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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Imam Monawar Hussain, Muslim tutor at Eton College. Show more

Presented by Sybil Ruscoe. Dairy farmers protest outside a Somerset milk processing plant, and the rural charity that reaches out to farmers struggling with mental health problems. Show more

Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the long distant migrant Arctic warbler. Show more

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Kirsty Young talks to Sally Wainwright, screenwriter of Happy Valley and Last Tango in Halifax. Show more

Jenni Murray presents the female perspective. Jenni talks to Jayne Torvill about what it is like to have more than one 'other half'. Plus should we ask children to do chores? Show more

Peter presides over a funeral service at the base and the distance between him and Bea increases. Starring Joe Armstrong. Show more

Dave Howard finds out what it is like to be a young adult carer and asks if there is enough support for this invisible army trying to balance caring with work or further education. Show more

Social media kicks in on a risky search-and-rescue mission while Lillian replaces her nose! Stars Vicki Pepperdine. From August 2014. Show more

Peter Conrad dissects the popular culture of our era. In this episode he focuses on Oscar Pistorius. Show more

With Louise Minchin. Scam jobs going unverified on legitimate websites; the insurance industry is worried about industrial deafness claims; and publishers avoid Kindle Unlimited. Show more

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Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Mark Mardell. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.

Becoming the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1964, Dorothy shared her hopes for the future. From October 2014. Show more

David has a big question for Jill, and Lynda is defeated. Show more

Peter Jukes's nail-biting account of learning how to be a court reporter on the job, as he live-tweeted the entire eight-and-a-half-month hacking trial. Starring Neil Pearson. Show more

Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural panel programme from Kent. Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank and Matthew Wilson take the questions from the audience. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Ian Fleming's account of his 1959 trip to the world's most exciting and exotic cities. Read by Simon Williams. From October 2014. Show more

Matthew Bannister remembers Glastonbury founder Andrew Kerr, Haiti dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, athlete Dorothy Tyler, literary editor Karl Miller and studio owner Cosimo Matassa. Show more

Jarvis Cocker turns out the lights and takes Feedback backstage for a classical version of Wireless Nights. And iPlayer now gives you 30 days to catch up on your favourite radio. Show more

After Rachel lost her 19-year-old daughter to septicaemia, her friendship with Mandy became even closer. Fi Glover listens in on their conversation. Show more

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Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by special guest Nathan Caton for a comic romp through the week's news. With Pippa Evans, Mitch Benn and Jon Holmes. Show more

It is the Harvest Supper, and Jill has a confession to make. Show more

John Wilson talks to Iggy Pop, ahead of this year's BBC Music John Peel Lecture. Plus Disney chief Thomas Schumacher on creating The Lion King and a stage version of Frozen. Show more

Neil MacGregor focuses on two great emblems of Germany's national diet: beer and sausages. He finds out how regional specialities represent centuries of regional history. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from the Calne Music Festival in Wiltshire with Ed Davey MP, Caroline Flint MP, Paul Nuttall MEP and Sarah Wollaston MP. Show more

Adam Gopnik thinks we fail all too often to let people die with dignity at the end of their lives and believes the answer lies in showing deference. Show more

Kathy Willis explores our changing relationship with plants. Show more

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In-depth reporting and analysis, with Philippa Thomas. Can UKIP repeat their success in Clacton? Andy Hosken reports from Rochester. Plus Paul Moss on Turkey's mindset. Show more

Holly Sykes witnesses the twilight sea between life and death and finds herself at the centre of a battle between good and evil. Read by Laurel Lefkow. Show more

Mary Beard, Jeremy Paxman and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Natalie Zemon Davis, Ben Fountain and Graham Greene. From 2014. Show more

Steve Punt investigates the strange tale of the vanishing gun inventor, William Cantelo, who was uncannily similar in appearance to the famous machine gun inventor Hiram Maxim. Show more

After Rachel's daughter Rosie died, the friends wanted to do something positive, but their route to the finish of the charity run wasn’t quite the same as that of the other runners Show more

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Neil MacGregor focuses on two great emblems of Germany's national diet: beer and sausages. He finds out how regional specialities represent centuries of regional history. Show more

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