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John Brennan, President Obama's nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency, is a controversial choice. Jane Deith profiles Obama's most trusted security advisor. Show more

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Trai Anfield heads to RSPB Old Moor reserve to seek out the tree sparrow, a bird which only a few generations ago was a common sight in the British countryside. Show more

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A report from the world's biggest religious festival, Kumbh Mela, which is taking place in India, where millions of pilgrims will wash away their sins in the River Ganges. Show more

Margaret Sentamu presents an appeal for APT Action on Poverty. Show more

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From the Chapel of Worcester College, Oxford. The Rev Dr Jonathan Arnold and Prof Ben Quash reflect on Christianity and the arts. Show more

David Cannadine celebrates the saving of New York's now century-old Grand Central Terminal and regrets the destruction of the city's other great beaux-arts station. Show more

Sunday morning magazine programme, presented by Paddy O'Connell. Michael Portillo, Heather Bell and Charles Saumarez Smith review the Sunday newspapers. Show more

Peggy is lost for words, and there's a fleeting meeting for Lilian and Paul. Show more

Kirsty Young interviews columnist and author Julie Burchill. Show more

David Mitchell hosts as John Finnemore, Henning Wehn, Holly Walsh and Arthur Smith talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as Germany, Beards, Camels and Simon Cowell. Show more

Sheila Dillon reports on fresh developments in the horsemeat scandal. As more tests reveal large amounts of horsemeat in beef products, Sheila investigates the supply chain. Show more

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

4 Extra Debut. Jonathan Maitland on how The Proclaimers' song 'Sunshine on Leith' became an anthem for a changing city. From February 2013. Show more

Eric Robson and panellists Anne Swithinbank, Matthew Wilson and Pippa Greenwood visit gardeners in Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire. Show more

In 1964 a young Scot joined a plot to assassinate the Spanish dictator, General Franco. But the plot failed and he ended up in jail in Spain. Show more

Big Brother is on every poster. Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth. Then he finds love. Stars Christopher Eccleston. Show more

Mariella Frostrup talks to Ali Smith about Sylvia Plath's groundbreaking novel The Bell Jar, 50 years after it was first published shortly before the author's own suicide. Show more

Poetry by Sylvia Plath and others, requested by listeners and introduced by Roger McGough. Readers are Paul Mundell and Fenella Woolgar. Show more

City experts claim London is one of the routes for those laundering the proceeds of Russian crime. So how much is known about those who come to settle there? Show more

John Brennan, President Obama's nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency, is a controversial choice. Jane Deith profiles Obama's most trusted security advisor. Show more

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Clarrie plays peacemaker, and Alice is feeling peeved. Show more

Warm and funny story of everyday life by John Osborne. Recent events in a young man's life are revealed as he goes through a box of mementos he has saved over the years. Show more

By Carol Farrelly. Lyrical story about a young woman who makes her annual visit to her therapist and reflects on a summer of love affairs in Venice. Show more

Live and let advertise - did Sir Paul McCartney and family advertise their products on R4? And can you curate music? Whispering Bob says yes. Plus your iPlayer concerns addressed. Show more

Matthew Bannister on anti-apartheid campaigner Amina Cachalia, Reg Presley of the Troggs, US sniper Chris Kyle, Etch-a-Sketch inventor Andre Cassagnes, and New York mayor Ed Koch. Show more

The dangers of pension 'liberation' schemes, fraud refunds, what can be done to pay rising water bills and the struggle to get back continuing care costs. Show more

Margaret Sentamu presents an appeal for APT Action on Poverty. Show more

Owen Bennett Jones looks at Syria's Alawis, the secretive Shia sect to which President Assad belongs. Who are the Alawis, and why are many fearful of a post-Assad 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.

George Parker of the Financial Times analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories in Westminster and beyond.

Francine Stock brings the winners, shocks, surprises and analysis from the Bafta awards. Plus, Sir Alan Parker looks back at his career as he celebrates his Bafta Fellowship. Show more

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Laurie Taylor discusses organised crime in the UK - the move from the underworld to the mainstream. Also, the Italian Camorra. Show more

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