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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Peter Whittaker. Show more

A pig farmer defends his operation after secret filming by animal welfare campaigners shows a pig being beaten with an iron bar and others with open wounds and sores. Show more

MPs are away from Westminster, but peers are still here. Susan Hulme brings you the best of the day's debates in the House of Lords. Show more

Jim Al-Khalili meets paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer and hears about British cannibals and driving round Europe in an old Morris Minor to find out who our ancestors were. Show more

Bridget Kendall talks to Prof Dianna Bowles about her work developing ways in which biology can benefit society and her second string, the benefit she has bought to Herdwick sheep. Show more

Presented by Jane Garvey. Keeping children safe is daily concern for parents: How much independence should we allow them? Plus why don't diets work - or do they? Show more

Bev takes her struggle for solvency to the council, and tries to rekindle the affections of an old flame. Show more

James Aldred is in California searching for the world's biggest trees. He meets naturalist Michael Taylor, who discovered Hyperion, the tallest living tree, measuring 379.3 feet. Show more

People from around the world describe how Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto has touched and shaped their lives. From 2012. Show more

Every year, between 500 and 1,000 people die because of a shortage of organs in the UK. What should be done to resolve this? Should everyone be forced to become a donor? 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. Show more

Clare Balding discovers that the rise of the middle class in Victorian Britain heralded the birth of suburban tennis and golf clubs. Show more

Plans are brewing at Bridge Farm, and Josh thinks about his future. Show more

The story of Jermaine, a ruthless and amoral young gang member, who is disturbingly keen to confess to police officers Max and Sean. Show more

From Wilton's Music Hall in Whitechapel, London, the team answer questions about how to create the perfect Valentine's meal, and whether any supposed aphrodisiacs really work. Show more

Bambi has never had it so good. British deer numbers are rising, taking a heavy toll on forestry and ground-nesting birds. Tom Heap asks if we need to cull our largest mammals. Show more

Allan Little examines new resentments and divisions within the EU that the crisis has exposed and asks if these might threaten the union's very existence. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Harriett Gilbert, Eleanor Updale and Andrea Oliver discuss books by William Trevor, Mohsin Hamid and Laura Esquivel. From 2012. Show more

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Annabelle and Will argue over their builder. Their counsellor Guy has his own problems. Stars Will Smith. From February 2012. Show more

Lynda faces friction at the meeting. Meanwhile there is a Valentine's Day surprise for Nic. Show more

Presented by John Wilson, including an interview with actor Jon Hamm, best known as Don Draper in the TV drama series Mad Men, plus Adam Cooper on dancing in stage rain. Show more

Bev takes her struggle for solvency to the council, and tries to rekindle the affections of an old flame. Show more

With the EU poised to ban oil imports from Iran, Allan Urry assesses the effectiveness of sanctions so far and examines the implications for the UK and other European countries. Show more

Peter White with news and information for blind and partially sighted people. Show more

As the prime minister announces his efforts to reduce compensation claims for whiplash, Dr Mark Porter asks if doctors are having the wool pulled over their eyes. Show more

Jim Al-Khalili meets paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer and hears about British cannibals and driving round Europe in an old Morris Minor to find out who our ancestors were. Show more

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

Sukhanov is disconcerted by an encounter with an old artist friend and by his wife's behaviour, as he contemplates how his life has changed and the doubts that assail him. Show more

What better way to chart fortunes and mishaps in love than Disney films aimed at the home video market? From February 2012. Show more

Susan Hulme reports on a day when peers inflict another defeat on the government's welfare reform bill. And there's an appeal to ministers to save the Wedgwood pottery collection. Show more

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The men leave Germany for Austria, and on to Italy. Robert Byron's 1926 car travelogue read by Rupert Penry-Jones. From February 2012. Show more

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