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With the Rev David Arnott.
As Government funded groups brace themselves for next week's budget cuts Charlotte Smith hears the RSPB's ideas to make the polluter pay for environmental projects. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the 18th-century German artistic movement known as Sturm und Drang, whose best-known exponents included Goethe and Schiller. Show more
Presented by Jenni Murray. Including Yvette Cooper, Labour's new Shadow Foreign Secretary, solicitor Gareth Peirce on miscarriages of justice and influential women cooks. Show more
Clara Glynn's dramatisation of Guy McCrone's novel. Following the disappearance of Wee Arthur, Phoebe ventures into the slums to try to find him. Show more
Correspondents in Chile, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Colombia and Kuala Lumpur share their thoughts on developments in their parts of the world with presenter Kate Adie. Show more
Poet and singer Twm Morys asks why artists have been so fascinated by the story of Faust, who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for ultimate knowledge. Show more
What the public think the Government should cut in the spending review, supporting the UK's carers and why the level of awareness of social tariffs has remained low. Show more
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Climate change litigation is already big news in the US and the number of environmental cases in our own courts could be about to increase. Tom Heap asks what the law can do. Show more
There's an embarrassing encounter at the school gates for Kathy and Will makes his feelings known. Show more
This Repulsive Woman by Christopher Reason. A woman tried and convicted of an offence under the Protection of Children Act 1978 is interviewed by a probation officer. Show more
Clare Balding walks with a group of women who have produced their own book of walks in the Peak District called 'Women's Ways'. Show more
Lysette Anthony presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Arthritis Research UK. Show more
Louise Doughty reads her new story 'Three Things I Remember' from the Cheltenham Literature Festival. Show more
Big Bang Day: Five Particles
Episode 4: The Neutrino
15 minutes
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Simon Singh examines the significance of subatomic particles. The neutrino is the most common particle in the universe, continuously passing through each of us in millions. Show more
In a special edition of the programme from the Cheltenham Literary Festival, Mariella Frostrup talks to Booker of Booker winner Salman Rushdie and to crime writer James Ellroy. Show more
Stem cell trials; human remains and archaeology; and a brief encounter with a comet chaser. Show more
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Richard Herring reclaims objects that we've grown to hate, starting with Hitler's toothbrush moustache. From October 2010. Show more
Kenton gives a helping hand and Peggy decides to branch out. Show more
Front Row
Marilyn Monroe remembered; Africa United
30 minutes
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With Kirsty Lang; Marilyn Monroe's hand-written notes; a report on the film Africa United; artist Christian Marclay's video The Clock; Michelle Paver's Arctic ghost story. Show more
A History of the World in 100 Objects
Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD)
Sudanese slit drum
14 minutes
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Neil MacGregor is looking at global power and economy in the 19th Century. Today he is with a drum from Sudan that Kitchener acquired for Queen Victoria. Show more
Is the internet encouraging vulnerable people to kill themselves? Several recent double suicides have been linked to chat rooms and websites. The Report investigates the evidence.
Evan Davis and guests discuss the exacting business of logistics. They also discuss customer service - how far should a company go in trying to satisfy its consumers? Show more
The number of cuckoo's being heard and sparrows being seen is going down year on year. What can the decline in British birds tell us about global extinction levels? Show more
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the 18th-century German artistic movement known as Sturm und Drang, whose best-known exponents included Goethe and Schiller. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. Show more
July 1964: Sunday afternoon and Winston Churchill's study is the scene of a delicate conversation. Read by Miriam Margolyes. Show more
Dr Phil Hammond asks three guests to play tracks of their choice. His guests are Mark Borkowski, Vicky Tuck, and Julian Baggini. Show more
Rachel Byrne with all the news from Westminster.
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A History of the World in 100 Objects
Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD)
Sudanese slit drum
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Neil MacGregor is looking at global power and economy in the 19th Century. Today he is with a drum from Sudan that Kitchener acquired for Queen Victoria. Show more
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