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Pet owners are being warned not to rush into buying micro pigs. The RSPCA says the animals should not be kept indoors, can grow unexpectedly large and need specialist care. Show more

Former MI5 Director General Eliza Manningham-Buller assesses the lasting significance of 9/11 in the first of her Reith Lectures. Show more

Presented by Jenni Murray. Jenni talks to PJ Harvey; Ruth and Paul Chandler on being captured by Somali pirates; abortion counselling; Ulrika Jonsson. Show more

Carly is 18 and she has won a place at Cambridge University. She gets called to her headmistress's office to discuss her future, and it's not what she expects. Show more

Presented by Brett Westwood. A team of biologists are on the hunt for the Horrid Ground Weaver, a miniscule hairy creature found, it is thought, in only one place in the UK. Show more

Writer Sarah Hall explores how science fiction suggests how we might reproduce ourselves in the future. From September 2011. Show more

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With Shaun Ley. National and international news. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.

Exploring the emotional impact of the hymn, which sets John Greenleaf Whittier's poem to music by Hubert Parry. From September 2011. Show more

By Andy Macdonald. A tense and powerful play exploring the timely issues of unemployment, ethics and international conflict. A fifty-year old employee decides to make a stand. Show more

With Fiona Watson. A forgotten crisis in Britain's colonial past; 16th century neighbours from hell; and is Brighton, not Rochdale, really the home of the co-operative movement? Show more

Mr Satterthwaite buys a painting. Does it contain the solution to a murder? Show more

For many twins, their worst nightmare is to lose their other half. Edi Stark finds out how it is not the loss after a lifetime that is always hardest. Show more

We're surrounded by other people's conversations. Four writers tell Chris Ledgard how they are inspired by the words they overhear. Show more

Fast Show comedian Simon Day tells Matthew Parris why he is fascinated by the life of German author Hans Fallada. With biographer Jenny Williams. From September 2011. Show more

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Ramesh inadvertently enters the murky world of politics. Corner shop sitcom stars Sanjeev Kolhi and Omar Raza. From February 2010. Show more

Harry waits for news, while Phoebe tries to look on the bright side. Show more

Mark Lawson discusses the Booker Prize shortlist with chair of judges Stella Rimington, and interviews film-maker Ken Loach, who celebrated his 75th birthday earlier this year. Show more

Carly is 18 and she has won a place at Cambridge University. She gets called to her headmistress's office to discuss her future, and it's not what she expects. Show more

...of 9/11: BBC reporter Navid Aktar meets fellow British Muslims from across the country to gauge how the events of 11 September 2001 changed their lives. Show more

We try and clear up the confusion around concessionary fares for disabled people. And we turn the clock back to 1995 as we look forward to our 50th Anniversary in October. Show more

Should Matthew Sweet plug into a device that guarantees the sensation of a happy life? David Willets, Jo Wolf and David Geaney join him in the Philosopher's Arms. Show more

Edward Stourton explores the life and history of the Bosphorus. 1/3: How the Bosphorus's rich and bloody history has inspired poets, writers and artists from around the world. Show more

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With Robin Lustig. National and international news and analysis.

Lilly, now 89, escaped a death threat in Ireland to live in America. But her grandson, damaged by his experiences in Iraq, has been found hanged in his old high school. Show more

Satan needs to sort stuff with God. But God's having "me-time". Hell gets a visitor. Stars Andy Hamilton. From February 2009. Show more

A busy day at Parliament, and Susan Hulme has the best of the action from the committee room and the chambers of the Commons and the Lords. Show more

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Witnessing the twin towers attack led to Naomi Alderman becoming a writer. This letter reflects very profound change. From 2011. Show more

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