Presented by Jenni Murray. Including Sarah Phillips, whose tribute to her dying mother became an internet hit. Show more

Lynne Truss's comedy drama set on a rainy golf course in Wales. Cartographer Jaci Hughes appears to be about to fall victim to the Club's curse. Show more

Bahrain projects itself as an Arab state that is open, progressive and moving toward democracy. But Bill Law finds another Bahrain where dissent is suppressed and critics jailed. Show more

Lesley Garrett tells the story of the operatic comedienne whose turbulent lifestyle brought both success and failure. From 2010. Show more

Consumer affairs. Why the price of domestic heating oil has soared over the last few weeks, and can a good Christmas shop window display encourage shoppers to spend more? Show more

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Dominic Arkwright discusses admitting uncertainty with Dr Phil Hammond, professor Kathy Sykes and writer John Harris. From 2010. Show more

Fallon's feeling hopeful and Hayley is reassuring. Show more

Johnny Vegas pays tribute to Les Dawson in a comic flight of fancy, imagining how the BBC might have chosen Les to host gameshow, Blankety Blank. Show more

Countryside magazine. Richard Uridge joins Wildlife Crime Officers and local people on the trail of poachers in Cumbria. Show more

Ross Noble presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Riders for Health. To give call 0800 404 8144 [free from BT landlines] or visit the Radio 4 website. Show more

Julia is reminded of Gilbert White's 'bee boy' as she encounters another buzzing boy. Julia Blackburn reads her own story. Show more

Edward Stourton revisits the clash between activists Malcolm X and James Farmer the height of the Civil Rights movement in 1963. Show more

Mariella Frostrup talks to Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer about her collected short stories which span a 50-year career. Plus historian Tom Holland on the legacy of I, Claudius. Show more

2010 - year of disasters. Quentin Cooper asks how science helped, and how it learned new lessons. Show more

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Pip faces his nemesis for an epic Russian battle. Mark Evans' Victorian comic epic stars Tom Allen. From December 2010. Show more

Helen is overloaded and Elizabeth handles a domestic crisis. Show more

Mark Lawson looks at the work of pioneering video artist Nam June Paik, and David Walliams and Matt Lucas talk about their new TV series Come Fly with Me. Show more

Lynne Truss's comedy drama set on a rainy golf course in Wales. Cartographer Jaci Hughes appears to be about to fall victim to the Club's curse. Show more

How much will British taxpayers suffer from the economic fallout in Ireland? Morland Sanders hears from communities affected and reveals the extent of Irish bad debts in Britain. Show more

Europe is reeling from the troubles of dealing with one crisis after another. Is the Euro on the rocks? Peter Day asks the experts what is happening and why it matters. Show more

A special report about Sloths from the southern most tip of the Caribbean off the coast of Panama. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Daoism, a Chinese belief system encompassing both religion and philosophy. Show more

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Lord Darkness loses a teapot - and a high priest. Fantasy comedy starring Alistair McGowan and Sanjeev Bhaskar. From December 2010. Show more

Sean Curran reports on events at Westminster.

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Richard Cohen explores how many of the world's great artists have captured that gold disc in the sky. Read by Allan Corduner. Show more

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BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.

Commentary on the second day of the third Ashes Test from the WACA ground in Perth, with Jonathan Agnew, Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Jim Maxwell and Simon Hughes. Show more