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A reading and a reflection to start the day on Radio 4 with the Rev Dr Karen Smith.
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside, presented by Anna Hill. Seventy jobs are under threat at a Welsh cheese factory. Can small operations survive? Show more
Sean Curran reports on events in Parliament.
Midweek
Will Moult, Diana Quick, Cal McCrystal, Nic Fiddian-Green
43 minutes
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Libby Purves meets Will Moult, an orphan adopted in Romania after Ceausescu's fall, plus actor Diana Quick, theatre director Cal McCrystal and sculptor Nic Fiddian-Green. Show more
Woman's Hour
Sex education; Ruth Rendell; Ash Mair Cooks the Perfect Paella
58 minutes
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Crime writer Ruth Rendell joins Jenni Murray, Ash Mair cooks the perfect paella, and are teachers becoming too involved in moral questions when they teach sex education? Show more
Elizabeth Jane Howard's family saga, dramatised by Lin Coghlan. Zoe meets a young airman scarred by the war, while Neville's behaviour continues to decline. With Penelope Wilton. Show more
Muchelney means 'Great Island' and this village in the Somerset Levels is often cut off. In the highest flood in living memory, and Alan Dein meets the people who live there. Show more
Luke no longer believes that so many deaths in one small village are a coincidence and seeks the truth. Stars Patrick Baladi. Show more
You and Yours
Misleading theatre tickets, rehabilitation for car crash victims and radio on demand
53 minutes
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Consumer news. Winifred Robinson investigates why, despite the government saying they won't knock down any more old housing stock, some councils still want demolition. Show more
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National and international news presented by Martha Kearney. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.
Nick Robinson, BBC Political Editor, examines the bitter clash between the broadcasters and Sir Anthony Eden's government during the Suez crisis in the autumn of 1956. Show more
Pip asserts her independence, and Jazzer uses his initiative. Show more
A Syrian library, its owner and an aid worker - sharp debate about identity and politics. Stars Mido Hamada and Frances Grey. Directed by Polly Thomas. Show more
Financial phone-in. Paul Lewis takes calls about saving or investing for children. Call 03700 100 444 from 1pm or email moneybox@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Inside Health
Clinical trials, Yellow cards, Chemo brain, Conduct Disorder
28 minutes
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Dr Mark Porter puts the pharmaceutical industry in the spotlight after clinical trials are criticised, and looks at if childhood adversity leads to structural changes in the brain. Show more
Thinking Allowed
Fashion, Class and Mums; Red Racisms
28 minutes
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Laurie Taylor explores the reality of racism in communist and post-communist countries, from Hungary to Cuba. Also, how mothers influence daughters' fashion choices. Show more
The Media Show
Nick Davies and Ian Hislop on investigative journalism
30 minutes
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Nick Davies and Ian Hislop on the health of investigative journalism, why some people don't like People Like Us, and Mike Lerner and Heather Croall on Oscars for UK documentaries. Show more
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Sue Perkins sets moral and ethical posers for Josie Long, Owen Jones, Clare Grogan and Andrew Maxwell. From February 2013. Show more
Brenda feels harassed. Meanwhile Lilian makes herself at home. Show more
Front Row
Edith Pearlman; Trelawny of the Wells review; crime TV
30 minutes
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A report on filmmaker Joe Wright's first stage production, a new version of Pinero's Trelawny of the Wells, plus Edith Pearlman on her new story collection and the Pope in fiction. Show more
Elizabeth Jane Howard's family saga, dramatised by Lin Coghlan. Zoe meets a young airman scarred by the war, while Neville's behaviour continues to decline. With Penelope Wilton. Show more
Should gambling advertising on television be banned? Provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk with Claire Fox, Matthew Taylor, Anne McElvoy and Kenan Malik. Show more
Author Alexander McCall Smith considers how you can feel abandoned by society as you grow older. Show more
Costing the Earth
Electrifying Africa: The Power Beneath
30 minutes
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A geothermal revolution is set to electrify Africa. Tom Heap visits the Rift Valley in Kenya, the source of abundant energy waiting to be harnessed. Show more
Midweek
Will Moult, Diana Quick, Cal McCrystal, Nic Fiddian-Green
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Libby Purves meets Will Moult, an orphan adopted in Romania after Ceausescu's fall, plus actor Diana Quick, theatre director Cal McCrystal and sculptor Nic Fiddian-Green. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Pope Benedict delivers final public address to tens of thousands of people in Rome, while former comedian Beppe Grillo 'won't back' a new government in Italy. With Carolyn Quinn. Show more
By Jami Attenberg. Bittersweet tragi-comedy about three generations of a Jewish family. Richard Middlestein feels he has no choice but to leave his wife, Edie. Show more
Andrew Lawrence explores life's everyday journeys, either to work, holiday or just down to the shops. From September 2011. Show more
Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema piece together their high-concept, high-paced sketch show. From 2013. Show more
Rachel Byrne hears David Cameron promise 'further and faster' action to tackle the deficit, there's insight into a spin doctor's life, and protests about housing benefit cuts. Show more
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By Andrew Solomon. Stories of families who learn to deal with exceptional children. A child of exceptional ability can present as many challenges to parents as any disability. Show more
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