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Prayer and reflection with Ibrahim Mogra. Show more

Anna Hill investigates why there may be fewer Christmas trees available this year. Show more

Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster and beyond. Show more

Libby Purves is joined by Warwick Davis, Sheena Byrom, Sir Willard White and Sierra James. Show more

Presented by Jenni Murray. Post Berlusconi: what now for women? Dame Felicity Lott; health during pregnancy; and are we still hung up about men and boys crying? Show more

Caroline thinks her gifted daughter should be a celebrity but is traumatised at the child's stated desire to be a mere physics teacher. Show more

Japan: an enduring cultural symbol, but Roland Buerk finds the kimono industry in steep decline. Why? From 2011. Show more

By Rona Munro. Friedrich and Beth met as wartime enemies and found love on a Scottish cattle farm. With Stanley Baxter and Sam Peter Jackson. Show more

Equality and Human Rights Commission on home care for the elderly; how one company is reinventing the traditional hi-fi and what can companies do about negative reviews online? 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.

Meeting the brains behind the evolution of mobiles, Stephen learns how texting triumphed unexpectedly when paging was all the rage. From November 2011. Show more

Nic's plans are taking shape and Will receives an offer of help. Show more

Alf's memories come in flashes, returning him to his youth and his troubled marriage. Poignant comedy starring Richard Briers and Rory Kinnear. From May 2009. Show more

Paul Lewis presents a financial phone-in.

The riots in England this Summer have been condemned as 'criminality pure and simple' by the Prime Minister. But two psychologists, both experts in crowd behaviour, challenge this. Show more

New research analyses protests over art and culture in America. Also, a life on the margins - older gay people in the countryside. Show more

Joan Smith on giving evidence to the Leveson Inquiry; Peter Preston and Jules Stenson on the threat to tabloid culture; ITV's Daybreak after Adrian and Christine. Show more

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Marcus Brigstocke invites comic Sarah Millican to eat Chinese food with chopsticks and read The Joy of Sex. From October 2011. Show more

There's an unexpected arrival in Ambridge, and Christine seeks reassurance. Show more

With John Wilson, including an interview with Sir Bruce Forsyth and a review of the film Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt as the manager of a low-budget baseball team. Show more

Caroline thinks her gifted daughter should be a celebrity but is traumatised at the child's stated desire to be a mere physics teacher. Show more

Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk with Claire Fox, Melanie Phillips, Michael Portillo and Matthew Taylor. Show more

Clinical veterinary anatomist at Cambridge University and science writer David Bainbridge sees middle age as a distinctive human phenomenon, central to our species' success. Show more

Kevin Fong reports on broad spectrum antivirals, new drugs which could one day treat a range of viral diseases in much the same way as antibiotics treat many bacterial infections. Show more

Libby Purves is joined by Warwick Davis, Sheena Byrom, Sir Willard White and Sierra James. Show more

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

She had nothing to give him for his birthday. But as it turned out, nothing was just perfect. Read by Rosie Cavaliero. Show more

Is passion a dangerous thing? Mark Watson's quest to improve the world. With Tom Basden. Broadcast live in November 2011. Show more

Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster. Youth unemployment and the forthcoming strike by public sector workers were raised at Prime Minister's Questions. Show more

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Defying her co-producer's strict instructions, Marilyn escapes with Colin for a day out in the Windsor countryside and persuades him to go for a skinny dip. Read by Samuel Barnett. Show more

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