Elinor Goodman looks at how opposition parties prepare for power in advance of elections.
DetailsExploring a strange coincidence from 1957, when John Prescott was a cruise ship waiter.
DetailsJohn Waite investigates the work of the Vatican Secret Archives laboratory.
DetailsDaniel Hope takes a tour of Vienna with Royal Court Organist Martin Haselbock.
DetailsSteve Punt turns private investigator, examining little mysteries that amuse and beguile
DetailsPuppeteer Walter Wilkinson's account of his time in America with his travelling peep-show
DetailsNick Baker examines the irresistible impulse to put your hands together and clap.
DetailsNew research offers hope of better treatment for with brain-damaged patients.
DetailsTribute to the QE2, the most famous of the Cunard liners, which was retired to Dubai.
DetailsPeter Day visits Washington DC to see whether the regulators will licence an HIV-Aids drug
DetailsCelebrity panel game about quotations featuring questions posed by listeners
DetailsNick Barraclough delves into the world of backing vocalists.
DetailsWeekly programme highlighting the work of a charity and appealing for donations
DetailsReceived with Thanks tells you how money raised in the Christmas Appeal is being spent.
DetailsSheila Dillon is joined by a host of celebrities to honour the winners.
DetailsSheila Dillon hosts the ninth Food and Farming Awards, held at the NEC, Birmingham.
DetailsStephen Fry and Matt Lucas host an irreverent romp through Radio 4's broadcasting history.
DetailsProgramme joining notable and interesting people for a walk through the countryside
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