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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Bert Tosh.
Anna Hill hears about Wales's decision to vaccinate badgers instead of cull them, in attempts to battle bovine TB. Show more
Susan Hulme with the latest news from Westminster and beyond. The Health and Social Care Bill comes before the Commons for the last time. Show more
Libby Purves is joined by Timothy and Shane Spall, theatre director Barrie Rutter, biologist Juliane Koepcke, who survived a plane crash when she was 17, and writer Grant Gordon. Show more
Presented by Jenni Murray. Singer Katy B plays live; a celebration of women in science; the play that is now a novel, and the kids curating an exhibition about their lives. Show more
The threat of A19, enforced retirement, distracts DSI Price as a 17-year-old dies from legal drug use. Stars Maxine Peake. Show more
North and South: Across the Great Divide
Episode 1: Cleethorpes to Coventry
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4 Extra Debut. Ian Marchant travels along England's North/South divide to see if it is shifting. From March 2012. Show more
Colin is all at sea as the foundations of Jimmy's dream take shape on the beach. Stars Johnny Vegas, Kevin Eldon and Ronni Ancona. From June 2011. Show more
Special programme with Martha Kearney of The World at One, and Winifred Robinson of You and Yours. Live coverage of the Chancellor's Budget speech with analysis and reaction. Show more
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Brian is in urgent need of advice. Meanwhile Christine is feeling suspicious. Show more
An invitation turns up for 'Mr Hedges' to read a poem at a Christmas Eve charity do. Both Jack and Warwick begin to practice, using the heavily pregnant Zofia as a sounding board. Show more
Financial phone-in.
Dr Mark Porter demystifies discusses polycystic ovary syndrome, the health benefits of garlic, the PSA test for prostate cancer, and concerns over patients' dignity.
Laurie Taylor discusses our idea of home, in a special programme recorded at RIBA. What does home mean to us now, how has it changed, and how are new needs being met? Show more
BBC1 Controller Danny Cohen on The Voice, the Press Awards, the Times landmark libel ruling and the challenges facing the next Director General. Show more
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Stephen K Amos offers an idiot's guide to raising children with Ava Vidal, Howard Read and Lucy Porter. From March 2012. Show more
Helen has an emotional encounter and Vicky discovers that revenge is sweet. Show more
Front Row
Luther creator Neil Cross; re-imagining Ballets Russes
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With Mark Lawson, who interviews Luther creator Neil Cross; new video game Journey is reviewed; and Mark Baldwin and George Williamson discuss re-imagining the Ballets Russes. Show more
Dramatic poem by Owen Sheers about a soldier struggling to return home. Commissioned for the Radio 4 More Than Words Festival. Show more
Tax avoidance is perfectly legal, but is it immoral? Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk with Matthew Taylor, Melanie Phillips and Clifford Longley. Show more
Writer and journalist Martin Wroe explores the ethics of virtue, where the individual is at its most divine when working in community. 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
Libby Purves is joined by Timothy and Shane Spall, theatre director Barrie Rutter, biologist Juliane Koepcke, who survived a plane crash when she was 17, and writer Grant Gordon. Show more
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George Osborne cuts the 50p rate for the wealthy and raises tax free allowance for millions. But pensioners stand to lose their tax breaks. Ritula Shah assesses the 2012 budget. Show more
Teenage Stewart meets Joe Murston, Ellie's grandfather, for the first time, as their relationship grows stronger. Show more
Tim Key explores the meaning of 'Egypt' via his poetic works. Tom Basden provides musical accompaniment. From 2012. Show more
Nathan's family disapprove of his stand-up career, until a TV appearance at last sparks a rethink. With Adjoa Andoh. From March 2012. Show more
Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster. The Chancellor presents his budget to the House of Commons. Show more
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Tim Winton's memoir describes how a childhood of snorkelling has led to a passion for freediving. Read by Stephen Dillane. Show more
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