| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15A look at con men in New York and the iconography of punishment.(R) 00:45Church bells from St Mary Magdalene, Mortehoe in Devon.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Stefan Zweig strolls the seafront at Ostend and waits for his friend Joseph Roth to arrive(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Two roving writers have arranged to meet in Ostend on the Belgian coast.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Joseph is off the train at Ostend, just as Irmgard Keun decides to stay in the resort too.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Joseph Roth is in Ostend to meet his friend Stefan Zweig but is distracted by Irmgard Keun(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Stefan Zweig and Joseph Roth make their seperate plans to leave the delights of Ostend.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Miriam Margolyes reads Jane Gardam's classic short story satirising the colonial era. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Julia Neuberger. 05:45An update on the UK dairy industry as a main processor cuts the price paid to farmers. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the black-footed albatross of Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Julia Neuberger. 05:45The Californian state wants to add glyphosate to its list of carcinogens. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the adelie penguin on a windswept Antarctic shore.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Julia Neuberger. 05:45Tesco named and shamed by the supermarket ombudsman for delaying payments to suppliers. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the sonorous trumpeter swan of North America.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Julia Neuberger. 05:45The threat to thousands of jobs in the UK pig industry from imports of cheaper meat. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the raucous calling sulphur-crested cockatoo from Australia.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Julia Neuberger. 05:45A look at the bacon on supermarket shelves that appears to be British but is Danish. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents an Antarctic specialist, the delicate-looking snow petrel.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Canon Edwin Counsell. 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Bells from St Helen's Church, Lundy Island. 05:45Alex Beaumont questions the meaning of 'the north'.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark is in the Forest of Dean in search of geological formations known as scowles.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith reports on organic farming. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully considers the social importance of caricature, mockery and satire. 06:35Peter France explores a nature reserve founded by a homeowner in the 1960s. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Morning news, with Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Cathedral costs, a 4th-century Bible and whether it is human nature to believe in God. 07:54Gillian Anderson presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Childreach International. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Christian Worship from the chapel of Her Majesty's Prison Long Lartin, Worcestershire. 08:48Tom Shakespeare reflects that personal experience is the most powerful form of expertise.(R) 08:58Liz Bonnin presents the black-footed albatross of Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Thom Brooks, Daniel Hannan, Frances Stonor Saunders and Ben Rawlence. 09:451/5Stefan Zweig strolls the seafront at Ostend and waits for his friend Joseph Roth to arrive
| 09:001/2Professor Stephen Hawking delivers the first of his BBC Reith Lectures on black holes. 09:30David Schneider talks to journalist and writer Jenny Diski about how to face up to death.(R) 09:452/5Two roving writers have arranged to meet in Ostend on the Belgian coast.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets broadcaster Griff Rhys Jones and concert pianist Mona Golabek. 09:453/5Joseph is off the train at Ostend, just as Irmgard Keun decides to stay in the resort too.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Eleanor of Aquitaine, the most powerful woman of her time. 09:454/5Joseph Roth is in Ostend to meet his friend Stefan Zweig but is distracted by Irmgard Keun
| 09:00Kirsty Young interviews publisher and philanthropist Sigrid Rausing.(R) 09:455/5Stefan Zweig and Joseph Roth make their seperate plans to leave the delights of Ostend.
| 09:00Nicky Clarke and George Cohen join Aasmah Mir and the Rev Richard Coles.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00US lawyer, academic and campaigner Anne-Marie Slaughter on work-life balance. 10:451/5DCI Greave investigates a series of murders. Stars Lia Williams.
| 10:00Impact of Zika fever on pregnant women. Leaving care as a teen. Hormones and pain relief. 10:452/5Investigating a series of murders. DCI Greave discovers a link. Stars Lia Williams.
| 10:00Baroness Sue Campbell, the FA's new head of women's football. Plus teenage chronic fatigue 10:413/5DCI Greave finds prayer cards with a link to the murder victims. Stars Lia Williams. 10:55A couple who have been together many years, but have never wed - are they missing out?
| 10:00The Mother, home education, coping when a former lover dies and independent visitors. 10:454/5As her investigation continues, DCI Greave receives her own Dead List. Stars Lia Williams.
| 10:00Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche, trouser trends, and women and US politics. 10:455/5DCI Greave investigates a series of murders. Stars Lia Williams.
| 10:30Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel programme from London's Billingsgate Market.
| 10:00Adam seems to have forgotten something. And what would David's ancestors have thought?
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| 11:00 | 11:00Mandy and Paul as they race to protect their home and their dozens of pets from the floods 11:304/6Comedian Mark Steel visits Ottery St Mary in Devon to discuss Coleridge's childhood.(R)
| 11:00Why are orchids so popular? Jim Endersby offers a new scientific history of their allure. 11:301/2Financial educator Alvin Hall examines gospel music and commercialisation.
| 11:00The story of Hermann Goering's brother, who claimed he saved people from Nazi persecution. 11:303/4One of the women gets some devastating news, and Chippy's lie comes back to haunt her.
| 11:00Why the Russians invited our correspondent to see their military in action in Syria. 11:30Gender and Science Fiction? Writer Geoff Ryman explores future worlds...
| 11:00Clive Anderson examines the 2003 case that aimed to decide who the founder of Kolkata was.(R) 11:301/3The Argyle Family is visited by a stranger with unwelcome news.(R)
| 11:00George Parker of the Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30The White House contemplates military action in Libya.
| 11:15Bill Gates, entrepreneur and philanthropist, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Bob Capeling finds himself in difficulties at the Bevan. 12:15Care home fees for people funding themselves are rising - what can they do? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04At the Bevan, Victor is finding his recovery painfully slow. 12:15Discussion on what people are doing to cope with the rising cost of care home fees. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In Folkestone, Adeline and Phyllis do their best for Victor. 12:15The gang that stole £5 million from small firms by selling bogus adverts. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In Folkestone, Hilary is moved by Ruby Tulliver. 12:15Why British pig farmers could be facing an uncertain future. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04At the Bevan hospital, Sister Hargreaves clashes with Dorothea. 12:15Consumer news, including care home complaints, foreign TV and airline fuel surcharges.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04There are complaints that cuts in credit card fees are not being passed on to consumers. 12:304/8Miles Jupp is joined by Jeremy Hardy, Camilla Long, Terry Christian and Rich Hall.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/6John Lloyd and Sarah Millican welcome Felicity Ward,Dr Helen Sharman and Henry Blofeld.(R) 12:32Dan Saladino meets the people working to improve the food future of Newcastle. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Farrah Jarral explains her passion for anthropology and explores its birth as a discipline
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Farrah Jarral examines how closely anthropology was tied to colonialism.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Farrah Jarral explores the legacy of one of influential anthropologist Franz Boas.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Farrah Jarral tells the story of how Bronislaw Malinowski changed anthropology forever.
| 13:00Presented by Mark Mardell. Including news on EU deal negotiations and hand transplants. 13:45Farrah Jarral looks at the anthropological legacy of Margaret Mead.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Purbeck School in Wareham, Dorset.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:303/3David Cowling asks if political opinion polling will be more reliable in future.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Adam seems to have forgotten something.(R) 14:153/3James travels to Faringdon House, home to eccentric Lord Berners and his ménage-a-trois.(R)
| 14:00The Bull needs more man (or is that woman?) power.(R) 14:15A love story held together by paper by Oliver Emanuel.
| 14:00Lynda plans to mark a milestone.(R) 14:159/10Epic historical saga set in the richest, most powerful city on earth.
| 14:00Has Tom got the recipe for success?(R) 14:15Nick Warburton's comedy of one group's attempts to halt the modernisation of their town.
| 14:00Has someone piqued Brian's interest?(R) 14:15The story of the relationship of Ellington and Strayhorn, told during their final session.(R)
| 14:00Anita Anand takes listeners' calls on subjects including Europe, refugees and education. 14:301/7Wealthy solicitor Soames Forsyte wonders why his wife Irene wants separate bedrooms.
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Barnard Castle in County Durham.(R) 14:45Conversations about unconventional, reconstituted and divided families.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Four more competitors join Russell Davies for the general knowledge quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon finds out how waves of migration have shaped Cardiff's vibrant food scene.(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel programme from Brighton.(R) 15:30Nigel Kennedy responds to audience questions about his 1989 recording of The Four Seasons.
| 15:00Ruth Alexander and guests assess world economic woes and the current market turmoil. 15:30Folic acid in flour, Southampton FC and hip and groin pain, online private doctors.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark is in the Forest of Dean in search of geological formations known as scowles. 15:27Jon Snow presents an appeal on behalf of children's charity I CAN.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to Australian novelist Gail Jones about her book A Guide to Berlin(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Barnard Castle in County Durham. 15:451/3A curiously behaving dog leads a postman to make a rather unexpected delivery
| | 15:001/2Graham Greene's own favourite story is a switchback ride of kidnap, love and betrayal.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Satirist Craig Brown's favourite readings, read by Simon Russell Beale and Eleanor Bron. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Shappi Khorsandi and ask 'What is race?'.
| 16:00Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright discover how Shakespeare spoke. 16:30Eliza Manningham-Buller on why she regards Abraham Lincoln as a great life.(R)
| 16:00The new politics of culture and creativity. Plus why people begrudge spending on security. 16:30Outgoing Channel 4 chair Terry Burns speaks about the highs and lows of the job.
| 16:00Presented by Francine Stock. Anna Karina discusses her life and work with Jean-Luc Godard. 16:30What can science reveal about the Zika virus and microcephaly?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a politician, an editor, an activist, an explorer, a folklorist 16:30Are there problems with the way we judge the harms from alcohol? Tim Harford finds out. 16:55The way a step-parent is introduced and other pitfalls in reconstituting a family.
| 16:00Anne-Marie Slaughter on finding work-life balance, and the Wainwright Sisters perform.
| 16:00Writer Patrick Flanery talks to Mariella Frostrup. 16:30Roger McGough presents a selection of gothic poetry.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30How should company boards operate, and what is the best way to make them work?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00File on 4 investigates the collapse of one of the NHS's biggest healthcare contracts.(R) 17:40Shami Chakrabarti's dramatic response to news about the migrant crisis.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00The former SAS officer was close to achieving his goal of crossing the Antarctic unaided 18:303/6John Lloyd and Sarah Millican welcome Felicity Ward,Dr Helen Sharman and Henry Blofeld.
| 18:00Tesco apologises after breaking industry's code of conduct. 18:305/6Milton opens a garage and finds he is on a collision course with a local villain.
| 18:00An agreement to clamp down on tax avoidance David Cameron is"angry" about Google's tax 18:301/4Tim FitzHigham recreates an 18th-century bet - can he navigate central London blindfolded?(R)
| 18:00The spread of the Zika virus has been described as "explosive" by the WHO 18:304/6Meet the train passenger who really doesn't overthink things.
| 18:00Tareena Shakil from Birmingham is the first British woman to be convicted of joining IS. 18:304/8Miles Jupp is joined by Jeremy Hardy, Camilla Long, Terry Christian and Rich Hall.
| 18:0035 drown in Aegean trying to reach Europe, Turkish police recover possible Picasso 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Tributes pour in for Sir Terry Wogan, who's died from cancer. 18:15Ernie Rea chooses his highlights from BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00The Bull needs more man (or is that woman?) power. 19:15John Wilson talks to Ian McKellen about Richard III. Plus Monet's garden paintings. 19:451/5DCI Greave investigates a series of murders. Stars Lia Williams.(R)
| 19:00Lynda plans to mark a milestone. 19:15Kirsty Lang interviews Harvey Keitel about his film Youth and talks to the band Savages. 19:452/5Investigating a series of murders. DCI Greave discovers a link. Stars Lia Williams.(R)
| 19:00Has Tom got the recipe for success? 19:15Featuring Gina McKee and Christopher Hampton on The Mother, and Malian singer Rokia Traore 19:453/5DCI Greave finds prayer cards with a link to the murder victims. Stars Lia Williams.(R)
| 19:00Has someone piqued Brian's interest? 19:15Including a review of a new John Dee exhibition. Presented by Samira Ahmed. 19:454/5As her investigation continues, DCI Greave receives her own Dead List. Stars Lia Williams.(R)
| 19:15Will Smith on Concussion, Caryl Churchill's Escaped Alone, Ringo Starr on his birthplace. 19:455/5DCI Greave investigates a series of murders. Stars Lia Williams.(R)
| 19:00Shami Chakrabarti's dramatic response to news about the migrant crisis. 19:15Youth with Michael Caine, Spotlight, My Name is Shylock, Wit, and Electronic Superhighway.
| 19:00Jim is making a big effort for the bird watch. 19:154/6Graham Linehan, Isy Suttie and Holly Walsh compete to give the best in wrong answers.(R) 19:451/6A boy visiting his mum in hospital meets a woman with intriguing tales of a lost landmark.
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| 20:00 | 20:00The story of how ethnic fear has been used from the republic through to Donald Trump. 20:30Radical ideas on debt, growth and sin from a disruptive thinker.
| 20:00File on 4 investigates the collapse of one of the NHS's biggest healthcare contracts. 20:40RNIB and Age Concern worry that social care for older, blind people is steadily declining.
| 20:00Another chance to hear three of the best recent episodes of Four Thought. 20:45Alex Beaumont questions the meaning of 'the north'.
| 20:00Tommy Robinson launches the UK branch of the German anti-Islam group Pegida. 20:30How should company boards operate, and what is the best way to make them work?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Purbeck School in Wareham, Dorset. 20:50Tom Shakespeare reflects that personal experience is the most powerful form of expertise.
| 20:00David Bowie’s extraordinary life and career told in his own words.
| 20:00Are there problems with the way we judge the harms from alcohol? Tim Harford finds out.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a politician, an editor, an activist, an explorer, a folklorist(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00How stimulating the brain could be used to treat severe and enduring anorexia nervosa.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Thom Brooks, Daniel Hannan, Frances Stonor Saunders and Ben Rawlence.(R)
| 21:00Folic acid in flour, Southampton FC and hip and groin pain, online private doctors. 21:301/2Professor Stephen Hawking delivers the first of his BBC Reith Lectures on black holes.(R)
| 21:00Margaret Cavendish and the birth of the scientific method. 21:30Libby Purves meets broadcaster Griff Rhys Jones and concert pianist Mona Golabek.(R)
| 21:00What can science reveal about the Zika virus and microcephaly?(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Eleanor of Aquitaine, the most powerful woman of her time.(R)
| 21:00Pressures begin to tell at the Bevan hospital.
| 21:00Explorer Raphael Hythloday tells Thomas More about a mystical island.(R)
| 21:00There are complaints that cuts in credit card fees are not being passed on to consumers.(R) 21:26Gillian Anderson presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Childreach International.(R) 21:30Radical ideas on debt, growth and sin from a disruptive thinker.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Athens accused of failing to stem the flow of migrants passing through Greece. 22:456/10Mitsy meets the king of Egypt. But the outcome does not please her father.
| 22:00Asylum seekers will only be able to keep possessions up to a value of £1,000 22:457/10Kamel's relationship with Mitsy deepens. But relations with Alku continue to deteriorate.
| 22:00Should convicted criminals be allowed to remain anonymous? 22:458/10Kamel meets his fellow revolutionaries and a daring plot is hatched.
| 22:00Includes reports on Gbagbo at the ICC, and Michael Gove - liberal hero? 22:459/10Reprisal is brutal after the King is publically shamed.
| 22:00A look at how to treat people returning from Syria. Why French Jews are moving to London. 22:4510/10Events build to a violent climax, after which nothing will be the same again.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Another chance to hear three of the best recent episodes of Four Thought.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Zoe Williams of the Guardian looks at how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Nigel Kennedy talks to John Wilson about his 1989 recording of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Shappi Khorsandi and ask 'What is race?'.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:001/4Audio boffins develop an app that stops communication – to give us all a bit of peace. 23:152/6The funny, sad and bewildering interactions of a community psychiatric nurse's rounds.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Mark Thomas and his Glasgow audience consider a policy to buy Scotland out of the Union.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Lauren Laverne and guests discuss what purity means for women in food, sex and religion. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster on a policy U-turn from the Ministry of Justice. 23:55When parents split up, children often end up splitting their time between two homes.
| 23:00Four more competitors join Russell Davies for the general knowledge quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough with listeners' requests, including poetry by Robert Burns.(R)
| 23:00Presented by Francine Stock. Anna Karina discusses her life and work with Jean-Luc Godard.(R) 23:30Mark Tully considers the social importance of caricature, mockery and satire.(R)
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