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Jake Wallis Simons describes how an ancient row within Tibetan Buddhism is causing a modern schism, and why it led him to give up Buddhism for good. Show more

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Peter King explores openness - does it play a role in enabling us to empathise, to love and to be fully human? Show more

Shropshire's wetlands are home to a large waterside spider. Paul Evans joins John Hughes on a wetland safari to see this beautiful arachnid. Show more

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Jane Little with the religious and ethical news of the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories familiar and unfamiliar. Show more

Justin Webb, whose own son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes three years ago, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Show more

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From St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow, where the Provost the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth explores this description of the early Christian community from 1 Peter. Show more

David Attenborough explores how cuckoos get their eggs into the nests of other species. It is one of the iconic brood parasites. From 2011. Show more

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Clarrie is determined to get an answer and Jamie's private life becomes public knowledge. Show more

Singer Debbie Harry, whose group Blondie sold more than thirty million albums, joins Kirsty Young to choose her Desert Island Discs. Show more

Paul Merton, Graham Norton, Jenny Eclair, Josie Lawrence and Nicholas Parsons find out who has the gift of the gab. From May 2011. Show more

Sheila Dillon reveals the secrets behind some of the world's great vinegars. She hears from producers of Italian balsamic in Modena and fruit vinegar makers in the UK. Show more

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The latest national and international news, with an in-depth look at events around the world. Listeners can comment via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #theworldthisweekend.

Peter Lewis tells the story of the object he added to the BBC History of the World website, a sweetheart's portrait painted for his Uncle Bryn at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Show more

Eric Robson and the team are in Clapham Village Hall, near Lancaster. In addition, Christine Walkden visits Emma Morris in her Shrewsbury garden. Show more

Hardeep spins round at over 600 miles per hour, visits Arkwright's revolutionary spinning machine, and hears Christopher Martin Jenkins recall Shane Warne's test match debut. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Classic children's detective tale. Country boy Emil Tischbein enlists the aid of hundreds of Berlin street children to help him catch a thief. With Joshua Swinney. Show more

Mariella Frostrup talks to Frederick Forsyth, 40 years after he wrote his ground-breaking novel, The Day of the Jackal. Show more

Roger McGough presents a selection of requests, including readings by Robin Robertson, Alison McKenna, Peter Marinker and Jonjo O'Neill. Show more

Big banks and private equity are financing an explosion in financial services aimed at some of the world's poorest people. Will loans and other credit help the poor, or hurt them? Show more

In the week that Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned as head of the IMF, Lionel Shriver creates a 15-minute drama from scratch, imagining the reaction of a Brussels-based bureaucrat. Show more

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Liz Barclay makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio. Show more

Elizabeth refuses to be placated and Neil is feeling his age. Show more

As President Obama's visit to Ireland gets underway, Americana examines the impact of Irish culture on the USA and the strength of Irish American communities across the nation. Show more

By Jojo Moyes. Alice Herring seems like a perfect witness, but all is not as it seems in this comedy of robberies, romance and cubic zirconia. Read by Siobhan Redmond. Show more

Roger Bolton presents the forum for radio listeners' criticisms, queries and concerns. Angry listeners vent concerns over re-vamped Radio 4 Extra. Is Book at Bedtime too sordid? Show more

Matthew Bannister on former Irish Prime Minister Garret FitzGerald, playwright Pam Gems, founder of the Donkey Sanctuary Elisabeth Svendsen, and Argentinian writer Ernesto Sabato. Show more

Paul Lewis with the latest personal finance news. Show more

Justin Webb, whose own son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes three years ago, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Show more

Patents and copyright have recently been stirring up a lot of strife. Peter Day finds out why copyright is such a contentious issue in the Internet Age. Show more

Preview of the week's politics with politicians, pundits and experts. Show more

John Kampfner analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories in Westminster and beyond. Show more

With Francine Stock. News from Cannes; a restored 20s classic set in Antarctica, Herbert Ponting's The Great White Silence; and a look at Isadora starring Vanessa Redgrave. Show more

Peter King explores openness - does it play a role in enabling us to empathise, to love and to be fully human? Show more

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Will the city remain viable despite overcrowding, pollution, resource vulnerability and the increasing gulf between rich and poor? Also, new research on cemetery taboos. Show more

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