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A reading and a reflection to start the day from Wales with singer and broadcaster Beverley Humphreys. Show more
Charlotte Smith hears claims that low-paid farm workers could be at a greater risk of exploitation as the government tries to cut back on red tape. Show more
Morning news and current affairs, presented by James Naughtie and Justin Webb, with William Hague on Syria, Lord Lawson on budget U-turns, and debating CPR and BP. Show more
Kirsty Young interviews agony aunt, writer and presenter Denise Robertson. Show more
HM Queen Elizabeth II, Olympic trampoline hopeful Kat Driscoll, the link between domestic violence and animal abuse, and a father and son reconciled through competitive running. Show more
Jeremy Front spends a day with self-styled people's diva Andrea Wickham. Featuring Sophie Ellis Bextor, Philip Pope and Brian Conley. Show more
Poet Miles Chambers presents the story of the legendary reggae DJ who MCs in Jamaican patois, and who also happens to be a white, bespectacled 70-year-old ex-accountant. Show more
The team are horrified that the media have been invited to one of Malcolm's citizenship ceremonies. Registry office sitcom stars David Schneider. From June 2012. Show more
The Listening Project
Betty and Elaine: Family Life with Ten Children
5 minutes
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Fi Glover presents Radio 4's series capturing the nation in conversation. Mother and daughter Betty and Elaine reflect on home life and making do when you have 10 children. Show more
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James Robbins presents the national and international news. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.
Honest Doubt: The History of an Epic Struggle
Episode 5: Mysteries Not Problems
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Richard Holloway discusses the meaning of the word mystery and looks at the work and inner conflict of three leading medieval mystics. Show more
Harry is press-ganged and Pip is feeling unsettled. Show more
By Fiona Mackie. Den, a retired submariner, is short on cash and short on dreams until Joe enters his life and promises him the chance to breathe again. Show more
Peter Gibbs and the panel are guests of the Dig Deep Community Project in South Oxhey, plus a report from the brand new Chelsea Fringe show. Show more
An elderly man finds himself strangely affected by the outbreak of war. Published in 1941. Read by Robert Jack. Show more
Matthew Bannister on banker and music lover Leopold De Rothschild, bass guitarist Donald Dunn, designer Elisabeth Tomalin, Ceefax editor Colin McIntyre, clarinettist Alan Hacker. Show more
Forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations. Roger Bolton discusses the future of local radio, plus are some subjects too personal for broadcast? Show more
The Listening Project
Catherine and Liz: When Dad and Mum were Priest and Nun
5 minutes
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Presented by Fi Glover. Capturing the nation in conversation. Catherine and Liz discuss an upbringing coloured by parents who had met as a priest and a nun. Show more
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A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. With Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Rebecca Front and Susan Calman. Show more
Everything is falling apart for Clarrie. Meanwhile Joe is feeling aggrieved. Show more
Front Row
Neneh Cherry interviewed; the Transit of Venus in art
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Neneh Cherry on jazz and her dad; the transit of Venus in art; science fiction prophesies when a dark future becomes the dull present; a comic novel about loathing life in Seattle. Show more
Jeremy Front spends a day with self-styled people's diva Andrea Wickham. Featuring Sophie Ellis Bextor, Philip Pope and Brian Conley. Show more
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the second edition of a special Schools Q&A debate programme from Methodist College, Belfast. Show more
Adam Gopnik muses on why Shakespeare didn't seem to know that the top bee is a girl bee. He draws lessons about the theory of knowledge and how the human mind works. Show more
Honest Doubt: The History of an Epic Struggle - Omnibus
Episode 1: In the Beginning
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Author and former Bishop of Edinburgh Richard Holloway considers the tensions between faith and doubt over the last 3,000 years. Show more
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Carolyn Quinn with national and international news and analysis. With reports on Syria and Tel Aviv, plus a 70-year-old with the words 'Do Not Resuscitate' tattooed on her chest. Show more
At the hospital, caring for his patients, Satish usually feels in control of his life. But, but the haunting memories of the jubilee have begun to encroach even on this safe haven. Show more
A Good Read
Steve Backshall and Geraldine Bedell
30 minutes
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4 Extra Debut. Steve Backshall, Geraldine Bedell and Harriett Gilbert on books by Kate Grenville, Michelle Paver and Hisham Matar. From 2012. Show more
Lenny Henry invites enthusiasts and scholars to explain the lure of medieval English writer Geoffrey Chaucer and of his 600-year-old classic, the Canterbury Tales. Show more
The Listening Project
Anne and Steve: Support through Adversity
5 minutes
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Presented by Fi Glover. Capturing the nation in conversation. Anne and Steve on a friendship that has seen them through bereavement and the aftermath of abuse. Show more
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Pamela's murder hunt is abandoned as Japan invades Peking. But her father vows to find the killer. Concluded by Crawford Logan. Show more
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