Kirsty Young interviews English sailing star Sir Ben Ainslie. Show more
David Mitchell obliges Lloyd Langford, Lucy Porter, Tom Wrigglesworth and Fred MacAulay to talk with deliberate inaccuracy about women, Japan, owls and potatoes. From January 2014. Show more
The Food Programme
Greek Yogurt: a global love affair
28 minutes
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Sheila Dillon finds out why humble Greek yogurt triggered a worldwide food craze. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news with Shaun Ley, including children in police cells, regulating industry on the moon, and why is the UK less productive than Italy? Show more
Owen Bennett Jones reports on the ways in which outside interests try to gain access to Westminster's corridors of power without anyone breaking the rules. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
Correspondence at Sparsholt
43 minutes
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Peter Gibbs hosts an edition of the gardeners' panel discussion from Sparsholt College. With Chris Beardshaw, Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood answering listeners' questions. Show more
Witness History
Tunnelling Under the Berlin Wall
15 minutes
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In 1964, a group of West German students helped more than 50 people escape from East Berlin through a tunnel that they had dug under the Berlin Wall. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Mr Harding finds his peaceful life disrupted when his would-be son-in-law questions the large income he receives. Stars Tim Pigott-Smith. From January 2014. Show more
Poetry Please
Bernard O'Donoghue, Helen Mort and Paul Farley reading their own work
30 minutes
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Roger McGough presents listeners' poetry requests. With Bernard O'Donoghue, Helen Mort and Paul Farley reading their own work. Show more
With a report due shortly on claims that the Royal Bank of Scotland profited by forcing some viable businesses into insolvency, Jane Deith hears from some of those affected. Show more
After the LibDems' internal disputes over Lord Rennard, Fiona Evans takes us back to primary school, and to four newly elected candidates of the school council. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Stewart Henderson makes his selection from the previous seven days of BBC Radio. Show more
Peggy is taken aback, and Pat cannot keep silent. Show more
The horses fall out over literary matters. An epistolary equine love story starring Stephen Fry and Daniel Rigby. From January 2014. Show more
Chief mouser to the Cabinet Office gives a cat's eye view of life at Number 10 under Gordon Brown. With Tracy Wiles. From 2012. Show more
By Sarah Salway. It's 1927, and George has brought his sheep from Aberdeenshire to keep the grass short on Clapham Common. He's invited to visit sick children at an open air school. Show more
More or Less
Counting the contribution of immigrants
25 minutes
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Tim Harford presents a detailed looked at the impact immigration has on the public purse. Plus single women; alcohol and mouth cancer; and a tennis puzzle to ponder. Show more
Last Word
Lord McAlpine, Jocelyn Hay, Amiri Baraka, Sir Christopher Chataway, Claudio Abbado
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister on Tory fundraiser Lord McAlpine, broadcasting campaigner Jocelyn Hay, poet Amiri Baraka, runner and MP Sir Christopher Chataway, and conductor Claudio Abbado. Show more
Paul Lewis presents the latest news from the world of personal finance, looking at how HSBC are preventing some customers withdrawing large amounts of cash. Show more
Alexei Sayle presents an appeal on behalf of the Simon Community. Show more
Peter Day travels to Cork in Ireland to find out what life is really like in a country just recently released from the constraints of an EU bailout.
Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.
Kevin Maguire of the Daily Mirror looks at how newspapers covered the week's biggest stories.
The Film Programme
Meryl Streep; Oscar Isaac; Sundance festival; National Trust film locations
28 minutes
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Francine Stock talks to Meryl Streep about her Oscar-nominated role in August: Osage County. Plus Oscar Isaac on working with the Coen Brothers in Inside Llewyn Davis. Show more
Mark Tully investigates the relationship between dance and spirituality in conversation with dancer and choreographer Akram Khan and with music from three continents. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Thinking Allowed
Why Music Matters?; Bhangra and Belonging
28 minutes
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Laurie Taylor explores the role of music in our lives with Prof David Hesmondhalgh, and Falu Bakrania discusses British Asian musical culture in the late 1990s. Show more
The bells of St Mary and St Chad, Brewood, Staffordshire. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
