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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sister Gemma Simmonds, of the Congregation of Jesus.
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Anna Hill hears the future of UK GM trials could be in peril after vandalism of a GM wheat trial. Show more
Jim Al-Khalili meets Antarctic scientist Lloyd Peck, discovers what it's like to live there and whether the underwater animals can adapt to rising sea temperatures. Show more
Fi Glover talks to Tom Allason, chief executive of a courier business which has grown 50 per cent month-on-month since it started two years ago. Show more
Do men want to be the principal breadwinner? Historian Dr Lucy Worsley on Restoration women, and the politics of gardening. Presented by Jane Garvey. Show more
MI5 agents Yasmin and Jonathan continue eavesdropping on their targets. Are they onto something big? Starring Matt Rawle. Show more
Adam Rutherford investigates extinction. Are humans causing an extinction crisis on the scale of the asteroid that wiped out 75 per cent of species 65 million years ago? Show more
Internationally-acclaimed trumpeter Alison Balsom joins Frances Fyfield to study the manuscript of Johann Hummel's famous, and famously challenging, Trumpet Concerto. 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.
Considering the impact food has on human health by looking at two deadly loaves from history and considering the case for and against modern industrialised bread. Show more
Alan tries his powers of persuasion. Meanwhile David can't believe his eyes. Show more
By Jane Purcell. Riotous comedy set in the un-PC 1970s. It's 1979, and child-hating PE teacher Peter Gunn finds himself leading a school biology field trip from hell. Show more
Tom Holland shares your passion for the past. Listener Barbara Jones brings us the story of her mother who was evacuated from Birkenhead to Wales and didn't return. Show more
Jellyfish are taking over the world's oceans, eating baby fish and driving marine ecosystems back to the primitive Cambrian era. Or are they? Miranda Krestovnikoff investigates. Show more
Reading between the Lines
Episode 1: Easy as ABC?
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In his exploration of how the seminal experience of learning to read has changed since 1944, Michael Morpurgo finds out about Systematic Synthetic Phonics. Show more
Lynn Barber chooses ‘Where’s Wally?’ book publisher, Sebastian Walker. With Mirabel Cecil and Matthew Parris. From May 2012. Show more
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A bottle of expensive whisky goes missing, so Martin becomes MJN Air's Miss Marple. Stars Benedict Cumberbatch. From July 2011. Show more
Adam enjoys the simple life and Tracy gets a present. Show more
Front Row
Actor John Simm, author George RR Martin
30 minutes
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Mark Lawson speaks to John Simm about his role in Harold Pinter's Betrayal, bestselling fantasy author George RR Martin discusses his career, and our Eurovision 2012 Jukebox Jury. Show more
MI5 agents Yasmin and Jonathan continue eavesdropping on their targets. Are they onto something big? Starring Matt Rawle. Show more
As bringing new and improved drugs to patients becomes more difficult and more expensive, Geoff Watts asks why the source of better pharmaceutical treatments is drying up. Show more
An update on the government's proposals for Welfare reform, the history of Disability Living Allowance, and how some may be affected by the proposed new system. With Peter White. Show more
Claudia Hammond reports on 3D body scanners and eating disorders, the rise of the 'neuro-novel', and teenagers' brains. Show more
Jim Al-Khalili meets Antarctic scientist Lloyd Peck, discovers what it's like to live there and whether the underwater animals can adapt to rising sea temperatures. Show more
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As eurozone ministers prepare for tomorrow's key summit, what impact will the troubles have on the global economy? Ritula Shah with national and international news and analysis. Show more
Charles Wales has returned to Paris to meet with his dead wife's family. He needs to persuade his sister-in-law that he is fit once more to take custody of his daughter, Honoria. Show more
Retired English Master Dr Henry Pickerskill recalls a bullied day boy and his mother. Stars Ian McDiarmid. From July 2011.
Sean Curran reports on events at Westminster.
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Our Neolithic ancestors figured out how to bend trees to their will. Coppicing is still a 21st-century skill. Read by Tim Keys. Show more
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