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Book of the Week: What the Grown-Ups Were Doing, Episode 2 - Today in Parliament: 21/02/2012 - The Life Scientific: Tony Ryan - Inside Health: 21/02/2012 - In Touch: 21/02/2012 - File on 4: Diabetes - Front Row: Sue Townsend, Charlotte Keatley, Black Gold - A Good Read: Martin Stephen, Augustus Casely-Hayford - Law in Action: Legal aid changes: long overdue reform or denial of justice? - The Kitchen Cabinet: Episode 3 - Sport and the British: Anyone but England - Soul Music: Series 13, Non, Je Ne Regret Rien - Nature: Series 5, James and the Giant Redwood - Part Two - One to One: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown with Anon - Farming Today: 21/02/2012 - Loose Ends: 18/02/2012 - Book of the Week: What the Grown-Ups Were Doing, Episode 1 - Today in Parliament: 20/02/2012 - Material World: 16/02/2012 - Analysis: Profits Before Pay - Doctor - Tell Me the Truth: Episode 1 - Front Row: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - Brain of Britain: 20/02/2012 - Sport and the British: Cricket and the English Hero - An African Asian Affair - Start the Week: Ian Stewart, Peter Randall-Page, Mark Miodownik, Jane Rapley - Farming Today: 20/02/2012 - Selection of BBC World Service Programmes: 20/02/2012 - Thinking Allowed: Citizens without Frontiers - Monogamy in men - The Film Programme: 16/02/2012 - What the Papers Say: Episode 91 - Westminster Hour: 19/02/2012 - Analysis: Preparing for Eurogeddon - Radio 4 Appeal: Childhood First - Last Word: Patricia Stephens Due, James Whitaker, Josh Gifford, Jim Riordan, Whitney Houston - Feedback: 17/02/2012 - Pick of the Week: 19/02/2012 - A History of the World in 100 Objects Omnibus: Status Symbols (AD 1100 - 1500) - File on 4: Iranian Sanctions - Poetry Please: 19/02/2012 - Open Book: Aminatta Forna discusses the delights of the short story - Gardeners' Question Time: Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria - Warsaw Variations - The World This Weekend: 19/02/2012 - Food Programme: Food Clubs - Desert Island Discs: Lord Prescott - Broadcasting House: 19/02/2012 - A Point of View: Bankers in America - The Living World: Woodcock - Four Thought: Series 2, Rob Hopkins - Poetry Please: 12/02/2012 - Brain of Britain: 13/02/2012 - Archive on 4: Attention All Shipping - Saturday Review: 18/02/2012 - Soul Music: Series 13, Rachmaninov, 2nd Piano Concerto - Saturday Drama: Freud: The Case Histories, The Wolf Man - Any Answers?: 18/02/2012 - Any Questions?: Solihull - From Our Own Correspondent: 18/02/2012 - Beyond Westminster: Devo max - The Art of Monarchy: Friend or Foe - Excess Baggage: Israel - Saturday Live: 18/02/2012 - Farming Today: Farming Today This Week - Ramblings: Inspirational Walks, Northern Ireland - The Wee Binnians - iPM: 18/02/2012 - Book of the Week: Europe in the Looking Glass, Episode 5 - Goodnight John Boy - A Good Read: Eleanor Updale, Andrea Oliver - Sport and the British: Omnibus: Episode 3 - Front Row: Walter Mosley, Phil Agland and Rory Gallagher - Sport and the British: A Bit of a Flutter - The Write Stuff: 17/02/2012 - The Nile: Episode 3 - Desert Island Discs: James Corden - Farming Today: 17/02/2012 - Book of the Week: Europe in the Looking Glass, Episode 4 - Today in Parliament: 16/02/2012 - Nature: Series 5, James and the Giant Redwoods - Part One - The Bottom Line: 16/02/2012 - The Report: Tackling Poorly Performing Primaries - Front Row: Director Josie Rourke; conductor Alan Gilbert; artistic friendships - Open Book: William Boyd talks to Mariella Frostrup - Radio 4 Appeal: Samaritans - Sport and the British: Women Between the Wars - Writing in Three Dimensions: Angela Carter's Love Affair with Radio - From Our Own Correspondent: 16/02/2012 - In Our Time: The An Lushan Rebellion - Farming Today: 16/02/2012 - Book of the Week: Europe in the Looking Glass, Episode 3 - Today in Parliament: 15/02/2012 - Costing the Earth: Bambi Bites Back - Front Row: AS Byatt on Picasso, and tenor Vittorio Grigolo - The Media Show: The Sun, and women in the media - Inside Health: 14/02/2012 - Sport and the British: Fighting Back - In Living Memory: Series 15, Gentlemen and Players - Midweek: 15/02/2012 - Farming Today: 15/02/2012 - The Life Scientific: Chris Stringer - In Touch: 14/02/2012 - Front Row: Mad Men's Jon Hamm; rain on stage - Europe's Choice: Deeper Not Wider - The Kitchen Cabinet: Episode 2 - Sport and the British: Tennis and Golf in Suburbia - One to One: Bridget Kendall with Prof Dianna Bowles - Material World: 09/02/2012 - What Are the Police For?: Episode 3 - Front Row: Daniel Radcliffe; Big Fat Gypsy Weddings producers - Sport and the British: Rugby's Great Split - The Degner Defection - Start the Week: Elizabethans: Max Hastings, Mary Beard, John Guy and Lola Young - Thinking Allowed: Obesity - Cruel Optimism - Food Programme: Comfort Food - The Living World: Ponds in Winter - Saturday Review: 11/02/2012 - From Our Own Correspondent: 11/02/2012 - Week in Westminster: 11/02/2012 - The Art of Monarchy: Behind the Royal Image - Excess Baggage: Stone - Sacred sites - Crazy River - Saturday Live: 11/2 Christy Moore, Matt Harvey, build a boat couple, matchmaker, Isle of Wight blanket, Rob Brydon's Inheritance Tracks - iPM: 11/02/2012 - A Point of View: Anniversary Cornucopia - Any Questions?: Crewkerne, Somerset - Front Row: Paul McCartney, Inspector Montalbano - Last Word: Angela Culme-Seymour, Kazimierz Smolen, Nigel Doughty, Don Cornelius, Antoni Tapies - Gardeners' Question Time: Denbigh, North Wales - Sport and the British: Exporting Football - The Nile: Episode 2 - The Bottom Line: Big Egos - The Report: Battling Boardroom Pay - Front Row: Don McLean, Yayoi Kusama - The Film Programme: 09/02/2012 - Ramblings: Inspirational Walks, Kent - Octavia Hill Centenary Trail - Sport and the British: Dawn of Professional Football - Famed for Its Knitting - From Our Own Correspondent: 09/02/2012 - In Our Time: Erasmus - Four Thought: Series 2, Gordon Bridger - Front Row: Lucian Freud, Stephen Daldry, RIBA Gold Medal - The Media Show: 08/02/2012 - Sport and the British: The Formal Empire - In Living Memory: Series 15, Ramstein - Midweek: 08/02/2012 - Inside Health: 07/02/2012 - In Touch: The voluntary organisations feeling the pinch - 07/02/12 - File on 4: BioSecurity - Front Row: 2012 Art Fund Prize Longlist - A Good Read: Bonnie Greer, Simon Brett - Costing the Earth: Adapting Insects - The Kitchen Cabinet: Episode 1 - Sport and the British: The Corinthian Ideal - Soul Music: Series 13, Gresford, the Miners' Hymn - Nature: Series 5, Painting in Sound - One to One: Bridget Kendall with Alexander McCall Smith - The Life Scientific: Robin Murray - Analysis: Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi - What Are the Police For?: Episode 2 - Front Row: The influential people in theatre; the return of The Muppets - Sport and the British: Playing Like Ladies - Start the Week: Conservatism: Peter Hitchens, Margot James, Douglas Murray and Thomas Frank - Bookclub: Art Spiegelman - Maus - Welsh's Scottish Journey: Orkney - Europe's Choice: Breaking the Pact - Food Programme: Adventures in Vegetarian Cuisine - Desert Island Discs: Denise Lewis - Radio 4 Appeal: Brittle Bone Society - The Living World: Dippers - Saturday Review: 04/02/2012 - From Our Own Correspondent: 04/02/2012 - Week in Westminster: 04/02/2012 - Excess Baggage: Antarctica - Saturday Live: Leicester with Alastair Campbell, Mitch Benn, Tony Wadsworth and Showaddywaddy, Ugandan Asian exile, Christchurch fireman - iPM: 04/02/2012 - A Point of View: Email Etiquette - Any Questions?: Upton, Wirral - Front Row: Homeland, the Syrian poet Adonis and Restoration Comedy - Last Word: Angelo Dundee, Isi Metzstein, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Theo Angelopoulos - Gardeners' Question Time: Regent's Park, London - Sport and the British: The Making of Men - The Nile: Episode 1 - The Bottom Line: Automotive - The Report: Costa Concordia - Front Row: Martha Marcy May Marlene and author Anne Rice - Material World: 02/02/2012 - The Film Programme: 02/02/2012 - Open Country: 02/02/2012 - Sport and the British: The Unsporting Side of Sport - From Our Own Correspondent: 02/02/2012 - In Our Time: The Kama Sutra - Decision Time: 01/02/2012 - Front Row: Actor Ashley Walters; Howard Hodgkin's Indian art; Katherine Kelly - The Media Show: 01/02/2012 - Thinking Allowed: The Politics of Alcohol - Cooperation - Sport and the British: The Bare Fists of Boxing - Midweek: 01/02/2012 - Inside Health: 31/01/2012 - In Touch: Inaccessible airline websites - 31/01/2012 - File on 4: Police Restraint - Front Row: Charlize Theron in Young Adult; Kate Grenville - Great Lives: Series 26, Razia Sultana - Costing the Earth: Bottle Bank Wars - Sport and the British: A Level Playing Field - Soul Music: Series 13, Baker Street - Nature: Series 5, In search of the Tiger’s Roar - The Long View: Sovereign Debt and Default - Analysis: Do schools make a difference? - What Are the Police For?: Episode 1 - Front Row: Kate Winslet and Jodie Foster in Polanski's film, Carnage - Sport and the British: The Rise of Olympism - The Secret Catacombs of Paris - Start the Week: Revolution: Wael Ghonim, Paul Mason and Mary King - Open Book: Depictions of students in literature and Catherine Fletcher on Our Man in Rome - Welsh's Scottish Journey: Highlands - Europe's Choice: 1989: Reshaping Europe - Food Programme: The Trouble with Chocolate - Desert Island Discs: Sir David Attenborough - Radio 4 Appeal: Peace Direct - The Living World: Jackdaw Roost - Archive on 4: Castaway: 70 Years of Desert Island Discs - Saturday Review: 28/01/2012 - From Our Own Correspondent: 28/01/2012 - Week in Westminster: 28/01/2012 - Excess Baggage: Overland To Mongolia - Wild West - The Calgary Stampede - Saturday Live: Alain de Botton. Aoife Mannix, killer brother, undertaker windfall, oldest diabetic, Smokie at the Kremlin, Ani DiFranco - iPM: 28/01/2012 - A Point of View: The Thatcher Story - Any Questions?: Lichfield - Front Row: Alice Coote; Turner in Margate; Lana del Rey - Last Word: Nicol Williamson, Gustav Leonhardt, Manuel Fraga and Hugh Carless - Gardeners' Question Time: Postbag Edition - The Bottom Line: Capitalism - The Report: The Drug Khat - Front Row: Hajj at the British Museum - Material World: 26/01/2012 - The Film Programme: 26/01/2012 - Open Country: 26/01/2012 - From Our Own Correspondent: 26/01/2012 - In Our Time: The Scientific Method - Domesday Reloaded: How Britain Has Changed - Four Thought: Series 2, Gerard Darby - Decision Time: 25/01/2012 - Front Row: Andrew Miller and Nicholas Hytner - The Media Show: 25/01/2012 - Thinking Allowed: Conspiracy theories - International suffering - Midweek: 25/01/2012 - Inside Health: 24/01/2012 - In Touch: Is 'shared space' a safe place for blind and partially sighted people? - 24/01/2012 - File on 4: Carers in Conflict - Front Row: 2012 Academy Award nominations - Great Lives: Series 26, Vera Brittain - Word of Mouth: Teens and TV - A Last Excuse Me Dance - Nature: Series 5, Emma Turner; a life in the reeds - The Long View: Crossrail/Brunel's Thames Tunnel - Analysis: Capitalists against the Super Rich - Front Row: 23/01/2012 - What's the Benefit?: Episode 2 - Start the Week: Justice: with Simon Stephens, John Podmore, Shami Chakrabarti and Mike Hough - Open Book: Kate Williams on Victoriana and Susan Hill revisits The Woman in Black - Welsh's Scottish Journey: Glasgow - David Cameron's Big Idea: Episode 3 - Food Programme: Generation Food - Desert Island Discs: Vikram Seth - Radio 4 Appeal: National Nightline - On Your Farm: 22/01/2012 - Saturday Review: 21/01/2012 - iPM: 21/01/2012 - From Our Own Correspondent: 21/01/2012 - Week in Westminster: 21/01/2012 - Excess Baggage: The Occupied territories of East Jerusalem and the West Bank - Saturday Live: Ulrika Jonsson; Elvis McGonagall; Sword Swallower; Sleaford Crowdscape; Hearse Hitchhiker; Ruby Wax Inheritance Tracks - A Point of View: Volume Control - Any Questions?: Ingatestone, Essex - Front Row: Norma Percy on Putin; soldiers' stories on stage - Last Word: Lady Runcie, Wylie Vale, Israel Baker, Barry Reckord and Reginald Hill - Gardeners' Question Time: Spalding - The Politics of Pandas - In Business: Do It Yourself Jobs - The Report: Breast Implants - Front Row: Leonard Cohen; Abi Morgan interviewed - Material World: 19/01/2012 - The Film Programme: 19/01/2012 - Open Country: 19/01/2012 - The Mystery of The Mystery of Edwin Drood - From Our Own Correspondent: 19/01/2012 - In Our Time: 1848: Year of Revolution - Frankenstein's Moon - Four Thought: Series 2, Clare Allan - Decision Time: 18/01/2012 - Front Row: Madonna's W.E. reviewed; Ian Rankin's unpublished novel - The Media Show: 18/01/2012 - Thinking Allowed: Stag tourism - Men and childbirth - Face the Facts: Wide Berth to Justice - Songs for Tahrir - Midweek: 18/01/2012 - Inside Health: Health bill, Memory, Resuscitation, Flu - In Touch: The Lords debate the welfare reform bill - 17/01/2012 - Front Row: William Boyd on David Hockney, and new film Haywire - Great Lives: Series 26, Gracie Allen - Word of Mouth: Public speaking, show & tell - The Print Master - Nature: Series 5, The Ghost Roost - The Long View: The Stephen Lawrence Case - The Bishop and the Prisoner: Episode 3 - Front Row: Leonardo DiCaprio in Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar. TS Eliot Prize - What's the Benefit?: Episode 1 - Start the Week: Financial Crisis: Philip Coggan, Angela Knight, Maurice Glasman and Detlev Schlichter - Open Book: Gillian Slovo on General Gordon and Empire - Welsh's Scottish Journey: Borders - David Cameron's Big Idea: Episode 2 - Food Programme: London 2012, Coke and McDonalds - Desert Island Discs: Paul Johnson - Radio 4 Appeal: Bishop Simeon Trust - On Your Farm: 15/01/2012 - Saturday Review: 14/01/2012 - iPM: 14/01/2012 - From Our Own Correspondent: 14/01/2012 - Week in Westminster: 14/01/2012 - Excess Baggage: Swimming - Land Art - Sicily - Saturday Live: Jon Ronson, Kate Fox, Crows Sound Sculpture, Alien Implants, Antarctic addict, Turkish teacher, Jenny Agutter Inheritance Tracks - A Point of View: The Art of Gardening - Any Questions?: Musselburgh, East Lothian - Front Row: Heidi Thomas on Call the Midwife; trumpeter Alison Balsam - More or Less: High Speed 2 and Executive Pay - Last Word: Sir Robert Horton, Clive Robbins, Alexis Weissenberg, Sir Roger Jowell and Harry Fowler - Gardeners' Question Time: Birmingham - In Business: All Together Now - The Report: Problem leases - Front Row: Antony Gormley; painting Blair; beyond popcorn - Material World: 12/01/2012 - The Film Programme: 12/01/2012 - Open Country: Olympics - Crossing Continents: What happened to the Kurdish spring? - In Our Time: The Safavid Dynasty - Big Game, Little Game: Episode 2 - Four Thought: Series 2, Judith Clegg - Decision Time: 11/01/2012 - Front Row: The Crusades; Emeli Sande; Guy Martin - The Media Show: 11/01/2012 - Thinking Allowed: Cosmetic tourism - Debt 5,000 years - Face the Facts: Fitness to Practise - Among the Managers: Episode 2 - Midweek: 11/01/2012 - Inside Health: 10/01/2012 - In Touch: Lack of Help Getting Work and the Power of Words - 10/01/12 - Front Row: JC Chandor on his film Margin Call; composer Anna Meredith - Great Lives: Series 26, Joseph Rotblat - Word of Mouth: Stories from other cultures - Songs for Madame Vasnier - Nature: Series 5, The Water Boatman's Song - The Long View: Diamond Jubilee Celebrations - Ten Rare Men - The Bishop and the Prisoner: Episode 2 - Front Row: Steven Spielberg on War Horse; Philip Larkin's poetry - Merzman: The Art of Kurt Schwitters - Don't Log Off: Episode 2 - Start the Week: Austerity: Antony Gormley, David Kynaston and Anna Coote - A History of the World in 100 Objects Omnibus: Ancient Pleasures, Modern Spice (AD 1 - 500) - Open Book: Open Book Listeners' Funniest Books - Welsh's Scottish Journey: Episode 1 - David Cameron's Big Idea: Episode 1 - Food Programme: Food Stories: What Happened Next? - Desert Island Discs: Dame Monica Mason - Radio 4 Appeal: Motor Neurone Disease - On Your Farm: 08/01/2012 - Saturday Review: 07/01/2012 - Profile: Imran Khan - iPM: 07/01/2012 - From Our Own Correspondent: 07/01/2012 - Beyond Westminster: The Men's Vote - Excess Baggage: Hitchhiking veteran - Butterflies - Burma - Saturday Live: Twiggy, Luke Wright, Arlene Phillips, Body Double, Boy Bus Driver, Born in a Cab, multilinguist - Britain in a Box: Series 4, Driving School - A Point of View: Information Overload - Any Questions?: Preston, Hertfordshire - Front Row: Puppets take centre stage - More or Less: Using statistics in court - Last Word: Eve Arnold, Ronald Searle, Sir Michael Dummett and Bob Anderson - Gardeners' Question Time: North Somerset - The Internet Millionaires' Club - In Our Time: The Written World, Episode 5 - Britain in a Box: Series 4, Men Behaving Badly - In Business: Class Struggle - The Report: Metal Theft - Front Row: New TV comedies; Tom Hooper on life after The King's Speech - Material World: 05/01/2012 - The Film Programme: 05/01/2012 - Open Country: Knockando Woolmill - Crossing Continents: Saving the Brazilian Amazon - In Our Time: The Written World, Literature - Britain in a Box: Series 4, The Old Grey Whistle Test - Big Game, Little Game: Episode 1 - Four Thought: Series 2, Paul Flatters - Bringing Up Britain: Series 4, Butting Out and Letting Go - Front Row: Actor Michael Fassbender, and Julian Lloyd Webber on Delius - The Media Show: 04/01/2012 - Thinking Allowed: Uniforms and status in hospitals - Cities under siege - Face the Facts: The Disowned Army - Among the Managers: Episode 1 - In Our Time: The Written World, Episode 3 - Britain in a Box: Series 4, World in Action - Thinking Streets - In Touch: Latest mobile phones and what they offer the visually impaired - Front Row: Costa Book Awards category winners announced; Tony Marchant; Ronald Searle Tribute - Great Lives: Series 26, Lonnie Donegan - Word of Mouth: Comparing the way we bring up children and train dogs - Home Planet: What has happened to the lapwings? - Nature: Series 5, Soundings from Antarctica - In Our Time: The Written World, Episode 2 - The Bishop and the Prisoner: Episode 1 - Front Row: Kate Bush, Nick Mason and Brian Wilson on new life for old tapes - In Search of Barney Bubbles - Don't Log Off: Episode 1 - In Our Time: The Written World, Episode 1 - A History of the World in 100 Objects Omnibus: Empire Builders (300 BC - AD 10) - Bookclub: Hunter Davies on The Beatles - Food Programme: New Year's Food Quiz - Desert Island Discs: Sir Terry Wogan - Radio 4 Appeal: African Initiatives - On Your Farm: 01/01/2012 - Profile: Michael Acton Smith - iPM: 31/12/2011 - From Our Own Correspondent: 31/12/2011 - Beyond Westminster: Controlling the Past - Excess Baggage: England - Saturday Live: 31/12/2011 - A Point of View: Glamour in Austerity - Correspondents Look Ahead: 30/12/2011 - Front Row: Writers including PD James and Anthony Horowitz take on classic characters - More or Less: 30/12/2011 - Gardeners' Question Time: Mickleton, Gloucestershire - Desert Island Discs: Professor Brian Cox - A Point of View: The Memory Business - In Business: A Glass of Its Own - The Report: Iran's Soft Power - Front Row: Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Bruce Forsyth and Jack Jones - Material World: 29/12/2011 - The Film Programme: 29/12/2011 - Open Country: 29/12/2011 - Crossing Continents: Frank Wild's last journey - In Our Time: Macromolecules - The Teetotaller's Guide to Boozing - Four Thought: Series 2, Tim Smit - Bringing Up Britain: Series 4, Consumer Children - Front Row: Writers from India and Pakistan - A Point of View: Media Malpractice - The Media Show: The Media Show Special: Children and Television - Thinking Allowed: Home Life 4: Shared Home - The Dog and the Whale - Make Me a National Treasure - Midweek: 28/12/2011 - In Touch: Peter White meets actor Ryan Kelly - Jazzer in The Archers. 27/12/2011 - Buying Defence - Front Row: Singers Joseph Calleja, Ian Bostridge, Mark Padmore and Iestyn Davies - A Point of View: The Meaning of Debt - Great Lives: Series 26, Ludwig II of Bavaria - Word of Mouth: But I've Got a Degree! - Home Planet: Are Our Seasons Changing? - One to One: Bridget Kendall with Archbishop Rowan Williams - The Life Scientific: Colin Pillinger - For One Night Only: Series 6, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart - How New Is the New Philanthropy?: Two 'New Philanthropies' - Front Row: The Boxing Day Quiz - A Point of View: The End, yet again? - The Infinite Monkey Cage: Series 5, The Science of Christmas - Start the Week: David Hockney Special - News Review of the Year: 2011 - Food Programme: The Food Quiz - Your Desert Island Discs: 25/12/2011 - Radio 4 Appeal: Carers UK - On Your Farm: 25/12/2011 - Open Book: Funny Books Special - Saturday Review: 24/12/2011 - Profile: Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams - iPM: 24/12/2011 - From Our Own Correspondent: 24/12/2011 - Week in Westminster: 24/12/2011 - Excess Baggage: Travel Biography from The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival - Saturday Live: Steve Backshall, Murray Lachlan Young, gorilla surrogate mum, famine relief, transatlantic rowers, macaque attack, Julian Lennon - A Point of View: Carols at Christmas - Saving Species: Sustaining Life - Front Row: Dominic West; Tracey Emin; Tom Hooper; Great British Bake Off; Inbetweeners - More or Less: Who are the 1% and who are the 99%? - Last Word: Vaclav Havel, Kim Jong-il, Chris Athey, Cesaria Evora and Russell Hoban - Gardeners' Question Time: Tenterden, Kent - The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: The Last Post - Inside the Academie Francaise - Am I Really Free? - In Business: 21st Century Unlimited - The Report: Clinical Trials - Front Row: Julian Barnes, Andrea Arnold, Sir David Chipperfield - Material World: 22/12/2011 - The Film Programme: 22/12/2011 - Open Country: 22/12/2011 - The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: The Post Code - Crossing Continents: The Graves of Kashmir - In Our Time: Robinson Crusoe - The Oath - Four Thought: Series 2, James Lange - Bringing Up Britain: Series 4, Birds, Bees and Blushes - Front Row: Paul Merton; Neon Artwork; Adele's producer Paul Epworth - The Media Show: 21/12/2011 - Thinking Allowed: Madness - Anti Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis - The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: A Job in a Million - Tales from the Arab Spring: Whose Tomorrow? (Syria) - Midweek: 21/12/2011 - All in the Mind: 20/12/2011 - In Touch: Latest Can't See, Will Cook + Braille reaction - Can You Touch Your Toes? - Front Row: Michelle Yeoh, 2011 music picks, book cover design - Great Lives: Series 26, Thomas Hobbes - Word of Mouth: 20/12/2011 - Home Planet: Carbon dioxide munching plants - The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: The Post Office at War - Tales from the Arab Spring: Counter Revolution (Libya) - One to One: Lucy Kellaway with Sir Peter Moores - The Life Scientific: Lord Robert Winston - How New Is the New Philanthropy?: Victorian Philanthropy and its Critics - Front Row: Jennifer Saunders; the new Mission: Impossible film - The Infinite Monkey Cage: Series 5, I'm a Chemist Get Me Out of Here - The Art of Darkness - The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: The Telegraph - Tales from the Arab Spring: Revolution (Egypt) - Start the Week: The Spirit of Christmas: Claire Tomalin, Susan Hill and Canon Giles Fraser - Open Book: Open Book continues its celebration of funny books and writers - Coming Out: Bankruptcy - Food Programme: Gin and Botanicals - Desert Island Discs: Julian Fellowes - Radio 4 Appeal: I CAN - On Your Farm: 18/12/2011 - Saturday Review: 17/12/2011 - Profile: Peter Higgs - iPM: 17/12/2011 - From Our Own Correspondent: 17/12/2011 - Week in Westminster: 17/12/2011 - Excess Baggage: Animal welfare - Plant hunting - Saturday Live: Samantha Bond; Luke Wright; young ballerina; lung scientist; Chi Chi's keeper; saw Sound Sculpture; Gareth Malone - A Point of View: Climate Change Belief - Any Questions?: Stepney, London - Front Row: Former Python Terry Jones, young James Herriot and Morse on TV - More or Less: 16/12/2011 - Last Word: Christopher Hitchens, Lynn Margulis, George Whitman and Jerry Robinson - Gardeners' Question Time: Sutton Coldfield - The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: The Postal Worker's Strike - The Bob Graham Round - Saving Species: Series 2, Episode 30 - In Business: Cuba Now - The Report: Computer Hacking - Front Row: David Fincher; Crime Books; Vikram Seth - Material World: 15/12/2011 - The Film Programme: 15/12/2011 - Open Country: Snowdonia: Search and Rescue Dog Association - The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: A Community Hub - Crossing Continents: China's Migrant Worker Mega-City - In Our Time: The Concordat of Worms - Post Mortem - Four Thought: Series 2, Anthony McGowan - Bringing Up Britain: Series 4, Feral Kids and Feckless Parents - Front Row: Simon Schama interviewed - The Media Show: 14/12/2011 - Thinking Allowed: Tipping points - The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: Love Letters - Midweek: 14/12/2011 - All in the Mind: 13/12/2011 - In Touch: Planned changes to Braille meet opposition, and more tips on useful gadgets. 13/12/2011 - Boundaries of Blood - Front Row: Sir David Jason and the return of Sherlock Holmes - Great Lives: Series 26, Ludwig Wittgenstein - Home Planet: Is renewable energy truly renewable? - The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: Business Post - Blue Notes, Cold Nights - One to One: Lucy Kellaway with Jeremy Middleton - The Life Scientific: Tim Hunt - How New Is the New Philanthropy?: Episode 1 - Front Row: Meryl Streep on playing Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady - The Infinite Monkey Cage: Series 5, The Science of Sound - The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: The Penny Black - The Wedding Gold Thefts - Start the Week: 12/12/2011 - Open Book: 11/12/2011 - Coming Out: Rosie - The Blood Telegram - Food Programme: The Price of Food - Desert Island Discs: Eve Pollard - Radio 4 Appeal: Haven Distribution - On Your Farm: 11/12/2011 - Saturday Review: 10/12/2011 - Profile: Newt Gingrich - iPM: 10/12/2011 - From Our Own Correspondent: 10/12/2011 - Week in Westminster: 10/12/2011 - Excess Baggage: Historic walks - Fast and slow trains - Saturday Live: Ann Widdecombe, Matt Harvey, John Lennon's housesitter, Amanda Whittle, Chi Chi, Carole Wright, Simon Callow - A Point of View: Beware the Experts - Any Questions?: Dudley - Front Row: Comedy DVDs; Haunted Child; Graham Sutherland - More or Less: 09/12/2011 - Last Word: Dev Anand, Christopher Logue, Sócrates, Helen Forrester, Wilfred Lambert - Gardeners' Question Time: Scottish Borders - The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: Freepost - Saving Species: Series 2, Episode 29 - In Business: The Curse of the Bonus - The Report: Border Controls - Front Row: Annie Lennox; Nick Park; The Ladykillers - Material World: 08/12/2011 - The Film Programme: 08/12/2011 - Open Country: Lancashire: Shale Gas - The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: The Mail Coach - Crossing Continents: Exposing Bali's Orphanages - In Our Time: Heraclitus - Frontiers: 07/12/2011 - Four Thought: Series 2, David Perks - Front Row: Vikram Seth; Carole King; Richard II - The Media Show: 07/12/2011 - Thinking Allowed: Parents, Teens and the Culture of Sex: The Claims of Parenting - The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: A Culture of Letters - Book of the Week: Just My Type, Episode 3 - Midweek: 07/12/2011 - All in the Mind: 06/12/2011 - In Touch: The blind Chinese human rights campaigner. 06/12/2011 - Greece: Broken Marble, Broken Future - Front Row: Amy Winehouse Review; Brian Sewell; New Year's Eve - Great Lives: Series 26, Philip K Dick - Home Planet: Docile Bees and Solar Panels - The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office: The London Penny Post - Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats: Series 9, Clifford Brown - One to One: Lucy Kellaway with Anon - The Life Scientific: Uta Frith - Front Row: John Cleese interview - The Infinite Monkey Cage: Series 5, The Origins of Life - Three Wishes - Start the Week: Philosophy: Bernard-Henri Levy, Mary Warnock and Roger Scruton - Bookclub: Sebastian Barry: The Secret Scripture - Coming Out: Kelly - Things We Forgot to Remember: Series 7, The English Armada - Food Programme: Britain's best food markets - Desert Island Discs: Martin Sorrell - Radio 4 Christmas Appeal: Received With Thanks - Radio 4 Christmas Appeal: St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal - On Your Farm: 04/12/2011 - Saturday Review: 03/12/2011 - Profile: Youssou N'Dour - iPM: 03/12/2011 - From Our Own Correspondent: 03/12/2011 - Week in Westminster: 03/12/2011 - Excess Baggage: Gambian elections - Nepal - Himalayan rafting - Saturday Live: Noah Stewart, Aoife Mannix, photojournalist Giles Duley, Parliament Choir, art teacher David Wood, Mel C's Inheritance Tracks - Book of the Week: Charles Dickens - A Life, Episode 5 - A Point of View: Finding Family History - Any Questions?: Luton - Front Row: Robin Hood at the RSC, Tracy Chevalier and Joanna Trollope - More or Less: 02/12/2011 - Last Word: Ken Russell, Gary Speed, Lana Peters and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu - Gardeners' Question Time: Hailsham, East Sussex - Book of the Week: Charles Dickens - A Life, Episode 4 - Saving Species: Series 2, Episode 28 - In Business: Don't Cry for Me, Argentina - The Report: Behind the Lines - Front Row: Stephen Schwartz; The Big Year - Material World: 01/12/2011 - The Film Programme: 01/12/2011 - Open Country: 01/12/2011 - Crossing Continents: Farming Zimbabwe - In Our Time: Christina Rossetti - Book of the Week: Charles Dickens - A Life, Episode 3 - Frontiers: 30/11/2011 - Four Thought: Series 2, Angela Saini - Front Row: Lenny Henry in The Comedy of Errors; Rob Brydon - The Media Show: 30/11/2011 - Thinking Allowed: Grammar Schools and Social Mobility; The Opera Fanatic - Mel's Iron Age Holiday - Midweek: 30/11/2011 - Book of the Week: Charles Dickens - A Life, Episode 2 - All in the Mind: 29/11/2011 - In Touch: Gadgets to help you if you've just lost your sight. 29/11/2011 - Front Row: Ricky Gervais; Wayne McGregor - A Good Read: Lucy Worsley, Barbara Stocking - Brain Culture: Neuroscience and Society: Brain Science and Behaviour Change - Home Planet: Ageing Apples and Invisible Pheasants - Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats: Series 9, Joe Henderson - One to One: Evan Davis talks to Elliot Castro - The Life Scientific: John Sulston - Book of the Week: Charles Dickens - A Life, Episode 1 - Front Row: Martin Scorsese's Hugo 3D; Sports Book of the Year - The Infinite Monkey Cage: Series 5, A Balanced Programme on Balance - The Alias Men - Prisoners' Women - Start the Week: Political leadership: George Ayittey, Simon Heffer, Martin Wolf and Maha Azzam - Open Book: 27/11/2011 - Coming Out: Cathy, Andrew and Emily - Things We Forgot to Remember: Series 7, Episode 3 - Food Programme: Britain's best food producers - Desert Island Discs: Bear Grylls - Radio 4 Appeal: Move Europe - The Living World: Cuckoo Trees - Saturday Review: 26/11/2011 - Profile: Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi - iPM: 26/11/2011 - From Our Own Correspondent: 26/11/2011 - Week in Westminster: 26/11/2011 - Excess Baggage: Storytelling in Japan and Morocco - Coastal Stations - Saturday Live: Patricia Cornwell, Elvis McGonagall, Cassius Clay's 'Stand By Me', Assisted Dying, Whisky Galore Shipwreck - A Point of View: The Oxbridge Interview - Any Questions?: London Radio Theatre - Front Row: The Shakespeare Thefts; Desperate Scousewives review - Last Word: Basil D'Oliveira, Shelagh Delaney, Sir Robin Mountfield, Sir David Jack and Peter Reading - Gardeners' Question Time: 25/11/2011 - Food and Farming Awards: Food and Farming Awards 2011 - Spooklights - Saving Species: Series 2, Episode 27 - In Business: Survival Strategy - The Report: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards - Front Row: The Deep Blue Sea; John Craven - Material World: 24/11/2011 - The Film Programme: 24/11/2011 - Open Country: 24/11/2011 - The Countertenor - Crossing Continents: Roubles and Radicals in Dagestan - In Our Time: Judas Maccabeus - Frontiers: 23/11/2011 - Four Thought: Series 2, David Bainbridge - Front Row: Sir Bruce Forsyth; Moneyball review; Ashmolean - The Media Show: 23/11/2011 - Thinking Allowed: Older gays in rural areas; Protest over art and culture in America - Mastering the Art of the Kimono - Midweek: 23/11/2011 - All in the Mind: 22/11/2011 - In Touch: The role of charities and 'Seeing It My Way' - From Frestonia to Belgravia: The History of Squatting - Front Row: Kate Bush interview; My Week With Marilyn - A Good Read: Rachel Johnson, Martin Kelner - Brain Culture: Neuroscience and Society: Brain Science and Education - Making History: 22/11/2011 - Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats: Series 9, Zoot Sims - One to One: Evan Davis with Steve Henry - The Life Scientific: Nicky Clayton - The New Global Economics: The Shift - Front Row: Gillian Slovo on The Riots; WWII film Resistance - The Infinite Monkey Cage: Series 5, What's the North Ever Done for Us? - The Brotherton Archive and Me - The Freedom Trail: Episode 2 - Start the Week: The Arts and politics: Rory Bremner, Peter Kosminsky and Iwona Blazwick - Open Book: 20/11/2011 - Coming Out: Daniel - Things We Forgot to Remember: Series 7, Episode 2 - Food Programme: A Special (Food) Relationship - Desert Island Discs: Robert Hardy - Radio 4 Appeal: Children in Need - The Living World: Winter Ladybirds - Saturday Review: 19/11/2011 - Profile: Meryl Streep - From Our Own Correspondent: 19/11/2011 - Week in Westminster: 19/11/2011 - Excess Baggage: Mitteleuropa - Escape from Hong Kong - A272 - Saturday Live: Sir Alan Parker, Kate Fox, jailed mother Fiona, Ki