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Remaking the Self. The growth of cosmetic surgery

Has cosmetic surgery been normalised?

• 55 mins

18/01/2012

Shari Vahl presents Radio 4's consumer affairs programme.

• 26 mins

Fake Car Insurance & how healthy is the Health Lottery?

The drivers tricked by a car insurance scam and is our newest lottery breaking the rules?

• 55 mins

Broadband speed, exercise in parks, and crumbling heritage

Park charges for fitness coaches, broadband speeds, and shoring up the Coliseum.

• 55 mins

Paying councils to take on public health duties and does it matter if Roma dominate the Big Issue sales force?

Councils as health police, Big Issue sellers and what not to wear at Ascot.

• 55 mins

Call You and Yours: Will the benefits cap force more children into poverty?

Winifred Robinson takes calls on the government plans to cap household benefit.

• 55 mins

Solar panels, free schools and Woolies in Germany

Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. Why has Woolworths been so successful in Germany?

• 55 mins

26/01/2012

Consumer news with Winifred Robinson.

• 55 mins

How are car dealerships coping with the downturn?

Car dealerships in a downturn, the popularity of drive-thrus and the future of the A380.

• 55 mins

Why high street pharmacies are still running short of vital drugs

Chemists short of drugs, rear-facing car seats for children and how shops manipulate us.

• 55 mins

Call You and Yours: What are our police for?

With radical reform of our police service underway, what should the role of the police be?

• 55 mins

Is compensation culture a myth?

No win no fee legislation and the pull of the nail bar.

• 55 mins

Spending confiscated drug money, and telehealth pilots

Spending confiscated drugs money, the future of cars, and how 'telehealth' saves lives.

• 55 mins

Accessible websites, airline fees and community libraries

The airline sued over its 'inaccessible' website plus new ways to save libraries.

• 55 mins

Council run broadband, carbon in China and low alcohol beer

Julian Worricker looks at a council-run broadband scheme in South Yorkshire.

• 55 mins

Call You and Yours

With Julian Worricker. Listeners contribute their views on consumer issues.

• 55 mins

How to Fund and Deliver Social Care in England

Featuring social care, faceless hotels, online ads, smarter working, and small investors.

• 55 mins

Better holiday protection, foiling metal thieves, and warranties

Better holiday protection, foiling the metal thieves, and an overhaul of private parking.

• 55 mins

10/02/2012

A new future for parks, price rises for church weddings and Olympic job promises.

• 55 mins

A TV channel devoted to shoes

Cheap student housing, unpaid internships and 24 hour shoe TV.

• 55 mins

Call You and Yours: How can we increase the numbers of organ donors?

Should people be forced to become organ donors?

• 55 mins

Battle for disability benefits

Battle for disability benefits, cash for old electronics, and can a magazine make you fit?

• 55 mins

Faulty breast implants, TV innovations and riot compensation

The plastic surgeons accused of cashing in on the faulty breast implants scandal.

• 55 mins

Local currencies & the taxi drivers helping disabled passengers

After Bristol launches its own pound, we find out how other local currencies are doing.

• 55 mins

Energy bills, the all-advert radio station, using credit cards on foreign websites

Energy bill confusion, using your credit card on foreign websites and infomercial radio.

• 55 mins

Call You and Yours

Baroness Warsi warned of 'militant secularisation' - is religion in the UK being eroded?

• 55 mins

Fake coins, solid wall insulation and dodgy door locks

Consumer affairs with Winifred Robinson - could you spot a fake coin?

• 55 mins

23/02/2012

Radio 4's Consumer Affairs Programme: Local Councils buying high street shops.

• 55 mins

Greek Tourism, Costume Oscars and Learners on the Motorway

Greek tourism, the British company up for the costume Oscar and learners on the motorway.

• 55 mins

The cost of residential care and expensive 'free' trials

Two-tier pricing for residential care, and opening cafe and pub toilets to non-customers.

• 55 mins