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Prayer and reflection with Bishop Steven Croft. Show more

Sarah Swadling goes out with Robin Milton on his sheep feeding rounds, and finds out about his family's farm which mixes livestock, Exmoor ponies, crops and conservation. Show more

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With Justin Webb and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.

Andrew Marr visits the artist David Hockney at his studio in Bridlington. Show more

Celebrating women in music, from Mercury Music Prize winner PJ Harvey, to legendary opera singer Dame Janet Baker. Presented by Jane Garvey. Show more

Professor gets wind of the letters and wants to get his hands on them for his collection. Stars Jemma Redgrave and James d'Arcy. Show more

Colin Dexter and Ken Dodd are each other's greatest fans. Fiona Lindsay brings them together for the first time to perform at this year's Cheltenham Literature Festival. Show more

4 Extra Debut. When a town fails to pay the rat-catcher they hire to lure rats away, there are terrible consequences. Stars David Tennant. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Paul Gambaccini’s festive quiz with Suzy Klein, Julian Lloyd Webber, Sir Tim Rice and the BBC Philharmonic. From 2011. 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.

Over takeaway sushi in his London kitchen, American essayist and humorist David Sedaris explains how a large idiosyncratic family affected his approach to eating. With Nina Myskow. Show more

There's stunning news for Tom and Helen. Meanwhile Susan faces a canape crisis at Ambridge View. Show more

London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. An encounter on the Dover Road, and a message. Stars Robert Lindsay. Show more

Nationwide general knowledge quiz chaired by Russell Davies. Contestants from South Wales, London and the Home Counties compete for a place in the semi-finals. Show more

Tim Hayward presents a special food quiz recorded at the Abergavenny Food Festival. Panellists include chef Allegra McEvady, food writer Richard Johnson and comedian Chris Neill. Show more

Frank Cottrell Boyce celebrates a great TV family, The Waltons, exploring their popularity in the 70s and beyond. From 2011. Show more

The Monkeys are in a festive mood as they are joined by Richard Dawkins, actor and writer Mark Gatiss and science journalist Roger Highfield to discuss all things Christmas. Show more

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The author and philosopher John Gray on the merits of living for the present. He argues that looking to the future to give meaning to our lives fails to cherish the here and now. Show more

Lee Mack, Jack Dee, Rufus Hound and Graeme Garden are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as reindeer, decorations, boxes and pantomime. Show more

Recriminations fly at Bridge Farm and Casper makes his debut. Show more

It's the Boxing Day Quiz, as question-master Mark Lawson poses cultural brain-teasers to guests including writers Antonia Fraser and Mark Billingham, and actor Dan Stevens. Show more

Professor gets wind of the letters and wants to get his hands on them for his collection. Stars Jemma Redgrave and James d'Arcy. Show more

Hugh Cunningham contrasts the diminishing role that philanthropy played during the middle decades of the 20th century with the increasing calls that are being made upon it today. Show more

Jill McGivering investigates the discovery of thousands of bodies in mass graves in Indian Kashmir. Are they Pakistani militants - or innocent victims of the Indian military? Show more

Quentin Cooper on the discovery of Earth-like planets, simulating the brain, amateur scientists, sexy robins and bald Christmas trees. Show more

Andrew Marr visits the artist David Hockney at his studio in Bridlington. Show more

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Ritula Shah presents national and international news and analysis.

Linda falls in love again, but finds that parties thrown by communists are frightfully gloomy. Read by Diana Quick. Show more

The language of the financial markets. Michael Rosen returns for a new series on words and the way we use them. Show more

Paul Gambaccini returns with the award-winning series to re-visit the 1960 live album The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart and hears about the recording from Newhart himself. Show more

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The author and philosopher John Gray on the merits of living for the present. He argues that looking to the future to give meaning to our lives fails to cherish the here and now. Show more

4 Extra Debut. An East End childhood and early exposure to music. Alistair McGowan reads David and Caroline Stafford's songwriter biography. Show more

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