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Prayer and reflection with the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth. Show more

Charlotte Smith visits the Upton Estate on the Warwickshire-Oxfordshire border which has planted what could be one of the biggest bird feeding tables in the country. Show more

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Morning news and current affairs presented by James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. With BBC editors' predictions for 2012 and debates on England managers and the Big Society. Show more

The technology of writing, and how making signs on clay, wood or parchment enabled the development of human culture. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Film director Alan Parker retraces his London paper round and assesses its influence on his films. With Bob Kingdom. From September 2011. Show more

We catch up with some of the female entrepreneurs we've spoken to over the last months to see how they've tackled the challenges they face. Show more

Roland and Maud risk future, friendship and reputation as they find themselves on a ferry bound for Brittany. Stars Jemma Redgrave. Show more

Alan is in the realm of love and loss. He connects with a single parent, snowbound in Nova Scotia, and hears stories of thwarted love online. Show more

The young aspiring politicians attempt to get the recognition and publicity they deserve. Stars Tom Basden. From June 2011. Show more

As we enter the Olympic year, what is our attitude towards sport? Are we active participants or simply keen observers? And how do our lifestyles today affect our involvement? Show more

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Shaun Ley presents national and international news. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.

On the eve of his 70th birthday, BBC Radio 4 pays tribute to one of the world's most famous living scientists, Prof Stephen Hawking. Show more

It's Will and Nic's big day, and Ian is feeling anxious. Show more

Comedy by Alan Stafford exploring the bizarre world of musical humorist Gerard Hoffnung as he organises the first full-scale humorous symphonic concert at the Royal Festival Hall. Show more

Nationwide general knowledge quiz chaired by Russell Davies. Competitors from East Lothian, West Yorkshire, Merseyside and Nottinghamshire battle it out. Show more

Tim Hayward chairs the New Year's Food Quiz from the Abergavenny Food Festival, with panellists Chris Neill, Richard Johnson, Gizzi Erskine and Thomas Blythe. Show more

Mark Hodkinson goes in search of the truth about one of the most influential and enigmatic of graphic designers, Barney Bubbles, who changed the way record sleeves looked. Show more

Ernie Rea and his guests get to the heart of what the Qur'an actually says about the veil and, more importantly, how that has been interpreted. Show more

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Bruce Forsyth tirelessly defends his Saturday teatime TV dominance in Dr Bruce, a 15-minute musical delicacy with music by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Show more

David Mitchell invites Mark Watson, Phill Jupitus, Ed Byrne and Henning Wehn to hide truths in lies. From January 2012. Show more

Henry celebrates his first birthday, and it's a day of memories for Elizabeth. Show more

John Wilson talks to musicians including Kate Bush, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, Pink Floyd's Nick Mason and Ray Davies, as they return to their archives and past recordings. Show more

Roland and Maud risk future, friendship and reputation as they find themselves on a ferry bound for Brittany. Stars Jemma Redgrave. Show more

The Rt Rev James Jones visits Liverpool, High Down and Forest Bank prisons, witnesses the 'processing' of inmates, measures a cell and talks to prisoners about why they are there. Show more

Karen Bowerman retraces the route of Antarctic explorer Frank Wild, Shackleton's second-in-command, as Wild's ashes are taken to South Georgia for burial next to Shackleton. Show more

Adam Rutherford reveals which four listeners will have their ideas turned into experiments in So You Want to Be a Scientist? Show more

The technology of writing, and how making signs on clay, wood or parchment enabled the development of human culture. Show more

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David Eades presents national and international news and analysis.

4 Extra Debut. A tale of tempestuous affairs, spiralling debts, Parisian temptations and vain appeals of the virtuous. Read by Alex Jennings. Show more

But I've Got a Degree! Michael Rosen discusses the letters we put before and after our names. Are you a BA, MA, Dr or Dame - or 'just a plain Mister'? And does it matter? Show more

Al Pacino played the part of Herod on stage in Oscar Wilde's Salome. In conversation with Mark Rickards, he describes how this inspired his drama documentary on the play. Show more

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Noo Saro-Wiwa, daughter of executed activist Ken, returns to Nigeria to rediscover and come to terms with her father's country. Her journey begins in the teeming city of Lagos. Show more

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