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Prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Craig Gardiner.
Charlotte Smith hears the UK now eats 820 million chickens every year. Farming Today looks at how the industry has changed since 1955, when only 1 million birds were eaten. Show more
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Andrew Marr is joined by clinical scientists Raymond Tallis and Barbara Sahakian, and gerontologist Aubrey de Grey. Show more
Woman's Hour
Girls dumbing down, Sharia law, competing in school sport
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Presented by Jane Garvey. Playing to win: why competition in school sports can be good for children. In a world that appears to value beauty over brains, are girls dumbing down? Show more
Kathleen Winter's debut about a child born as both a boy and a girl, growing up in remote Canada. Adapted for radio by Miranda Davies. Wayne has to undergo emergency surgery. Show more
Professor Trevor Cox explores how sonic design can be applied to help improve how our outdoor spaces sound. From 2011. Show more
Tyson's other grandad Rex is the bane of Sandy's life. Can he get even? Stars Ronnie Corbett and Liza Tarbuck. From May 2010. Show more
Consumer news with Julian Worricker. Will electric vehicles catch on? Can you trust a solar panel salesman? And does the Rotary Club have a future? Show more
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With Martha Kearney. National and international news. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.
Paul Gambaccini hosts the final of the general knowledge music quiz to reveal the nation's musical mastermind of 2011. Show more
David weighs things up and Harry is moving fast. Show more
4 Extra Debut. In 1940, translator Anna is disturbed by her lover's voice on the airwaves at a government listening post. Stars Morven Christie. Show more
Jonathon Porritt assesses the legacy of EF Schumacher, author of Small is Beautiful, for David Cameron's Big Society. Show more
Origins: James Naughtie looks at how history shaped classical music, with origins in the churches and monasteries of the Christian world. Show more
Food writer Tim Hayward investigates a new wave of food entrepreneurship started by professionals seeking a second career or life change. Show more
Robin Ince and Brian Cox take the Monkey Cage to Glastonbury. They're joined on stage by Billy Bragg, Shappi Khorsandi, Graham Coxon and Prof Tony Ryan to talk all things new age. Show more
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Radio 4's antidote to panel games featuring regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, and Graeme Garden with Marcus Brigstocke on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair. Show more
Usha has divided loyalties. Emma lets the grandmothers take charge. Show more
Mark Lawson talks to Philip Roth, winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2011, at his home in Connecticut. They discuss his attitude to prizes, his critics and writing plays. Show more
Kathleen Winter's debut about a child born as both a boy and a girl, growing up in remote Canada. Adapted for radio by Miranda Davies. Wayne has to undergo emergency surgery. Show more
A hospital doctor's struggle with alcoholism. Steve was a respected consultant when a series of stressful events led him into alcoholism. In his own words, he tells his story. Show more
Justin Webb, the BBC's former North America Editor, looks at the dire economic problems faced by the United States and asks whether it is capable of averting disaster. Show more
Quentin Cooper presents his weekly digest of science in and behind the headlines. Show more
Andrew Marr is joined by clinical scientists Raymond Tallis and Barbara Sahakian, and gerontologist Aubrey de Grey. Show more
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With Ritula Shah. The Greek Parliament debates austerity. How the international arrest warrant issued for Colonel Gaddafi will affect the NATO mission. And where is Hugo Chavez? Show more
By Esi Edugyan. 1940. Paris is under occupation. Without papers it's not safe for Hiero to be out on the streets. But Sid and Hiero set off for a café in search of milk. Show more
Dominic Arkwright, Simon Fanshawe, Lavinia Greenlaw and Ian Marchant talk about the 'delights' of public transport. From 2011. Show more
Susan Hulme and the BBC's parliamentary team report as the Government overhauls the running of the Ministry of Defence and cuts the number of senior officers. Show more
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Gully Wells remembers life with her mother Dee Wells who, having left her first husband in Burma, starts a new life in swinging 60s London. Show more
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