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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Dr Ed Kessler, Director of the Woolf Institute for Abrahamic Faiths, Cambridge.

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Clare Balding embarks on a series of wildlife walks around the UK. In this programme she is in Richmond Park exploring a sculptor's unique view of London's animal park-life. Show more

Charlotte Smith discusses the impending badger cull pilot in Gloucestershire, which is part of the government's cattle TB control policy. Show more

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Morning news and current affairs presented by John Humphrys and Evan Davis, featuring Evan Davis at UKIP's conference, plus Islam and free speech, and last night's 'meteors'. Show more

Sian Williams and Richard Coles with Clarissa Dickson-Wright, John McCarthy, a QE2 skipper, Murray Lachlan Young praising pasties, and Harry Belafonte's Inheritance Tracks. Show more

Steve Punt searches for new clues on an ancient map to solve a 400-year-old missing persons case. Walter Raleigh sent 117 colonists to the New World but they were never seen again. Show more

Rebuilding lives after a traumatic event, be it war or divorce. Bridget Kendall discusses with archaeologist Sada Mire, former UN peacekeeper Scott Gilmore and writer Rachel Cusk. Show more

Reports of forced abortions set off a debate in China about the One Child Only policy. Plus, supplies of prescription drugs are running out as Spain's debts get ever deeper. Show more

Computer-generated calls to cut bank fraud, where inflation is heading, and bankrupts not welcome at the Co-op. The latest news from the world of personal finance, with Paul Lewis. Show more

A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. Panellists are Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Rebecca Front and Kevin Day. Show more

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Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon with Sir Menzies Campbell, Maria Eagle, Paul Nuttall and Lisa Jardine. Show more

Listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's edition of Any Questions? Topics include Andrew Mitchell, capital punishment, three-parent babies and GSCE reform. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Brothers Tommo and Charlie's journey from a Devon childhood to the horrors of the First World War. With Nicholas Lyndhurst, Ted Allpress and Amy Reade. Show more

Highlights from the Woman's Hour week, including Tessa Jowell, Hillsborough, Nigel Slater, and Darren Day on the appeal of a bad boy. Presented by Jane Garvey. Show more

Full coverage of the day's news, presented by Ritula Shah.

Evan Davis asks his guests whether talk of Europe's decline is premature. They also discuss silos, those invisible barriers which can develop inside an organisation. Show more

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Clive Anderson is joined by Stephen K Amos, Aleks Krotoski, Carl Djerassi, Emma Freud and Mark Watson, with music from Jens Lekman and Funmi Olawumi. Show more

Edward Stourton profiles Pete Cashmore, one of the world's most popular bloggers and tweeters, who founded the social media and technology website Mashable. Show more

Tom Sutcliffe and his guests cultural historian Sir Christopher Frayling, writer Sarfraz Manzoor and historian Kathryn Hughes review the week's cultural highlights. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Has political debate changed? Giles Dilnot plunders the TV and radio archives. With Kenneth Clarke and Tony Benn. From September 2012. Show more

Tom's old friend Casy is leading a strike. In a vigilante mob attack, Casy goes down and Tom hits back. Stars Robert Sheehan. Show more

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Mariella Frostrup and guests explore the issues involved in raising 'digital kids', from whether tablet games really help nurture toddlers, to the online perils facing teenagers. Show more

Tom Sutcliffe chairs the quiz on lateral thinking and cryptic connections. Two-person teams from the Midlands and Wales face off. Show more

Roger McGough presents a selection of poetry about secrets, art, nostalgia and libraries, with readers Pippa Haywood, Patrick Romer, Harry Livingstone and Pearl Castor Willox. Show more

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By Emma Darwin. Fatherless after 1883's great storm, 12-year-old Tom and his sister live in lodgings. One night, their mother calls out. Read by Philip Voss. Show more

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