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Are guns or microphones more dangerous in the people’s hands? Fi Glover investigates radio’s role in revolutions. From 2012. Show more

50-plusers Ray and Jane act like love-struck teenagers with new paramours half their age. Stars Juliet Stevenson. From 2012. Show more

The consumer minister Jo Swinson takes your questions. Plus, why putting your new credit card on Facebook could spell disaster and what's happened to your spare tyre? Show more

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Kirsty Lang and Lucy Ash ask what the French obsession with film festivals - of which they have 168 - says about the nation. Show more

Things take an unexpected turn at Jaxx. Meanwhile Hayley is feeling anxious. Show more

By Nicholas Gleaves. Having spent his life feeling ignored and inconsequential, Willets is determined to escape his past and pursue his dream of being a champion snooker player. Show more

Tom Sutcliffe chairs the last contest in the current series of the cryptic quiz, in which all of the questions have been suggested by listeners. Show more

Reports from the world of food. Tom Parker Bowles discovers the joys of the gourmet hot dog. Show more

Dr Stuart Flanagan explores how art can teach him about pain, from Caravaggio to Frida Kahlo, and whether it can help improve doctor-patient communication in the consulting room. Show more

Brian and Robin discuss space exploration with actor Sir Patrick Stewart, former quantum physicist Ben Miller and Professor of Planetary Sciences Monica Grady. Show more

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A return visit to Dunstable for regulars Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer, plus Tony Hawks on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

Vicky makes her presence felt, and Lilian drops in unannounced. Show more

Mark Lawson interviews actor Derek Jacobi, plus police-drama End of Watch reviewed, and crime writer Denise Mina on her graphic novel version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Show more

After a whirlwind romance and Mediterranean marriage to chirpy cockney George, Marie's plans for a cosy Christmas are derailed, when he tells her the band's schedule has changed. Show more

Ed Miliband and his chief adviser Stewart Wood talk to Steve Richards of the Independent about the Labour leader's political ideas and his plans for change. Show more

Andrew Harding meets the Somali/British mayor trying to clean up his city, Mogadishu. Can the former student from London tackle the impact of mass corruption and violence? Show more

Quentin Cooper on the evidence for and against converting UK coal power stations to burn wood. Plus results from CERN continue to support the Standard Model of particle physics. Show more

Andrew Marr discusses art and design with sculptor Antony Gormley, former Arts Council chairman Christopher Frayling, design tutor Sarah Teasley and industrial designer Ron Arad. Show more

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Clashes between Hamas in Gaza and Israel continue into a sixth day. National and international news and analysis presented by Carolyn Quinn. Show more

High Priest Caiaphas is put under pressure by the Roman Prefect Pilate. Read by David Horovitch. Show more

Paul Weller is quizzed by John Wilson and the audience about the last album by The Jam in 1982, 'The Gift'. From 2012. Show more

Susan Hulme and the BBC parliamentary team report as the Home Secretary defends the election of Police and Crime Commissioners in the face of Labour claims of a poll 'shambles'. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. 18-year-old Patrick Leigh Fermor embarks on an epic walk across Europe. Biography of the travel writer and war hero. From November 2012. Show more

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