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A reading and reflection to start the day. From Wales, with the Rev Mary Stallard. Show more
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Anna Hill hears that there are not enough young farmers learning how to grow fruit and veg in the UK. Show more
Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster and beyond - with MPs lifting the lid on political lobbying, and a ban on wild animals in circuses. Show more
Brian Moore, former rugby international and commentator, is interviewed by Kirsty Young. Show more
Woman's Hour
The teapot - a British tradition under threat? Kathleen Ferrier, IVF Breakthrough and the Russian presidential election
58 minutes
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Sales of that icon of British social life, the teapot, have fallen drastically. Can we stop the tradition of making a pot of tea from going up the spout? Show more
Sir Richard is dead, and a fire has destroyed Angarrack's library. But are the two events connected, and will Lady Helen be able to use them to her advantage? Stars Lia Williams. Show more
Lucy Mangan explores our obsession with pens, paper and the paraphernalia of office life. From 2012. Show more
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You and Yours
Dodgy timber, French breathalyser law & the airline letting you 'meet' fellow passengers
55 minutes
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How some big DIY chains may have inadvertently sold 'illegally' sourced wood. Plus, the airline letting people 'meet' the person sitting next to them before they board the plane. 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.
Sport and the British
Episode 25: Beating Us at Our Own Game
15 minutes
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Clare Balding takes a look at Britain's most successful export ever - football. Yet, in giving it to others, the British lost control of the game they had created and crafted. Show more
Helen is supportive. Meanwhile Lily strikes out alone. Show more
1960. Hilda's had a baby son, Nicholas. Rumpole, awash with flu, defends a safe-blower and exposes the dubious dealings of a senior police officer. Show more
Peter Gibbs chairs a gardening debate in Bedfordshire. Joining him on the panel are Matthew Biggs, Pippa Greenwood and Chris Beardshaw. Show more
A romantic lunch goes strangely awry. But is it perhaps a lucky escape? Read by Melody Grove. Show more
John Wilson on singer Davy Jones of The Monkees, Jean Pateman who saved Highgate Cemetery from closure, pinball machine engineer Steve Kordek and childbirth guru Betty Parsons. Show more
The fate of BBC local radio is once more under the microscope this week, as media consultant John Myers publishes his report on the best way to cut costs and keep quality. Show more
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Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Lynne Truss, Andy Parsons, Laura Shavin and Mitch Benn for a look at the week's biggest (and smallest) stories. Show more
Clarrie receives a surprise visit and David issues an ultimatum. Show more
Front Row
Therapy in fiction, film and TV drama
30 minutes
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Naomi Alderman reports on therapy in fiction, film and TV drama, with novelist Sophie Hannah, writers Matthew Sweet and Deborah Levy and psychotherapist Brett Kahr. Show more
Sir Richard is dead, and a fire has destroyed Angarrack's library. But are the two events connected, and will Lady Helen be able to use them to her advantage? Stars Lia Williams. Show more
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Beccles in Suffolk. Show more
A Point of View
David Cannadine: Why Wear a Tie?
10 minutes
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Historian David Cannadine compares the traditions of tie-wearing on both sides of the Atlantic. Show more
Clare explores how sport was reaching out through the airwaves to a whole new audience. It was increasing in popularity, growing up and leaving home. Show more
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Red Cross workers are stopped from entering Homs. Is the uprising nearly over ? David Cameron's guru, Steve Hilton is taking a year's sabbatical. Why has he walked out of No 10? Show more
'Especially when it rains'. The explosive conclusion of Kitty's arrival amongst the Nice holidaymakers. Read by Juliet Aubrey. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Harriett Gilbert, Brian Sewell and Wendy Cope discuss books by Alexander Baron, Edmund Crispin and James Gains. From 2012. Show more
Mark D'Arcy with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
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Wilkie's first child with Martha is born. Caroline returns to Gloucester Place, and there's a death. Read by Michael Pennington. Show more
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