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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Calvin Samuel. Show more

Secretary of State Owen Paterson says MEPs' proposed reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy are disappointing, retrograde and backward-looking. Show more

Sean Curran reports on Thursday's events at Westminster and beyond, as MPs back calls for the voting age to be lowered to 16. Show more

Kirsty Young interviews veteran television producer Beryl Vertue. Show more

Entertainment for women with Jenni Murray. Why are so few streets named after women? Male geeks stand up for women. How are vicars' daughters affected by growing up in the manse? Show more

DCI Sue Craven underestimates the pack metality on the drug-addled estate as the case concludes. Stars Maxine Peake. Show more

Peter Snow visits Paris to recreate the international exhibition which boasted the new Eiffel Tower as its star attraction. An 1889 newspaper, Le Matin, provides the detail. Show more

Sandy's neighbour Ken, although ancient, is still winning things - hearts, minds and the cup at the Squash Club. In fact, he seems to have discovered the secret of eternal youth. Show more

DJ Craig Charles asks if we have fallen out of love with music shops. How did Hilco transform HMV in Canada? And targets for reducing salt in food have not been met. Show more

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Murray Lachlan Young writes a ballad about Dave, who lives in the woods and tells tales of war, post-traumatic stress and his long journey to redemption on the back of a horse. Show more

Joe intervenes, and Rob settles into village life. Show more

By Vivienne Harvey. DCI Stone investigates the murder of a promising young Thai kick-boxer. Show more

Answering the listeners' correspondence for a postbag edition of the show, Pippa Greenwood, Matt Biggs and Anne Swithinbank are in the Gardeners' Question Time potting shed. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Tony Lidington tells the story of Clifford Essex, who founded Britain's first Pierrot troupe back in 1891. From January 2013. Show more

Matthew Bannister on Irish trade unionist Inez McCormack, film director Michael Winner, agony aunt Pauline Phillips (better known as Dear Abby) and cookery writer Katie Stewart. Show more

Female experts - should BBC Radio be redressing the balance? Also, a Feedback 'oops'. And who would you appoint as Radio 4's Writer-in-Residence? Show more

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A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. Panellists are Jeremy Hardy, Hugo Rifkind, Bob Mills and Jo Brand. Show more

Lillian needs time to think, and Lynda is determined to get an answer. Show more

Wilko Johnson, former Dr Feelgood guitarist, on why terminal cancer has made him feel alive. Plus, the art and life of painter William Scott and The Turn of the Screw on stage. Show more

By Francesca Joseph. Contemporary drama set in a women's prison. Terry confronts Grant over the Burnsides' order and Katie's release date is looming. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from the University of Surrey in Guildford. Guests include, Eric Pickles MP, Emily Thornberry MP and Charles Moore. Show more

David Cannadine reflects on the history of American presidential inaugurations and compares presidents' speeches at the start of their first and second terms in office. Show more

Beast at Bay: Robin Glendinning's play tells the story of the publication of Boris Pasternak's classic 20th-century novel Dr Zhivago. Show more

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UK economy shrinks - we speak to a senior Goldman Sachs banker and a Treasury minister. National and international news and analysis with Philippa Thomas. Show more

One of Miss Brodie’s girls, Sandy, realises that 'you can only betray where loyalty is due'. Concluded by Gerda Stevenson. Show more

Writer Grace Dent celebrates her role model, witty author Nancy Mitford, with Lisa Hilton and Matthew Parris. From 2013. Show more

Mark D'Arcy with the day's top stories from Westminster, including a Commons debate on regulation of offshore bookmakers. Show more

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Lucy Hughes-Hallett charts the life of the Italian politician and poet Gabriele D'Annunzio. Now an enemy of the state, d'Annunzio struggles to keep his utopian experiment alive. Show more

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