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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Anna Magnusson. Show more

Get on my land! Charlotte Smith hears ideas to simplify rights of way across the countryside. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the physics of electricity: why some materials conduct it and others do not, and how these properties can be usefully exploited. Show more

The science behind the Fascinating Mummies exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland. Plus no women on the Board - a CEO on the prospects for women in the organisation. Show more

A copy of Signal magazine brings a visitor to Mrs Brown's home. Stars Amanda Root, Ellie Kendrick and Adjoa Andoh. Show more

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes asks whether al-Qaeda is giving the people of Yemen something their government is not. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Film critic Andrew Collins explores how the Oscar awarded for Best Song reflects a changing film landscape. From February 2012. 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.

Clare Balding visits Croke Park in Dublin, to discover the story behind the formation of the Gaelic Athletic Association and its founder Michael Cusack. Show more

Jim conjures up some mathematical wizardry. Meanwhile Eddie reveals his cards. Show more

Alan's condition has declined, yet Simon still cannot find the time he promised to spend with him. Show more

Clare Balding is in Cornwall, where she is joined by writer and storyteller Anna Maria Murphy. They walk from the fishing town of Looe to Polperro, the village where Anna was born. Show more

Baroness Butler-Sloss presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Childhood First. Show more

Aminatta Forna explores the delights and challenges of the short story and talks to Tessa Hadley, Helen Simpson, Jon McGregor and Ellah Allfrey. Show more

Quentin Cooper asks if Y-chromosome degeneration will make men extinct, how to redefine the kilogram and how to turn sunshine into fuel. Show more

Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories. Including Weather.

Miles Jupp tests Desmond Lynam, Rachel Johnson and Mark Steel on how well they know someone close to them. From February 2012. Show more

Neil braves the dragon's den and Jennifer is on the attack. Show more

Mark Lawson reports on the the latest art-work on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, interviews Peter Ackroyd on Wilkie Collins, and reviews the play In Basildon. Show more

A copy of Signal magazine brings a visitor to Mrs Brown's home. Stars Amanda Root, Ellie Kendrick and Adjoa Andoh. Show more

As the legal aid bill continues its rocky ride through Parliament, Joshua Rozenberg assesses the impact of the proposed changes to the civil justice system in England and Wales. Show more

Evan Davis and guests discuss the curiosities of selling expertise. How do consumers avoid being ripped off? They also debate religion at work. Show more

A childhood dream comes true, when James Aldred is not only taken to see the world's tallest tree, whose location is a well-kept secret, but gets to climb it. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the physics of electricity: why some materials conduct it and others do not, and how these properties can be usefully exploited. Show more

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Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. Show more

In a dream Sukhanov recalls 1963: marrying Nina, and having his paintings condemned. In reality, robbed of keys and wallet, he seeks help from his mother and father-in-law. Show more

The sleuth's Dr Belasco probe leads him from a London murder scene to a country house on Romney Marsh. Stars Gerda Stevenson. Show more

Sean Curran with the day's top stories from Westminster, where a Conservative former Cabinet Minister calls for the Treasury-backed RBS to be broken up and sold off. Show more

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The strictures of religion become increasingly confusing, added to by the burden of a long nose. Memoir read by Rebecca Front. Show more

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