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Daily prayer and reflection with the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth.
Anna Hill on rabbits are being milked to create drugs for stroke patients. Plus farmers fear milk sales will suffer from a government campaign promoting more low fat milk. Show more
Libby Purves is joined by Immodesty Blaize, Tony Visconti, Joanne Whalley and Vitali Vitaliev.
Have polyclinics and out-of-hours services improved access to healthcare, or has the patient's right to choice come at a price? Plus, how to make an authentic Bolognese sauce.
By Al Smith, inspired by a true story. Nicholas decides to stop editing the post so only good news is delivered. But it might be too late. Show more
Launched in 1967, the QE2 came to embody a golden era of luxury seafaring. Staff share memories of the ocean liner. From November 2008. Show more
Lady Tresselian's house party is thrown into disarray by the sudden death of a friend. Stars Hugh Bonneville and Marcia Warren. Show more
Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
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National and international news with Martha Kearney.
The BBC Trust is reviewing the BBC's impartiality on science - what does impartiality really mean? Lord Heseltine on his 50 years in magazines; how Sky Sports may come to Freeview. Show more
Annette's past comes back to haunt her. Show more
Two worlds collide when ex-banker Tabitha knocks green activist Will off his bicycle. Stars Doon Mackichan and Joseph Kloska. Show more
Vincent Duggleby and a panel of guests answer calls on financial issues. Show more
Afternoon Reading
City of Two Continents
Episode 2: The Abyss as Viewed from Istanbul on 27th October 1962
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
By Maureen Freely. As the world stands on the brink of annihilation, one Istanbul resident negotiates the fears and preoccupations of his lovers, friends and neighbours. Show more
Rick Gekoski asks where a copy of James Joyce's childhood poem Et Tu Healy might be found and how much one might be worth. Show more
Laurie Taylor discusses how the experience of work will change in the future. Also a comparative study of children's 'teddy bear diaries' in Norway and China. Show more
Aspirin is associated with preventing miscarriage, heart disease and cancer, but it's not for everyone. Mark Porter unpicks the confusing messages surrounding aspirin. Show more
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Shopping: Strife in store and wearing beige. Pam's poems and sketches with Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead. From September 2009. Show more
Brian gives Pat a lesson in diplomacy. Show more
Only Fools and Horses writer John Sullivan on his new prequel to the much loved sitcom and a review of A Prophet. Show more
Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells humanity's history through the objects it has made. Today he reveals the Swiss Army knife of the Stone Age, the hand axe. Show more
Nick and a panel of former political insiders examine how a government which wanted to abolish the BBC licence fee could get its way, and ask what opposition it would face. Show more
Anthony King tells the story of politically-significant sporting events. The war that broke out between Honduras and El Salvador in 1969 after their World Cup qualifying matches. Show more
Paul Evans visits the winter conference of the Wildlife Gardening Forum to find out if gardening for wildlife has any real benefits on a countrywide scale. Show more
Libby Purves is joined by Immodesty Blaize, Tony Visconti, Joanne Whalley and Vitali Vitaliev.
The latest weather forecast.
National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. A setback for President Obama as the Democrats lose the Senate seat in Massachusetts. Show more
Plans to break into the Jardin des Plantes advance rapidly. Love story set in Paris in 1815 in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. Read by Dan Stevens. Show more
The downsizing Williams family can't settle in their new home. Is it trying to tell them something? Stars Jamie Glover. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
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Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells humanity's history through the objects it has made. Today he reveals the Swiss Army knife of the Stone Age, the hand axe. Show more
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