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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Tina Beattie of Roehampton University.
How wind turbines - plentiful on the Orkney Islands - are producing too much energy. With Charlotte Smith. Show more
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Morning news and current affairs with James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
Start the Week
Diana Athill and Philip Hensher on the dying art of handwriting
43 minutes
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Andrew Marr discusses the dying art of handwriting with novelists Philip Hensher and Diana Athill, poet Wendy Cope and philosopher Nigel Warburton. Show more
Woman's Hour
Former Beauty Queens, Down's Syndrome, Lonely at the top?
58 minutes
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Former beauty queens, living with Down's syndrome, is being your own boss a lonely job? Women and the Conservative party - a view on the Cameron appeal. Presented by Jane Garvey. Show more
Bev and Shirley go mobile, when the salon is closed down by environmental health. Show more
Andy Kershaw explores the brief, golden post-war age of small British companies making diminutive three-wheeled cars. From 2012. Show more
The life-juggling Manchester DJ must also cope with the build-up to the wedding of the year. Stars Justin Moorhouse. From 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.
China: As History Is My Witness
Episode 1: Sima Qian: China's Great Historian
15 minutes
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Free speech has long had a high price in China. Here Sima Qian ponders his privates - and posterity - in a tale that still resonates after more than 2,000 years.
Jazzer offers an inspired solution and Jim has an educational experience. Show more
A man is called to hospital to see his ailing mother, but unknowingly does anything to avoid her bedside. Stars James Fleet. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe chairs the latest contest of the cryptic quiz, featuring the teams from the north of England and Scotland. Show more
Sheila Dillon finds out why new British blue cheeses are pushing their way into the market. Show more
Irish novelist Patrick McCabe explores the Irish influences on Bram Stoker's Dracula. How much of the book is shaped by folklore, Irish politics and the Irish landscape? Show more
Aleks Krotoski asks how the digital world has changed the way opinions are voiced and shaped. Show more
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Ed is down in the dumps. Meanwhile Lynda is on the hunt. Show more
Front Row
Ruby Sparks, Roy Willliams,The Plane Crash, William Klein
30 minutes
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Mark Lawson reviews the film Ruby Sparks, from the directors of Little Miss Sunshine; playwright Roy Williams adapts an Alan Sillitoe classic; and TV documentary The Plane Crash. Show more
Bev and Shirley go mobile, when the salon is closed down by environmental health. Show more
Ruth McDonald investigates the crisis in the Irish Catholic church which has led over a thousand priests to rebel, demanding modernisation and a relaxation of strict church rules. Show more
Jamie Whyte defends free market ideas in what are apparently troubled times for capitalism. 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
Start the Week
Diana Athill and Philip Hensher on the dying art of handwriting
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Andrew Marr discusses the dying art of handwriting with novelists Philip Hensher and Diana Athill, poet Wendy Cope and philosopher Nigel Warburton. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The chancellor is to press on with cutting another £10 billion from the welfare budget, despite the opposition of the Liberal Democrats. Presented by Ritula Shah. Show more
4 Extra Debut. An author goes to the first night of his play and invites Therese, but who exactly is she? Read by Bill Nighy. Show more
The News Quiz gets a US makeover with an all-American panel. Hosted by Andy Borowitz, with Greg Proops, Lizz Winstead, Dean Obeidallah and Lee Camp. Show more
Peers have returned from their long summer break, and Susan Hulme presents the best of their debates on their first day back at Westminster. Show more
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Simon Garfield starts his journey through the story of maps in the Great Library of Alexandria where, for the first time, scholars began to plot the wider world. Show more
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