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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Tina Beattie. Show more
News about food, farming and the countryside with Charlotte Smith, including a look at the rise in cattle and sheep of liver fluke, a parasite that can cause death in animals. Show more
Fashion designer Celia Birtwell is interviewed by Kirsty Young. Show more
Presented by Jenni Murray. Shy children: How do parents help their shy children without making an issue of it? And on the other hand, is being shy really a problem? Show more
When intimidating witnesses, tampering with CCTV and making false statements fail to take the heat off Beverley and Shirley, they resort to discrediting the hit and run victim. Show more
Michael Bird explores the tiny, beautiful, flower fields of west Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and their history. From 2012. Show more
Vera Sackcloth-Vest and Ginny Fox rush down to St Ives in search of DH Lollipop. Vera's admirer winds up in the brambles. Stars Miriam Margolyes. Show more
The Listening Project
Alan and Carol: Talking Yorkshire
5 minutes
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Fi Glover with the secret of a happy marriage from Alan and Carol - could it be an interest in the Yorkshire dialect - proving that it's surprising what you hear when you listen. 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.
China: As History Is My Witness
Episode 5: The Soong Sisters - The Consorts
15 minutes
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Carrie Gracie explores the lives of three sisters who end up on different sides of China's bloody political divide after marrying some of the most important men of the 20th century. Show more
There's a surprise arrival at Lynda's auditions. Meanwhile Kathy needs advice. Show more
By Vicky Meer. Mayor of Crimpsea Goderick Derrick is hatching a plan to put his bracing seaside town on the tourist map - and save his struggling plumbing business. Can he do it? Show more
Peter Gibbs chairs the horticultural panel programme in west Wales, with Bunny Guinness, Bob Flowerdew and Matt Biggs. Show more
By Marina Lewycka. A teenage girl wonders how to make the most of her last four minutes, should the warning come. Read by Sian Thomas. Show more
Last Word
Verghese Kurien, Helen Nicoll, Bobby Hogg, Tereska Torres, 'Big Jim' Sullivan
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister on 'India's Milkman' Verghese Kurien, children's author Helen Nicoll, Cromarty speaker Bobby Hogg, wartime writer Tereska Torres and guitarist 'Big Jim' Sullivan. Show more
Radio 4's forum for audience comment. Presented by Roger Bolton. Show more
The Listening Project
Shelley and Lee: Surviving Loss
5 minutes
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Fi Glover presents a harrowing conversation from Cumbria. Lee and Shelley buried their child on what would have been his second birthday. Show more
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A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. With Susan Calman, Francis Wheen, Rebecca Front and Nick Doody. Show more
Kenton makes an unexpected proposal. Meanwhile George is in for a treat. Show more
Front Row
On the Road - the film, American Idiot, Agyness Deyn
30 minutes
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With Kirsty Lang. Kerouac's On the Road - the manuscript and the new film; American Idiot the musical; Agyness Deyn on screen acting; artists Jane and Louise Wilson on Chernobyl. Show more
When intimidating witnesses, tampering with CCTV and making false statements fail to take the heat off Beverley and Shirley, they resort to discrediting the hit and run victim. Show more
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A Point of View
Understanding Contemporary China 1/4
10 minutes
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Martin Jacques presents a personal view on how best to understand the unique characteristics and apparent mysteries of contemporary China, its development and its possible future. Show more
China: As History Is My Witness
Omnibus: Part 1
58 minutes
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Carrie Gracie presents a series exploring what ten great lives from Chinese history reveal about China today. Show more
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Presented by Carolyn Quinn. Investigation into police behaviour at Hillsborough is launched; chief whip tries to make peace with the police federation; and the Colombian economy. Show more
A stranger tells his seatmate a chilling story on a flight. Is such a soft-voiced man capable of murder? Read by Bill Nighy. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Harriett Gilbert, Andy Cave and Ed Douglas discuss books by Lionel Terray, Nan Shepherd and Patricia Highsmith. From 2012. Show more
Colum Sands presents the story of how, in 1947, the Irish Folklore Commission and the BBC established a scheme to seek out and record folk music and stories throughout Ireland.
The Listening Project
Karen and Mark: Our Faith Will Keep Us Strong
5 minutes
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Presented by Fi Glover. Karen and Mark from Northern Ireland find that their mutual love and their faith are helping them get through Karen's treatment for breast cancer. Show more
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Is it true that women are less good at navigating than men - or do they just have different ways of finding their bearings? Simon Garfield concludes his journey through maps. Show more
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