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Prayer and reflection presented by the Rev Bob Fyffe, General Secretary of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. Show more

The electricity network is about to undergo a major expansion. Charlotte Smith sees pylon designs which could minimise its impact but rural campaigners say cables should be buried. Show more

Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster and beyond. David Cameron is asked about the youth unemployment figures at Prime Minister's Questions. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Hippocratic Oath, the most celebrated text in Western medicine. Show more

Celebrating, informing and entertaining women. Presented by Jenni Murray. Show more

Little Dorrit is encouraged by Emily Wilding Davison and throws bricks on Oxford Street. Show more

Foreign correspondents in Sudan, Romania, Cairo, Germany and Canada share their stories with Kate Adie. Show more

An exploration of playwright Alan Ayckbourn's directing career. Featuring Julia McKenzie and Michael Gambon. From 2011. Show more

The Government publishes new food labelling guidelines. How to save money on your energy bills and the estate agent offering a two for one on hard to sell houses. 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.

British air quality consistently breaches European regulations. Is it possible for individuals to improve the air that they breathe? Tom Heap investigates. Show more

The search continues. Meanwhile Debbie gives Brian food for thought. Show more

Falconer Helen Macdonald loved JA Baker's book The Peregrine as child. Her play brings their birds together. With David Birrell. Show more

The unique purple bloom of heather moorland is under threat. Jules Hudson visits the North York Moors to explore how conservation here goes hand in hand with shooting for sport. Show more

Mike Wooldridge presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Target Tuberculosis. Show more

KJ Orr's story about a newly returned astronaut and his readjustment to daily life is the next story in contention for this prestigious award. The reader is Indira Varma. Show more

Meg Rosoff's latest book imagines what the world would be like if God was a petulant teenage boy and Christopher Hope on why South Africa remains such a literary inspiration. Show more

From the British Science Festival in Bradford, Quentin Cooper reports on thorium reactors, plants to clean up explosives, lie detection, ethical tissue and artificial volcanoes. Show more

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The comic tells Rufus Hound about joining a terrible rockabilly band as drummer, despite not playing drums. From September 2011. Show more

Eddie explains how he feels, and Tony's placed in an awkward position. Show more

Poet and writer Pam Ayres; the verdict on Stephen Merchant's stand-up show; Downton Abbey and The Body Farm reviewed; DW Wilson, shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award. Show more

Little Dorrit is encouraged by Emily Wilding Davison and throws bricks on Oxford Street. Show more

Simon Cox examines the government's plan to get the long-term unemployed back to work and asks if it is likely to succeed where previous programmes have failed. Show more

Peter Day looks at modern apprenticeships and asks what they mean to apprentices and the companies who employ them. Show more

Saving Species reports from the North Slope of Alaska with a team studying the extraordinary Spectacled Eider - the only duck in the world to winter on sea ice. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Hippocratic Oath, the most celebrated text in Western medicine. Show more

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With Robin Lustig. National and international news and analysis. Show more

After discovering her husband Joe was a bigamist, Lilly raises her son Ed alone. But when Ed returned from Vietnam, he seemed no longer to be her son. Show more

Two Scottish soldiers from 1745, found alive in a cave, are introduced to modern society. Stars David Haig. From September 2011. Show more

Sean Curran and the BBC's parliamentary team report as the Transport Secretary finds himself under fire for saying that railways have become a 'rich man's toy'. Show more

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Following in Burton, Speke and Baker's footsteps, Dr Livingstone aims to finally solve the Nile mystery. Read by Alex Jennings. Show more

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