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A reading and reflection to start the day. From Wales, with the Rev Mary Stallard. Show more

Anna Hill hears concerns over animals being transported across the UK, in case they spread Schmallenberg disease. Show more

Libby Purves meets actor Pauline Quirke, stand-up comic and psychotherapist Shelley Bridgman, director Amir Nizar Zuabi and photographer Dennis Morris. Show more

War correspondent Orla Guerin; Going without to feed your children; Kathy Lette on living with a child with Asperger's Syndrome; and Asexuality. Presented by Jenni Murray. Show more

Lady Helen is growing increasingly attached to her stepson Rafe - a welcome distraction as she battles her husband Richard for control of Angarrack, the Penwerris ancestral home. Show more

Hugh Levinson tells the story of the lobotomy craze of the 1940s and 50s and asks what the procedure's popularity says about the nature of scientific progress - or otherwise. Show more

Desperate Sam tries to remortgage his and Peter's home. Stars Nicholas le Prevost and Jonathan Pryce. 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 is at Silverstone to discover the vital role that British drivers and engineers have played in the development of motor sports. Show more

Tom pushes things too far. Meanwhile Will and Nic are celebrating. Show more

By Nick Warburton. Warwick hits on an idea for putting the restaurant on the map: a music festival. Jack is dead against it, but Warwick has plans. Show more

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Dr Mark Porter looks behind the headlines about sleeping pills increasing the chance of an early death - drugs which are prescribed 10 million times a year in England. Show more

How did social workers view the poor between the wars? Laurie hears some startling attitudes. Also, how evangelical Christians are putting the Bible in the background of life. Show more

James Murdoch steps down from News International; the impact of police claims of former 'culture of illegal payments' at the Sun; and how not to save money at BBC local radio. Show more

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Comedian/activist Mark Thomas is in Glasgow to consider plans for a policy to buy Scotland out of the Union. From February 2012. Show more

Brian is on unfamiliar territory and Tom is filled with remorse. Show more

With Mark Lawson, including an interview with Christina Ricci, Trinidad-born writer Errol John remembered, and a review of controversial new TV series Make Bradford British. Show more

Lady Helen is growing increasingly attached to her stepson Rafe - a welcome distraction as she battles her husband Richard for control of Angarrack, the Penwerris ancestral home. Show more

Michael Buerk and guests debate the moral issues behind abortion. Has it become too routine, or are calls for reform of the 1967 Abortion Act an attack on women's liberty? Show more

The Rt Rev Nick Baines, Bishop of Bradford, begins a new series of Lent Talks exploring our understanding of society and asks if we are 'one alone or one of many'. Show more

The Fukushima disaster in Japan brought the nuclear revival to a halt. But could there be a cheaper, safer way to create nuclear energy? Julian Rush reports. Show more

Libby Purves meets actor Pauline Quirke, stand-up comic and psychotherapist Shelley Bridgman, director Amir Nizar Zuabi and photographer Dennis Morris. Show more

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Can Syria's military overwhelm the insurgents? The ECB pumps 530bn into Europe's banks - but is it time to stop the flow of cash? And the final report on rebuilding Sierra Leone. Show more

'My poem is a conversation with you and no-one else'. Strange poet Kitty French brings chaos in her wake. Read by Juliet Aubrey. Show more

Tim Key tries to get to the bottom of 'death' via his poem: The Boy Who Faked His Own Death. Music from Tom Basden. From 2012. Show more

Nathan decides to leave home, but can he find a place to live? Will his mother allow it? With Mona Hammond. From February 2012. Show more

Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster. The government's plans to shake up the NHS in England dominate once again at Prime Minister's Questions. Show more

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Wilkie meets Caroline Graves in unusual circumstances, unaware she will become a close companion. Read by Michael Pennington. Show more

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