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With Alison Murdoch, Director of the Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom.
Charlotte Smith joins the thousands of animals competing at the Great Yorkshire Show. On the day the Prince of Wales visits the show, dozens of prestigious prizes will be awarded. Show more
Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster, where proceedings are dominated by News International's withdrawal of its bid for BSkyB. Show more
Anne is unconscious in intensive care and pregnant. As her life hangs in the balance, how much should her pregnancy influence the decisions the medical team need to make about her? Show more
Woman's Hour
Christine Rice; Summer Pudding; Emotional Teenage Boys; Patenting
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Cook the Perfect... summer pudding. Mezzo soprano Christine Rice. Are teenage boys more emotional than many assume? Women in Business: the importance of patenting to entrepreneurs. Show more
Verena seems to have lost her way. Her aunt has persuaded McCann to speak to her. But he has his own agenda. Stars Alex Tregear. Show more
Crossing Continents
On the road with Hillary Clinton
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Kim Ghattas presents exclusive behind-the-scenes coverage of a recent overseas trip taken by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her staff. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Poet Sarah Cuddon explores the career of the French 'New Wave' director Jacques Demy. From July 2011. Show more
Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. A senior group of MPs call for an overhaul of the NHS Complaints System. 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.
Dominic Arkwright asks Guy Browning, Laurie Penny and Edson Burton about neighbours, are they a support network? From 2011. Show more
Jennifer doesn't like what she hears and Neil offers his thoughts. Show more
When Fay is called in to help a confused young man communicate about his care, she finds more confusion in the hospital than in the patient, in Sasha Hails' medical ethics drama. Show more
Why has a new scheme to encourage people onto our national trails upset some people? Helen Mark has her running shoes on along the South Downs Way to find out. Show more
Hannah Gordon presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Tuberous Sclerosis Association. Show more
Afternoon Reading
Petina Gappah - An Elegy for Easterly
Episode 3: Our Man in Geneva Wins a Million Euros
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A Zimbabwean embassy official in Switzerland wins big, and sets out to claim his prize. With Lucian Msamati. Show more
By Martin Sixsmith. The Kronshtadt rebels force the Bolsheviks to rethink how they exercise power. Lenin sends Trotsky to crush the uprising but has to offer economic concessions. Show more
Open Book
Part one of a history of women's writing, A Book of One's Own
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Mariella Frostrup presents the first part of her history of women's writing, A Book of One's Own: How Women Wrote the Twentieth Century, beginning with suffrage literature. Show more
Quentin explores hidden landscapes and volcanoes under Antarctica and the North Atlantic and searches for mythical monsters and the secrets of the Tibetan singing bowl. Show more
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Paul Sinha, a proudly English son of Indian immigrants, analyses divided loyalties in a comedic look at cricket and nationalism. Show more
Fallon is feeling sidelined and Josh is at a loose end. Show more
Front Row
Jake or Dinos Chapman - A Show of Work Done Separately
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With Mark Lawson, who reports on new works by Jake and Dinos Chapman, and reviews two TV programmes and a new novel which all focus on the current pressures on teachers and pupils. Show more
Verena seems to have lost her way. Her aunt has persuaded McCann to speak to her. But he has his own agenda. Stars Alex Tregear. Show more
The Report asks what is going on with the UK exam system when 10 errors were found in this summer's papers. Can the 100,000 affected pupils now trust the August results? Show more
Evan Davis asks his guests about the limits of automation. They also swap thoughts on the benefits of the corporate awayday. Show more
Anne is unconscious in intensive care and pregnant. As her life hangs in the balance, how much should her pregnancy influence the decisions the medical team need to make about her? Show more
How do negotiators engage terrorist organisations in talks, and what do they talk about? Jonathan Powell lifts the lid on speaking with enemy. Show more
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With Carolyn Quinn. Rupert and James Murdoch will face the House of Commons, but will MPs just hinder a judicial inquiry? Who is financing rebels in Misrata. Austerity in Ireland. Show more
Deciding that the only way to survive is to leave the past behind, Mick sets out for London. Read by Alexander Morton. Show more
It's appraisal day in the offices of catalogue company Smile5, but only Sailesh has prepared for it. Stars Paul Sharma. From July 2011. Show more
Sean Curran and the BBC's parliamentary team report as Rupert and James Murdoch agree to appear before a Commons committee after MPs maintain the pressure on News Corporation. Show more
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Luca is born seven weeks prematurely and Bruno takes to fatherhood with ease but for Janine di Giovanni, the road to motherhood is beset with anxiety and disturbing memories. Show more
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