Journalist and TV presenter Jon Snow joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs. Show more

A welcome visit to the Central Theatre in Chatham for regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden plus Rob Brydon on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

Sheila Dillon investigates some of the food stories behind Ireland's economic collapse and asks what role food will play in deciding the Republic's future?

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A look at events around the world.

4 Extra Debut. Robin Ince explores the legacy of Schrodinger's Cat, the paradox of quantum physics, and discovers its influence on science and popular culture. Show more

Following December's Arctic spell, it is time to face the garden and its surviving plants. Eric Robson and the panel answer questions that listeners have sent via post and email. Show more

Ian Marchant meets five 'completists', each of them driven by the need to tick off having an entire collection. Show more

Sergeant Cuff begins his investigation into the missing diamond, with Betteridge the butler acting as his sidekick. Show more

Mariella Frostrup talks to writer Sebastian Faulks about his new television series Faulks on Fiction; and novelist Michael Arditti on his latest book, a love story set in Lourdes. Show more

Roger McGough introduces requests for TS Eliot's groundbreaking modernist poem The Waste Land. The programme draws upon recordings by Eliot himself, Ted Hughes and Lia Williams. Show more

With banks chasing profits and affordable mortgages harder to find, Michael Robinson asks what impact the new housing freeze will have on Britain's economy. Show more

Gerry Northam profiles Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, co-chair of the Conservative party and the first Muslim government cabinet minister. Show more

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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Ernie Rea makes his selection from the week's radio. Show more

Helen makes an announcement and there's an awkward encounter for Kenton. Show more

President Ronald Reagan would be 100 years old next week. His son Ron talks about growing up in the shadow of the actor, turned governor, turned President of the United States. Show more

Series of quirky short stories by Ali Smith. A middle-aged woman returns home one day to find her 14-year-old self sitting in her lounge. Read by Siobhan Redmond. Show more

Angry listeners take Archers editor to task and Radio 4 controller unveils her new plans for the network. Show more

Matthew Bannister on Peace Corps founder Sargent Shriver, Docklands Development leader Reg Ward, photographer Penny Tweedie and fitness king Jack Lalanne. Show more

Paul Lewis and guests on the future for high street financial advice; the costs of the government's solar panel scheme; and how borrowers are to face tougher lending criteria. Show more

Sandi Toksvig presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Womankind Worldwide. Show more

Moral philosopher Prof Onora O'Neill's 2002 Reith Lectures on trust were praised for their depth and clarity. Eight years on, Edward Stourton hears her latest reflections. Show more

Preview of the week's political agenda at Westminster with MPs, experts and commentators. Discussion of the issues politicians are grappling with in the corridors of power.

Zoe Williams takes a wry look at how the broadsheets and red tops have treated the week's news. Show more

Francine Stock talks to actors Donald Sutherland and Paul Giamatti. Show more

The classicist and Anglican minister Teresa Morgan looks at the 'slightly boring bit' that's found in the middle of lives viewed in the usual linear way. Show more

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Is there a conflict between liberty and equality? The philosopher Ronald Dworkin provides a solution to the age old problem. Also, how to get ahead in politics. Show more

The bells of St Lawrence Jewry, London. Show more

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BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.