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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Tina Beattie. Show more
Farmers in Northern Ireland will get an extra 15 million pounds on next year's support payments to offset spiralling feed prices and a poor harvest. With Anna Hill. Show more
Susan Hulme with the latest news from Westminster and beyond, including a row over the West Coast main line rail fiasco and claims that the number of peers will soon hit 1,000. Show more
Midweek
Steven Appleby, Des Lynam, Christopher Matthew, Sam Lee, Jan Beccaloni
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Libby Purves meets cartoonist Steven Appleby, folk singer and Mercury Prize nominee Sam Lee, broadcasters Des Lynam and Christopher Matthew and spider expert Jan Beccaloni. Show more
Woman's Hour
Idina Menzel, board quotas, women at the Royal Academy
58 minutes
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Women on boards, do temporary quotas need to be imposed?; how to deal with sexual harassment in the workplace; Idina Menzel, star of Wicked and Glee; women at the Royal Academy. Show more
Bev and Shirley use their mobile salon to pervert the course of justice in a hit and run investigation that may be putting their van at the scene of the crime. Show more
Taking the sleeper train to Scotland from London conjures up romantic images, but how about doing the journey twice a week? Alan Dein joins the long-distance commuters. Show more
Local headmistress Mrs Temple tackles Ramesh over a new range of sweets. Stars Sanjeev Kohli and Donald Mcleary. From October 2012. Show more
You and Yours
The million pound bill to repair our canal bridges
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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.
China: As History Is My Witness
Episode 3: The Duke of Zhou: The Ancestor
15 minutes
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Many Chinese look to Confucius for guidance. But Confucius looked to the Duke of Zhou. He handed power to his nephew 3,000 years ago, but his ideas still motivate leaders today.
Alistair offers some constructive criticism and Lilian needs to find out more. Show more
By Nick Warburton. Poet David witnesses the dark underbelly of an East European city and is forced, at a lecture he gives, to choose his words particularly carefully. Show more
More than 8 million people in the UK work part-time. What is the impact on pensions, benefits and tax? Paul Lewis and guests answer listeners' queries. Show more
Inside Health
Stem cells, Functional disorders, Epilepsy, Stoptober, Whiplash
28 minutes
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As the Nobel Prize for Medicine recognises stem cell research, Dr Mark Porter asks if it is already making a difference to patients. And do 'stop-smoking' campaigns really work? Show more
Thinking Allowed
The New Arab Man, Lords Club Affiliation
28 minutes
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The 'New' Arab Man: Laurie Taylor explores research into forms of Middle Eastern masculinity which defy popular stereotypes. Also, elite club membership in the House of Lords. Show more
BBC Trust Chairman Lord Patten talks to Steve Hewlett about the Savile scandal, and Hacked-off on their open letter to David Cameron from victims of phone hacking and press abuses. Show more
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The aspiring politicians get their first radio interview ahead of the by-election. Stars Tim Key. From October 2012. Show more
Matt is on edge and Tom thinks ahead. Show more
Front Row
This House - Roy Hattersley reviews; Jo Nesbo; Prince biography
30 minutes
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Mark Lawson and Roy Hattersley review a new play about the minority Labour government of 1974; best-selling Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbo; Matt Thorne on his biography of Prince. Show more
Bev and Shirley use their mobile salon to pervert the course of justice in a hit and run investigation that may be putting their van at the scene of the crime. Show more
Moral Maze
The Morality of Public Service Broadcasting
43 minutes
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Is public service broadcasting a moral good? Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk with Michael Portillo, Anne McElvoy, Claire Fox and Matthew Taylor. Show more
Writer and former priest Mark Vernon says that the concept of narcissism should be rehabilitated as a valuable form of self-love. Show more
About 1.5 million tonnes of debris from the Japanese tsunami is being swept towards western USA and Canada. Tom Heap asks what dangers it holds and how it can be dealt with. Show more
Midweek
Steven Appleby, Des Lynam, Christopher Matthew, Sam Lee, Jan Beccaloni
43 minutes
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Libby Purves meets cartoonist Steven Appleby, folk singer and Mercury Prize nominee Sam Lee, broadcasters Des Lynam and Christopher Matthew and spider expert Jan Beccaloni. Show more
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National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah.
In spite of his infidelities, the playwright claims he loves his girlfriend, but will their love survive? Read by Bill Nighy. Show more
The writer and editor tells Rufus Hound about her heady teen years at the heart of swinging 60s Soho. From September 2011. Show more
Alicia McCarthy reports on the day's top stories from Westminster. Peers discuss the referendum on Scottish independence and the West Coast Main Line contract. Show more
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Simon Garfield's journey through the world of maps investigates why America was named after a man who got there a year after Christopher Columbus. Show more
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