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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
With Philip Robinson.
The passing of summer and the coming of the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. iPM listeners weigh up the merits of autumn. Plus guest star Jonathan Dimbleby. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
The latest weather forecast.
Clare Balding walks with a group of people in Wiltshire who are keeping fit and active following their diagnosis of early onset dementia. Show more
More than 50 farming and environment bodies could be axed by the government according to a leak and the lobbying to save them has already started. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Morning news and current affairs with James Naughtie and Sarah Montague, with Lord Kinnock on Labour's leadership poll; the joy of Peanuts and what came before the Big Bang? Show more
Fi Glover is joined by historian Michael Wood, poet Aoife Mannix, and a woman who found 32 skeletons in her back garden. Musician Jean Michel Jarre shares his Inheritance Tracks. Show more
Excess Baggage
Hot-air balloons - Wildlife conservation
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John McCarthy meets Dani Maimone, a former balloon pilot in Kenya, and George McGavin and Kathy Wilden discuss the thrill of seeing animals in the wild. Show more
Steve Punt turns private investigator, re-opening his casebook of curious assignments. Punt probes the claim that the Nazis developed flying saucers. Show more
Beyond Westminster
What makes a good political leader?
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
As Labour's new supremo emerges, John Kampfner explores political leadership. What are the key qualities? Can they be taught? And are all our leaders becoming the same? Show more
Kate Adie introduces despatches from Yemen, Las Vegas, Venezuela, Turkey and Nigeria. Show more
Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. Show more
Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical news quiz. With Jeremy Hardy, Sue Perkins and Andy Hamilton. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from Manchester, with questions for the panel including Chris Huhne MP, Douglas Alexander MP, Will Straw and Amanda Platell. Show more
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's edition of Any Questions? Show more
After years in a psychiatric hospital and hostel, is a house share the right move for pensioner Walter? Stars Ian McKellen. Show more
Choral conductor David Willcocks and others reflect on the inspirational impact of Gabriel Fauré's Requiem. From September 2010. Show more
Presented by Jane Garvey. Elizabeth Gilbert on the true story behind Eat Pray Love, and music from supermodel turned songstress Karen Elson. Show more
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines.
Evan Davis and guests discuss whether the world economy can flourish even if the US does not. And sponsorship - how companies decide which events to back, and how much to spend. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Clive Anderson is joined by Goldie, Dominic Sandbrook, Matthew Wright and Robin Ince. Comedy from Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Russell Kane. Music from Belleruche and Agnes Obel. Show more
Eric Daniels, CEO of Lloyds, Britain's biggest bank. Shareholders are still angry after the takeover of HBOS, but he's now set to leave next year with a reported 13m pound pay off. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests comedian David Schneider, writer Bidisha and ICA director Ekow Eshun review the week's cultural highlights including John Simm as Hamlet in Sheffield. Show more
Brian Cox presents a tribute to the genius of Richard Feynman, regarded as the greatest physicist since Einstein and one of science's most inspirational characters. Show more
Innocent Denise is seduced by the notorious Octave Mouret and takes a job at his Paris department store. Stars Georgia King. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
As politicians and childcare gurus lock horns over how best to raise our children, Mariella Frostrup and her guests debate the dilemmas of modern parenting. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe chairs the cryptic general knowledge quiz. The North of England team of Michael Schmidt and Adele Geras take on Scotland's Alan Taylor and Michael Alexander. Show more
Roger McGough presents an autumn edition focussing on Louis MacNeice and including parts of his Autumn Journal. Paul Mundell is the reader. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
By Fran Landsman. 81-year-old Alice has taken her first risk, and it feels so good that she is going to take more. Read by Stephanie Cole at the 2008 Bath Literature Festival. Show more
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