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Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Michael Piret. Show more
The new government wants your help in shaping its new environment policy to preserve nature and manage biodiversity. Show more
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Morning news and current affairs with Sarah Montague and Evan Davis, featuring analysis of the military data leak and reaction to guilty verdict against Khmer Rouge prison chief. Show more
Neurobiologist Professor Colin Blakemore was brought up in war-devastated Coventry. An only child, he attended the local grammar school, where he was more artist than scientist. Show more
Alan meets Chris Spedding, a guitarist who has played with many of the biggest names in rock but who, besides top 10 hit, has nearly always managed to avoid the limelight himself. Show more
Presented by Bidisha. Are women getting the most from new phone technology? How to be thrifty with the 'green granny' Barbara Walmsley. Orange prize winner Barbara Kingsolver. Show more
Steve Gough's drama based on the diaries of Rachel Minshall, a spirited and politically-active octogenarian living alone in the Welsh Valleys during the 1980s. Show more
Sarfraz Manzoor follows a year in the life of six graduates from Leeds University and Leeds Metropolitan University as they try to secure their first job. Show more
Poorly Pip faces rural poverty and a mystery nurse. Mark Evans's Dickensian spoof stars Anthony Head. From August 2008. Show more
Drivers in Oxfordshire could soon be getting used to a new landscape - one without speed cameras. We speak to a local councillor and a road safety expert. Show more
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National and international news with Martha Kearney.
Nigel Rees chairs the quotations quiz with Dr Phil Hammond, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Miles Jupp and Robert Lacey. From July 2010.
Josh and Jamie devise a lucrative enterprise, and there are mysterious goings-on at the village fete. Show more
Dramatisation by John Retallack of Henning Mankell's tale of an imaginative boy, Joel, living with his seaman father in an icy, landlocked northern Swedish town. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Exclusive and lesser known recordings of comic legend Peter Sellers revealing his lighter side. With Glenn Mitchell. From July 2010. Show more
Britain on the Bottle: Alcohol and the State
Episode 6: Habitual Drunkards and the Asylum
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Mark Whitaker examines the late 19th-century panic over habitual drunkards and the building of special asylums in which to rehabilitate them. From July 2010. Show more
The berry season is upon us, and with blueberries now more popular than raspberries, Sheila Dillon examines the changing fortunes of different berries. What's in and what's out? Show more
Ernie Rea and guests discuss whether or not there is a ban on listening and playing music in Islam. Show more
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Jack Dee chairs the perennial antidote to panel games. Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined by David Mitchell at the Cambridge Corn Exchange. Show more
Shula faces a baptism of fire at the community shop and Brenda makes a tactical error. Show more
Front Row
Oliver Stone reviewed; crime writer RJ Ellory
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Mark Lawson has the verdict on Oliver Stone's new political documentary and interviews RJ Ellory, who has just won the Crime Novel of the Year award. Show more
Steve Gough's drama based on the diaries of Rachel Minshall, a spirited and politically-active octogenarian living alone in the Welsh Valleys during the 1980s. Show more
Julian O'Halloran tells the extraordinary and little-known story of how tens of thousands of Muslims volunteered to fight for Hitler in the Second World War. Show more
Maria Hinojosa hears from young Puerto Ricans and asks if the economic crisis will change their island's uneasy relationship with the US. Show more
Quentin Cooper on the latest security scanner, earworms, First World War forensics, Facebook profiles and the search for the 'God particle'. Show more
Neurobiologist Professor Colin Blakemore was brought up in war-devastated Coventry. An only child, he attended the local grammar school, where he was more artist than scientist. Show more
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News and analysis with Ritula Shah. A mass of leaked American military documents paint a grim picture of the Afghan conflict. The government proposes big police reforms. Show more
4 Extra Debut. It's 1968. The tale of four generations of Patel-Joneses, inspired by the author's Welsh-Gujurati background. Read by Indira Varma. Show more
Exploring the different ways in which deaf people communicate: sign language, lip reading and also speaking. Chris Ledgard presents the first in a new series. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
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4 Extra Debut. Jake is the first foreign reporter to be admitted to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Press Club and decides to cover organised crime. Jack Klaff reads. Show more
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