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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Bert Tosh.

Anna Hill hears ways to combat campylobacter, the bacteria in raw chicken that causes 700,000 cases of food poisoning each year. Show more

Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster, including a last-minute attempt to block the NHS Bill, more anger over metal thefts and MPs backing a new crackdown on stalkers. Show more

Jim Al-Khalili talks to CERN physicist Tejinder Virdee about the search for the elusive Higgs boson, or 'God particle', at the Large Hadron Collider. Show more

Samira Ahmed talks to Konstanty Gebert, one of Poland's best-known and most respected journalists, about his underground work during Poland's communist dictatorship. Show more

Claudia Roden on Spanish food, plus women's rugby, food and nutrition in old age, meeting the child you gave up for adoption, and child benefit. Presented by Jane Garvey. Show more

DCI Sue Craven believes a dog attack on a body and a 'drugs busy' pet shop are the key to a bigger crime. Stars Maxine Peake. Show more

Kevin Fong talks to space scientists and historians to find out if Scott's Antarctic exploits provide a road map for future human exploration of the Moon and the planet Mars. Show more

Prof Robert Winston investigates the theory that Tchaikovsky's music reveals a man who was psychologically damaged by the conflict between his nature and society's expectations. Show more

Presented by Julian Worricker. Should more be done to bring down the number of pupils who are expelled from school? Show more

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Today Peter White's bete noire, as a blind person, is holidays. Peter and Simon Calder spend the Isle of Wight ferry ride exploring the best type of holiday for Peter. Show more

Josh wants to get things straight and Emma looks to the future. Show more

By Alex Bulmer. A sound-driven mystery about memory loss and trust. Kit knows something isn't quite right, as she struggles to regain her identity after an accident. Show more

A 71-year-old French surgeon on performing 89 operations in 12 days in the horror of Homs, and a young Afghani woman reacts to the recent murders in Kandahar. Show more

New diseases are phenomenally hard to predict, track and treat. Tom Heap asks where the next pandemic will come from and how it will be tackled. Show more

Michael Rosen and guests celebrate nonsense at an event recorded at Radio 4's More Than Words Festival in Bristol. Michael's guests include the children's writer Philip Ardagh. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Grace Dent, Frances Barber and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Nancy Mitford, Khaled Hosseini and Margaret Atwood. From 2012. Show more

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Liza Minnelli? A Spanish Elvis? Arthur opts to perform himself at his friend's Spanish bar. Stars Steve Delaney. From March 2012. Show more

Brian is in urgent need of advice. Meanwhile Christine is feeling suspicious. Show more

John Wilson reviews the film The Hunger Games, based on the best-selling book by Suzanne Collins; plus, Paul Weller and Michael Horovitz discuss beat poetry. Show more

Dramatic poem by Owen Sheers about a soldier struggling to return home. Commissioned for the Radio 4 More Than Words Festival in Bristol and set and recorded there. Show more

The government says it is keen to help develop British business, so why do so many public sector contracts end up going to companies outside the UK? With Gerry Northam. Show more

Peter talks to Paralympian Jessica Luke about her sport goalball and the decision to include it into the 2012 games and we report on the lack of audio described films online. Show more

Dr Mark Porter demystifies discusses polycystic ovary syndrome, the health benefits of garlic, the PSA test for prostate cancer, and concerns over patients' dignity.

Jim Al-Khalili talks to CERN physicist Tejinder Virdee about the search for the elusive Higgs boson, or 'God particle', at the Large Hadron Collider. Show more

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The government's Health Bill is due finally to reach the statute book tonight, a series of car bombs rock Iraq, and what do the UK's farmers want from tomorrow's budget? Show more

Stewart catches up with old friends, and a flashback recalls his childhood, when he first met Ellie Murston. Show more

Tony Blair has just resigned. At the BBC, he gets mistaken for his own lookalike. Stars Jon Culshaw and Fiona Allen. From March 2012. Show more

Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster. Sean reports on Her Majesty the Queen addressing MPs and peers and the latest arguments over NHS reforms. Show more

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Tim Winton's memoir describes his encounters with dolphins and whale sharks off the coast of Australia. Read by Stephen Dillane. Show more

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