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With Shaunaka Rishi Das, Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies.
38 people died working on British farms last year, a sharp rise on the previous year's figure. We ask how farming can be made safer. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the role played by women in Enlightenment science. Show more
Presented by Jane Garvey. The actress Lesley Manville on her latest film 'Another Year', and racial barriers to adoption - is it time they were removed? Show more
A dramatisation of Lionel Shriver's unflinching new novel which portrays the economic fall-out of illness. How much money is one life worth? Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio stars. Show more
Kate Adie presents stories from Naypyidaw, Beijing, Buenos Aires, Jayapura and Myslin. Show more
Singer-songwriter Ricky Ross explores the life of the Scottish comedian, actor and music hall star, Will Fyffe. From 2010. Show more
Consumer affairs with Winifred Robinson. A survey is claiming that many GPs have an investment in a private provider of NHS services in their local area. Show more
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Is it painful to economise? Debate with David Collins, Laurie Penny and Pauline Black. Presented by Dominic Arkwright. From 2010. Show more
Pat tries to take her mind off her worries and Lynda's panto casting reaches crisis point. Show more
Boniface and Me, by Gillian Plowman. A recently widowed woman begins to write to an African child. The correspondence soon extends to his whole family and the teacher at his school. Show more
Open Country
Pluckley: The Most Haunted Village in Britain
27 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Helen Mark is in Kent to find out about life in Pluckley, a village with a reputation for being the most haunted in Britain. What is the impact on village life? Show more
Fergus Walsh presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity LEPRA Health in Action. Show more
James Fleet reads Catch-13 by Andrew Taylor. Show more
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Escape to the Country
Episode 9: The Brotherhood of Ruralists, part 2
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
How John Seymour's 1976 Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency proved a huge hit with disaffected city dwellers keen on a rural life.
Mariella Frostrup talks to the historian Amanda Foreman about her new book, A World on Fire, which explores Britain's role in America's Civil War. And, Doctor Zhivago re-examined. Show more
Science stories. Including the giant dragonflies from the first forests, the electrical generator that changed the world, and is the International Space Station worth the cost? Show more
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Reclaiming Dolly the Sheep, Richard Herring asks why we hate the idea of cloning without understanding it. From November 2010. Show more
Lynda does some creative thinking and Jazzer tries a new experience. Show more
With Mark Lawson, including an interview with South African playwright Athol Fugard and a report on a new wave of innovative music videos. Show more
A dramatisation of Lionel Shriver's unflinching new novel which portrays the economic fall-out of illness. How much money is one life worth? Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio stars. Show more
Joshua Rozenberg looks at the issue of military justice and asks whether revelations about the misconduct of British soldiers in Iraq means the system needs further reform. Show more
Evan and guests examine how young upstart companies break into markets dominated by an incumbent. They also discuss company names and the obsession with changing them. Show more
Saving species reports from Norfolk and the island of Islay in Scotland in the company of Greenland white-front, Pink-Footed and Barnacle Geese. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the role played by women in Enlightenment science. Show more
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National and international news and analysis. Show more
Penny Downie and Elizabeth Tan read from Betsy Tobin's novel. Lili discovers the existence of Angie and her relationship with her brother Wen. Show more
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Sean Curran reports on events at Westminster.
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Philip Larkin works on his poem about 'An Arundel Tomb'. An intimate insight into the poet and the man read by Hugh Bonneville. Show more
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