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Spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Mark Beach, Team Rector of Rugby. Show more

Farmland has doubled in value over the last five years. Farming Today explores the consequences for food and farming. Over 90% of red meat's carbon footprint comes from the farm. Show more

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Morning news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague and Evan Davis, debating why Stephen Hester turned down his bonus, and with William Hague on the EU. Show more

Andrew Marr discusses revolution with Wael Ghonim, Paul Mason and Mary King. Show more

Could a woman lead the BBC? Child protection: how difficult decisions get made. Marine Le Pen: a serious contender for the French Presidency? How to resolve conflict with friends. Show more

4 Extra Debut. 1662 - the year begins badly when Pepys accidentally elbows his wife Elizabeth in the eye as he wakes up. Stars Kris Marshall, Katherine Jakeways. Show more

Jonathan Glancey delves into Paris's secret underground maze of tunnels, revealing a mysterious history. From 2012. Show more

21-year-old debutante Rosemary dies after a sip of cyanide-laced birthday champagne. Stars Naomi Frederick and Jasmine Hyde. Show more

Why pharmacists are running short of vital drugs. Why rear-facing car seats could be the next big thing for young children. And how to resist being 'brandwashed'. 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.

Clare Balding visits Rugby School, which can claim to be the birth place of the modern Olympic games. Show more

Neil acquires an unlikely assistant and Jennifer tries to build bridges. Show more

4 Extra Debut. London 1941, and Alice knows that to stop your children from being evacuated is tantamount to siding with Hitler. With Alex Tregear. Show more

Nationwide general knowledge quiz chaired by Russell Davies. The contest reaches its final heat, with one automatic place remaining in the semi-finals, which begin next week. Show more

Sheila Dillon explains why supplies of cocoa around the world are facing a challenging future. Show more

Writer Gervase Phinn presents his selection of favourite literary extracts to a home crowd in Yorkshire, with Oscar Wilde, Seamus Heaney and Trollope among his chosen pieces. Show more

Every year more than 100 million people go on pilgrimage. In this so-called secular age, why is it growing so much in popularity? Ernie Rea and his guests discuss the phenomenon. Show more

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Tony Hawks, Alan Davies, Tom Wrigglesworth and John Finnemore talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as wool, flowers, the radio and pasta. From January 2012. Show more

Brian does a spot of networking and Joe launches a new enterprise. Show more

Kate Winslet and Jodie Foster as warring parents in the film Carnage; the UK's first Waiting For Godot with a black cast; Sacha Mirzoeff on filming child protection teams. Show more

4 Extra Debut. 1662 - the year begins badly when Pepys accidentally elbows his wife Elizabeth in the eye as he wakes up. Stars Kris Marshall, Katherine Jakeways. Show more

Mark Easton digs into the origins of the current political debate over policing, and asks what the huge political changes lined up for policing in 2012 will mean for the service. Show more

With Fran Abrams. The government has brought in new style league tables to help parents choose schools. But what makes a good school? And how far can schools transform lives? Show more

Weighing up the risks and benefits of flu research, a fresh water bulge in the Arctic, how faces affect voices and cutting carbon by widening the Panama Canal. With Quentin Cooper. Show more

Andrew Marr discusses revolution with Wael Ghonim, Paul Mason and Mary King. Show more

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Ritula Shah presents national and international news and analysis. Show more

Darkly comic tale by Will Wiles. An unnamed writer finds himself entrusted with looking after a disturbingly minimalist apartment. Show more

Michael Rosen discusses writing for teenage characters on TV, with Phil Redmond, E20's Jeff Povey, Arinze Kene and Emer Kenny, and Laura Hunter from Skins. Show more

Sean Curran and the BBC's parliamentary team report as the Justice Secretary outlines plans to stop most convicted criminals from claiming compensation if injured during a crime. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. Nick Coleman's account of struggling to overcome his hearing loss by reinventing his relationship to music. Read by Sean Foley. Show more

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