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With Alison Murdoch, Director of the Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom.

Presented by Charlotte Smith. The British value the countryside, but do not appreciate how valuable it is according to a new survey by the Prince's Countryside Fund. Show more

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Morning news and current affairs with John Humphrys and James Naughtie, debating the future of 752 Southern Cross care homes and News International's BSkyB bid. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Is there a link between the history of eating and speaking? Stephen Fry opens his mouth to investigate. From July 2011. Show more

Peter goes for a walk in Kent with keen rambler Janet Street-Porter, to explore the first of his betes noires - the countryside. 'It's all cowpats and ditches', he says. Show more

Presented by Jane Garvey, who visits a new exhibition of the work of Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and her husband Diego Rivera. Show more

4 Extra Debut. New York, 1968: Naive young sociologist Roger Zimmern has just got his first job at university. Stars Jonathan Forbes. Show more

On July 12th 2011, Neptune was one year old - one Neptunian year that is. After its discovery 165 Earth years ago, it has orbited the sun once. What secrets does it still hold? Show more

Sandy Hopper finds himself making more hospital visits and attending ever more funerals. Stars Ronnie Corbett and Liza Tarbuck. From May 2010. Show more

Thomson Airways the first UK airline to fuel its planes between Birmingham and Palma with biofuel. DWP launches consultation about getting more people with disabilities into work. Show more

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With David Eades. National and international news. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.

Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with Sian Phillips, James Richardson, Edward Stourton and Rebecca Front. From July 2011. Show more

Pip puts her business case while Chris has money on his mind. Show more

An alien with an aversion to electricity threatens to take Earth back to the dark ages. Stars John Barrowman and Eve Myles. From July 2011. Show more

From backbench novice MP to the challenger for the party leadership against Margaret Thatcher, Michael Heseltine - now Lord Heseltine - relives his career through the BBC Archives. Show more

Martin Sixsmith resumes his major Russian history series as the Bolsheviks consolidate their monopoly on power. The communist state would last until 1991 when it was overturned. Show more

Sheila Dillon investigates the issue of trans-fats in food, and asks whether a voluntary agreement by the food industry to eliminate them is enough to prevent health problems. Show more

Ernie Rea and guests discuss the Christian understanding of Hell. Show more

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Radio 4's antidote to panel games chaired by Jack Dee, with Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and David Mitchell, plus Colin Sell at the piano. Show more

Spencer tries to keep things together and Emma asks a favour. Show more

With John Wilson, including a review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 2, the final film in the series which began a decade ago. Show more

4 Extra Debut. New York, 1968: Naive young sociologist Roger Zimmern has just got his first job at university. Stars Jonathan Forbes. Show more

Rajan Datar explores how emerging global superpowers in the Middle East and China are fighting a battle for our hearts and minds by wielding a new weapon of influence - news media. Show more

Fran Abrams asks if the Government is right to stick with Sure Start Children's Centres. What has the service - loved by parents - really done for their kids? Show more

Quentin Cooper hears how krill fertilise the ocean, visits the Royal Society's Summer exhibition to investigate sight, sound and smell and hears how science meets art. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Is there a link between the history of eating and speaking? Stephen Fry opens his mouth to investigate. From July 2011. Show more

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With Ritula Shah. The hacking revelations continue: could they have an impact on the wider Murdoch empire? Will President Obama be able to agree a budget deal with the Republicans? Show more

4 Extra Debut. Cathy's funeral brings old family tensions to the surface, as Mick struggles to come to terms with his wife's untimely death. Read by Alexander Morton. Show more

Dominic Arkwright, David Goldblatt, Helen Bentley and Mark Mason wonder if we grow old because we forget to play. From July 2011. Show more

The Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, tells MPs that he has referred Rupert Murdoch's bid for overall control of the satellite broadcaster BSkyB to the Competition Commission. Show more

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Memoir by the war correspondent Janine di Giovanni about meeting her husband, a French cameraman, and their battle to settle down to a normal life in Paris. Show more

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