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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Prayer and reflection with Leon Litvack. Show more
Susan Hulme with the latest news from Westminster and beyond, including a fresh row over Scottish independence, and arguments over the EU as the PM prepares for another summit. Show more
Commentary on the Second Test between Pakistan and England in Abu Dhabi with Jonathan Agnew, Henry Blofeld, Michael Vaughan, Geoff Boycott and Ramiz Raja. Show more
Pat waits on tenterhooks. Meanwhile the divisions widen at Home Farm. Show more
An entrepreneur moves a pickled whale from the Cape of Good Hope round Southern Africa to make a fortune. Stars Vincent Ebrahim. Show more
Peter Gibbs chairs a postbag programme from the GQT potting shed in Sparsholt College. Bob Flowerdew, Matthew Biggs and Pippa Greenwood answer listeners' letters. Show more
By Jane Flett. A remorseful woman hopes she can remake her broken relationship through the act of baking bread. Read by Rosalind Sydney. Show more
Last Word
Nicol Williamson, Gustav Leonhardt, Manuel Fraga and Hugh Carless
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Matthew Bannister on actor Nicol Williamson, early music pioneer Gustav Leonhardt, Spanish politician Manuel Fraga and diplomat Hugh Carless. Show more
The decision to end Radio 4's Home Planet has dismayed many listeners. This week two listeners meet commissioning editor Mohit Bakaya to ask what on earth is going on. Show more
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Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. Jeremy Hardy, Rebecca Front, Hugo Rifkind and Steve Punt debate the big stories of the week. Show more
Adam tries to set the record straight, and Joe plans a research trip. Show more
Front Row
Alice Coote; Turner in Margate; Lana del Rey
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
John Wilson reviews Turner and the Elements, a new exhibition at the Turner Contemporary and talks to mezzo-soprano Alice Coote, famous for taking on the 'trouser roles' in opera. Show more
Kitty is horrified over the news about Walter. She returns to Hong Kong and meets someone from her past. Stars Sarah Smart. Show more
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Lichfield Cathedral with Danny Finkelstein, Anna Soubry, Sunder Katwala and David Blunkett. Show more
The historian Lisa Jardine reflects on the week's events. Show more
4 Extra Debut. The dirty tricks campaign that nearly destroyed a movie and its creator in the run-up to the 1941 Oscars. Stars Jeff Harding. Show more
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National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. Show more
Christmas 1918. Riley scours London for his traumatised comrade Peter Locke. He finds him in a bar and takes him to Locke Hill. By coincidence, Nadine is spending Christmas there. Show more
Pacifist Vera Brittain - witness to the toll of the First World War - recalled by daughter Baroness Shirley Williams. From 2012. Show more
Mark D'Arcy with the day's top news stories from Westminster. Peers debate a bill to protect children and vulnerable adults from serious harm. Show more
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Marcus Berkmann muses on life, death and all the messy stuff in between in his candid despatches from the frontline of male midlife. Read by Toby Longworth. Show more
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