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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Simon Doogan.

One of the country's biggest traditional cheesemakers says a serious food and farming skills shortage needs to be averted. Plus, the Environment Agency defends its dredging record. Show more

Morning news and current affairs with James Naughtie and Sarah Montague, including Gus O'Donnell on the civil service, a warning on 'land grabs' and celebrating National Poetry Day. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval scholar Gerald of Wales, the author of colourful and influential works about his journeys around Ireland and Wales. Show more

Would more relationship advice at school help prevent violence against teenage girls? Plus male carers, chocolate for women, James Bond, and is the foodie fad over? Show more

Nino goes missing and Caterina has to act decisively to prevent a war between rival factions of the Camorra. Stars Tom Hughes. Show more

France is gloomier than it's been for decades, and a clothes crisis hits the Venezuelan general election. Reports from BBC foreign correspondents, presented by Kate Adie. Show more

Comedian Stewart Lee explores the 1970s TV series Children of the Stones - a story of mystery, excitement and terror. From 2012. Show more

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National and international news with Shaun Ley. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato. Show more

Gyles Brandreth's diaries are full of characters, people like Jeffrey Archer. Jeffrey was the court jester in the court of Mrs Thatcher, but thought of himself as Cardinal Wolsey. Show more

Vicky makes a confession. Meanwhile Fallon is feeling lonesome. Show more

Clare Balding continues her series of wildlife walks with a visit to the Irish Coast. She unearths lugworms, Brent geese and a host of seabirds in Dublin Bay. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby presents an appeal on behalf of Homeless International. Show more

Mariella Frostrup meets novelist Edna O'Brien and discusses her memoir, Country Girl. Plus, exploring the pain and pleasure of writing novels, with Naomi Alderman and Sid Smith. Show more

The latest news from the world of film with Francine Stock, including director Walter Salles on the long-awaited screen adaptation of Jack Kerouac's On the Road. Show more

What happens when published research is wrong? Plus a plea for help in identifying 2 million bat calls and huge spiders roaming wild. Science reports with Quentin Cooper. Show more

Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.

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A story about the devil and a good point about security numbers on the back of credit cards. Starring Lawry Lewin. From 2012. Show more

Lilian is given food for thought, and Hayley worries about the winds of change. Show more

Mark Lawson talks to the author of The Reader, Bernhard Schlink, and to 85-year-old painter Alex Katz. Plus a review of the second series of the hit TV drama Homeland. Show more

Nino goes missing and Caterina has to act decisively to prevent a war between rival factions of the Camorra. Stars Tom Hughes. Show more

Jenny Chryss asks why, after 96 Liverpool fans died at Hillsborough in 1989, decades of investigations failed to uncover what really happened in Britain's worst sporting disaster. Show more

Stephanie Flanders and guests discuss boardroom dynamics and how best to handle hidden agendas and clashing egos. They also swap thoughts on incumbent companies versus start-ups. Show more

Heading down the River Severn in a currach, Brett Westwood examines some of the issues UK's freshwater resources are facing in a changing countryside. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval scholar Gerald of Wales, the author of colourful and influential works about his journeys around Ireland and Wales. Show more

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A special debate from Washington on US relations with China. National and international news and analysis with David Eades and Robin Lustig. Show more

Merivel must find a way to honour the promise he has made the dying king, and then face his own calamity. Read by Nicholas Woodeson. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Bigipedia 2.0, the infallible ever-present cyberfriend is back! Now with all errors and mistakes. Show more

Paul Jackson delves into the legacy of Grandstand, the byword for BBC sports coverage for almost 50 years. With Des Lynam. From July 2012. Show more

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Enjoying literary success in 60s London, Irish novelist Edna O'Brien continues her astonishingly honest memoir. Show more

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