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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sheikh Michael Mumisa. Show more

News about food, farming and the countryside. Anna Hill discovers how this year's wet weather means that UK organic cereal growers face a shortage of good quality seeds to plant. Show more

As the US prepares for presidential elections, Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel asks ordinary Texans in Dallas to consider the moral issues raised by US immigration policy. Show more

Jane Garvey presents crime writing queen PD James, Tina Nash on surviving the domestic abuse which left her blind, and Rose Heilbron, the first female QC. Show more

Yukinari finds his presence in the palace is not welcomed and Shonagon's mind diverted by other matters. Show more

Brett Westwood discusses the issues arising in the UK countryside from a rising bird of prey population and the possible conflict this brings to other land users. Show more

4 Extra Debut, Stuart Maconie examines the final album recorded by major artists, starting with Synchronicity by The Police. From October 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.

Mark Lawson uncovers German history in Friedrich Dürrenmatt's crime novels. With Ferdinand von Schirach and Josie Rourke. Show more

Fallon is feeling nervous. Meanwhile Lilian has her work cut out. Show more

4 Extra Debut. A twist on 1973: A US astronaut mission to retrieve the bodies of the first men on the moon goes awry. Stars Amy Warren. By Jonathan Mitchell and Judith Kampfner. Show more

History magazine. Tom Holland is joined by Dr Lucy Worsley and Prof Owen Davies. Helen Castor explores the value of local ghost stories, and Martin Ellis looks at re-enactment. Show more

The Vietnam War brought death and destruction to the people of Laos. The landscape is still scarred by American bombing, but there is new hope of a clean-up. Tom Heap reports. Show more

In his first broadcast interview, the Chief Coroner talks to Joshua Rozenberg. Plus how compensation claims made by victims abused by Jimmy Savile will be treated by the courts. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Justin Webb, Frances Fyfield and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Wallace Stegner, Iain Pears and Fred Vargas. From 2012. Show more

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Adam hopes to bond with his dad Rudy, while they till the earth on an allotment. Stars Lenny Henry. From October 2012. Show more

Don has made his decision and Hayley is getting hot under the collar. Show more

Poet Sharon Olds on her new volume charting the end of her marriage, plus the band Squeeze on their new tour, and reviews of Russian film Elena and TV drama Scandal. Show more

Yukinari finds his presence in the palace is not welcomed and Shonagon's mind diverted by other matters. Show more

As the government's plans for West Coast rail collapse in chaos, Michael Robinson asks if outsourcing complex public services really can deliver the big savings promised. Show more

Peter White talks to a blind teenager about her experience of Henshaw's Society for the Blind, and Dr Graeme Douglas on his research project tracking visually impaired teenagers. Show more

Dr Mark Porter investigates why three quarters of people with diabetes who are likely to benefit from an insulin pump are not on one. And how to deal with children's night terrors. Show more

As the US prepares for presidential elections, Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel asks ordinary Texans in Dallas to consider the moral issues raised by US immigration policy. Show more

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Jimmy Savile and the BBC investigation, Libya one year on, and after 38 years Ceefax is switched off. National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. Show more

Grace is injured in an unexpected attack. Dangerously ill, she is looked after by both her mother and aunt. Read by Joanna Tope. Show more

Arthur entertains at home with a nourishing menu of Welsh rarebit, Paul Sinha and Milton Jones. From July 2009. Show more

Sean Curran reports as the director-general of the BBC gives evidence to MPs on the Jimmy Savile scandal, and the controversial badger cull is put on hold. Show more

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Erik Vogel was the 24-year-old pilot of the Piper Navajo plane and he was not at all comfortable with the idea of flying north on the evening of 19 October 1984. Show more

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