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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Clair Jaquiss. Show more

The latest food, farming and countryside news. Charlotte Smith hears calls for more Nature Improvement Areas, and finds out how cows could help the UK meet its carbon targets. Show more

Susan Hulme presents the best of Thursday's debates in the Commons and the Lords, and has a summary of the action at the Scottish Parliament. Show more

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the photographer Rankin, who went from snapping Kate Moss in nothing but boots and a fedora to a portrait of HM the Queen. Show more

Could MPs job-share? Beauty in Truth, a new film about Alice Walker. Women without mothers on Mother's Day. Iraqi women discuss life after the war. Presented by Sheila McClennon. Show more

Sybil feels so much better, so why does Miss Milliment find Polly crying in the schoolroom? Show more

4 Extra Debut. Cartoonist Gerald Scarfe explores a crisis in British animation, a gripping tale of talent, toons and tax breaks. From 2013. Show more

Lottery-winner Sam prepares a funeral oration for a long-forgotten uncle. Peter wonders why they have been invited. Show more

Consumer news with Peter White, discussing a legal challenge to the government's introduction of the bedroom tax. Plus, the service stations that charge you to snooze. Show more

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

Ian McMillan goes in search of how to write a memoir. Memoirs top the non-fiction best-selling lists, and courses are bursting at the seams. Ian finds out just where to start. Show more

Susan is thrown into a panic, and Elizabeth handles some hostile questions. Show more

By Jason Sutton. A dark story of love and aspiration. Miriam delivers groceries for a supermarket, but when she gets close to one of her customers, an intense obsession begins. Show more

Eric Robson and the GQT team visit local gardeners in Batley, West Yorkshire. Anne Swithinbank, Chris Beardshaw and Matthew Biggs are on the panel. Show more

By Brian McGilloway: 4 Extra Debut. When a dead body appears in a prehistoric ring fort, DS Lucy Black investigates. Read by Laura Pyper. Show more

John Wilson remembers Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, jazz trumpeter Kenny Ball, economist Professor William Letwin, socialite Sarah Baring and conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch. Show more

Is Radio 4 comedy too left-wing? Would the network commission right-wingers? Plus, you celebrate the moments when broadcasters show their emotions. Presented by Roger Bolton. Show more

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Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Jon Holmes, Laura Shavin, Nick Doody and Jonny & the Baptists to present a comic look at the week's news. Show more

Alice prepares for the worst. Meanwhile Iftikar digs deeper. Show more

Arts news with Mark Lawson. William Boyd's first stage play, Hilary Mantel on finding herself at the centre of a media storm, and music inspired by the Seven Deadly Sins. Show more

Sybil feels so much better, so why does Miss Milliment find Polly crying in the schoolroom? Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Brighton with activist Peter Tatchell, Ed Davey MP, Andrea Leadsom MP and Maria Eagle MP. Show more

Lisa Jardine celebrates the achievements of the mathematician Dame Mary Cartwright, whose work helped wartime radar engineers and became the foundation of chaos theory. Show more

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