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The Prince

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The Prince
BBC Radio 4
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By Jonathan Myerson. Five centuries after the publication of his most notorious tract, long-dead Florentine...

Opera on 3

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Berg's Lulu
BBC Radio 3
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The first of two visits this weekend to Welsh National Opera for a recording of David Pountney's new production...

The Mask of Dimitrios

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The Origins of an Obsession
BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4 LW
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Part one of two. Crime thriller, by Eric Ambler and dramatised by Stephen Sheridan, set in 1930s Istanbul....

Unreliable Evidence

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Unreliable Evidence
BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4 LW
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In the first instalment of a new run of the programme, Clive Anderson and a panel of senior judges, lawyers and...

Tomorrow

Sounds Natural

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Sounds Natural
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Actor Peter Cushing joins Derek Jones to discuss his love of the British countryside, and the unique soundscape...

Desert Island Discs

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Deborah Bull
BBC Radio 4
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Dancer, writer, and broadcaster Deborah Bull talks to Kirsty Young and selects eight favourite recordings to...

Just a Minute

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Just a Minute
BBC Radio 4
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The comedy panel show returns as host Nicholas Parsons challenges guests Paul Merton, Pam Ayres, Kevin Eldon and...

File on 4

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File on 4
BBC Radio 4
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Alan Urry investigates whether the NHS is able to cope with superbugs such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile,...

This week

Disability: A New History

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The Only Dwarf in Liverpool
BBC Radio 4
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New series. In Touch presenter Peter White examines the lives of physically disabled people in 18th and...

Goodnight from Him

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Goodnight from Him
BBC Radio 4
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By Roy Smiles. Comedy drama about the working relationship between Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, featuring...

Blood and Beauty

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Blood and Beauty
BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4 LW
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By Sarah Dunant, abridged by Eileen Horne. The story of the social, political and sexual activity that occurred...

Mastertapes

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Wilko Johnson (The B-Side)
BBC Radio 4
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John Wilson presents as Wilko Johnson answers questions from a studio audience about Dr Feelgood's debut album...

Food: A Scandalous History

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Food: A Scandalous History
BBC Radio 4
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Broadcaster and restaurant critic Giles Coren compares the recent horsemeat controversy with Victorian food...

Yes, Nina Conti Really Is on the Radio

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Yes, Nina Conti Really Is on the Radio
BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4 LW
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The ventriloquist chats to physicist Jim Al-Khalili and former X Factor star Wagner. Plus, audience members are...

Sketchorama

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Sketchorama
BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4 LW
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Thom Tuck gives three comedy sketch groups - the Beta Males, Shirley & Shirley, and Jonny & the Baptists - a...

Vertical Farming

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Vertical Farming
BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4 LW
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As the population of the world increases, proponents of vertical farming believe growing food in cities would...

5 Live Sport

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5 Live Sport: Sounds of the Summer
BBC Radio 5 Live
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A celebration of vintage cricket commentary with Jonathan Agnew, Henry Blofeld and other familiar voices from...

Wireless Nights

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BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4 LW
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Jarvis Cocker hears from horror-movie fans at Birmingham's Electric Cinema. He also learns about the National...

Adventures in the BBC Archives

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Adventures in the BBC Archives
BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Former head of MI5 Stella Rimington uses the BBC Archives to explore the Cambridge Five - a ring of Soviet spies...