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A reading and a reflection to start the day, with George Craig.

A Conservative MP says the RSPCA is intimidating farmers who support the badger cull by threatening to remove them from the Freedom Food scheme and using emotive language. Show more

The latest events from Westminster with Sean Curran.

Kirsty Young interviews opera singer Noah Stewart. Show more

Presented by Jenni Murray. Kaylee Davidson-Olley: the longest-surviving person in the UK to have had a heart transplant. Show more

Fugitive Ludwig is captured and Katharina is proven innocent, but the lurid tabloid press won't give up. Stars Nicola Schossler, Andre Kaczmarczyk. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Dylan Winter explores the changes in our lives that might account for the rise in expenditure on animal pampering. From April 2012. Show more

Vera Sackcloth Vest and her husband Henry have a new guest, writer Mr D H Lollipop. Stars Miriam Margolyes. From October 2012. Show more

Peter White hears the details of a study into the green credentials of UK supermarkets and their suppliers. Show more

Sisters Joanne and Rachel regret that they have drifted apart since Joanne became disabled, but are unsure if their shared history will allow them to get close again. Show more

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

At best they have been taken for granted and sometimes they have endured far worse at the hands of China's governments and invaders alike. What voice for the Chinese public now?

Lilian is pushed to the limit. Meanwhile Brian's waiting for an important phone call. Show more

By Dan Allum. Young traveller Lovvie has a decision to make: Does she marry her childhood sweetheart and live a traditional traveller life, or defy her family to pursue her dreams? Show more

Eric Robson chairs an episode of the horticultural panel programme from Kidlington, Oxfordshire, with Pippa Greenwood, Matthew Wilson, and Anne Swithinbank. Show more

By Douglas Kennedy. A boy watches his parents' marriage fall apart as nuclear war looms during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Read by Nathan Osgood. Show more

John Wilson on geneticist Prof Keith Campbell, King Sihanouk of Cambodia, Dr Wendy Greengross, music manager Danny Sims and Emmanuelle actress Sylvia Kristel. Show more

Roger Bolton presents Radio 4's forum for audience comment. Including political code-breaking at BBC Westminster, and whether there is too much cricket on long wave. Show more

Fi Glover with Lynn and Anna, sisters who so wanted to talk about the challenges of retirement that they uploaded their conversation to the Listening Project website themselves. Show more

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A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. With Jeremy Hardy, Phill Jupitus and Michael Deacon. Show more

Lilian receives help from an unexpected source, and Kathy does some serious thinking. Show more

Kirsty Lang reviews Sally Potter's 60s coming-of-age drama Ginger & Rosa, talks birds with Ralph Steadman and meets the lighting designer of the Rolling Stones tour. Show more

Fugitive Ludwig is captured and Katharina is proven innocent, but the lurid tabloid press won't give up. Stars Nicola Schossler, Andre Kaczmarczyk. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a discussion of news and politics from St Alkmund's Church, Shrewsbury, in Shropshire. Show more

In his second talk on understanding modern China, Martin Jacques examines the tributary system, the historical China-centric network of international relations. Show more

Carrie Gracie presents a series exploring what ten great lives from Chinese history reveal about China today. Show more

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Andrew Mitchell resigns; a car bomb explodes in Beirut; the latest on Jimmy Savile allegations; Jeremy Bowen returns to Libya. With Robin Lustig. Show more

Violet hears about her sister's overreaction to a description of Grace and suspects Bea is keeping a secret. Read by Joanna Tope. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Harriett Gilbert, Sir Michael Darrington and Terri Duhon discuss John Grisham, Suzanne Collins and Marguerite Duras. From 2012. Show more

Mark D'Arcy with a round-up of the day in Westminster, including calls to clamp down on owners of mobile home sites and a look ahead to a debate on badger culling. Show more

Peter and Joan combine exotic holidays with plastic surgery. As they contemplate their final nip and tuck trip, Fi Glover proves it's surprising what you hear when you listen. Show more

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Forced into retirement, Nancy struggles to adapt to non-political life in her twilight days. Concluded by Anna Maxwell Martin. Show more

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