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Prayer and reflection with Leon Litvack. Show more

Morning news and current affairs, presented by John Humphrys and Sarah Montague, debating Stephen Hester's bonus, tests for autism, police numbers and what next for Cern. Show more

Kitty is horrified over the news about Walter. She returns to Hong Kong and meets someone from her past. Stars Sarah Smart. Show more

4 Extra Debut. An insight into the intoxicating thrills of British motorcycle speedway, with former world champion Michael Lee. From January 2012. Show more

James Walton tests Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Jane Thynne and Mark Billingham in the literary panel show. From January 2012. Show more

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National and international news with James Robbins. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.

Adil Ray joins urban explorer Li, as he photographs a derelict military site, clambering through nettles and abandoned buildings to document a hidden side of Britain. Show more

Pat waits on tenterhooks. Meanwhile the divisions widen at Home Farm. Show more

An entrepreneur moves a pickled whale from the Cape of Good Hope round Southern Africa to make a fortune. Stars Vincent Ebrahim. Show more

Peter Gibbs chairs a postbag programme from the GQT potting shed in Sparsholt College. Bob Flowerdew, Matthew Biggs and Pippa Greenwood answer listeners' letters. Show more

By Jane Flett. A remorseful woman hopes she can remake her broken relationship through the act of baking bread. Read by Rosalind Sydney. Show more

Matthew Bannister on actor Nicol Williamson, early music pioneer Gustav Leonhardt, Spanish politician Manuel Fraga and diplomat Hugh Carless. Show more

The decision to end Radio 4's Home Planet has dismayed many listeners. This week two listeners meet commissioning editor Mohit Bakaya to ask what on earth is going on. Show more

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Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. Jeremy Hardy, Rebecca Front, Hugo Rifkind and Steve Punt debate the big stories of the week. Show more

Adam tries to set the record straight, and Joe plans a research trip. Show more

John Wilson reviews Turner and the Elements, a new exhibition at the Turner Contemporary and talks to mezzo-soprano Alice Coote, famous for taking on the 'trouser roles' in opera. Show more

Kitty is horrified over the news about Walter. She returns to Hong Kong and meets someone from her past. Stars Sarah Smart. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Lichfield Cathedral with Danny Finkelstein, Anna Soubry, Sunder Katwala and David Blunkett. Show more

The historian Lisa Jardine reflects on the week's events. Show more

4 Extra Debut. The dirty tricks campaign that nearly destroyed a movie and its creator in the run-up to the 1941 Oscars. Stars Jeff Harding. Show more

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National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. Show more

Christmas 1918. Riley scours London for his traumatised comrade Peter Locke. He finds him in a bar and takes him to Locke Hill. By coincidence, Nadine is spending Christmas there. Show more

Pacifist Vera Brittain - witness to the toll of the First World War - recalled by daughter Baroness Shirley Williams. From 2012. Show more

Mark D'Arcy with the day's top news stories from Westminster. Peers debate a bill to protect children and vulnerable adults from serious harm. Show more

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Marcus Berkmann muses on life, death and all the messy stuff in between in his candid despatches from the frontline of male midlife. Read by Toby Longworth. Show more

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