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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Leslie Griffiths. Show more
The Badger Trust is threatening the government with legal action over its plans for two pilot badger culls in England. Show more
Olympic gold medallist Denise Lewis chooses her eight tracks, book and luxury item to take to a desert island. Presented by Kirsty Young. Show more
Woman's Hour
Suffragette oral history, Lady Maisery, shared parental rights and the impact of postnatal depression on fathers
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The voices of the women involved in the suffragette movement, shared parental rights in Australia, Lady Maisery, and post-natal depression and its impact on fathers. Show more
Though not yet 60, Dickens is an old man now, and performing his popular readings take its toll. Stars Antony Sher. Show more
Edward Stourton is travelling through Egypt along the River Nile. Today he is in Cairo, where the river was witness to some of the critical confrontations of the 2011 uprising. Show more
James Walton tests Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Sue Limb and Sir Andrew Motion in the literary panel show. From February 2012. 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.
Sport and the British
Episode 10: Exporting Football
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Clare Balding charts how Britain spread the passion for football around the world, particularly in South America. Show more
Joe drives a hard bargain and Shula is keen to make a purchase.
Farce by Steve Chambers and Phil Nodding, set in and around Bev's hairdressing salon, HighLites, where a little lie spreads through the village like wildfire. Show more
Peter Gibbs chairs a gardening Q&A with the North Wales branch of the Cottage Garden Society. Also, a report from a nursery with a long history of tropical plant-collecting. Show more
By Maaza Mengiste. A young Ethiopian woman, hoping for a better life in Europe, finds herself trapped in a Libyan prison. Read by Adjoa Andoh. Show more
Last Word
Angela Culme-Seymour, Kazimierz Smolen, Nigel Doughty, Don Cornelius, Antoni Tapies
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister on socialite Angela Culme-Seymour, Auschwitz museum curator Kazimierz Smolen, businessman Nigel Doughty, artist Antoni Tapies, Soul Train presenter Don Cornelius. Show more
Too much sport on Radio 4? Plus the hit and miss nature of iPlayer editing. Radio 4's forum for audience comment. Presented by Roger Bolton. Show more
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Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. Jeremy Hardy, Phill Jupitus, Rick Wakeman and Miles Jupp debate the big stories of the week. Show more
Helen gains a new perspective. Meanwhile Neil is insistent. Show more
Paul McCartney discusses the art of classic song writing, Lucinda Hawksley on Pre-Raphaelite supermodel Lizzie Siddal, and the latest Euro crime drama Inspector Montalbano. Show more
Though not yet 60, Dickens is an old man now, and performing his popular readings take its toll. Stars Antony Sher. Show more
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Wadham School, Crewkerne, Somerset, with Ann Widdecombe, Mehdi Hasan, David Lammy and Sir Menzies Campbell. Show more
Historian David Cannadine surveys the current crop of anniversaries and finds a cornucopia of dates to prompt reflection. Show more
Clare Balding discovers that the freedom Victorian public school girls found on the sports field was a precursor to the political and social freedoms they would gain much later. Show more
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Ritula Shah presents national and international news and analysis. Show more
With Oskar's flat in chaos, the floor ruined, one cat and one cleaner now deceased, it appears all is lost. But events take an unexpected turn. Show more
Harriett Gilbert, Bonnie Greer, Simon Brett on books by Alberto Méndez, Michael Green and Annie Proulx. From 2012. Show more
Mark D'Arcy reports on a day of deals in high places as members of the House of Lords back plans to expel peers who have been convicted of serious criminal offences. Show more
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Angela Carter sent Susannah Clapp a series of postcards that reflected her life and times. Now her friend brings these cards to life to form a memorable portrait of the author. Show more
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