Young Pip is betrayed and receives a spectral visitor. Mark Evans's Dickensian spoof. Stars Tom Allen. From November 2009. Show more
Blogger Ashley Morrison talks about the frustrations of living with a stammer and gives advice on how to improve fluency. Plus do web filters really protect your children online? Show more
Matthew Sweet transports listeners into cinemas around the world. In this programme, he is in the Yara cinema in the centre of Havana. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
National and international news.
Is Britain's healthcare falling behind that of our European neighbours, as the Government suggests? Show more
It's an exhausting day for the Brookfield residents. Meanwhile Lilian seeks some business advice.
Playwright Peter Jukes' drama looks at the impact on a divorcing couple of recent changes to British prenuptial law. With the change, will he or she come off better? Show more
Chris Beardshaw, Bunny Guinness and Matthew Biggs join call-centre staff in Warrington, Cheshire for a horticultural Q&A. Eric Robson is the chairman. Show more
Author and film critic David Thomson explores how cinema has changed him - and us: a meditation on time and memory. From 2011. Show more
Matthew Bannister on Laotian General Vang Pao, footballer Nat Lofthouse, literary critic John Gross, actress Susannah York and stock car racing champion Stu Smith. Show more
Francine Stock tries to set up her own pop-up cinema, enlisting the help of Ken Loach along the way. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Sandi Toksvig presents the ever-popular topical panel show. Guests this week are Jeremy Hardy, Sue Perkins, Hugo Rifkind and Mark Steel. Rory Morrison reads the news. Show more
Usha tries to be supportive and it's a tense night for Tom. Show more
Front Row
Scissor Sisters on Mapplethorpe, Jeremy Dyson on Dahl
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With Kirsty Lang, including Jeremy Dyson on staging Roald Dahl's short stories for adults and the Scissor Sisters on photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. (Including Brief Encounters). Show more
Major changes occur in the lives of all three women taking part in the contraceptive pill trial. Show more
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the live debate from Poole Grammar School with questions for the panel including Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. Show more
Alain de Botton gives a philosopher's take on our ecological dilemmas. He argues that fear of environmental destruction has changed for ever our relationship with nature. Show more
The Wild Ass's Skin Reloaded. Modern re-imagining of Balzac. Investment banker Rupert has been sacked. As he waits to throw himself into the Thames, he is given a magic skin. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
National and international news and analysis. Show more
After a startling discovery, an announcement is made. Read by the author. Show more
Physicist Jim al-Khalili nominates Gertrude Bell who shaped modern-day Iraq. With Matthew Parris and Janet Wallach. From January 2011. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Austere times ahead, after Jane Shilling's working life as a freelance journalist receives a blow. Concluded by Samantha Bond. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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