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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Prof Maurice Scanlon. Show more
As some farmers claim the drive for cheap food was behind the horsemeat scandal, Charlotte Smith asks the supermarkets if they can guarantee beef burgers now contain only beef. Show more
Rachel Byrne with the latest news from Westminster and beyond, including questions over food standards checks after horsemeat was found in some supermarket beefburgers. Show more
Martin Carthy, folk musician, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. Show more
Woman's Hour
Single by Choice; Power List - Angela Merkel; Female Police Commissioners; Lesbian Life Today
58 minutes
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Celebrating, informing and entertaining women, with Jenni Murray. Includes Power List - Angela Merkel, being single by choice, female police commissioners, and lesbian life today. Show more
Tony Grounds - How To Write A Novel In A Week
5. Nothing to Lose
15 minutes
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With time running out, will Jim find a way of using his family woes to salvage his novel idea? Stars Paul Ritter. Show more
Peter Snow uses a newspaper from 1688 to recreate the last successful invasion of this country, which effected the 'Glorious Revolution' and ushered in the Britain we know today. Show more
Sandy has a solemn duty to perform, but the spot which Auntie chose for her last resting place is not what it was. Neither, for that matter, is her widowed husband Uncle Arthur. Show more
You and Yours
Dreamliners, Retail Revival and Metro Bank
55 minutes
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Can Boeing's new plane survive its safety scare? Lottery tickets are to double in price, but what about the odds of winning? And the perils of re-introducing species into the wild. 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. Show more
Vivienne Parry with the science behind Kipling's stories and the mysteries of felis catus. Readings by Samuel West. From 2013. Show more
Lynda is agog with the news. Meanwhile Pip is causing concern. Show more
By Martin Jameson. When a young boy is discovered badly injured and left for dead, DCI Stone is shocked and disturbed by what the investigation uncovers. Show more
Peter Gibbs is in the chair for this edition of GQT, recorded in Surrey. Tackling horticultural questions from the audience are Chris Beardshaw, Pippa Greenwood and Bob Flowerdew. Show more
By Caoimhe Lavelle. A letter full of false traditions, thinly-veiled tyrannies and pigeons' eyelashes provides a unique insight into contemporary student life in Dublin. Show more
Last Word
A broadcaster, Montreux Jazz Festival founder, medical missionary, Nobel-winning economist and nun-turned-sex-columnist
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister on TV presenter Robert Kee, music festival director Claude Nobs, missionary George Patterson, economist James Buchanan and magazine editor Midge Turk Richardson. Show more
Roger Bolton visits BBC Belfast to look at coverage of recent violence, plus surprising statistics on gender imbalance, and a listener challenges a BBC Director on book plugging. Show more
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Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. With panellists Jeremy Hardy, Miles Jupp, Francis Wheen and Sue Perkins. Show more
There are celebrations at The Bull, and Vicky get some support. Show more
Front Row
Ruthie Henshall; Call the Midwife; artists on the election trail
30 minutes
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Ruthie Henshall discusses a career on stage which has included performances in Cats and Les Miserables, plus series two of Call the Midwife, and capturing campaign politics in art. Show more
Tony Grounds - How To Write A Novel In A Week
5. Nothing to Lose
15 minutes
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With time running out, will Jim find a way of using his family woes to salvage his novel idea? Stars Paul Ritter. Show more
Any Questions?
The Park Community School, Barnstaple, Devon
48 minutes
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Jonathan Dimbleby presents political discussion from Barnstaple in Devon, with Oliver Letwin MP, Ben Bradshaw MP, UKIP's Steve Crowther and Prospect editor Bronwen Maddox. Show more
Will Self laments what he sees as an absence of rational urban planning in our big cities and a fashion for dramatic skyscrapers driven by short-term commercial values. Show more
Taut psychological thriller by Peter Whalley. John Newland is terrified that his wife will at last discover the terrible and strange lie he has been living for 20 years. Show more
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The latest from Algeria and Syria, protests ahead of the elections in Jordan, and a special debate on European democracy. News and analysis with Philippa Thomas. Show more
Mark Watson's story of loss and forbidden love. Victoria's death gives Dominic the strength to save his daughter from making the biggest mistake of her life. Show more
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen on his passion for the great Victorian illustrator Aubrey Beardsley. With Matthew Parris. From 2013. Show more
Mark D'Arcy with the day's top news stories from Westminster, where David Cameron briefs MPs on the Britons caught up in a militant assault on a desert gas facility in Algeria. Show more
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The only known picture of Jane: a watercolour painted by her beloved sister Cassandra. Show more
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