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Prayer and reflection with the Rev Dr Karen Smith. Show more

New techniques to explode straw and food waste are helping to power racing cars on bioethanol. Farming Today puts the pedal to the metal on the race circuit. Show more

Morning news and current affairs with John Humphrys and Justin Webb: Eric Pickles on bin collections, a Bahraini doctor alleges torture, plus a modern Iliad. Show more

Royal photographer Arthur Edwards is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. Show more

Presented by Sheila McClennon. How to cook the perfect choux pastry. Who pays for support for murder victims' families? How to reap the benefits of garden sharing and Polygamy. Show more

Matt, Rosa, Ben and Lazlo have all moved in. Edie thought this is what she wanted but now she's not so sure. Show more

The tiger economy of India has encouraged British Indians to leave the UK and make the reverse trip to the subcontinent. Hardeep Singh Kohli talks to them in Bangalore and Mumbai. Show more

Ending her relationship with Brian, Clare's surprised by her colleagues' reaction. Stars Sally Phillips. From September 2011. Show more

Charges to appear in The Good Pub Guide; how donations have helped the National Trust for Scotland recover from turbulent times; money for over 50s projects; radio for the deaf. 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.

We celebrate the 50th birthday of In Touch, BBC Radio 4's programme for blind and partially-sighted people, and ask if the BBC is doing enough for listeners with disabilities. Show more

There are some birthday surprises for Alice, and Peggy proves to be very persuasive. Show more

Lenny Henry stars as irreverent Police Chaplain Jake Thorne in a new series of this acclaimed drama by Peter Jukes.

Unoriginal Sin. Jake is on secondment to a new police force. Show more

Peter Gibbs chairs a gardening Q&A with Christine Walkden, Bunny Guinness and Chris Beardshaw. How to grow and process natural plant dyes at home: Anne Swithinbank reports. Show more

Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison travels to the Aleutian islands to film Humpback whales and Shearwaters in one of Nature's greatest feeding spectacles. Show more

Matthew Bannister on Kenyan human rights campaigner Wangari Maathai, TV comedy writer and producer David Croft, Ulster loyalist leader Gusty Spence and IVF pioneer Carl Wood. Show more

Francine Stock talks to Lars von Trier about his new film Melancholia, starring Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg, and to director John Madden about his spy thriller The Debt. Show more

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A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig with panellists including Jeremy Hardy, Fred Macaulay and Phill Jupitus. Show more

Nic receives an upsetting message and Tony realises it's time for decisive action. Show more

Mark Lawson meets the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, as she publishes The Bees, her new collection of poems. Show more

Matt, Rosa, Ben and Lazlo have all moved in. Edie thought this is what she wanted but now she's not so sure. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby presents a panel discussion of news and politics from Saint Peter's Catholic High School in Orrell, Wigan. Show more

Will Self attacks people who join political parties, calling them 'donkeys led by donkeys' who repeatedly see their principles betrayed by the actions of their leaders. Show more

Ripley discovers his odd new nosey neighbours aren't who they say they are. Will his shady dealings be exposed? Stars Ian Hart, Helen Longworth. Show more

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With Robin Lustig. National and international news and analysis. Al Qaeda's Anwar al-Awlaki is killed in a US attack in Yemen. How important was he to the organisation? Show more

Colonel Cathcart faces a plague of Yossarians and there is an outbreak of moaning during the briefing. Read by Stuart Milligan. Show more

Former footballer Graeme le Saux champions the life of writer, broadcaster and conservationist Gerald Durrell. With Matthew Parris and Durrell widow Lee. From September 2011. Show more

The downsizing Williams family can't settle in their new home. Is it trying to tell them something? Stars Jamie Glover. Show more

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Through his network of spies, Walsingham prepares the country for the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Read by Hugh Bonneville. Show more

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