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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Tina Beattie. Show more
Presented by Anna Hill. As Schmallenberg virus is found in farms in the north of England, Scottish farmers get a wake-up call. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hannibal, the Carthaginian general who famously led an army across the Alps. Show more
Woman's Hour
Michelle Ryan in Cabaret, Judy Finnigan, International Day of the Girl
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Michelle Ryan takes on the role of Sally Bowles in Cabaret, while Judy Finnigan talks about her first novel. Plus The UN's International Day of The Girl. With Jenni Murray. Show more
Bev and Shirley take their mobile salon to the police station, still keen to pervert the course of justice. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
India's Missing Children
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What happens to the 200,000 Indian children abducted every year? Also, a close look at the Chinese rail network on the slow overnight train to Wuhan. Presented by Kate Adie. Show more
Nick Fraser makes the case for rediscovering the work of the author of Revolutionary Road, American novelist Richard Yates. 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 4: Du Fu and Li Bai - The Poets
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Carrie Gracie explores the lives of Du Fu and Li Bai, two men whose poetry remains as vivid in the Chinese imagination as Shakespeare is in our own. Show more
Matt is on edge and Tom thinks ahead. Show more
Detective series created by Danny Brocklehurst. DCI Stone opens up an investigation into the death of a war veteran, after allegations of murder. Show more
Clare Balding walks with actor and passionate birdwatcher Samuel West around one of his favourite birding spots, the RSPB reserve at Rainham Marshes in Essex. Show more
Jon Snow presents an appeal on behalf of Find Your Feet. Show more
American writer Marilynne Robinson talks to James Naughtie and readers about her novel Gilead, winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize. Show more
Veteran actor Martin Landau on working with Tim Burton and Alfred Hitchcock, and Michael Morpurgo reflects on two very different screen treatments of his books. Show more
Material World speaks to three of this year's Nobel Laureates and to other scientists working in similar areas of research about the legacy of the achievement. Show more
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Some moth-based lunacy, and a heartwarming tale of the days before health and safety. Stars Margaret Cabourn-Smith. From 2012. Show more
There's a surprise arrival at Lynda's auditions. Meanwhile Kathy needs advice. Show more
Front Row
Comedy performer David Mitchell, Nobel Prize for Literature
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Arts news, interviews and reviews, including David Mitchell, the Nobel Prize for Literature, a review of Bertie Carvel in Damned by Despair and the art of accents. Show more
Bev and Shirley take their mobile salon to the police station, still keen to pervert the course of justice. Show more
Simon Cox investigates the battle for influence over free schools. With stiff opposition from the education establishment, how is the policy progressing? Show more
Evan Davis asks his guests about the importance of quality in business - how they get it high and why it might end up low. They also compare notes on their relative weaknesses. Show more
As autumn tints herald the winter to come, Brett Westwood examines some of the issues facing wildlife on the move in Britain. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hannibal, the Carthaginian general who famously led an army across the Alps. Show more
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Presented by Shaun Ley. Turkey intercepts a plane en route to Syria. Could Colombia's long-running civil war come to end. And Chinese writer wins the Nobel Prize in Literature. Show more
A man sits beside a stranger on an overnight flight to Frankfurt and tells him a chilling story. Read by Bill Nighy. Show more
The wisdom of crowds, the joy of deregulated advertising and Bigipedia throughout history. Sketch comedy with Nick Doody. From July 2011. Show more
Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
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Simon Garfield's journey through the world of maps shows how the plotting of a special map of London led a Victorian doctor to the source of cholera and enabled him to conquer it. Show more
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