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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Shaunaka Rishi Das, director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. Show more

The price of tea has risen due to poor rains in India and frost in Kenya. The British bee population will decline as queen bees struggle to mate in the cold weather. Show more

Morning news and current affairs, presented by James Naughtie and Evan Davis, including a look back at the five years to the day since the beginning of the credit crunch.

Should young children with degenerative, life-limiting conditions be kept alive at all costs? And if treatment is given, how do doctors and parents decide when to withdraw it? Show more

Jenni Murray discusses the issues some young men face growing up in British Asian families. Plus Scottish writer Kirsty Logan, generation rent, and crime fiction summer reads. Show more

The Ottley residence is out of bounds to Aylmer. As a result, he suspects the worst. Meanwhile, Bruce tries to keep his meetings with Miss Flummerfelt a secret from Edith. Show more

Karachi has a population of 20 million, of whom an estimated half million are chronic heroin addicts. Mobeen Azhar finds out how a charity is helping them and their families. Show more

Vivien Goldman explores the lasting impact of Rona Jaffe’s ‘steamy’ 1958 novel, The Best of Everything. From 2012. Show more

Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. Why the bank account you pay for may not deliver the product you thought. Show more

Jim Naughtie on sociologist Stuart Hall, whose thinking about British culture, identity and race has influenced politics and public debate across the age. Show more

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National and international news with Martha Kearney. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.

John Simpson turns his attention to the left-wing promulgation of untruth in the Spanish Civil War by communist correspondent Claud Cockburn. Show more

Jennifer makes a heartfelt plea and Shula's plans are thrown into disarray. Show more

A home help faces a moral dilemma when an elderly man dies, leaving no next of kin. Stars Alison Steadman and Roy Hudd. Show more

Countryside magazine. Helen Mark is in Ireland's County Meath to explore the roots of Lughnasa, an ancient Celtic harvest festival. Show more

Felicity Finch presents an appeal on behalf of Health Poverty Action. Show more

Michael Ondaatje talks about his 1992 Booker prize-winning novel The English Patient. James Naughtie presents. Show more

Matthew Sweet meets with Jeremy Renner to discuss his role as the lead in The Bourne Legacy. Show more

Quentin Cooper reports on the latest surface rover mission to Mars, NASA's Curiosity. It is twice as long, twice the science, and five times as heavy as its famous forebears. Show more

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Sanjay sparks chaos in Lenzie during his work experience at the local paper. Stars Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary. From April 2011. Show more

Clarrie puts her foot down. Mike has a man-to-man chat. Show more

New TV comedies with school settings including Jack Whitehall's Bad Education, bartering for theatre, and this year's topical jokes and subjects at the Edinburgh fringe. Show more

The Ottley residence is out of bounds to Aylmer. As a result, he suspects the worst. Meanwhile, Bruce tries to keep his meetings with Miss Flummerfelt a secret from Edith. Show more

It has been claimed that the Olympics will provide a £13.5 billion boost to the British economy. Simon Cox investigates whether those promises are likely to be fulfilled. Show more

Peter Day finds out from some of the top English growers and a select group of world wine experts about the new boom in English sparkling wine. Show more

Should young children with degenerative, life-limiting conditions be kept alive at all costs? And if treatment is given, how do doctors and parents decide when to withdraw it? Show more

Mary Colwell meets Keith Hiscock, who has spent his life learning about coral around the UK, inspired by retracing the steps of Victorian naturalist Philip Henry Gosse. Show more

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With Robin Lustig. The latest from the Syrian city of Aleppo, Usain Bolt attempts to become the only man to retain both Olympic sprint titles, and Paul Moss reports from Chile. Show more

It's time to go and meet Bride Number Three, but this time the groom is doing the choosing - a radical idea for his bossy cousin to take on board. Show more

The human chameleon's host of characters from a chatty school girl to a decrepit charwoman. With Philip Pope. From July 2011. Show more

Jay Rayner presents the food panel show. In a programme from Newcastle, the team takes questions on ingredients and food traditions in the North East. Show more

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