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Prayer and reflection presented from Edinburgh by Alison Twaddle. Show more

Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman tells Farming Today the misuse of wildlife laws means she will now be reviewing the European rules. Show more

Alicia McCarthy with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.

Kirsty Young talks to adventurer Bear Grylls. Show more

Presented by Jenni Murray. Choosing Yorkshire's greatest women; women's rights in Afghanistan; inequalities in female healthcare; plus author Sarah Hall. Show more

By Anne Bronte, dramatised by Rachel Joyce. Gilbert has been reading Helen's journal about her tempestuous courtship and marriage with the 'wildish' Mr Huntingdon. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Louis de Bernieres uncovers one of the greatest, most controversial, submarine escape stories of the Second World War. From December 2011. Show more

Residents of the market town of Wadenbrook are preparing for the Dickensian Festival. Stars Sheila Hancock. From December 2011. Show more

Why the designer chocolate business is booming, the nightclub where you can bring your own booze, and how long will you be prepared to hold out for more seasonal price cutting? Show more

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Shaun Ley presents national and international news. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.

Joan Armatrading talks to the revered Senegalese guitarist Baaba Maal. Show more

It's the day of the Primestock Show but will Brian face another crisis? Show more

In Edinburgh 1967, John is a young gay man whose landlady is turning him into a replica of her husband. Stars Richard Greenwood. Show more

Peter Gibbs chairs a gardening debate in Hailsham Pavillion, East Sussex. Joining him, on the panel are Pippa Greenwood, Bunny Guinness and Bob Flowerdew. Show more

By Elizabeth Buchan. 4 Extra Debut. A young girl discovers a different side to her stern grandmother. Short story read by Melody Grove. Show more

Matthew Bannister on film director Ken Russell, football manager Gary Speed, Stalin's daughter Lana Peters, Biafran leader Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu and soprano Sena Jurinac. Show more

Tim Harford investigates the numbers in the news. Featuring public sector pensions, eurozone statistics, affordable housing, and can the whole world fit on the Isle of Wight? Show more

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Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Jon Holmes, Jan Ravens, Andrew Maxwell and Mitch Benn for topical stand-up, sketches and comedy songs. Show more

Tom makes his feelings clear. Meanwhile, Mike puts a foot wrong. Show more

RSC's family show The Heart of Robin Hood; Scrapheap Challenge; Tracy Chevalier and Joanna Trollope on mystery portraits; and Turner Prize-nominated artist George Shaw. Show more

By Anne Bronte, dramatised by Rachel Joyce. Gilbert has been reading Helen's journal about her tempestuous courtship and marriage with the 'wildish' Mr Huntingdon. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live panel discussion of news and politics from the Dallow Community Centre in Luton with Jeremy Hunt, Sadiq Khan, Bonnie Greer and Lord Levene. Show more

The historian Lisa Jardine welcomes recent moves to promote the teaching of history in schools and finds herself converted to family history after making a chance discovery. Show more

Dramatised account by Matthew Solon of England's failed bid to host the FIFA World Cup. Show more

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Ritula Shah is in Paris, as David Cameron meets Nicolas Sarkozy to discuss the euro, and hears what French voters think of their President's handling of the crisis. Show more

By Robert Swindells. A group of Christmas carollers visit the same cottage every year, and receive a special treat in return. Read by David Tennant. Show more

Barbara Stocking, Lucy Worsley and Harriett Gilbert discuss Brighton Rock by Graham Greene, Must You Go by Antonia Fraser and Food in England by Dorothy Hartley. Show more

Mark D'Arcy presents his weekly round-up of events at Westminster.

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As one of Britain’s greatest novelists, Dickens has to contend with adulation and farewells. Read by Penelope Wilton. Show more

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