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A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Edwin Counsell. Show more
Charlotte Smith discusses plans to extend badger TB vaccination in Wales, with a grant scheme to help farmers pay for it, plus how crops' wild relatives could help food security. Show more
Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the house sparrow. Show more
News and current affairs with Evan Davis and John Humphrys, including major political party donors becoming peers, the future for RBS, and has the Western fallen out of favour? Show more
Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland, is interviewed by Kirsty Young. Show more
Woman's Hour
Vasectomy; Giving up alcohol; Royal bedchambers; Gráinne Maguire
58 minutes
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Reporter Geoff Bird has a vasectomy, stand-up comedian Grainne Maguire talks about her love of election night, and Dr Lucy Worsley on royal bedchambers. Presented by Jenni Murray. Show more
Linus's fears for the safety of Alice intensify when, after Charlene's funeral, he is unable to locate her. Stars Greg Wise. Show more
No longer just for the rich, tutoring is booming in Britain. It is now a £1bn industry and growing fast. But is it really worth the money? Sushma Puri investigates. Show more
Britain's longest serving and laziest PCSO pairing take on a local drugs racket. Stars Richie Webb and Nick Walker. From August 2013. Show more
You and Yours
Fracking fears, electric car success stories, writing a will
55 minutes
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Consumer news with Sheila McClennon, looking at the ongoing fears over fracking in the UK, and hearing from LA where electric cars seem a big success. Show more
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National and international news. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.
The increasingly blurred boundaries between the office and home. Lucy Kellaway's origins of corporate culture. From August 2013. Show more
Kathy's caught out, and Tony speaks his mind. Show more
4 Extra Debut. EastEnders' star Nitin Ganatra is determined to play a baddie instead of the usual nice guy, but he has not counted on The Continuity Man. Show more
Eric Robson chairs a programme from Midlothian, Scotland, with panellists Bob Flowerdew, Carole Baxter and Anne Swithinbank. Show more
By Marina Warner: 4 Extra Debut. A 1950s housewife conjures up dreams of glamour and female power for her daughters. Read by Emma Fielding. Show more
Last Word
A sex therapist, an archeologist, a modelling agent, a meditation teacher and a guitarist and songwriter
28 minutes
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Jane Little remembers sex therapist Virginia Johnson, archeologist Mike Morwood, modelling agent John Casablancas, meditation teacher Sonia Moriceau and songwriter JJ Cale. Show more
Is the director of the Proms a Wagnerite? And should Radio 3 and Radio 4 swap presenters? Roger Wright answers listeners' questions. Show more
Coverage and analysis of the day's news. Including Weather at 5.57pm.
Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. With Jeremy Hardy, Justin Moorhouse, Roisin Conaty and Bob Mills. Show more
Jolene's on a learning curve, and Freddie has an offer he can refuse. Show more
Front Row
Louis de Bernieres, Doctor Who, Cerys Matthews, John Burningham
30 minutes
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Louis de Bernières discusses his poetry debut, children's author John Burningham on his 50-year career, the next Doctor Who contenders, and Cerys Matthews' Cultural Exchange. Show more
Linus's fears for the safety of Alice intensify when, after Charlene's funeral, he is unable to locate her. Stars Greg Wise. Show more
Any Questions?
Lord Howard, Lord Boateng, Owen Jones, Isabel Hardman
48 minutes
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Nick Robinson presents political debate from Broadcasting House Radio Theatre in London. Show more
A Point of View
Machiavelli's Summer in Tuscany
10 minutes
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Sarah Dunant on why Niccolo Machiavelli, diplomat and adviser, wrote his seminal work 'The Prince' 500 years ago this summer at his family's country estate in Tuscany. Show more
Writer and satirist Lucy Kellaway traces the origins of today's corporate culture. Show more
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Zimbabwe elections, the mother of Daniel Pelka and her partner have been jailed for life, and Australian asylum-seekers. News round-up with Carolyn Quinn. Show more
In the local pub in Blakeney, the effusive Swanton Morley sticks out like a sore thumb. Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt. From August 2013. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Lynne Truss, Diran Adebayo and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Paul Theroux, Nick Barlay and Michael Ondaatje. From 2013. Show more
Peter White had a love-hate relationship with the blind boarding school he attended, but what is it like today? He finds out by writing and talking to the new Year 7 pupils. Show more
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Deploying all the might of the Pink Gang, Sampat wins the day. But it is plain that this is only one battle in a long and ongoing war that Indian women must fight. From August 2013. Show more
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