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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.
After the wettest summer in 100 years, torrential rain again batters the UK. Anna Hill hears from farmers who are adapting to the deluge and find out if more rain is to come. Show more
Morning news and current affairs presented by James Naughtie and Sarah Montague, with the Abu Hamza extradition, Danny Alexander on social care reform, and Justin Webb in Florida. Show more
Jim Al-Khalili meets Prof Sunetra Gupta a novelist and a scientist who studies infectious diseases and says a mathematical equation can be as beautiful as a Keats poem. Show more
Journalist and broadcaster Sarfraz Manzoor explores the risks and rewards of taking a personal story and making it public. This week, he meets confessional columnist, Liz Jones. Show more
Woman's Hour
Chinese migrant workers, GDP and unpaid work, Page Three, finding a job you love
58 minutes
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Chinese migrant workers, finding a job you love, Page Three girls, Dame Pauline Green on women's co-ops, and should unpaid work be counted as part of GDP? Presented by Jane Garvey. Show more
The 70s, a world of HRT and growing old disgracefully. Eileen visits the doctors. Stars Lesley Manville. From September 2012. Show more
Saving Species has the call of the sea in its sights. Brett Westwood examines some of the issues that make a healthy marine environment vital to a functioning natural world. Show more
An exploration of how Bach's St Matthew Passion, written in 1727, still touches and changes people's lives today. From September 2012. Show more
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National and international news with Martha Kearney. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.
Deborah Bull's Dance Nation
Episode 2: The Permitted Embrace
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Deborah Bull looks at the link between dance and courtship and the enduring appeal of dance as a vehicle for getting up close and personal. Show more
Jim is on the hunt for excitement. Meanwhile George is very keen. Show more
By Peter Bleksley. Exploring the tensions that are sparked when politics and policing are mixed. Inspired by the election of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales. Show more
Nina Garthwaite presents mini-documentaries exploring the difficulties and delights of distance. With Dan Schreiber. From September 2012. Show more
BBC National Short Story Award
BBC International Short Story Award 2012
Episode 7: A Lovely and Terrible Thing, by Chris Womersley
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Ten shortlisted stories in contention for this prestigious award. A man is forced to confront his shortcomings as a husband and father when he witnesses a startling event. Show more
Michael Portillo re-examines the reputation of the League of Nations. Born at the end of World War One it has been damned for failing to avoid a second conflict. But is that fair? Show more
4 Extra Debut. American social critic and author Naomi Wolf chooses novelist Edith Wharton. With Janet Beer and Matthew Parris. From September 2012. Show more
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Includes Weather.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
From Miranda Hart to Sean Connery - Jon Culshaw and friends imagine the private lives of the famous. From September 2012. Show more
Matt springs a surprise and Fallon is apprehensive. Show more
Front Row
Bruce Willis in Looper, Ashley Jensen, BBC Short Story author
30 minutes
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Mark Lawson has the verdict on Bruce Willis in Looper, plus Ashley Jensen, best known for Extras, discusses her new stage role, and BBC Short Story contender Adam Ross. Show more
The 70s, a world of HRT and growing old disgracefully. Eileen visits the doctors. Stars Lesley Manville. From September 2012. Show more
With a spike in the number of British and US troops being killed by their Afghan allies, have coalition commanders been slow to identify the warning signs of Taliban infiltration? Show more
Peter White discusses cookery for the visually impaired with Richard Lane and Sue Cramb, who teaches hospitality at Queen Alexandra College, Birmingham. Show more
Inside Health
'SARS-like' virus, reflux heartburn, corrective baby helmets
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Dr Mark Porter asks whether headlines identifying a 'SARS-like' virus may cause unnecessary alarm, and should you be worried about the shape of your baby's head? Show more
Jim Al-Khalili meets Prof Sunetra Gupta a novelist and a scientist who studies infectious diseases and says a mathematical equation can be as beautiful as a Keats poem. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
President Obama's speech at the United Nations, the Queen and the BBC, a child preacher in the US and more. National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. Show more
With Margaret out of danger, Merivel turns his attention to his old patients, with the King an ever-unpredictable guest. Read by Nicholas Woodeson. Show more
Brilliantly stupid scientists attempt to think the unthinkable, but can't. Stars Anthony Head and Neil Warhurst. From September 2012. Show more
Matthew Sweet discovers that his favourite painting is a forgery. But does it really matter? Show more
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While attending a party at the British Embassy in Washington, Rupert has an idea that could transform his career. Memoir from September 2012. Show more
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