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On his retirement day, Detective Jensen gets a new lead on an unsolved case.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
A break on a Greek island turns into a holiday from hell for Charlotte.
Going soft? The Bishop of Liverpool considers whether community sentencing works.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Louisa Foxe reveals the changing British attitude towards the expression of emotion.
Tom Sutcliffe and guests with sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events.
Clive Anderson is joined by Neil Stuke, Jodie Whittaker, Michael Wood and Jay Rayner.
With mixed news in its Annual Report, Channel 4's controller Jay Hunt is in the spotlight.
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The programme that starts with its listeners.
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Ritula Shah presents the day's top news stories, with sports headlines.
Is Sweden really an egalitarian, feminist utopia? Presented by Jane Garvey.
By David Spicer. Sequel to the famous comedy, based on the original book.
Topics include the Eurozone crisis, and can the state teach parenting?
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
How the euro crisis is affecting the UK. Personal finance news with Paul Lewis.
Kate Adie gathers correspondents' stories from Ankara, Luxor, Dubai, New York and China.
Andrew Pierce of the Daily Mail looks behind the scenes at Westminster.
How Tarzan has enjoyed a hundred years swinging through the jungle of popular culture.
Sian Williams and Richard Coles with chef Angela Hartnett.
How best to resolve miscarriages of justice, plus the eurozone, and discrimination laws.
Cashing in on China - how UK farmers could benefit from exporting to the East.
News headlines, plus a look at the papers.
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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sister Gemma Simmonds.
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Presented by Fi Glover. Capturing the nation in conversation.
Mark D'Arcy reports on events at Westminster.
After making his peace with Dorothy, Aaron's life takes an unexpected turn for the better.
With Robin Lustig. The new French president Francois Hollande meets his US counterpart.
By Doug Lucie. A normal sunny afternoon is shattered when a man is killed in the street.
Will Self ponders the future of Europe, as he stands by Berlin's Brandenburg gate.
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a discussion of news and politics from Hexham, Northumberland.
Rolf Harris on his art; acting drunk on stage; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau remembered.
Peggy speaks her mind.
Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman, Bob Mills and Matt Forde join Sandi Toksvig.
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Eddie Mair presents coverage and analysis of the day's news.
Presented by Fi Glover. Capturing the nation in conversation.
Troubled families, nursing numbers and the mathematical consequences of unneutered cats.
Matthew Bannister on Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Horst Faas, Carlos Fuentes and Donna Summer
A schoolmistress, just arrived in Inverness, chances upon the love of her life.
Bunny Guinness, Chris Beardshaw and Bob Flowerdew answer gardening questions in Thornbury.
Alastair Jessiman's psychic detective discovers a shocking secret about his own past.
Ivan Hewett is joined by pianist Peter Donohoe to explore the key of C minor.
Could Greece could make an orderly exit from the Euro? With James Robbins.
Tourism in Greece, avoiding Olympic white elephants and the changing meat we eat.
Presented by Fi Glover. Capturing the nation in conversation.
Milton proves that you don't need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
Paul Bayley discovers forgotten examples of important 20th-century art in churches.
Sam decides to put himself on the line and confront his benefactor, Lord Sandwich.
The Icelandic MP who is suing the US government. Presented by Jenni Murray.
His tour nearing its end, Mark strolls along Balnakeil Bay and reflects on his journey.
Debating Spain and the eurozone, parenting classes, and Sacha Baron Cohen out of character
How Ireland has cracked the Chinese market for dairy, pork, and seafood.
A short reflection and prayer to begin the day with Andrea Rea.
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News from BBC Radio 4.
Tom asks if low-cost airlines are all they are cracked up to be.
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Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
Rory Bremner hosts the topical satire show.
Moving and life-affirming story by Anne Tyler.
Too much chatter? And name a new planet - on award-winning Gary Bellamy's phone-in.
Ritula Shah with a special programme on the future of higher education from King's College
From St Sepulchre's Church London, featuring music by John Rutter and Imogen Holst.
Omid Djalili in a new staging of What yhe Butler Saw; Julie Delpy's 2 Days in New York.
Joe is keen to solve a mystery.
Tom asks Ken Clarke MP if compensation culture is opposed to the theory of evolution.
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Eddie Mair presents full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news.
Helen Mark is in Snowdonia to see if the walkers have enough navigation skills.
Francine Stock joins Martin Scorsese to celebrate The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.
Emma uses a powerful, illegal device to try to control her disturbing nightmares.
Ivan Hewett is joined by harpsichordist Terence Charlston to explore the key of F minor.
National and international news with Martha Kearney. Email wato@bbc.co.uk or twitter #wato
Winifred Robinson explores how some dentists are working without proper insurance.
Documentary.
Mukul Devichand tells the stories of Shanghai's rapidly ageing population.
Sam is disappointed to discover the truth behind Lord Sandwich's strange behaviour.
Jenni Murray presents a live broadcast from the Swedish capital, Stockholm.
Sam battles retirement blues with a part-time job manning phone lines for the Saviours.
It's Festival time, and Mark Wallington is awarded the title Uke of Edinburgh.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Clausewitz's influential treatise On War.
Vince Cable on Vauxhall jobs, Lord Lamont on the eurozone and Simon Cowell on The Voice.
Comic Tom Wrigglesworth investigates the myriad ways we are ripped off in modern Britain.
Anna Hill talks to Farming Minister Jim Paice about China's growing market.
A short reflection and prayer to begin the day with Andrea Rea.
News from BBC Radio 4.
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Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
Strap in as Clever Peter bring you a pygmy hippo, a mystery voice, house eyes & the pope.
Are there civilisations on other planets, and, if so, why do they never call?
Aaron is distracted from his grief by some reassuringly ordinary visits from his dead wife
Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis.
Martin Cassini argues that the UK system for managing traffic needs radical reform.
Journalists debate with Andrew Rawnsley what leading articles about the news should say.
Shameless creator Paul Abbott on his new TV drama; Sacha Baron Cohen in The Dictator.
Amy won't concede. Meanwhile Josh gets teased.
Lee Mack, Susan Calman and Daniel Maier compete to supply the best wrong answers.
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Eddie Mair presents coverage and analysis of the day's news.
Steve Hewlett on the fast-changing media world with Channel 4 chief exec David Abraham.
Laurie Taylor investigates the pain of love from a sociological perspective.
Financial phone-in.
Vengeance is on Ben's mind, Prem is drawn into danger, and Jim's life takes a nose dive.
Ivan is joined by violinist, Prof Paul Robertson, to explore the ecstatic key of E major.
Martha Kearney presents national and international news.
John Waite investigates the two billion pounds of unpaid court fines.
Winifred Robinson asks when is a vehicle fault not a safety issue?
Alan Dein is in Portrush in Northern Ireland as the town tidies up for the Irish Open.
Susie Wolff, House of Lords reform, women and autism, Cook the Perfect...with Rowley Leigh
Sam's jealousy of Elizabeth's dancing tutor, Mr Pembleton, begins to run out of control.
Did you know Sean Connery was offered the part of Victor Meldrew, before Richard Wilson?
In Bangor, Mark is asked to fill for half an hour, as the belly dancer hasn't turned up.
Libby Purves is joined by journalist Angela Rippon, and photographer and filmmaker Jim Lee
Should Greece stay in the euro, should insults be illegal, and do you lack storage space?
Multi-million pound supermarket contracts bought with bribes of luxury holidays.
The latest shipping forecast.
A short reflection and prayer to begin the day with Andrea Rea.
News from BBC Radio 4.
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
William Hague says the euro crisis is 'the biggest single obstacle to economic recovery'.
The Limpet and the Lugworm reveal the funny side of life between the tides.
Aaron is spending a lot of time thinking about the early days of his marriage.
National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig.
Money and motivation, street therapy and reforming the law on insanity.
Peter White talks to Prof Andrew Lotery about the interim results of the IVAN trial.
David Aaronovitch investigates 'declinism' - the idea that human society is in decline.
Dexys Midnight Runners return, ballgowns at the V&A, and Brice Marden. With John Wilson.
When MJN flies near the North Pole, the hunt is on for polar bears and a rogue lemon.
Lynda has high expectations.
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
Diana Athill joins Matthew to explore the life of the Spanish painter Francisco de Goya.
Old BBC programmes chopped up and recycled into something new.
Drought in the south but plenty of water elsewhere. Why not move it? Tom Heap investigates
Helen Castor on the forgotten war of 1812, West Indian cricket and the history of Tamworth
Three lives on three continents connected by one event.
Ivan Hewett is joined by musicologist Cliff Eisen to explore the key of G minor.
National and international news and analysis with Martha Kearney.
Consumer call-in with Julian Worricker, discussing the need for more UK foster carers.
Frances Fyfield explores the manuscript of Britten's Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra.
Adam Rutherford asks why almost all of life became extinct 250 million years ago.
Sam goes to see an autopsy, and Elizabeth begins dancing lessons with Mr Pembleton.
Calmer parenting, 'punishment shootings', and osteoarthritis. Presented by Jane Garvey.
Mark Wallington's ukulele tour takes in the Isle of Wight.
Frances Ashcroft on a lifetime spent studying the link between blood sugar and insulin.
Fi Glover talks to the founders of the new tech companies in Silicon Roundabout, Hackney.
With the Dalai Lama, debate on Franco-German relations, and special educational needs.
The controversial Severn barrage, which MP Peter Hain quit his job to support.
The latest shipping forecast.
A short reflection and prayer to begin the day with Andrea Rea.
News from BBC Radio 4.
The latest shipping forecast.
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The defence secretary announces he has closed the 'black hole' in the MOD's budget.
Michael Rosen tackles the language of chuggers and street vendors. Which words work best?
Aaron remembers the first few tentative dates with his late wife, Dorothy.
Ritula Shah presents national and international news and analysis.
Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news.
Lucy Ash visits Russia's Arctic where reindeer herders and gas companies compete for land.
Series following a new approach tried as an alternative to custody for child offenders.
Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths, and the shortlist for the Art Fund Prize for museums.
There's a sporting theme at The Bull.
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Joanna Carr and Eddie Mair present full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
What is the biggest threat to privacy: governments, corporate entities or our friends?
Danish poet Pejk Malinovski stumbles upon a small town in Texas called Poetry.
Fourth heat of the music quiz, with contestants from Surrey, Essex and the Isle of Wight.
Three lives on three continents connected by one event...
Ivan Hewett joins choral conductor Simon Halsey to explore the austere key of B Minor.
Martha Kearney presents national and international news.
Too small and too few? School dinner portion sizes and part-time fire fighters.
It's the day before Charlie and Kill-R's wedding day, and the bride is getting cold feet.
Clive Anderson is joined by Russell Watson and Lesley Sharp, with music from JD McPherson.
Hayden Lorimer explores the double life of Walter Poucher, photographer and perfumer.
1663 begins badly for the diarist and his wife.
Actress Chloe Sevigny, novelist Michele Roberts, and entrepreneur Liz Earle.
An emergency landing in Spain leads to First Officer Douglas getting the shammy out.
Mark Wallington embarks on a one-man ukulele tour of Great Britain.
Andrew Marr with Paul Preston, Maria Delgado, Daniel Hannan and Iain Begg.
Debating Greek politics, Nato casualties in Libya and capitalism's future.
Anna Hill hears farmers are being put off building reservoirs, despite the drought.
News from BBC Radio 4.
A short reflection and prayer to begin the day with Andrea Rea.
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest shipping forecast.
Laurie Taylor explores the fortunes of Hebden Bridge. Also, a social history of neighbours
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Francine Stock interviews Jonny Lee Miller, Nigel Havers, Paul Laverty and Julie Delpy.
Dennis Sewell of the Spectator analyses how the papers are covering the biggest stories.
Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.
Britain's big four banks are being challenged by newcomers. Peter Day investigates.
Paul Lewis looks at a PPI refund, Which's Big Switch, savings rates and HMRC call costs.
Matthew Bannister on Vidal Sassoon, Angelica Garnett, Maurice Sendak and Lloyd Brevett.
Things go awry for a traveller when his bags go missing at the airport.
Alan ministers to one of his flock.
Catherine Bott makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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Tom Mangold investigates a murder in Kentucky that local police couldn't or wouldn't solve
First in a new series. Roger McGough is joined by Wendy Cope.
Jackie Kay on her new collection of short stories, Reality, Reality.
Nick's neighbour, Gatsby, asks him to engineer a meeting with his lost love Daisy.
Fi Glover presents encounters from Cardiff, Lincolnshire and Reading, via Northern Ireland
Eric Robson and the panel are garden trouble-shooting at Malvern Spring Gardening Show.
How Frank Dickens's record-breaking cartoon strip Bristow has survived 60 turbulent years.
Edward Stourton presents the latest national and international news.
What is the future for one of the world's most successful and controversial crops, soya?
Kirsty Young interviews professor of psychiatry Baroness Sheila Hollins.
There's a homecoming in the village. Meanwhile Usha tries to make amends.
An extended edition of the famed actor Sir Michael Caine, from December 2009.
Sunday morning magazine programme presented by Paddy O'Connell.
From St Bartholomew's Church, Stranmillis, Belfast. Led by the Rev Dr Ron Elsdon.
Will Self asks what can drive political leaders into the arms of the military.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Tommy Walsh presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Tools with a Mission.
Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Samira Ahmed.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Joanna Pinnock views the beautiful wild pasqueflower at a nature reserve in Cambridgeshire
Mark Tully despairs for the state of modern architecture in his home city, New Delhi.
The latest national and international news.
The brash young leader of Greece's far left-wing bloc mobilising the anti-bailout vote.
Rory Bremner and team return for another series of topical satire.
News from BBC Radio 4.
The latest shipping forecast.
The bells of St George's Church, Poynton, Cheshire.
In a Paris wine shop, information is exchanged about a courtship.
Exploring the themes of adulation and farewells.
A theatrical performance changes the course of his life.
The novelist is well received in America.
Early successes.
A troubled childhood.
Communism's star rises, but Stalin dies before he can carry out his next round of purges.
Brezhnev begins the decline that leads to the collapse of the USSR.
East and West divide up Europe, Russia develops the bomb and the Cold War begins.
Khrushchev puts Gargarin into space but will resign in ignominy.
Khrushchev denounces Stalin's record as Stalin's henchmen vie to take his place..