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Prayer and reflection with the Rev George Pitcher. Show more

With Charlotte Smith. The RSPB want some agricultural pesticides made illegal to protect birds of prey. Show more

Alicia McCarthy with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.

Crossbench peer and social entrepreneur Lord Victor Adebowale is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. Show more

Presented by Jenni Murray. Karyn McCluskey on fighting Scottish gangs; the changing role of the bedroom; poet Rachael Boast; and the function of memory with Katharine Whitehorn. Show more

Lady Shonagon and Yukinari have finally found the Emperor, but he is in the hands of the bandit king. Yukinari knows Inokichi of old, and this meeting has been a long time coming. Show more

London-based journalist Alessandro Poggi explores why Italy is losing its young professionals, driven out by a stagnant domestic economy, patronage and nepotism. Show more

Life and recipes from cookery writer Damien Trench's kitchen diary. Written by and stars Miles Jupp. From November 2011. Show more

Taxi drivers ordered to pay for CCTV cameras in their cabs; the scenic rail company that's gone bust; restoring Cotswold canals; and online retailer Amazon expands into publishing. Show more

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Can local radio thrive despite the cuts? And what does the new Radio 4 schedule hold? Presented by Roger Bolton. Show more

Roy receives a job offer. Meanwhile David and Ruth ponder the future. Show more

The ladies solve the case of the murdered cattle. Mma Makutsi is feeling anxious about her upcoming wedding to Phuti Radiphuti and an old friend comes to the rescue. Show more

Eric Robson and the panel answer the questions listeners have sent in by post and email. BBC Gardeners' World Magazine's Kate Bradbury advises on protecting ponds in winter. Show more

Photographer Mike Goldwater won a world press award for his picture of a young Hutu girl, taken in the build up to the Rwandan genocide. We hear his recordings 17 years on. Show more

Matthew Bannister on Pakistan's political matriarch Nusrat Bhutto, broadcaster Sir Jimmy Savile, watchmaker George Daniels, and 105-year-old Norrie Woodhall, who knew Thomas Hardy. Show more

Francine Stock talks to three directors. With John Landis on his passion for movie monsters, Miranda July on her film The Future, and Philip Seymour Hoffman on Jack Goes Boating. Show more

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A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.

Jennifer receives a frosty welcome, while Alan offers support. Show more

With Kirsty Lang, including an interview with the band REM, the verdict on the London 2012 Olympic posters, revealed today, and why the TV schedules still focus on the super-rich. Show more

Lady Shonagon and Yukinari have finally found the Emperor, but he is in the hands of the bandit king. Yukinari knows Inokichi of old, and this meeting has been a long time coming. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby presents a live panel discussion of news and politics from Ely, in Cambridgeshire, with Justine Greening, Mary Creagh, Richard Horton and James Delingpole. Show more

Mary Beard reflects on the uncanny similarities between the life - and death - of Colonel Gaddafi and the tyrants of ancient Rome. Show more

The powerful story of the search for an answer by the parents of 18-year-old Cheryl James, found shot dead at Deepcut barracks in November 1995. Show more

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With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis.

Ruth recalls the dark days after Dora's death and how she tried to make amends. Readers include Sara Kestelman and Samuel West. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Harriett Gilbert, Stephanie Flanders and Roisin McAuley on John Kenneth Galbraith, Patricia Ferguson and Ngaio Marsh. From 2011. Show more

Mark D'Arcy with the news from Westminster. Show more

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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit came out in 1985 when the author was only 25. Jeanette Winterson concludes her memoir. Show more

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