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A reading and a reflection to start the day, with Canon Jenny Wigley. Show more

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside, presented by Charlotte Smith. Britain's waterways are the worst in Europe. Can a new EU water blueprint help? Show more

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Morning news and current affairs with John Humphrys and James Naughtie. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.

Andrew Marr explores what it means to be Scottish with his guests, crime author Ian Rankin, artist Alasdair Gray, theatre critic Joyce McMillan and TM Devine. Show more

Have online sites replaced agony aunts? Are Xmas ads sexist? Plus trafficking campaigner Ruchira Gupta, Diana Henry makes Poire William, and Gemma Malley on fantasy fiction. Show more

Prunella Scales and Hannah Gordon star in this sparkling comedy by Hattie Naylor, inspired by the experiences of listeners to Radio 4. Show more

Linguist Dr Mark Turin travels to South Africa to get to grips with the country's eleven official languages. From December 2012. Show more

In a one-man tour de force Martin Jarvis performs 'The Artistic Career of Corky', for a packed audience the 2010 Cheltenham Festival of Literature. Laughs galore! Show more

Missing museum artefacts, celebrity cleaner Aggie Mackenzie helps the hoarders, why Twitter and Instagram don't want to share, and how to regulate the puppy trade. Show more

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

4 Extra Debut. The Rev Canon Rosie Harper, vicar of a small church in Great Missenden, and Ishak Kizilaslan, Imam at the Sultanahmet Mosque in Istanbul, compare their experiences. Show more

Neil's worries increase, and Matt is out to impress. Show more

A young prostitute falls in love and decides to leave Jean's employment, but she later returns to die on the doorstep of the Just Land. Show more

Nationwide general knowledge quiz chaired by Russell Davies. Competing in the third heat are contestants from Liverpool, Norwich, Leeds and Lincoln. Show more

Sheila Dillon looks at the role food plays in different faiths and how churches, temples and mosques are increasingly being tasked with feeding recession victims. Show more

Ismene Brown uncovers the story of Mona Inglesby and International Ballet. They toured Britain all through the war, taking ballet to the people, but have been ignored by history. Show more

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Jo Brand and neuroscientist Brian Butterworth to ask whether science will ever be able to really understand the human mind. Show more

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A visit to the Charter Theatre in Preston for regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden plus Lancashire-born Victoria Wood on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

Matt has cause for celebration. Meanwhile Kenton is in hiding. Show more

Arts news. Mark Lawson reports as director Danny Boyle switches on his Front Row Christmas neon artwork. Plus writer Adam Gopnik, and TV drama thirtysomething remembered. Show more

Prunella Scales and Hannah Gordon star in this sparkling comedy by Hattie Naylor, inspired by the experiences of listeners to Radio 4. Show more

Gary Younge explores the future of affirmative action in the USA at the University of Texas, which is facing a challenge against its race-conscious admissions procedure. Show more

Linda Pressly investigates why rape and sexual abuse are so common in America's huge prison system, and asks if new measures to fight them will succeed. Show more

Quentin Cooper asks how to make talking about climate change less boring, and interviews DNA pioneer James Watson on the reissue of his classic work The Double Helix. Show more

Andrew Marr explores what it means to be Scottish with his guests, crime author Ian Rankin, artist Alasdair Gray, theatre critic Joyce McMillan and TM Devine. Show more

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National and international news and analysis, presented by Ritula Shah. Two years after its start, has the Arab Spring become the Islamist Spring? Show more

Darkly comic cult novel about the low life of a struggling 1930s door-to-door salesman. Richard is eking out an existence in a boarding house. Read by Carl Prekopp. Show more

Corinne Bailey Rae answers questions from John Wilson and an audience about her album, 'The Sea'. From 2012. Show more

Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster, including an argument over the idea of gay marriages in churches and other religious buildings in England and Wales. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. Julie Davidson travels in search of Mary Livingstone, the wife of renowned Victorian explorer David Livingstone. Read by Tamara Kennedy. From December 2012. Show more

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