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Prayer and reflection with the Rev Canon Stephen Shipley. Show more

Charlotte Smith hears that the first British cranberries are in the shops but asks why there haven't been home-grown cranberries before. Show more

Journalist and former editor Eve Pollard is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. Show more

Presented by Jenni Murray. How free childcare could boost the economy?; getting your own way without nagging; the agony and ecstasy of watching the school play; and witch hunts. Show more

Probate researchers Dan and Rachel find the lead they were looking for, but it's a disturbing discovery. Stars William Ash. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Can the beauty of the Lake District and the grit of fell running inspire Italian composer Maurizio Malagnin? From December 2011. Show more

A visiting choir sets hearts aflutter amongst the ladies of the town of Wadenbrook. Shelia Hancock narrates. From December 2011 Show more

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

Dominic Sandbrook investigates the industrial action of the postmen in 1890. From December 2011. Show more

There's serious news at Brookfield and Tony receives an answer. Show more

4 Extra Debut. 1950: France's Monnet and Schuman secretly plot to create the organisation that became the European Union. Stars Timothy West. Show more

Eric Robson chairs a Q&A from Sutton Coldfield with Anne Swithinbank, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Wilson. Show more

By Adele Parks. A single friend's advice causes married Ginny to make a startling decision. Short story read by Francesca Dymond. Show more

John Wilson on the political journalist Christopher Hitchens, microbiologist Lynn Margulis, George Whitman of the famous bookshop Shakespeare and Co and cartoonist Jerry Robinson. Show more

Tim Harford hears how scientists and journalists reporting on the search for the Higgs boson misunderstand the concept of statistical significance. Plus, how to corner a market. Show more

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Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Jon Holmes, Alun Cochrane, Laura Shavin and Mitch Benn for the last in the current series. Show more

Pat is stunned at the proposal and Pip makes herself useful. Show more

Former Python Terry Jones on his new book; Christmas carols which deserve to be better known; and two new TV dramas about the young James Herriot and the young Inspector Morse. Show more

Probate researchers Dan and Rachel find the lead they were looking for, but it's a disturbing discovery. Stars William Ash. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby presents a panel discussion of news and politics from Stepney, London with Michael Portillo, Andrew Motion, Ann Leslie and Evan Harris. Show more

Lisa Jardine thinks selective hearing skews the debate over climate change and urges climate scientists to fully engage in a conversation with their sceptical critics. Show more

Dominic Sandbrook looks at the arrival of Universal Penny Postage in 1840. Show more

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Presented by Ritula Shah. EU and IMF negotiators walk away from Hungary bail-out talks, and more economic trouble in Europe, as France and Britain fight a war of words. Show more

The Major is injured during a showdown at the cliff top - but finally wins his prize. Show more

Writer Raymond Tallis chooses the 20th-century Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. With Matthew Parris. From December 2011. Show more

Mark D'Arcy with the day's top news stories from Westminster.

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London through the voices of Londoners. A lost property clerk - how honest does he think Londoner's are? Read by Paul Ritter. Show more

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