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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner.
Farming and countryside news. Anna Hill presents a special edition from the Oxford Farming Conference, the farming world's annual chance to discuss the state of the industry. Show more
David Attenborough presents the great tit. Show more
Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
MINT: The Next Economic Giants
Episode 3: Nigeria - Africa's Hope
43 minutes
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Jim O'Neill investigates if a nation of young, vibrant, natural entrepreneurs can overcome decades of corruption, crime and mismanagement. Show more
Woman's Hour
Rape Crisis Centres; Women in Nigeria; Swedish parenting; Body image and self-esteem
58 minutes
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Jenni Murray looks at rape crisis centres, whether Swedish parenting is failing children, how the benefits of Nigeria's economic boom pass women by, and self-esteem and body image. Show more
Carmen introduces Don Jose to her camp and a life of robbery and violence. Starring Candis Nergaard and William Ash. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Comic and critic Natalie Haynes attempts to find the algorithm to determine the perfect joke. From January 2014. Show more
Social worker Clare Barker has mysteriously abandoned her honeymoon, and returned to work. Stars Sally Phillips. From January 2014. Show more
Energy companies are pulling ECO work due to uncertainty over green taxes. Plus Michael Mosely and the eight-minute workout, high street business rates, and the Blue Badge scheme. Show more
Face the Facts
The affordable housing that's unaffordable
26 minutes
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John Waite investigates why some new housing developments have been given planning permission without any affordable housing. Show more
National and international news. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.
Linda Colley wades into the choppy waters of Britain's relationship with the sea that surrounds us. Show more
Pat can't believe her ears. Meanwhile Kirsty is getting excited. Show more
4 Extra Debut. An envelope marked 'Don't throw away'. Intrigued, poet Pam Zinnemann-Hope begins researching her parents' love story. Stars Emma Fielding. From January 2014. Show more
Was your Christmas shopping a success? Paul Lewis presents a financial phone-in on consumer rights, returns, refunds and resolving disputes. Show more
Should restraint in mental health hospitals be eliminated? Are mind wanderers less happy? And the challenges of starting a new business with a serious mental health problem. Show more
Thinking Allowed
Sensory Multiculturalism in an East End Market; Cultural Passions
28 minutes
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Laurie Taylor discusses the emotional commitment people bring to both 'high' and 'low' culture. Plus the sights and smells of a multicultural East End market. Show more
The Media Show
'Dramatised' natural history; Channel 5; Sir Hayden Phillips on IPSO jobs
30 minutes
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Steve Hewlett on the fast-changing media world, including 'dramatised' natural history, rumours of the sale of Channel 5, and Sir Hayden Phillips on the IPSO appointment board. Show more
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The Tor and King Arthur, chain shops and cider. Is Glastonbury the most new-agey, hippyish town Mark has ever visited? From January 2014. Show more
George knows who to blame, and Pat needs some answers. Show more
Front Row
Bletchley Circle creator Guy Burt; author Donal Ryan; the rise of Nollywood
30 minutes
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Guy Burt on writing The Bletchley Circle, Donal Ryan on his latest novel, Molly Dineen reviews two unusual documentaries, and filmmaker Obi Emelonye on Nollywood and the multiplex. Show more
Carmen introduces Don Jose to her camp and a life of robbery and violence. Starring Candis Nergaard and William Ash. Show more
Four young people, entering work since 2008, discuss job prospects, student debt and high rents. Is their generation really worse off than their parents' or grandparents'? Show more
Agnes Woolley examines what is missing from the stories told by, and about, refugees and laments the way in which the refugees are forced to constrain their own stories. Show more
Headlines say that fructose is as addictive as cocaine and responsible for the obesity epidemic. Yet the EU says the fruit sugar is healthy. Dr Mark Porter looks at the evidence. Show more
MINT: The Next Economic Giants
Episode 3: Nigeria - Africa's Hope
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Jim O'Neill investigates if a nation of young, vibrant, natural entrepreneurs can overcome decades of corruption, crime and mismanagement. Show more
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Inquest into police shooting of Mark Duggan concludes, Iraqis flee violence in Fallujah, and Russian war dead honoured. In-depth reporting and analysis with Ritula Shah. Show more
A marriage - and a nasty shock. A warning visit from Ed the Ted - and a worrying visit from Mr Cool. Read by Joel MacCormack. Show more
4 Extra Debut. The comic poet ruminates on the meaning of science while telling the story of Keith Lewis's Monster. With Tom Basden. From 2014. Show more
Fantastical comedic look at entertaining apocalypses on parallel Earths. Stars David Soul, Dan Tetsell and Simon Day. From December 2010. Show more
Sean Curran reports from Westminster on Prime Minister's Question Time and other top stories. Show more
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Paterniti continues to investigate the rise and fall of the world's greatest cheese and relocates from America to the village of Guzman, obsessed with the cheese maker's tale. Show more
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