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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Richard Hill. Show more
Farming news with Charlotte Smith. Why farmers need professional career development. Tesco launches a new scheme to increase the price they pay to producers of milk for cheese. Show more
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Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Shore Lark. Show more
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Start the Week
The Kremlin: A fortress that has shaped a nation
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Anne McElvoy at the Free Thinking Festival with historian Catherine Merridale, head of English Heritage Simon Thurley and writers Amit Chaudhuri and Michael Chaplin. Show more
Woman's Hour
Amanda Holden; Vicky Pryce; Extraordinary women of the 'fifties
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Amanda Holden on marriage, divorce and her risky pregnancy. Vicky Pryce responds to government plans for women prisoners to serve sentences closer to home. With Jane Garvey. Show more
4 Extra Debut. A 1914 silent film holds the key to an infamous murder trial. Thriller starring Honor Blackman and Shelley Conn. Show more
Martin Jarvis and Christopher Matthew return to their schooldays and where they grew up in Croydon and Surrey. From 2013. Show more
Sue Perkins sets moral and ethical posers for Susan Calman, Greg Proops, Simon Evans and Louise Wener. From December 2011. Show more
Former energy secretary Chris Huhne tells Winifred Robinson why the Green Deal isn't dead. Plus auto-renewal insurance premiums, and the best wines you can't buy in the shops. Show more
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4 Extra Debut. Jane Garvey examines the launch of BBC's 'The Week in Parliament' in 1929, for a newly enfranchised female populace. From October 2013. Show more
Nic makes a breakthrough, and Jim broaches a delicate subject. Show more
While working in a shoe shop, Brian meets the MP Tom Driberg and embarks on a new course in life. Joey visits Jack's casino and realises there are new ways to make money. Show more
Teams from Scotland and the Midlands compete in the contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. Tom Sutcliffe chairs. Show more
With an abundance of different restaurant reviews, Sheila Dillon asks who we can trust. Show more
Gary Younge tracks down the stories behind the records released from US prisons during the 1970s. Now collectors' items, he finds out how the music shaped the inmates' lives. Show more
When almost anything we want is available to buy at the click of mouse and so much content is available for free, is the digital world changing how we value things? Show more
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John Lloyd and curator Humphrey Ker with objects from Robert Llewellyn, Cleo Rocos and Kevin Warwick. From 2013. Show more
Darrell is caught red-handed, and Alistair's patience wears thin. Show more
Front Row
Sandra Bullock; Leonard Bernstein; The most-performed plays
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Arts news. Mark Lawson talks to Sandra Bullock about her role in Gravity; Leonard Bernstein as revealed in newly collected letters; the most-performed plays of recent years. Show more
4 Extra Debut. A 1914 silent film holds the key to an infamous murder trial. Thriller starring Honor Blackman and Shelley Conn. Show more
Misha Glenny concludes his history in the Alps and Trieste, ambitious targets of Italian warmongers in the First World War. Show more
Syria's opposition movements comprise a diverse range of political and armed groups. Edward Stourton investigates the alternatives to President Assad. Show more
Some fragile wildlife requires specialist conditions to survive. The duke of burgundy butterfly in the UK is on the brink, because its habitat is under pressure from human use. Show more
Start the Week
The Kremlin: A fortress that has shaped a nation
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Anne McElvoy at the Free Thinking Festival with historian Catherine Merridale, head of English Heritage Simon Thurley and writers Amit Chaudhuri and Michael Chaplin. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Counting the cost of the stormy weather. In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective with Carolyn Quinn. Show more
Boris offers Theo a timely warning, when a stranger comes looking for Theo's father. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Matthew Wells presents the amazing life of a work surrounded by so much tragedy, tribulation and ultimately acclaim. From March 2013. Show more
Sean Curran reports from Westminster. MPs consider extreme weather and transport, and the prime minister reports back from the European Council. Show more
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4 Extra Debut. Inspired by Apollo moon landing aged 9, Chris Hadfield commanded the International Space Station in 2013. Read by Garrick Hagon. Show more
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