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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with George Craig.
Big changes at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. David Heath and Richard Benyon are both replaced, along with their Labour shadow minister Mary Creagh. Show more
Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the bearded tit. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
Prof Dame Wendy Hall, one of the pioneers of the world wide web and hypermedia, talks to Jim Al Khalili about a career spent at the forefront of web and digital media developments. Show more
In the second of a two-part series, BBC science correspondent Pallab Ghosh talks to Julie White, CEO of a diamond drilling company, about her relationship with her father. Show more
Woman's Hour
Verdi's heroines; Conservative women; Ladybeard Magazine; Giving advice
45 minutes
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Jessica Cottis on Verdi's Gilda, plus women and party politics, and Ladybeard magazine. Jane Garvey presents the programme that offers a female perspective on the world. Show more
Darleen is preparing to audition for a musical, but Jamie is worried that he is seriously ill. Show more
Sharks are one of the great icons of wildlife and the oceanic wilderness and yet are in severe decline across the world. How can people and sharks share the oceans? Show more
African American creativity has fuelled the modern music business, yet blacks have rarely had any control or ownership in the industry. Alvin Hall investigates why. 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.
November 1883. Bombs explode on the London Underground as part of the first organised, sustained terrorist bombing campaign in Britain. Fergal Keane tracks the bombers. Show more
Helen feels vulnerable, and Rob gets an important telephone call. Show more
Scientist Hester wants to understand what it is like to have eight legs, no bones, and skin that changes colour. Stars Amy Manson. Show more
Josie Long presents a sequence of mini documentaries about small acts of resistance - from bursting into song to crashing a car into a wall. Show more
Tom Heap discovers landfill mining: finding value in what has been thrown away. He visits Belgium to meet the first prospectors digging for treasure in trash. Show more
Emma Barnett hears how women in the Canadian Army serve in the front line and asks if the British Army will soon follow their example. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Alex Polizzi, Peter Robinson and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Jonathan Lethem, JL Carr and Dodie Smith. From 2013. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Some creative accounting - and why are posh men's trousers all the same colour? With Margaret Cabourn-Smith. From 2013. Show more
Joe's a bit more cheery, and there's an opportunity for Kathy. Show more
Front Row
BBC National Short Story Award; Mark Lewisohn on The Beatles; The Fifth Estate
30 minutes
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Arts news. John Wilson is at the BBC National Short Story Award ceremony to announce the winner; Mark Lewisohn on his epic biography of The Beatles; The Fifth Estate reviewed. Show more
Darleen is preparing to audition for a musical, but Jamie is worried that he is seriously ill. Show more
As the government steps up its campaign for HS2, Gerry Northam asks who will benefit and who will suffer if the project goes ahead. Show more
In Touch
Reverend Alex Galbraith, Marcus Sedgwick at Worcester New College
20 minutes
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Peter White is joined by the Rev Alex Galbraith, who talks about his work as a blind vicar. Lee Kumutat meets the blind students who helped an author develop his blind character. Show more
Inside Health
Shingles vaccine; Energy drinks; Liver function tests; Anorexia
28 minutes
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Margaret McCartney reports on confusion around the new shingles vaccine, including how old you have to be to qualify and why there's a lack of supply in some GP surgeries. Show more
Prof Dame Wendy Hall, one of the pioneers of the world wide web and hypermedia, talks to Jim Al Khalili about a career spent at the forefront of web and digital media developments. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Tommy Robinson says he is leaving the EDL, Michael Moore on being sacked by Nick Clegg, and Lord Hall sets out his vision for the BBC. In-depth news and analysis with Ritula Shah. Show more
Bond gets to know Bryce then flies to America to track down AfricaKIN. Written by William Boyd and read by Paterson Joseph. Show more
The detective investigating Staniland's brutal murder gets drawn ever closer to the victim's plight. Stars Burn Gorman. Show more
As MPs return from a break for the party conferences, Sean Curran reports reports on press regulation, relations with Iran, border controls and an 1888 strike at a match factory. Show more
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What will the warrior find when he returns home? Poet Seamus Heaney reads his own translation of the great Anglo-Saxon poem. Show more
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