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Prayer and reflection with Rabbi Dr Naftali Brawer. Show more
Conservationists in Scotland are introducing wild boar on to land to try to control invasive bracken. The fern can be detrimental to livestock, rare birds and plants. Show more
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Morning news and current affairs, with John Humphrys and Justin Webb, examining allegations surrounding Dr Liam Fox, plus is the UK becoming more civil? Show more
Start the Week
Empire with Jeremy Paxman and Richard Gott
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Andrew Marr discusses the British Empire with Jeremy Paxman, Richard Gott, Shuyun Sun and Marieme Jamme. Show more
Woman's Hour
Cliff Richard; postnatal depression; work-life balance
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Cliff Richard talks to Jane Garvey; what to do about postnatal depression; and how to maintain a work-life balance when running your own business. Show more
Ex-geography teacher Ralph meets his nemesis in the shape of the Dudley and District Fantasy Book Club. Show more
Alan Dein follows how last summer's London riots affected two shops in Hackney, and the recovery that took place. Show more
Dolores rashly plunges into an oral history project and reveals the yawning chasms dividing the Hoppers. Stars Ronnie Corbett and Liza Tarbuck. From August 2011. Show more
Why the correct answer is not always right in the UK Citizenship test and breaking new ground in how people with learning disabilities are represented on television. Show more
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With Shaun Ley. National and international news. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.
Tom Sutcliffe presents the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. Wales take on the North of England. Show more
Will and Nic have a heart-to-heart, and Robert's artistic efforts are misunderstood. Show more
1518. Strasbourg. Terrifying and mysterious plague strikes. Many dead. 2011. London. Is it happening again? Show more
For the last 200 years, Irish people have been forced to seek new lives outside their homeland. Writer Fintan O'Toole examines the legacy of migration for Ireland and the world. Show more
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Richard Johnson travels to Los Angeles, a city where many of the world's food trends begin. With the US economy in crisis, LA's 'food truck' scene is growing. Could it go global? Show more
Simon Cox returns with a new series of Radio 4's guide to the digital world. He finds out that there is more to our 'world without wires' than the coming of 4G. Show more
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John Lloyd and his curator Dave Gorman accept new museum exhibits from comedy writer Graham Linehan, marine biologist Helen Scales and advertising guru Rory Sutherland. Show more
Susan shares her concerns, while Emma is left with a dilemma. Show more
Front Row
Tacita Dean in Turbine Hall; robot film Real Steel
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With Mark Lawson. Turner Prize nominee Tacita Dean on her Tate Modern Turbine Hall commission, plus a review of Real Steel, a robot action sci-fi film starring Hugh Jackman. Show more
Ex-geography teacher Ralph meets his nemesis in the shape of the Dudley and District Fantasy Book Club. Show more
Prof Matthew Flinders argues against the drive to reduce the scope of politics and explores the factors that deter people from a political career. Show more
Owen Bennett-Jones looks at the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah, regarded by some in the West as terrorists and others in the Middle East as a resistance organisation. Show more
Quentin Cooper presents his weekly round-up of the latest science research and how it affects our lives. Show more
Start the Week
Empire with Jeremy Paxman and Richard Gott
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Andrew Marr discusses the British Empire with Jeremy Paxman, Richard Gott, Shuyun Sun and Marieme Jamme. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis. Show more
Three young boys meet on a passenger ship bound for London. For the 21 days they have the run of the decks where they observe and learn the baffling mysteries of the adult world. Show more
The cockney comedian completes his life story during the 2000s - settling down and building up his career. From June 2010. Show more
Sean Curran follows the day's drama at Westminster, as the Defence Secretary Liam Fox has to defend himself from allegations of allowing a friend too much access. Show more
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4 Extra Debut. Journalist Christopher Hitchens explores the morality of waterboarding, by being waterboarded himself. Read by Roger Allam. Show more
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