How have so many countries managed to take a bite of the Alps? Misha Glenny explains how Switzerland survived while other regions were sliced up between the major European powers. Show more
4 Extra Debut. With echoing dungeons and sighing ghosts, Rory McGrath explores the first gothic castle in English fiction. From March 2010. Show more
How confident are you about getting into the housing market? Join our phone in. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
National and international news with Martha Kearney.
Exploring what an American spiritual song, which became a UK chart topper in 1958, means to different people. From 2010. Show more
Lilian finds an unexpected source of support.
Emma and Richard's wedding day arrives. Will the day go without the proverbial hitch? With Nicky Henson and Cheryl Campbell. Show more
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world and our impact on it. Show more
4 Extra Debut. An elderly Zimbabwean coffin maker struts his stuff. From the winner of the 2009 Guardian First Book Award. With Lucian Msamati. Show more
Jolyon Jenkins investigates how accountants shaped the modern world. How the 'railway mania' of the mid-19th century led to dodgy accounting and outright fraud. Show more
Clive Coleman speaks to the President of the International Criminal Court, and examines the Dangerous Dogs Act and the surprisingly intense relationship between poetry and the law. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, John Oxford and Dorothy Crawford discuss books by Ken Kesey, Daniel Defoe and Simon Armitage. From 2010. Show more
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The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Marcus Brigstocke excites Jon Culshaw with some lettuce and then invites him inside a casino and opera house. From March 2010. Show more
Jill and Usha join forces.
Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including an interview with actor Jeremy Irons, as he returns to the Royal Shakespeare Company in a new play by Dennis Kelly. Show more
After witnessing an argument between Rachel and a rich Lebanese businessman, Daniel tries again to approach her, but she still refuses to acknowledge him. Show more
Jackie Long finds out what is being done to help young abusers stop offending against other children and why so many are slipping through the net. Show more
Richard Lane issues a challenge to find other blind and partially-sighted cooks in a new series Can't See Will Cook. Richard shows Peter how to cook a blind-friendly risotto. Show more
Vivienne Parry asks when a normal concern about our wellbeing turns into health anxiety or even hypochondria. Show more
The Long View
British brands, American takeovers: Boots and Cadbury
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Jonathan Freedland compares the recent purchase of Cadbury by Kraft with the takeover of Boots the Chemist by an American company in 1920. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
News and analysis with Ritula Shah. Hillary Clinton says the ball is in Israel's court, if it wants to repair relations. Are older people being pushed into the dole queue? Show more
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Michael Beard has been humiliated to discover that his fifth wife, Patrice, is having an affair with their builder, Rodney Tarpin. Show more
Comedy in which the Showstopper musical improvisation group create a musical on the spot, with the songs, plot and characters based entirely on suggestions from the studio audience. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
In the capital of the artistic world, Chopin is soon a Parisian dandy, but he longs for Poland. Read by Stephen Campbell Moore. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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