home of the artist Ned Gillespie, a New Year party goes horribly wrong - and young Sybil gets the blame. Victorian gothic mystery starring Phyllis Logan. From October 2013. Show more
The Law Show
Interview with the Attorney General
28 minutes
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The Attorney General for England and Wales, Dominic Grieve, speaks to Joshua Rozenberg about sentencing, the laws of war and the European Convention on Human Rights. Show more
Where can you find a hand-stitched crochet blanket, the latest Lady Gaga video or sell your old sofa? Company bosses discuss digital marketplaces with Evan Davis. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Genetics and education; Golden Rice inventor; Chimp Chatter and Lightning Lab
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Professor Robert Plomin tells Dr Adam Rutherford that education secretary Michael Gove's outgoing advisor Dominic Cummings was right to highlight the role of genetics in education. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Book of Common Prayer, published after the Reformation in order to make church liturgy available in English. Show more
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Reviewing his life and unhappy marriage, a man experiences a distortion in time to right his wrongs. Read by Matthew Marsh. Show more
A bloke at the other end of the Job Centre waiting room starts to unnerve the boys. Stars Mathew Horne. From October 2013. Show more
Rachel Byrne and the BBC parliamentary team report, as MPs react angrily to a hike in energy prices by British Gas. And concerns are voiced about the Al-Madinah free school. Show more
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Heston offers a modern twist on an 1858 recipe for Tipsy Cake, as he examines the English obsession with pineapple. From October 2013. Show more
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