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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Mark Wakelin, Methodist minister. Show more

Can farming heritage really shape farming future? Measuring the speed of growing grass, and UK consumption of goats' milk is close to 20 million litres a year for the first time. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. Nobel Laureate Grazia Deledda's powerful story of love, poverty, honour and retribution set in 1900's Sardinia. With John Lynch. Show more

Zaiba Malik tells the story of the generation of Asian youth in the 1970s who organised themselves to fight for justice, equality and the right to live without being victimised. Show more

Richard Herring, Jenny Eclair, Alex Horne and Natalie Haynes vie for wordy supremacy chaired by Gyles Brandreth. From 2012. Show more

We test whether official advice on hosepipe use is wrong. And care home residents win big fee refunds - but a deadline is looming for new claims. Show more

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

Dr Phil Wilkins is a palliative care consultant, but his overwhelming passion is insects. Mary Colwell explores the connections between being a doctor and an entomologist. Show more

Everyone is on edge at Bridge Farm but will the special day go as planned? Show more

4 Extra Debut. A microbiologist is observing Thailand's handling of a bird flu outbreak, when a devastating strain emerges. Stars Ben Daniels. Show more

Steve Punt hosts the battle of wits as three students from the University of Warwick take on three professors. From March 2012. Show more

Tim Hayward explores one of the most humble and complex of kitchen staples, stock. Show more

4 Extra Debut. From Hans Christian Andersen to the Moomins. Mariella Frostrup on the appeal of Scandinavian children's literature. From 2012. Show more

Ernie Rea and guests discuss religion and adoption. How far should religion play a factor in the process that links children and parents? Show more

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Nicholas Parsons sets more challenges from Mumbai with Paul Merton, Marcus Brigstocke, Anuvab Pal and Cyrus Broacha. From 2012.

Brian refuses to leave anything to chance, while Lynda searches for aesthetic appeal. Show more

Mark Lawson reviews Aardman Animations' latest film The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists; novelist Jodi Picoult; the verdict on Madonna's new CD; and poetry from Ben Okri. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Nobel Laureate Grazia Deledda's powerful story of love, poverty, honour and retribution set in 1900's Sardinia. With John Lynch. Show more

'The Long Walk' is the journey made, alone, by a bomb disposal officer to a suspect device. Peter Gurney, former head of the Met's Explosives Squad, on a lifetime of bomb disposal. Show more

Is the value of money determined by anything more than our willingness to believe in it? Frances Stonor Saunders tries to understand the fundamentals. Show more

The science of online auction bidding, making new products from life on the ocean floor, experiments on noises we hate and why the clock change might kill us. Show more

Presented by Anne McElvoy. With film-makers Werner Herzog and Liz Mermin, poet Paul Farley and writer Geoff Dyer. Show more

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Ritula Shah presents national and international news and analysis. Show more

A man's homecoming takes a more lethal turn than anticipated. The reasons for Stewart fleeing Stonemouth five-years ago, and never returning, are finally revealed. Show more

Michael Rosen and guests celebrate nonsense at an event recorded at Radio 4's More Than Words Festival in Bristol. Michael's guests include the children's writer Philip Ardagh. Show more

Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.

Shin Dong Hyuk is the only person born in a North Korean political prison camp to escape to the West. His remarkable story is told by Washington Post journalist Blaine Harden. Show more

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