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Prayer and reflection with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton. Show more

Britain is experiencing a second autumn this year. Experts say some tree species experienced a 'false start' in August due to lack of rain. Show more

Morning news and current affairs with Sarah Montague and Justin Webb: Treasury Chief Sec Danny Alexander on balancing deficit reduction and growth. Show more

Libby Purves is joined by Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld, Imran Khan, Freer Spreckley and Virginia Ironside. Show more

Jenni Murray presents. Male facial hair: love it or loathe it?; Women in business: hiring and firing; singer Janis Ian; and standards in maths attainment. Show more

Even faithful Communists were sent to the Gulag as Lyuda's ex-husband knows to his cost. Starring Malcolm Storry. Show more

In the second programme in the series Declan Curry returns to Northern Ireland to visit the Belleek Pottery in County Fermanagh, a firm where survival is the watchword. Show more

Paul and Steve hot-foot it to the coast in pursuit of a gang. Rebooted 1946 mystery. Stars Crawford Logan and Gerda Stevenson. Show more

A scam on website Gumtree that left a would-be tenant homeless and out of pocket; is our fondness for celebrity chefs leading to food waste?; and councils' assets for sale. 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.

Sir Harold Evans, Baroness Jay and Roy Greenslade on press regulation, David Carr of the New York Times on newspapers in a digital world, and was Ceri Rees exploited on X-Factor? Show more

Christopher makes an unusual request, and Elizabeth celebrates her new-found freedom. Show more

Commissar Krymov is sent to tackle dissent in the 'rat-war' frontline battle at the heart of Stalingrad. Starring David Tennant. Show more

Discussion and advice on personal finance. With Vincent Duggleby.

By Laura Dockrill. Self-deletion - after setting up an account, how hard is it to truly quit the network? Read by the author. Show more

Northern Ireland peace-builder Tony Macaulay retraces his Belfast paper round route of the 1970s. With Bob Kingdom. From September 2011. Show more

Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society works. He examines a new book seeking to understand suicide and talks to a sociologist about family secrets. Show more

Matthew's financial dilemma uncovers the human capacity for greed and altruism. Matthew is joined by Kin Binmore and a live audience. Show more

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A heatwave and an archaeological excavation lead to an unexpected swimming pool. With James Fleet, Neil Dudgeon. From January 2009. Show more

Tom has a trick up his sleeve and Freddie rises to a new challenge. Show more

Tom Stoppard on reviving Travesties; Kelvin Mackenzie and Andreas Whittam Smith review Page One, a documentary showing a year in the life of the New York Times. Show more

Even faithful Communists were sent to the Gulag as Lyuda's ex-husband knows to his cost. Starring Malcolm Storry. Show more

How far should we accommodate different cultures if that means allowing them to break laws which the rest of us have to obey? Combative debate chaired by Michael Buerk. Show more

Russell M Davies says the next revolution will unleash individual creativity, only this time in our objects and our relationships with them. Show more

Scientists are looking at novel ways to reverse global warming. Miranda Krestovnikoff investigates which futuristic geo-engineering concepts could become a reality. Show more

Libby Purves is joined by Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld, Imran Khan, Freer Spreckley and Virginia Ironside. Show more

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With Robin Lustig. National and international news and analysis.

Arthur Haggerston is forced to beg for a job on a building site with his Uncle George. Show more

Andrew Lawrence on the perils and frustrations of decorating and furnishing, then inviting people round. From September 2011. Show more

Music teacher Nigel Penny tackles an atonal Barbershop Quartet and a depressed timpanist. Stars Richie Webb. From April 2010. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Writer Jon Ronson hears some true life tales which feed our phobias about flying and death. With Danny Robins. From January 2010. Show more

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Historical encounters: Elizabeth Taylor unnerves James Dean. Read by Eleanor Bron and Tom Hollander. Show more

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