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

A field trial is underway to test a genetically modified wheat variety which scares off aphids by mimicking their alarm signal. Plus, the new National Drought Management Group. Show more

Presented by John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day. Show more

Giacinto and Grixenda's love blossoms at the festival, but Ester confides in Efix her growing concern for Giacinto's behaviour. Show more

On the First Nations reserves of Canada, addiction to prescription pain-killers is rife. Linda Pressly investigates the devastating impact of such widespread abuse. Show more

Robin Denselow visits LA, the commercial centre of the narcocorrido, or Mexican drug ballad, to discover the renewed appeal of songs that glamorise the paramilitary drug cartels. Show more

Pasties, new rights for airline passengers, illicit cigarette sales, and why the union flag is flying high. Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. 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.

Mary Colwell meets Simon Bosenquet who advocates the beauty and the importance of mosses and liverworts. Simon believes people ignore these tiny green plants at their peril. Show more

Alice is desperate for all the gossip, and a surprise email arrives for Pat and Tony.

4 Extra Debut. 1947: A war-damaged man's wish to fly changes a village boy's life forever. Stars Niamh Cusack and Tom Goodman-Hill. Show more

It has been 20 years since the Flat Holm Project was launched to establish the island as a nature reserve. Helen Mark investigates if it is working. Show more

Angela Rippon presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Sport Relief. Show more

Mariella Frostrup talks to Marilynne Robinson about her new collection of essays, When I Was a Child I Read Books, and to Paul Torday and Charlotte Rogan about the mature novelist. Show more

Hugh Grant on his new role, and why the films of Jean-Luc Godard are pretentious nonsense. Presented by Francine Stock. Show more

How Bacteria could clear up the North Sea gas leak. Why Geo engineering is being taken seriously as a tool for lessening the effects of climate change and the latest from our experiment on stripes. Show more

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Marcus Brigstocke invites Kate Adie to try porridge, bingo, yoga, The Sopranos and Swallows and Amazons. From March 2011. Show more

Brian has a battle on his hands and Robert is left with chores to do. Show more

Mark Lawson visits the new attraction The Making of Harry Potter, and reports on unfilmed screenplays on the eve of a reading of Orson Welles' script of Heart of Darkness. Show more

Giacinto and Grixenda's love blossoms at the festival, but Ester confides in Efix her growing concern for Giacinto's behaviour. Show more

The Report investigates the government's welfare-to-work scheme. Why are some of the organisations in charge of delivering the plans saying that the Work Programme is unworkable? Show more

Evan Davis and his executive panel swap ideas on the pros and cons of ruthlessness as a management style. They also discuss investing and selling in deprived areas. Show more

Joanna Pinncok investigates corvids, the group of birds that includes rooks and crows. They are known for their canny and clever behaviour, but does that make them intelligent? Show more

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the measurement of time and the various methods used for doing so over millennia of human history. Show more

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Increased demand for fuel after ministers' advice, a general strike in Spain holds over austerity, and protestors in Madrid. International news and analysis with Carolyn Quinn. Show more

A man's homecoming takes a more lethal turn than anticipated. Stewart is back in the hotel where he was photographed with Jel five years earlier, and makes a startling discovery. Show more

Stephen K Amos presents comedy and stories from the Edinburgh Fringe. Featuring a gang show recorded on Edinburgh's Royal Mile and interviews about what makes the festival unique. Show more

Alan is in the realm of love and loss. He connects with a single parent, snowbound in Nova Scotia, and hears stories of thwarted love online. Show more

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The story of Shin Dong Hyuk, who was born in a North Korean gulag and escaped to the West. Shin has escaped Camp 14, but he is alone outside the wire for the first time in his life. Show more

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