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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sheikh Michael Mumisa. Show more

The National Farmers Union say they are poised for the badger cull to go ahead. New research blames pesticides for falling numbers of bumble bees and solitary bees. Show more

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Morning news and current affairs with James Naughtie and Sarah Montague, including the BBC and the Savile scandal, plus 'tough and intelligent' justice, and 'earworms'. Show more

Andrew Marr looks at the legacy of modernism with writers Ali Smith and Kevin Jackson, BBC arts editor Will Gompertz and composer Julian Anderson. Show more

Soul music singer Dionne Warwick on 50 years of hits and Iranian Neda Soltani on the mistaken photo that propelled her to become a symbol of protest. Presented by Jane Garvey. Show more

Yukinari returns to the palace to find the Lady Shonagon's affections have strayed. She is also focused on unravelling a mystery that Yukinari cannot understand. Show more

Why do nagging songs get stuck in the brain? BBC 6 Music presenter Shaun Keaveny meets the scientists investigating. From 2012. Show more

Swimsuits and eat al fresco. Pam Ayres' poetry and sketches with Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead. From September 2012. Show more

Consumer news with Julian Worricker. Criminalising council house subletting, a new telephone and doorstep scam to watch out for, and the future of train fares. 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.

Mark Lawson is assisted by Poirot and Maigret, as he probes Belgium's unexpected prominence in the history of detective fiction. Show more

It's Apple Day in Ambridge. Meanwhile Matt is being obstructive. Show more

Absurdist existential drama by Sean Grundy about a family stuck in a queue that never ends. Starring Susan Cookson. Show more

Tom Sutcliffe presides as Alan Taylor and Michael Alexander of Scotland take on Polly Devlin and Brian Feeney of Northern Ireland. Show more

Food writer and television presenter Mary Berry helps Tim Hayward investigate the future of the domestic oven. Show more

Henning Wehn tells the story of one of the Monty Python team's most bizarre and least known adventures - two special programmes they made exclusively for German television. Show more

Aleks Krotoski looks at whether we have all become techno-fundamentalists. Do we know what all our technology is for or, more intriguingly, what it wants? Show more

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John Lloyd and today’s curator Humphrey Ker welcome objects from Frank Cottrell Boyce, Andy Nyman and Alice Roberts. From 2012. Show more

Fallon is feeling nervous. Meanwhile Lilian has her work cut out. Show more

Kirsty Lang meets Sam Mendes, director of the Bond film Skyfall, plus Kevin Costner in TV series Hatfields & McCoys, and biographer Tom Reiss on the real Count of Monte Cristo. Show more

Yukinari returns to the palace to find the Lady Shonagon's affections have strayed. She is also focused on unravelling a mystery that Yukinari cannot understand. Show more

Evil slum king, enterprising businessman or hero? Joshua Levine meets Nicholas van Hoogstraten, Mandy Rice-Davies and former tenants in search of infamous landlord Peter Rachman. Show more

ED Hirsch's radical thinking is set to recast what is taught in English schools. Fran Abrams talks to him about his ideas and what they mean for pupils, parents and teachers. Show more

Presented by Quentin Cooper. Lord Krebs, architect of the previous badger culling trial, on the scientific evidence surrounding the controversial policy. Show more

Andrew Marr looks at the legacy of modernism with writers Ali Smith and Kevin Jackson, BBC arts editor Will Gompertz and composer Julian Anderson. Show more

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The editor of BBC Newsnight, Peter Rippon, has 'stepped aside' while an investigation is carried out into his decision not to broadcast a report on Jimmy Savile last year. Show more

Violet learns the astonishing truth about Grace. The tale of a young black orphan's impact on two sisters. Read by Joanna Tope. Show more

Jason Cook hosts a showcase of the best new acts from the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe. With Nish Kumar, Jonny & the Baptists, Mae Martin, Celia Pacquola, Kieran Hodgson & Dan Schreiber. Show more

The prime minister promises to protect the UK's interests as the eurozone countries move towards a banking union. Susan Hulme and the BBC parliamentary team report. Show more

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While starting out as a young journalist in Jerusalem, Carol Shaben reads a report about a small plane crash back in Canada with only four survivors. One of them was her father. Show more

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