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Charlotte Smith hears claims farmland needs legal protection from development to safeguard UK food supplies. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss a masterpiece of 17th-century medicine and literature: Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy. Show more

Jenni Murray talks to Kate McCann about the ongoing search for her daughter, Rumer sings live, and how much is a girl's character formed by traditional notions of 'feminity'? Show more

A series of monologues adapted from interviews in which dementia sufferers recall their lives. Funny, sad, moving or angry, the mystery is human identity as much as its loss. Show more

Following the killing of Osama Bin Laden in Abbotabad, Owen Bennett-Jones investigates the ties between jihadi groups and Pakistani military and intelligence. Show more

Mark Rickards explores 'desert rap', a new form of music created by the Australian Aboriginal community. From 2011. Show more

Winifred Robinson meets Howard Schultz, the chief executive of the coffee chain Starbucks and finds out why snow brought Britain to a standstill last December. Show more

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Dubbed 'the real life Avatar' by James Cameron, the proposed Belo Monte Dam in Brazil is set to become the world's third largest hydro-electric project. Tim Hirsch presents. Show more

Brian and Jennifer do some research. Meanwhile Lynda offers the hand of friendship. Show more

Social worker Joanne has been suspended from her job and her name plastered over the tabloids, but she can't resist getting back involved in a controversial case. Show more

Helen Mark takes a ride on the new Welsh Highland Railway, leaving Caernarfon and taking in the stunning Snowdonian landscape, before arriving at its destination in Porthmadog. Show more

David Jason presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Home Start. Show more

Series of short stories by EM Forster. A chance encounter leads an unhappily married couple to find solace in forbidden ways. Read by Ruth Wilson. Show more

Amid pressure for change at the end of the 19th century, Martin Sixsmith shows Russian autocracy reasserting itself. Revolutionary activity goes underground but it doesn't go away. Show more

Mariella Frostrup talks to Booker winning author Anne Enright about her new novel, The Forgotten Waltz, a story of love and memory set in Dublin. Show more

Quentin Cooper looks into the science stories of the week and speaks to scientists who are making headlines. Show more

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With no headliner at The Mallard, newcomer Billy Bleach is asked to extend his stand-up set. With Simon Greenall. From May 2011. Show more

Roy has everything under control and Will piles on the pressure. Show more

Molly Dineen, Kevin Macdonald, Sue Bourne and Leo Regan discuss documentary-making on film, TV and the internet and Mark Lawson talks to choreographer Wayne McGregor. Show more

A series of monologues adapted from interviews in which dementia sufferers recall their lives. Funny, sad, moving or angry, the mystery is human identity as much as its loss. Show more

Simon Cox investigates how the conflicts in Libya and Tunisia have sparked an immigration row in Europe which could threaten the EU's fundamental principle of open borders. Show more

Does writing for business need to be pompous and jargon-ridden? Peter Day joins a group of enthusiasts determined to improve the way business language works. Show more

Ian Redmond, influential gorilla conservationist, reports from Congo on the plight of lowland gorillas and the work that is being done to protect them. Show more

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Alaa Al Aswany's 2002 novel provides glimpses of life in a modern Egyptian apartment building. The death of Abduh's son spells disaster and tragedy for love-struck Hatim. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Birmingham's ethnically diverse local radio station tries - but usually fails - to promote harmony. Stars Adil Ray and Felix Dexter. From May 2011. Show more

Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.

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Hollywood comes to the Valley as a wobbly figure with cameras attached falls from the skies into the long grasses. He's here to film the tribes of course. Show more

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