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The bells of St Helen's Church, Lundy Island.

Tim Harford tells the story of Thomas Schelling, an economist who helped America and the Soviet Union to avoid nuclear war. Show more

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Mark Tully explores a new spirituality that might change attitudes to the environment by bringing science and religion together, leading to a new level of consciousness. Show more

Living World presented by Chris Sperring visits a flooded meadow in Hampshire where over 2000 black tailed godwits come to spend the winter. Show more

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Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. Show more

Anne Wafula Strike presents an appeal on behalf of International Nepal Fellowship. Show more

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One the eve of the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, Canon Mark Oakley from St Paul's Cathedral explores how the church can be loyal to the past and the future. Show more

David Cannadine reflects on the enduring appeal of the teddy bear in contemporary culture, since they were first named after Theodore Roosevelt over 100 years ago. Show more

Sunday morning magazine programme, presented by Paddy O'Connell. Show more

Emma is in the doghouse, and Christopher's suspicions are aroused. Show more

Sir Terry Leahy, former CEO of Tesco, is interviewed by Kirsty Young, and discusses his path from shelf-stacker to chief executive. Show more

David Mitchell hosts, as Lloyd Langford, Celia Pacquola, Phill Jupitus and Marcus Brigstocke are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on a variety of subjects. Show more

Sheila Dillon investigates the food lives of people living on the basic state pension. Wearing an 'aging suit', reporter Andrew Webb becomes his 80-year-old self to shop and eat. Show more

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

Writer and journalist DD Guttenplan meets gun owners in Vermont, and explores the cultural and historical roots of America's love affair with guns. Show more

Eric Robson chairs Gardeners' Question Time from Stilton in Cambridgeshire with Bunny Guinness, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Wilson taking the audience's questions. Show more

In 1981 the South African 'Springboks' rugby team was invited to tour New Zealand. Its presence led to massive anti-apartheid protests across the country. Show more

Caught between the different factions of their own side, Eric and Eileen are forced to escape from Spain. Stars Lyndsey Marshal. Show more

James Naughtie and a group of readers hear John Simpson and Hilary Spurling discuss George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia, which is airing as part of the Radio 4 Real Orwell Season. Show more

Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' poetry requests, including work by the late Adrian Mitchell. Show more

As the government talks tough on tax, Fran Abrams looks at the reality behind the rhetoric. Have ministers given in to the demands of big business? Show more

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands announced her abdication this week. Novelist Terence Blacker imagines how another monarch might respond to this news. Show more

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John Waite chooses the best of BBC Radio this week, including George Orwell on elephant-shooting, Shelagh Fogarty on mouse-spotting, and Maureen Lipman playing Joyce Grenfell. Show more

Peggy is lost for words, and Vicky takes things to heart. Show more

Comic story written and narrated by John Osborne about the community he discovered when he started replying to adverts in his local newsagent's window.

A body is found in a metro carriage, but Annika's judgments are being clouded by personal matters. Concluded by Nicola Walker. Show more

Audience comment. The Radio 2 Controller meets your criticisms head on, Roger Bolton talks quotas for women journalists with the head of the BBC Newsroom, and Plugwatch returns. Show more

Matthew Bannister on landscape architect John Hopkins, musical theatre star Lizbeth Webb, Penguin editor-in-chief Peter Carson, sociologist Mary McIntosh, huntswoman Migs Greenall. Show more

Who is catching the fraudsters? We reveal the bottom five savings accounts. Will pensioners be better off after an FSA investigation into annuities and council tax benefit? Show more

Anne Wafula Strike presents an appeal on behalf of International Nepal Fellowship. Show more

The cash question facing an independent Scotland. Chris Bowlby discovers the key role of currency in debate about the UK's political future. Show more

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.

Miranda Green of the Day analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories in Westminster and beyond. Show more

Director Roger Michell talks to Francine Stock about his latest film Hyde Park on Hudson, and Oscar nominee Jacqueline Durran describes designing costumes for Anna Karenina. Show more

Mark Tully explores a new spirituality that might change attitudes to the environment by bringing science and religion together, leading to a new level of consciousness. Show more

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Russian Women Prisoners: Laurie Taylor hears about the harsh impact of penal geography on female inmates. Also, Bolt Wars: rock climbers clash over the need to reduce risk. Show more

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