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Prayer and reflection with the Rev Canon Stephen Shipley. Show more
Will you be eating Brussels sprouts this Christmas? Anna Hill gets to work harvesting cauliflower and sprouts as vegetable growers prepare for the winter food rush. Show more
Susan Hulme with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
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Woman's Hour
Strictly Come Dancing; unemployed children; morning after pill
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Presented by Jane Garvey. What can parents do to help young people into work?; Strictly Come Dancing dresses; Liberal Democrat policy on domestic violence; after-sex advert row. Show more
Probate researchers Dan and Rachel are on the trail of a twin sister in their latest case. Stars Claire Keelan and William Ash. Show more
Peter Snow turns the pages of a London Daily News carrying reports of the death of Albert Prince Consort in December 1861. A Random Edition anniversary special. Show more
A businessman enjoys extramarital assignations. But why is his new sat-nav directing him home? Stars Bruce Alexander. From 2010. Show more
Winifred Robinson investigates how the UK spends more on its pets than on bread and cakes. Plus, how Facebook has set up a 'university' to help young people create apps. Show more
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Martha Kearney presents national and international news. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.
The People's Post: A Narrative History of the Post Office
Episode 8: Love Letters
15 minutes
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Universal penny postage meant people from all backgrounds could afford to sustain long-distance relationships. Dominic Sandbrook investigates the role of love letters. Show more
Tony goes out on a limb. Brian's holiday mood doesn't last. Show more
In a remote rural library, a widow from Perthshire and a visiting Kenyan form an unlikely friendship. Written by Linda Cracknell and recorded on location at Innerpeffray Library. Show more
Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on banking. Show more
All in the Mind
Taxi Drivers - Mental Illness and Work - Neuroscience and the Law
30 minutes
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Taxi drivers' brains grow on learning the Knowledge, disclosing mental health problems at work, and how will neuroscience influence the law and evidence that can be used in court? Show more
Laurie Taylor explores the idea of Tipping Points, using a multidisciplinary project at Durham University as a springboard to examine how tipping points occur in society. Show more
Harriet Harman MP, the new shadow secretary of state for culture, media and sport, on BBC cuts; Neville Thurlbeck on ethics, the News of the World and that "for Neville" email. Show more
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Victoria Coren Mitchell dares Diane Abbott, David Mitchell and Richard Coles to challenge received wisdom and knee-jerk opinions. From December 2011. Show more
Pat is not thinking straight and Clarrie is helping out. Show more
With John Wilson including an interview with historian and broadcaster Simon Schama and the panto debuts of Dame Edna Everage, Ann Widdecombe and Vanilla Ice. Show more
Probate researchers Dan and Rachel are on the trail of a twin sister in their latest case. Stars Claire Keelan and William Ash. Show more
In the wake of questions over parenting raised by the riots, Mariella asks if we have lost the ability to control and discipline our children. Show more
Award-winning author Anthony McGowan says the world would be a better place if we cast ourselves as the villains rather than the heroes of our own life stories. Show more
Pathologist Prof Sebastian Lucas performs a 'consented' post mortem to show Geoff Watts why he thinks the demise of this once common practice represents such a loss to medicine. Show more
This week Libby Purves is joined by Susie McKenna, Peter Bougourd, Professor John Wallwork and Matthew Herbert. Show more
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Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. Show more
With Mrs Ali absent from the village shop, Major Pettigrew finds himself visiting Grace for tea and sympathy. Show more
Gosh, there's been a murder... Ouch! Nick and company try to solve it. With Anna Crilly and Colin Hoult. From December 2011. Show more
David Cornock and the BBC's parliamentary team report on the last Prime Minister's question time of the year as David Cameron is challenged over the latest rise in unemployment. Show more
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London through the voices of Londoners - plumber, squatter, personal trainer. Read by Ruby King, Adrian Bower and Osi Okerafor. Show more
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