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Eric Robson chairs. With Bob Flowerdew, John Cushnie and Pippa Greenwood.

Kirsty Young's castaway is the actor David Tennant.

On the last BH of 2009, a cast of panto stars reviewing the papers and much more besides.

Roger Bolton discusses the religious and ethical news of the week.

Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.

Fi Glover is joined by Brian May. With poetry from Murray Lachlan Young.

2/6. Phil Hammond's guests include Don Warrington, Laura Barton and Martyn Poliakoff.

4/4. Arabella Weir talks to Paul Whitehouse about his career in comedy.

1/6. With Sir Tim Rice, Imogen Stubbs and Anne Atkins.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history and myth of the Samurai.

3/3. Richard Coles on the collaboration between Walter Becker and Donald Fagen of Steely Dan.

How much information about us is in circulation and what are our rights to access it?

Was marrying within the family key to success of the ruling classes in Victorian England?

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Howard Goodall.

2/3. Richard Coles examines the partnership of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Walter Legge.

3/9. Neil Innes discusses the life of his colleague and friend Vivian Stanshall.

Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world.

1/3. Billie Holiday and Lester Young were lauded for complementing one another's sound.

Andrew Marr discusses political satire, the philosophy of wine and the nature of the Welsh

Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.

Fi Glover is joined by sports reporter Garry Richardson. With poetry from Susan Richardson

Martha Kearney chairs the topical debate from Masham, North Yorkshire.

Peter Gibbs chairs. With Anne Swithinbank, Chris Beardshaw and John Cushnie.

Will the Lisbon Treaty generate a legal tsunami which will overwhelm British sovereignty?

Laurie Taylor explores the history of prison clothing, and the power of the boycott.

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Val Doonican.

2/9. Stand-up comedian Rich Hall discusses the life of playwright Tennessee Williams.

Richard Daniel and his team discuss insects and sea life.

Tom Sutcliffe with Andrew Dalby, Evgeny Morozov, Amanda Goodall and David Boyd Haycock.

Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.

Fi Glover is joined by journalist Lynn Barber, author of An Education.

Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from Bracknell in Berkshire.

Eric Robson chairs. With Bunny Guinness, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Biggs.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans.

Why are more people living on their own and what are the consequences for society?

Libby Purves is joined by Simon Callow, Cedric Robinson, Chanee Brule, Jacqui Dankworth.

1/9. Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes discusses the life of Henry V.

Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world.

Andrew Marr with Tariq Ali, Tzvetan Todorov, Andrew Graham-Dixon and Janine di Giovanni.

James Naughtie and readers talk to John Irving about his novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany.

Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.

The Rev Richard Coles is joined by Industry Leader for Technology at Google Sarah Speake.

Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from Stratford-upon-Avon.

Eric Robson chairs. With Chris Beardshaw, Bunny Guinness and Bob Flowerdew.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Silk Road, the trade routes which spanned Asia.

Laurie Taylor talks to the anthroplogist who spent a year studying Wall Street.

Libby Purves and guests Seth Shostak, Fergus Anckorn, Guy Masterson and Vyvyen Brendon.

Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world.

Andrew Marr with Audrey Kurth Cronin, Sir Hugh Orde, Eugene Rogan and Sarah Wood.

Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.

Fi Glover talks to author Justin Cartwright. With poetry from Luke Wright.

Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from Tidworth in Wiltshire.

Eric Robson chairs. With Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank and Matt Biggs.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

Will UK party politics be transformed by new media and digital technology?

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including actor Tom Conti.

Richard Daniel and the team look at how the osprey has an amazing ability to spot prey.

Andrew Marr with Tariq Ramadan, Sir Mark Walport, Kate Bush and Jonathan Phillips.

Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.

Fi Glover is joined by the actor Robert Lindsay. With poetry from Kate Fox.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire.

Peter Gibbs chairs. With Pippa Greenwood, John Cushnie and Anne Swithinbank.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta.

Laurie Taylor explores the punishment of white collar crime.

Libby Purves is joined by Desmond Fforde, Mariatu Kamara, Richard Williams, Graham Poll.

Tom Sutcliffe talks to Nitin Sawhney, Stephen Poliakoff, Dennis Sewell and Harriet Ritvo.

Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.

Fi Glover is joined by writer William Boyd. With poetry from Murray Lachlan Young.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Cardiff University.

Eric Robson chairs. With Chris Beardshaw, Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the discovery of radiation, from radio waves to gamma rays

Why has corporate crime had such a low priority?

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Jayne Torvill.

Andrew Marr with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Shlomo Sand, Tony Marchant and Sue Brown.

Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.

Fi Glover is joined by businessman Harvey Jacobson. With poetry from Susan Richardson.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Hartlepool.

Eric Robson chairs. With Chris Beardshaw, Anne Swithinbank and John Cushnie.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Siege of Munster in 1534-35.

Laurie Taylor explores white collar crime. What exactly is it, who commits it and why?

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Lawrence Dallaglio.

Andrew Marr with Daniel Kramer, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Clare Lockhart and Quentin Letts

James Naughtie talks to Linda Grant about her novel, When I Lived in Modern Times.

Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.

Fi Glover is joined by clinical psychologist and writer Dorothy Rowe.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Cambridge University.

Eric Robson chairs. With Matthew Biggs, Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pessimistic philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer.

The social and cultural influences on bereaved families' decisions to donate organs.

Lively conversation with Libby Purves and guests including bear expert Dr Lynn Rogers.

Andrew Marr with Sir Christopher Meyer, Diarmaid MacCulloch and Sara Wheeler.

Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.

Fi Glover is joined by Dame Joan Bakewell. With poetry from Matt Harvey.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Burgess Hill in West Sussex.

Peter Gibbs chairs the horticultural forum, with Aileymill Primary Group in Greenock.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the geological formation of Britain.

From suburbia to housing estates, Laurie Taylor discusses town and city planning.

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Arturo Brachetti.

Andrew Marr with Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Jenny Uglow and Orlando Figes.

Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.

Rev Richard Coles is joined by five-time Olympic gold medal winner Sir Steve Redgrave.

Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from Cerne Abbas in Dorset.

Peter Gibbs chairs. With Anne Swithinbank, Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the death of Queen Elizabeth I.

Laurie Taylor finds out about what we leave with the dead and why.

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Maureen Lipman.

Andrew Marr with novelist Audrey Niffenegger, historian Robert Service and Edward Carr.

Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.

Fi Glover is joined by the creator and writer of Teletubbies, Andrew Davenport.

Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate in Newcastle.

Eric Robson chairs. With Matthew Biggs, Pippa Greenwood and John Cushnie.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dreyfus Affair, which tore France apart in the 1890s.

Sociologist Loic Wacquant discusses the consequences of a growing US prison system.

Lively and diverse conversation with guests including the Duchess of Rutland.

Andrew Marr's guests include PD James, Stella Rimington and Harold Evans.

James Naughtie and readers talk to Gillian Slovo about her novel Red Dust.

Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.

Fi Glover is joined by author and broadcaster Kate Mosse.

Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from Altrincham in Cheshire.

Peter Gibbs chairs. With Matthew Biggs, Bunny Guinness and John Cushnie.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Pharaoh Akhenaten.

Laurie Taylor discusses the secret codes of criminal communication.

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Timothy Knatchbull.

9/9. John Major discusses the life of Rudyard Kipling, poet to the British Empire.

Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about rising sea levels.

Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.

Fi Glover is joined by Alan Titchmarsh. With poetry from Susan Richardson.

Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from Wells in Somerset.

Peter Gibbs chairs. With Anne Swithinbank, Pippa Greenwood and John Cushnie.

The dispute between Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz over who invented calculus.

Laurie Taylor discusses the role of acquaintances.

Libby Purves and guests Sarah Butler, Lenny Henry, Leslie Caron & Clarissa Dickson Wright.

8/9. Paul Daniels explores the life of Harry Houdini, with help from biographer William Kalush.

Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world.

Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.

Fi Glover is joined by musician and actor Gary Kemp. With poetry from Elvis McGonagall.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Ashbourne in Derbyshire.

Eric Robson chairs. With Bunny Guinness, Chris Beardshaw and Bob Flowerdew.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Thomas Aquinas.

The life of philosopher RG Collingwood, and restorative justice in Northern Ireland.

Lively and diverse conversation with guests including Michael Mansfield QC.

7/9. Kate Humble discusses the South African singer and anti-apartheid activist, Miriam Makeba.

Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world.

Tempted by a golden opportunity? We look at the pros and cons of buying and selling gold.

Fi Glover is joined by businesswoman Martha Lane Fox. With poetry from Matt Harvey.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Sunbury-on-Thames in Middlesex.

Peter Gibbs chairs. With Chris Beardshaw, Anne Swithinbank and Matthew Biggs.

Can children be both clever and popular in school? Laurie explores the role of class swot.

6/9. Boris Johnson nominates Samuel Johnson, writer of the great dictionary.

Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world.

James Naughtie talks to travel writer Robert Macfarlane about his book The Wild Places.

With Paul Lewis. Will stock markets continue to rise? The bulls and the bears discuss.

Fi Glover is joined by Hamish Anderson. With poetry from Kate Fox.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion in Lichfield, Staffordshire.

Peter Gibbs chairs. With Matthew Biggs, Bunny Guinness and John Cushnie.

Why do people return to their country of birth? Laurie Taylor explores return migration.

5/9. Rolf Harris discusses the life of the Welsh painter Sir Kyffin Williams.

Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world.

3/3. Paul Lewis asks what the return to rising house prices means for first-time buyers.

Fi Glover is joined by classicist Mary Beard. With poetry from Murray Lachlan Young.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.

Peter Gibbs chairs. With Anne Swithinbank, Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood.

Laurie Taylor discusses the life and work of leading cultural commentator Richard Hoggart.

4/9. Travel writer Dervla Murphy discusses the life of another woman traveller, Freya Stark.

Richard Daniel and the team are at the British Birdwatching Fair at Rutland Water.

Ernie Rea explores the place of faith in today's world.

2/3. Penny Haslam investigates whether we focus too much on the negatives of recession.

Fi Glover is joined by Madness frontman Suggs. With poetry from Kate Fox.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Middle Wallop, Hampshire.

Peter Gibbs chairs. With Pippa Greenwood, Bob Flowerdew and Bunny Guinness.

Does inequality lead to religion? Laurie Taylor explores the lastest research.

3/9. George Galloway chooses British poet and political activist John Cornford.

Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world.

Ernie Rea and guests discuss what cognitive neuroscience is revealing about belief in God.

1/3. Penny Haslam looks for advice to help small businesses cope with the recession.

Fi Glover is joined by Professor Anthony Hollander. With poetry from Murray Lachlan Young.

Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate in Rye, East Sussex.

Eric Robson chairs. With Matthew Biggs, Anne Swithinbank and Bob Flowerdew.

Laurie Taylor discusses myth and reality in the history of the British police.

2/9. David Miliband discusses the life of Joe Slovo, a leading member of the ANC.

Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world.

Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious symbolism and rituals associated with water.

Rev Richard Coles is joined by wildlife film maker Simon King.

Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate in Margate.

Eric Robson chairs. With John Cushnie, Bunny Guinness and Matthew Biggs.

How Turkey's once revolutionary Islamists became a pillar of the state.

1/9. Andrew Motion champions the life of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate for over 40 years

Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world.

Ernie Rea and guests examine the history and theology which underpin the Islamic republic.

James Naughtie and readers talk to bestselling writer CJ Sansom about Dissolution.

Fi Glover is joined by Alain De Botton. With poetry from Matt Harvey.

Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate in Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.

Eric Robson chairs. With Bob Flowerdew, Pippa Greenwood and Anne Swithinbank.

Cultural hybridity: is globalisation making the world homogenous?

Lively conversation with Libby Purves and guests including photographer Terry O'Neill.

Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world.

Ernie Rea and guests discuss the beliefs underpinning witchcraft.

In a special edition of the programme, Paul Lewis and guests discuss saving and investing.

Fi Glover is joined by Sheila Hancock. David Peace recalls the Yorkshire Ripper murders.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Verwood, Dorset.

Why black girls succeed and fail in education?

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Maurice Gran.

Richard Daniel and his team debate if planting more forests can reduce flooding risks.

Ernie Rea and guests discusses whether the internet is a gift to humanity or a threat.

Andrew Marr is joined by James Purnell, Hanif Kureishi, David Haslam and Tristram Stuart.

The government's plans for social care reform are examined in detail.

Fi Glover is joined by Tobias Jones. With poetry from Lemn Sissay.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Norwich.

Is an unequal society bad for your health?

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Rick Stein.

Do the millions of cigarettes smoked each day contribute to atmospheric pollution?

Ernie Rea and guests discuss whether adopting poverty could have advantages.

Andrew Marr's guests include the Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen.

Reports on the latest White Paper aimed at helping consumers, share scams.

Rev Richard Coles is joined by James Palumbo. With poetry from Kate Fox.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Consett, County Durham.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Ediacara Biota.

With Laurie Taylor. Can Darwin explain why some societies become modern?

Libby Purves is joined by Patina Miller, Paddy Lyons, David Crystal and Griff Rhys Jones.

Richard Daniel and his team discuss listeners' questions about the natural world.

Ernie Rea and guests discuss the theological roots of the Orange Order.

Andrew Marr talks to Arundhati Roy, Timothy Garton Ash, Karen Armstrong and Hermione Lee.

James Naughtie and readers meet Northern Irish writer Bernard MacLaverty.

Paul Lewis with latest news from the world of personal finance.

Fi Glover is joined by Irish novelist John Boyne. With poetry from Luke Wright.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Cranleigh in Surrey.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the radical philosophy of the Vienna Circle.

Exploring medically unexplained symptoms, lesbian motherhood & new definitions of family.

With freerunner Dan Edwardes, Yussuf Dayo Saqawa, Claire Phillips and author Michael Rosen

Ernie Rea and guests discuss whether Britain is now a post-secular society.

Andrew Marr talks to Stephen Green, Susan Neiman, Edward Gardner and Justin Cartwright.

Are you due some of the billions of pounds in benefits not being claimed by older people?

Rev Richard Coles is joined by Paul Twivy. With poetry from Elvis McGonagall.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Birmingham.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origins of the split between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims

Laurie Taylor discusses geopolitics and the science of spheres of influence.

Lively debate with Libby Purves and guests, including the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire.

Marking the 500th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin.

Andrew Marr is joined by Helen Mirren, Martin Jacques, John Armstrong and Anna Minton.

What rights do you have if your employer asks you to take a pay cut or lose your job?

Barry Norman talks about cricket. Actor Ernest Borgnine chooses his inheritance tracks.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate at the London College of Fashion.

Melvyn Bragg discusses why revenge tragedy was so popular with Elizabethan theatre goers.

Post-Soviet Potato: Laurie Taylor discusses the politics of spuds.

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Paddy Ashdown.

Ernie Rea and guests discuss the theological issues raised by Alzheimer's disease.

Andrew Marr talks to Phillip Blond, Adam Wishart, Elaine Showalter and AC Grayling.

Including the latest on the rescue plan for West Bromwich Building Society.

With Fi Glover. Plus author Marcus du Sautoy and Lindsay Wagner's inheritance Tracks.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Knutsford, Cheshire.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Augustan Age in Rome.

Exhibiting the 'Savage'. How Paris and London created human zoos in the name of science.

Lively and diverse conversation with guests including art expert Philip Mould.

Ernie Rea and guests debate traditional African beliefs.

Andrew Marr talks to John Keane, Katie Mitchell, Peter Hall and Matthew Gale.

Kate Grenville talks to James Naughtie about her novel The Secret River.

As 3 more firms cut their final salary pensions, is it the end for this type of scheme?

Fi Glover is joined by Lucy Worsley, the Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Billingshurst, West Sussex.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the trial of Charles I.

Laurie Taylor hears how the 'political party' is out of date & Roman politics in the US?

Libby Purves's guests include Jerry Springer and Mary Portas.

Ernie Rea discusses whether Just War Theory is rendered null and void by modern warfare.

Antony Beevor, David Simon, creator of The Wire, writer Susan Hill, physicist Michio Kaku.

Paul Lewis with reports on how the faster electronic payments system is working a year on.

Fi Glover is joined by Ed Stourton. With poetry from Susan Richardson.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Dartmouth.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influence of St Paul on the early Christian church.

Are our environmental laws robust enough to save the planet for humankind?

Laurie hears of a new study which compares betting shops to 18th-century coffee houses.

Libby Purves's guests include actor Roger Allam.

The scientists who tried to induce a haunting by manipulating energy fields and sound.

8/8. Journalist Misha Glenny remembers the life of anti-Mafia campaigner Giovanni Falcone.

Andrew Marr's guests include Harvard politics professor Michael Sandel.

Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate in Sheffield.

Bob Howard reports on holidaymakers who think they have received forged dollars.

Fi Glover is joined by author Anthony Horowitz. With poetry from Luke Wright.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the evolutionary history of the whale.

Clive Anderson considers the legal limits of our right to express dissent.

Slumming: how whites' wild times in America's black areas changed sex and politics forever

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests.

7/8. Dr Michael O'Donnell discusses celebrated singer, actor and choreographer Fred Astaire.

Andrew Marr & guests discuss the return of God, cruelty, plus animal spirits & finance.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Chichester.

Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.

Richard Coles is joined by Bangladeshi writer Tahmima Anam. With poetry from Matt Harvey.

Quentin Cooper reports on the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1683 siege of Vienna by the Ottoman Army.

Clive Anderson and guests explore the ongoing legal arguments about assisted suicide.

Laurie Taylor hears of new research which counters contemporary fears about immigration.

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests.

6/8. Musician Andy Sheppard chooses influential saxophonist John Coltrane.

With Andrew Marr. Journalist and campaigner David Akinsanya about children in care.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Edinburgh.

Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.

Fi Glover is joined by journalist and writer Melissa Benn.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Magna Carta.

Clive Anderson discusses the new Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act.

Laurie Taylor asks if the buildings built today cater for modern life.

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests.

5/8. Broadcaster and DJ Colin Murray chooses Frank Sinatra.

Marjorie Lambert talks about how her foster daughter shattered her life.

Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week.

James Naughtie and readers meet Chinese author Xiaolu Guo.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Surrey.

Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.

Fi Glover is joined by author Jodi Picoult, with poetry from Murray Lachlan Young.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Vacuum of Space.

4/4. Does seeking to modify children's behaviour and attitude risk homogenising them?

Laurie Taylor talks to Caroline Simone about her study of the families of suicide victims.

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests.

4/8. Ruby Wax discusses the life and work of Carl Gustav Jung.

Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Cookham, Berkshire.

How banks could be fined for poor service when they come under FSA regulation in November.

Fi Glover is joined by performance artist Bobby Baker, with poetry from Kate Fox.

Vincent Duggleby answers listeners' calls on how the Budget will affect them.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the building of St Petersburg.

3/4. Exploring step-parenting and 'blended families'.

From duels to drive-by, Laurie Taylor discusses the history of murder.

With Libby Purves & guests Barry Fantoni, Ernest Borgnine, Zoya Phan and Matthew Dunster.

3/8. David Mellor promotes the life of conductor Sir Thomas Beecham.

Gillian Gibbons talks about her arrest in Sudan in 2007 for calling a teddy bear Mohammed.

Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week.

The latest news from the world of personal finance with Paul Lewis.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Ludlow, Shropshire.

Fi Glover is joined by Sir Robert Worcester, founder of MORI London.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss suffragism, the movement for women's voting rights.

2/4. What can parents do to help children with mental health problems?

Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society works.

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests.

2/8. Polly Toynbee, David Steel and Dick Taverne argue in praise of Roy Jenkins.

Journalist Colin Freeman was kidnapped in Somalia and held hostage for 40 days.

Andrew Marr talks to Michael Portillo about violence.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in London.

Money Box debates the future of pensions in the current economic climate.

Fi Glover is joined by basketball player turned presenter turned psychologist John Amaechi

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aldous Huxley's dystopian 1932 novel Brave New World.

1/4. Does shouting at children inflict damage or is it an inevitable part of busy family life?

Laurie Taylor sees an exhibition on how artists have represented social order through time

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests.

1/8. Television and radio presenter Stuart Hall discusses his lifelong hero, Napoleon Bonaparte

Andrew Marr is joined by former Iraqi Defence Minister Ali Allawi and actor Wallace Shawn.

Andrew Motion talks to James Naughtie about his 10 years as Poet Laureate.

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Stafford.

With Paul Lewis. Including reports on the Pension Service's helpline problems.

Fi Glover is joined by Professor Anthony Hollander. Plus poetry from Susan Richardson.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Jacobean thinker Francis Bacon and Baconian Science.

Laurie Taylor discusses what is being called the re-Stalinisation of Russia.

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests.

With Prue Leith. Plus Brad Moss - a practitioner of parkour, or street running.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Raphael's depiction of Plato and Aristotle.

Laurie investigates the politics of climate change & whether there is now a new capitalism

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests.

Andrew Marr talks to American economist Richard Thaler about his book, Nudge.

Presenter Clare Balding is joined by Sandra Howard. The poet is Murray Lachlan Young.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Boxer Rebellion in the summer of 1900.

Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society works.

Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests.

Richard Coles is joined by Sara Stockbridge. Plus poetry from Luke Wright.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Library of Alexandria.