Nick Robinson reflects on the reporting of the MPs' expenses scandal and its reperc...
Dramatisation of Thomas De Quincey's 1821 account of his addiction to laudanum.
Stephen Fry chairs. With Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Victoria...
Clarrie's detective skills come to the fore.
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of the week's news.
Comedian and activist Mark Thomas creates a People's Manifesto.
The week's events in Ambridge.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Julian Simpson's adaptation of the 1950s science fiction series created by Charles...
Mark Watson turns his wit to the subject of virtue, with stand-up comedy on diligen...
Professor Sandel considers how we should use our ever-increasing scientific knowled...
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Birmingham.
Kevin Connolly talks to Tina Brown about her website The Daily Beast.
Including Dave's Friends in the North.
Mark Gatiss explores the hugely popular Doctor Who novelisations of the 1970s and 8...
Julian Clary pays tribute to the wit and ingenuity of comedy musical acts.
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|By Jonathan Myerson. A teenager diagnosed with a terminal condition is denied treatment.
The youngest son of a conservative black family joins a Muslim prayer group.
By Margaret Heffernan. As Ken Lay awaits sentencing, a new gardener arrives at his home.
By Margaret Heffernan. Vanessa joins the aggressive traders of Enron's Western Power desk.
A summer afternoon is revealed as less than idyllic.
By Christopher Matthew. A grandfather tells the story of a school boxing competition.
By Robert Shearman. An adult remembers how his father wanted him to become a cricketer.
By Rob Greene. Tom finds that notes to his PE teacher from his mum are not all they seem.
A child's innocent remark has devastating consequences for a favourite nursemaid.
Sir Menzies Campbell's battle to shake off claims that he was too old to be Lib Dem leader
With Claudia Hammond. Why the UK is the self-harm capital of Europe. Plus swine flu panic.
Evangelical Christian Jimmy Carter is elected president.
Evangelical Christians get involved in public life to fight against liberal excesses.
Conservative reaction to civil rights and women's liberation galvanises American politics.
In 1973 the Supreme Court determines a framework for legal abortion.
Watergate, Vietnam and an economy damaged by the oil crisis drain American vitality.
Conservative movements born in America's heartland move to the forefront of public life.
Janet Radcliffe Richards examines the results of studies into humans' moral choices.
Michael Blastland asks if 'group-think' is distancing policy from the public.
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions?
Courtney Pine talks to jazz trombonist Chris Barber about his life's work.
Peter has made Anna think the unthinkable about their mother.
Anna and Peter adopt ever more furtive observation techniques.
As Peter's obsession with spy rings deepens, he encourages Anna to use code to communicate
Peter and Anna realise how little they know about their mother - is she definitely dead?
Eight-year-old Anna waves goodbye to her mother, unaware that she is disappearing forever.
Battle contact, so long anticipated, proves satisfying and Operation Silicon is a success.
Rumour becomes reality and the Guards head to Iraq.
Hennessey is commissioned into the Grenadier Guards.
With war raging around him, Hennessey wonders how he arrived in Afghanistan.
Hennessey is at a tea party, on a dam, in the middle of a war.
Broadcasting House looks in historical detail at Western intervention in Iran.