Jon Manel reveals what went wrong with President Obama's plan to close Guantanamo Bay.
DetailsPenny Marshall examines how science is allowing the police to reopen unsolved cases
DetailsTrevor Phillips asks why we define members of the human race by the colour of their skin
DetailsPresenter Katie Derham with comments from leading artists explore the Command Performance.
DetailsTarik O'Regan offers a portrait of New York, siren city for composers from the Old World.
DetailsJolyon Jenkins finds out about the state school boys who won scholarships to Eton.
DetailsSteve Carver explores the complex world of the window cleaner.
DetailsSitcom by Hugh Rycroft about a Radio 4 continuity announcer and his late-night broodings
DetailsBBC correspondents forecast the leading news stories for the year ahead
DetailsFormer Washington Ambassador Christopher Meyer compares The West Wing and Yes Minister.
DetailsHeather Couper presents an omnibus edition of her major new narrative history of astronomy
DetailsProgramme looking at man's effect on the environment and how the environment reacts
DetailsIndian Stone: Tom Heap examines the increasing demand for natural stone within the UK and why it has led to the resource being imported from India.
DetailsIndian Stone: Tom Heap examines the increasing demand for natural stone within the UK and why it has led to the resource being imported from India.
DetailsFormer Muslim radical Shiraz Maher questions the death penalty for apostasy.
DetailsCould an atrocity on the scale of the Harold Shipman case happen again?
DetailsThe life of Count Arthur Strong, one time variety star and expert in absolutely everything
DetailsQuiz in which members of the public compete to become Radio 4's musical mastermind
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