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Prayer and reflection presented from Edinburgh by Alison Twaddle. Show more

The RSPB says the Chancellor's Autumn Statement is a step away from its pledge to be the greenest Government ever. Show more

This week Libby Purves is joined by Jeremy Wade, Jacqui Thompson, Chris Mullin and Professor Roger Kneebone. Show more

Is today's industrial action 'a woman's strike'? Christmas jumper fashion. Women in Business - Daniella Genas puts on her big event. Sports Personality of the Year - why no women? Show more

By Anne Bronte, dramatised by Rachel Joyce. Gilbert Markham wishes for more than friendship with the mysterious new tenant Helen Graham, but there are rumours about her past. Show more

Mel Giedroyc takes a British family back 2,000 years to live in a Danish Iron Age village. Just what will they find? From 2011. Show more

The short yet memorable career of the remarkable, much-loved Scots comedian Tommy Lorne. With John Sessions. From October 2010. Show more

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Martha Kearney presents national and international news. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.

Joan Armatrading talks to renowned folk rocker Richard Thompson. Show more

Things look black for Brian and Pat misjudges the mood. Show more

Sixth-former Alex King decides to take a stand against injustice by graffitiing half the school in a strange language. Starring Alex Austin, Vincent Ebrahim, Sophie Stanton. Show more

Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on the implications of the Chancellor's Autumn Statement, changes to the state pension, benefit uprating and investing in start-ups. Show more

Claudia Hammond reports on an innovative scheme that matches up people with anxiety disorders with volunteer mentors who have been through their own experience of anxiety. Show more

Laurie Taylor explores opera fanatics in Buenos Aires, and the popularly held notion that grammar schools aid social mobility. Show more

The future of the Sun with managing editor Richard Caseby; Charlotte Church's former agent on the deal behind Rupert Murdoch's wedding; paparazzo Max Cisotti on privacy intrusions. Show more

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Victoria Coren Mitchell dares comedian Mark Steel, novelist Jessica Berens and actor Christopher Biggins to challenge received opinion and knee-jerk thinking. From November 2011. Show more

Helen is struggling and Brenda plays truant. Show more

Lenny Henry in The Comedy of Errors, Rob Brydon on his memoir, Charlie Brooker's drama series Black Mirror, and Turner Prize contender Martin Boyce. Show more

By Anne Bronte, dramatised by Rachel Joyce. Gilbert Markham wishes for more than friendship with the mysterious new tenant Helen Graham, but there are rumours about her past. Show more

David Aaronovitch, Claire Fox, Clifford Longley, Anne McElvoy and Matthew Taylor explore the moral implications of the public sector strike. Show more

Science writer Angela Saini confesses that as a late adopter of new technology she struggles to reconcile a desire to make and mend with the throwaway culture of gadgetry. Show more

Geoff Watts explores the origins of depression and efforts to find new treatments. Latest research is looking into the brains of those who never get depressed. Show more

This week Libby Purves is joined by Jeremy Wade, Jacqui Thompson, Chris Mullin and Professor Roger Kneebone. Show more

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With Robin Lustig. David Cameron calls the day of strikes 'a damp squib'; Britain closes down Iran's Embassy; and the Libyan exiles who don't want to return to Manchester. Show more

By Edith Wharton. Married Saul Rutledge still slips out to see his last girlfriend, even though she died several years ago. Read by David Tennant. Show more

Does tolerance turn us into doormats? Mark Watson's quest to improve the world. With Tim Key. Broadcast live in November 2011. Show more

Alicia McCarthy with the day's top news stories from Westminster. The public sector pensions strike and Tuesday's Autumn Statement dominate Prime Minister's Questions. Show more

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The novelist had a phenomenal literary output which led to success at home and in America. Read by Penelope Wilton. Show more

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