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With Alison Murdoch, Director of the Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom.
Millions of pounds' worth of meat from cattle killed under the TB slaughter programme is reaching our plates. Anna Hill asks how the vets know it is safe to eat. Show more
All the news from Westminster as the Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, refers News Corporation's takeover bid for BSkyB to the Competition Commission. With Sean Curran. Show more
The Long View
HMS Challenger and the Space Shuttle
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Jonathan Freedland compares the end of the shuttle programme with the decommissioning of the 1872 British oceanographic survey HMS Challenger. Show more
Iain Stewart talks to scientists and clinicians working at the Centre for Regenerative Medicine lab in Edinburgh about their efforts to treat diseases using stem cell technology. Show more
Woman's Hour
Surfing at 40 plus; Madeleine Peyroux; sleep deprivation
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Jane Garvey presents. Reinventing yourself after 40 - surfing in Biarritz; should Parliament be more family-friendly? Madeleine Peyroux sings; sleep deprivation with children. Show more
Graduate Roger has made contact with the Truth Seekers, but are they crazy enough for an academic study? Stars Jonathan Forbes. Show more
The International Whaling Commission meets in Jersey for the next two weeks and Saving Species reports on the key issues the commission faces. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Bob Dickinson visits a festival of contemporary art held in a nuclear bunker built for President Tito, at Konjic, Bosnia. From July 2011. Show more
With Winifred Robinson. News of the World hacking scandal: David Cameron says it's been a wake-up call about the ethics of the press, MPs and the police. Do you agree? Show more
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With Shaun Ley. National and international news. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.
Pete Paphides tells the story of the M1's improbable 1960s music meeting place - Blue Boar services at Watford Gap. From 2011. Show more
Spencer tries to keep things together and Emma asks a favour. Show more
By Ryan Scott. A distress signal lures Torchwood to the deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench. Stars John Barrowman and Eve Myles. Show more
Comets' tails are produced by water evaporating from their surface as they approach the Sun. Does this mean they eventually boil away to nothing? Show more
4 Extra Debut. An elderly Zimbabwean coffin maker struts his stuff. From the winner of the 2009 Guardian First Book Award. With Lucian Msamati. Show more
After the execution of the Royal family, Martin Sixsmith tells how close the bloody conflict between Bolshevik Reds and Tsarist Whites came to ending the Bolshevik hopes for Russia. Show more
Rod Liddle takes to the field in the company of naturalist and photographer Chris Packham to debate our reactions to the familiar Kestrel and the well-nurtured Red Kite. Show more
4 Extra Debut. John O'Farrell, Juliet Barker and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Amos Oz, Jude Morgan and Jessica Francis Kane. From 2011. Show more
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Agony aunt Sarah and her group tackle more problems: "Sibling Rivalry" and "I'm a mother in need of quiet". From May 2011. Show more
Elona offers a welcome diversion while Harry needs advice. Show more
Front Row
Johnny Vegas makes art out of selling, and in the dark with Amadou and Mariam
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With John Wilson, who talks to Johnny Vegas as he opens a new stage show inspired by TV shopping channels, as part of the Manchester International Festival. Show more
Graduate Roger has made contact with the Truth Seekers, but are they crazy enough for an academic study? Stars Jonathan Forbes. Show more
The Border Agency says new technology will help it tackle illegal immigration, as it cuts one fifth of its staff. But with problems hitting existing IT systems, will the plan work? Show more
In Touch
How to get the Visual Impairment message across? 12/07/11
20 minutes
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What's the best way to get the message about visual impairment across? Author Redmond Zsell's taken a rather novel approach. Show more
All in the Mind
Arson - Parenting Courses - Autism
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Claudia Hammond discusses arson with leading expert Dr Theresa Gannon. Plus the country's first peer-to-peer parenting group and autism. Show more
The Long View
HMS Challenger and the Space Shuttle
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Jonathan Freedland compares the end of the shuttle programme with the decommissioning of the 1872 British oceanographic survey HMS Challenger. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis. Show more
Alone now after his in-laws and sons have returned home, Mick sets about getting back to normality. But nothing is normal now. Read by Alexander Morton. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Bigipedia 2.0, the infallible ever-present cyberfriend is back! Now with all errors and mistakes. Show more
Sean Curran and the BBC's parliamentary team with the top news stories from Westminster. MPs quiz senior police officers on their investigations into phone hacking. Show more
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After years of an on off relationship conducted in war torn countries around the globe, the author decides it's finally time to settle down. Show more
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