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Linda Woodhead, director of the Religion and Society Research Programme, draws on the latest research to explore the erosion of traditional communities for new social groups. Show more

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Mark Tully considers the eternal human conflict between our reason and our desires and asks how we might achieve the right balance between the two. Show more

Charlotte Smith visits the upland research farm in Wales which is due to be sold after 80 years of service. Show more

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Third in Lent series of services on the theme of 'Freedom Through Action,' live from Eglwys Dewi Sant Church in Cardiff, led by Rev Dr Trystan Owain Hughes. Show more

Prof David Cannadine reflects on the enduring resonance of the important speeches which Winston Churchill delivered in colleges and universities in the United States. Show more

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American comedian Jackie Mason is the latest castaway interviewed by Kirsty Young. Show more

Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Julian Clary and Charles Collingwood to talk without hesitation, repetition or deviation for 60 seconds. From March 2012.

Richard Johnson reports from Japan on the impact of the Fukushima disaster on food. How has the threat of contamination changed attitudes to the nation's prized food culture? Show more

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Shaun Ley presents the latest national and international news, including an in-depth look at events around the world. Email: wato@bbc.co.uk; twitter: #theworldthisweekend.

What does the Japanese response to last year's tsunami and nuclear meltdown tell us about modern Japan? Anthropologist Tom Gill meets people affected by the two disasters.

Eric Robson, Chris Beardshaw, Pippa Greenwood and Bob Flowerdew are guests of Wolverhampton Horticultural Society. Plus part one in the Practical March series. Show more

Linda Woodhead, director of the Religion and Society Research Programme, draws on the latest research to explore the erosion of traditional communities for new social groups. Show more

4 Extra Debut. The story of a Jewish family forced to flee from Germany in 1933 - told from the perspective of a nine-year-old. Stars Lauren Mote. Show more

Mariella Frostrup talks to Marina Lewycka about her latest book, Various Pets Alive and Dead, a wry look at modern values. Show more

A year after the tsunami devastated places celebrated by the poet Basho in his 1689 classic The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Stephen Henry Gill follows in the poet's footsteps. Show more

In the last two months, three fathers have killed their partners, children and themselves. Jane Deith investigates why they decided to take such drastic action. Show more

Chris Bowlby profiles the French Socialist Party presidential candidate Francois Hollande. Show more

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Radio 4's weekly pick of the best programmes on this and other BBC networks. Hardeep Singh Kholi makes his selection from the past seven days. Show more

Pat blames herself. Meanwhile Alice has her nose to the grindstone. Show more

The award-winning American essayist on buying a holiday home and struggling with genders when learning French. From July 2011. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Jenny Coverack's adaptation of Kathleen Scott's autobiography and journals - the widow of explorer Captain Scott. From March 2012. Show more

Do graphic news reports need a warning? And do we still need Sally Traffic? Presented by Roger Bolton. Show more

John Wilson on the politician Norman St John Stevas, D-Day hero Buck Compton, war artist Leonard Rosoman and Disney film songwriter Robert Sherman. Show more

Insurance, ISAs, PPI and breakdown cover - the latest news from the world of personal finance, presented by Paul Lewis. Show more

Kay Mellor presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Straight Talking Peer Education. Show more

Why Labour thinkers believe German society should be the model for Britain's centre left. Matthew Taylor, a former policy adviser to Tony Blair, presents.

Preview of the week's political agenda at Westminster with MPs, experts and commentators. Discussion of the issues politicians are grappling with in the corridors of power. Show more

Hugo Rifkind of the Times analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories in Westminster and beyond. Show more

Actor John Cusack talks to Francine Stock about playing Edgar Allan Poe and his concerns for free speech in America, and Juliet Stevenson discusses working with Peter Greenaway. Show more

Mark Tully considers the eternal human conflict between our reason and our desires and asks how we might achieve the right balance between the two. Show more

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Laurie Taylor explores why some nations achieve prosperity but others fail. Also, 'ruffians' versus 'gentlemen' - the origins and meaning of boxing styles in the US and UK. Show more

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