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A reading and a reflection to start the day with Bishop Donal McKeown. Show more

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside, presented by Anna Hill. As a group is fined for illegal hunting, supporters say the law is pointless and confusing. Show more

Jim Al-Khalili talks to 2012 Nobel Prize-winner Sir John Gurdon about cloning a frog decades before Dolly the sheep, and what the technology might mean for humans. Show more

Olivia O'Leary meets one of the greatest ever jump-jockeys, Mick Fitzgerald, who was forced to retire in 2008 after a serious fall in the Grand National. Show more

Meow Meow in cabaret; Sheridan Smith on her new screen role; alcohol, teenagers and the party season; Women in the Workplace parliamentary inquiry. Presented by Jane Garvey. Show more

Dinah reveals her special talent, a skill which explains why the bad guys were after her. Modesty and Willie follow up a lead in Paris, accidentally leaving Dinah vulnerable. Show more

Brett Westwood takes a look at the relationship between wildlife conservation and art, a report on wildlife gardening, plus a growing scientific movement. Show more

Exploration of the punk and politics of music's Riot Grrrl movement. Hearing from the riot grrrls themselves, their punk foremothers and the young women who feel its legacy today. 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.

Exploring the Grimm brothers' tales, Marina Warner traces the tales back to their ancient origins, hoping to learn why there are parallels in texts across cultures throughout time. Show more

Will doesn't hold back. Meanwhile Vicky is feeling pampered. Show more

1964. Rumpole returns to his alma mater to defend a gardener accused of blackmailing the master of an Oxford College. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Timothy West. Show more

Jay Rayner and the Kitchen Cabinet team are with food enthusiasts in Birmingham, with Angela Hartnett, Annie Gray, Henry Dimbleby and Angela Malik on the panel. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Jonathan Glancey explores how libraries in Europe and the USA are being reinvented to meet changing social demands. From May 2012. Show more

Michael Rosen returns for a new series with an investigation into the effects of alcohol on speech and voice quality. Michael talks to writers, singers and research psychologists. Show more

Poet Lemn Sissay chooses Prince Alamayu who, like him, was Ethiopian and adopted in Britain. With Matthew Parris. From December 2012. Show more

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A new and terrible danger threatens Britain. Mark Evans' Victorian comic epic stars Tom Allen. From December 2012. Show more

Jim is disgruntled, and Kenton devises a secret strategy. Show more

Mark Lawson talks to Salman Rushdie about the film of his novel Midnight's Children, Victoria Wood discusses her TV drama about pianist Joyce Hatto, plus Christmas Jukebox Jury. Show more

Dinah reveals her special talent, a skill which explains why the bad guys were after her. Modesty and Willie follow up a lead in Paris, accidentally leaving Dinah vulnerable. Show more

Allan Little looks at the changing dynamic of the European Union whose centre of gravity - and power - has moved dramatically east following the fall of the Berlin Wall. Show more

RNIB express their concerns over the new regulations on PIPs, the benefit which will replace Disability Living Allowance and how it will affect visually impaired claimants. Show more

New research shows how reading a baby's mind aids its development. Plus, how a 20-year-old poem written by a dyslexic boy inspired an art/science collaboration. Show more

Jim Al-Khalili talks to 2012 Nobel Prize-winner Sir John Gurdon about cloning a frog decades before Dolly the sheep, and what the technology might mean for humans. Show more

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The latest on Andrew Mitchell and 'plebgate'. National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. Show more

The Brennans run Quentin's restaurant in Dublin for the owner, when an unexpected visitor arrives. Read by Sean Campion. Show more

Robin Ince and Brian Cox are joined by comedian Ed Byrne and science writers Adam Rutherford and Philip Ball to talk about science's quest to create life. Show more

Sean Curran reports as Kenneth Clarke defends controversial plans to hold some civil cases in secret, and peers want the public to have redress against aggressive bailiffs. Show more

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The George Inn enters literary history with the publication of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Pete Brown's pub history read by Tony Robinson. From December 2012. Show more

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