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The bells of St Stephen in Brannel, Cornwall.

Edward Stourton profiles Oscar-winning actress and political activist Vanessa Redgrave, currently in the news for supporting travellers facing eviction from a site in Basildon. Show more

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Mark Tully explores the importance of adventure in our lives and asks what are the rewards and the dangers of having an adventurous spirit. Show more

Moira Hickey looks at the work of the gamekeepers at Dunmaglass Estate near Inverness, which offers deer stalking, grouse shooting and pheasant shooting to its visitors. Show more

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

Christopher Eccleston presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Chance UK. Show more

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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.

A mass from the church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge, marking the introduction this year of the new English translation of the Roman Missal. Show more

John Gray argues that one side-effect of the financial crisis is an increasing number of people believing Karl Marx was right, that capitalism destroys the bourgeoisie. Show more

With Paddy O'Connell. News and conversation about the big stories of the week.

Peggy has a proposition and there's a nightmare in store for Nic. Show more

Sue MacGregor reunites five people involved in the campaign to ban hunting and the powerful countryside lobby that mobilised to oppose it. Show more

Hosted by Nicholas Parsons from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. With Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Shappi Khorsandi and first-timer Russell Kane. Show more

Hardep Singh Kohli makes his selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio. Show more

Brenda has a brainwave, and someone's missing from Home Farm. Show more

A special show on one of America's most troubled cities, Detroit. Americana talks with the city's District Attorney about the rocketing homicide rates. Show more

Elliot Levey reads Vasily Grossman's front line despatches from the battle of Stalingrad. In the war of the rats, snipers like Anatoly Chekhov reigned. Show more

Euro debt odyssey; alternative medicine and the placebo effect; and 70 years of social surveys. Show more

Matthew Bannister on SAS hero John McAleese, comic playwright NF Simpson, activist Stetson Kennedy, climber George Band and Delta bluesman David Honeyboy Edwards. Show more

Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. Show more

Christopher Eccleston presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Chance UK. Show more

Peter Day travels to a gathering of Nobel Prize-winning economists on a Bavarian island to find out their ideas about how we get through the ongoing economic mess we are in. Show more

Carolyn Quinn talks to Andrew Porter, political editor of the Daily Telegraph, about the week ahead in Westminster and tensions within the coalition following the summer recess. Show more

Hugo Rifkind of The Times analyses how the broadsheets and redtops are covering the biggest stories.

Francine Stock talks to the screenwriter Moira Buffini about her version of Jane Eyre and hears about the Greek film inspired by Sir David Attenborough. Show more

Mark Tully explores the importance of adventure in our lives and asks what are the rewards and the dangers of having an adventurous spirit. Show more

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How are our homes changing? In a special series Laurie Taylor and sociologists visit listeners' homes to explore private life. This edition is on the single person household. Show more

The bells of St Stephen in Brannel, Cornwall.

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