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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Shaykh Michael Mumisa, Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations in Cambridge.

Charlotte Smith is on a farm near Sleaford in Lincolnshire with the Farming Today team as they endeavour to harvest wheat, barley and oil seed rape. Show more

With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.

Baroness Shirley Williams returns to her childhood homes in London's Chelsea and the New Forest. Born into privilege in 1930, she traces the roots of a life in politics. Show more

Peter Curran puts archaeologists under his anthropological microscope. He meets a tribe who are excavating the culture of the Stone Age on Jersey. Show more

Is breast cancer screening resulting in unnecessary treatment? Approaching poetry without fear; and the pleasures of beekeeping in the inner city. Presented by Jenni Murray. Show more

Frederic has to go back to the Great War and Catherine gives him some parting news. Stars Patrick Kennedy and Morven Christie. Show more

Tim Judah reports from Senegal on the rise to prominence and economic power of the Mourides, a Sufi Muslim brotherhood with a powerful work ethic. Show more

John McCarthy explores the life of Swallows and Amazons author, Arthur Ransome, through the boats he owned. From 2011. Show more

With Peter White. The impact of the collapse of Holidays 4 U on their thousands of customers. And is our bacon under threat from Europe, or might new rules improve it? 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.

Stewart Henderson presents the programme that answers listeners' questions on just about everything. Why are tea and coffee pots different shapes? And what is a wingwom? Show more

Mia gets a nasty shock and it's party time for Rhys. Show more

Grief-stricken Hugh and Bella keep meeting after the sudden deaths of their loved ones. Stars Alex Jennings and Juliet Stevenson. From March 2009. Show more

Jules Hudson is in Cramlington to find out about the creation of Northumberlandia, a giant sculpture of a naked woman being carved into the Northumberland landscape. Show more

James Landale presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Lymphoma Association. Show more

By Dermot Bolger. Seventy-two-year-old Eva returns to Glanmire Wood to be reunited with memories and finally tell her story. But at what price? Read by Dearbhla Molloy. Show more

Leonid Brezhnev's 'era of stagnation' returns the country to the conservatism of the past. The USSR begins the inexorable decline that would end in collapse 25 years later. Show more

Mariella Frostup in the final part of her history of women's writing with contributions from Helen Fielding, Margaret Drabble, Kate Moss, Matt Thorne, Lucy Caldwell and Suzi Feay. Show more

The 50th anniversary of Milgram's experiment that showed how far people will go when obeying orders, the links between science and magic, and why the moon once had a companion. Show more

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Milton crosses stamens with a deadly rival in the vicious cut-throat world of gardening. With Lucy Montgomery. From August 2011. Show more

Lynda makes a show of solidarity, and Pat is horrified by what she hears. Show more

With Kirsty Lang, including the musical partnership of violinist Viktoria Mullova and cellist Matthew Barley; and Kathy Lette on Charlotte Gainsbourg in The Tree. Show more

Frederic has to go back to the Great War and Catherine gives him some parting news. Stars Patrick Kennedy and Morven Christie. Show more

A badger culling trial to tackle TB in cattle is announced in England, while a proposed cull in Wales has been abandoned. Nick Ravenscroft reports the effect of policy paralysis. Show more

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is closing most of a research facility in Kent, putting 2,000 science jobs at risk. Peter Day asks what the decision means for an important UK industry. Show more

Dr Ben Goldacre explores what happens when science takes the long view and reveals how these pioneering longitudinal studies are the bedrock of medicine. Show more

Baroness Shirley Williams returns to her childhood homes in London's Chelsea and the New Forest. Born into privilege in 1930, she traces the roots of a life in politics. Show more

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Pereira's assistant returns from Alentejo, the authorities are looking for him and he needs a place to hide. So Pereira offers him shelter. Show more

When Matt's plans for winning the lottery go awry, he is forced to borrow cash from Vicky. Stars Emma Pierson. From August 2011. Show more

Lord Darkness has Amis and wants the sword. Can Sam stop him? Fantasy comedy starring Darren Boyd and Dave Lamb. From May 2009. Show more

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Lynn Knight's memoir tells how three generations of her family came to be adopted in three distinct ways. Today, her mother, Cora, is growing up. Read by Barbara Flynn. Show more

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