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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Andrew Martlew. Show more
Anna Hill discusses how eating out generates around 600,000 tonnes of food waste annually. And, Drooper and Pershore Eggs: old plums ripe for rediscovery. Show more
Morning news and current affairs with Evan Davis and Justin Webb, including the latest on the battle for Tripoli, plus Pedro Almodovar and Anders Breivik's defence lawyer. Show more
Secret Britain
D for Discretion: Can the Modern Media Keep a Secret?
28 minutes
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Naomi Grimley looks at the D-Notice committee, where the government and media cooperate to keep national security secrets. But now in the internet age is it a relic from the past? Show more
Edward Stourton revisits broadcast debates from the archives. In 1971, psychologist BF Skinner and neuroscientist Donald Mackay discuss to what extent free will is an illusion. Show more
Woman's Hour
Cook the Perfect Gazpacho; Overweight Babies; Hildegard of Bingen
45 minutes
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Presented by Jane Garvey. Cook the Perfect gazpacho; why are some babies overweight? Hildegard of Bingen celebrated at the Proms; the latest in our Women in Business series. Show more
Why are Shilwick's residents reluctant to help DCI Marion Bettany investigate Colin Arnott's murder? Stars Helen Baxendale. Show more
In Our Own Image - Evolving Humanity
Episode 2: Human Cultural Evolution Versus Genetic Evolution
30 minutes
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Adam Rutherford asks what the effect of globalisation and a greater choice of partners is on human genetic evolution. Show more
Wayne Hemingway pays tribute to 1950s designers, Robin and Lucienne Day, whose vision transformed post-war Britain. From 2011. Show more
With Julian Worricker. Does the Green Belt help or hinder life in the countryside? 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.
People reflect on the emotional impact of the country-pop crossover track, sung most notably by Glen Campbell. From August 2011. Show more
Pat lashes out and Alice is being enterprising. Show more
Satire by Joyce Bryant on tertiary education. The university is having an image makeover. Will Vice Chancellor Roland force Jim out? Starring Sophie Thomson and Jonathan Keeble. Show more
A listener's research reveals World War 1's forgotten front, Helen Castor visits an English Catholic outpost in Belgium and Tom Holland goes crowd-sourcing with Charles Dickens. Show more
4 Extra Debut. A woman goes from being thought of as useful to becoming invisible. From 2011's Edinburgh Fringe. By Sarah Millican. Show more
Writer and actor Kwame Kwei-Armah discovers how the construction of a new motorway flyover altered the course of the Notting Hill Carnival's history. Show more
Chris Ledgard looks at what counting the incidences of words can tell us - from whether a writer has Alzheimer's, to who wrote Macbeth and even how to read the mood of the country. Show more
Restaurateur Antonio Carluccio nominates the Scottish sculptor and artist Sir Eduardo Paolozzi. With Matthew Parris and Christopher Frayling. From August 2011. Show more
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Richard reclaims the tartan hat with nylon ginger hair attached, sold in Scottish tourist shops. With Susan Calman. From August 2011. Show more
Clarrie is clutching at straws and Bridge Farm takes another financial hit. Show more
Front Row
Bill Nighy, and Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In
30 minutes
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With Mark Lawson. Actor Bill Nighy on playing a spy, and Pedro Almodóvar's film The Skin I Live In, the story of a plastic surgeon who creates an indestructible synthetic skin. Show more
Why are Shilwick's residents reluctant to help DCI Marion Bettany investigate Colin Arnott's murder? Stars Helen Baxendale. Show more
Gerry Northam investigates reports that the old antidepressant clomipramine can treat aggressive brain tumours, and asks why promising lab results have not led to clinical trials. Show more
In Touch
Concessionary Bus Travel; Liz Cooke's Parachute Jump. 23/08/2011
20 minutes
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Guide Dogs for the Blind Association expresses concerns about the future of concessionary bus travel, and Liz Cooke relives her parachute jump for the programme back in 1993. Show more
Could adult health be determined by our environment and nutrition in the first thousand days of life, or even many years earlier? Dr Mark Porter investigates. Part 2: Infancy. Show more
Secret Britain
D for Discretion: Can the Modern Media Keep a Secret?
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Naomi Grimley looks at the D-Notice committee, where the government and media cooperate to keep national security secrets. But now in the internet age is it a relic from the past? Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest from Tripoli in Libya, and word from the Ambassador in Washington. Plus, can Scotland's Childen's Panels show how to deal with young offenders? With Ritula Shah. Show more
On the 41st floor of Samson and Underwood's New York offices, Changez feels on top of the world. Read by Riz Ahmed. Show more
Life: An Idiot's Guide
Getting Away (Pilot episode)
30 minutes
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Stephen K Amos kicks off his guides with Susan Calman, Simon Munnery and Josie Long. From the Edinburgh Fringe. From 2011. Show more
Suspicion has turned on Audrey for the murder of Lady Tresselian, but no-one can find her. Stars Hugh Bonneville and Philip Fox. Show more
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April sees little lightning so fire is unlikely, meanwhile Philip spies the first hummingbird of the season. Read by Kerry Shale. Show more
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