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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton. Show more
As Red Tractor Week gets underway, we find pork chops labelled as British - and with a Red Tractor logo - which were actually produced abroad. What does it mean for consumers? Show more
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Brett Westwood presents the great shearwater. Show more
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Start the Week
Margaret Atwood's Dystopian Future
43 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Tom Sutcliffe talks to novelist Margaret Atwood, theatre director Vicky Featherstone and philosopher AC Grayling. Show more
Woman's Hour
Stevie Nicks; Women in Rwandan elections; Infertility funding
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Stevie Nicks on her world tour with Fleetwood Mac, what elections in Rwanda mean for women, and should infertility treatment be funded by the NHS? Presented by Jane Garvey. Show more
4 Extra Debut. As the Cartwright family grieve for their mother, they are aided by a freezer full of food she left for them. Stars David Warner. Show more
Alan Dein meets the Forest of Dean 'free miners', still digging coal in their 70s. They're a dying breed, but one woman's attempt to join the club has stirred up strong feelings. Show more
Brian is impressed by a visiting computer repair expert, but why is Danny not so sure? Stars Adrian Scarborough. From September 2013. Show more
Presented by Winifred Robinson. How new tests can confirm the origin of British pork sold under the Red Tractor logo. Also, a look at shared ownership schemes and posh paint. Show more
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Weapons inspectors in Syria say chemical weapons have been used. In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective with Roger Hearing. Show more
Thomas is bundled into a car and whisked away to an unknown location. Just what does the Secret Service want? Read by Tim McInnerny. From September 2013. Show more
The F Word - its history, culture and legality. Stephen Fry invites Denis Norden, Kathy Burke, Graham Linehan and Geoffrey Robertson QC to ponder its power and its future. Show more
Adam Gopnik rides New York's longest subway train, from Manhattan to the sea, famous in song and imagination. From 2012. Show more
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Book of the Week
Sandra Hempel - The Inheritor's Powder: A Cautionary Tale of Poison, Betrayal and Greed
Episode 1
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
4 Extra Debut. Criminal poisoning in the 19th century was remarkably easy. After an entire family was killed by arsenic, the race was on for a test to catch the culprits. Show more
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