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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Daily prayer and reflection with George Craig. Show more
The news programme that starts with its listeners. Presented by Jennifer Tracey and Eddie Mair. Includes a dying quango and how a mugger ended a career in the theatre. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
The latest weather forecast.
Helen Mark visits Northamptonshire where a new centre is opening, teaching vulnerable or at risk teenagers about horses and rural skills. Show more
The number of people keeping animals in their backyard is growing. Farming Today finds out why more and more people are opting for a slice of the 'good life'. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
Fi Glover is joined by geneticist Tom Shakespeare, poet Murray Lachlan Young, the UK's top sumo wrestler and a man who had a good experience of growing up in a children's home. Show more
Sandi Toksvig talks to Anthony Sattin about the Nile and Gail Simmons about Sinai and to Joe Senior about his experience as a blind person travelling in NW Australia. Show more
Clive Anderson is joined by Elizabeth McGovern, Jake Adelstein, Robin Ince, Ralf Little, Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman. With music from Jamie Lidell, The Coral and Nelson Brothers. Show more
As police forces face significant cuts in their budgets, Gerry Northam profiles Sir Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests Louise Welsh, David Benedict and Natalie Haynes review the week's cultural highlights including Claire Denis's film White Material. Show more
Kirsten Lass uses archive and new interviews to recall the dramatic events in the British capital in the summer of 2005, as part of Radio 4's London Season. Show more
Ned's routine vetting of a cypher clerk takes a remarkable turn, and George Smiley bids his final farewell. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions behind the week's news. With Claire Fox, Matthew Taylor, Michael Portillo and Clifford Longley. Show more
Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with AL Kennedy, Julia Hartley-Brewer, Patrick Barlow and Sir Max Hastings. From June 2010. Show more
Five poets appearing at the Glastonbury Festival keep poetry diaries as they arrive on site, pitch their tents, check the weather and prepare for their big weekend of performance. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
After looking through some old photos, a Londoner suspects that he might find his real father in Paris. Read by Jack Davenport. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.