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155 : The Silent Epidemic (R4) 
first broadcast:
Fri Jan 4 2013 		 11.00 am 
Radio 4 		 presenter:
Mark Whitaker 		 producer:
Mike Hally 
Mark Whitaker reports from Bangladesh and Vietnam on the surprising fact that drowning is a leading cause of child death across SE Asia, and on the efforts being made to prevent it. 
 
156 : The Silent Epidemic 
first broadcast:
Tue Feb 12 2013 		 8.00 am 
BBC World Service 		 presenter:
Mark Whitaker 		 producer:
Mike Hally 
Mark Whitaker reports from Bangladesh and Vietnam on the surprising fact that drowning is a leading cause of child death across SE Asia, and on the efforts being made to prevent it. 
 
157 : Patently Absurd 
first broadcast:
Tue Aug 20 2013 		 8.02 pm 
Radio 4 		 presenter:
Rory Cellan-Jones 		 producer:
Mike Hally 
The patent system in the USA is so distorted it's now more lucrative for companies known as 'patent trolls' to sue manufacturers rather than actually make anything. The problem's so serious that President Obama has got involved -- and British companies are also targeted if they do business in the US. Rory Cellan-Jones investigates and finds one of the world's biggest trolls in his lair in Dallas.  
 
158 : Some Corner of a Foreign Field 
first broadcast:
Sun Nov 10 2013 		 11.45 am 
Radio 4 		 presenter:
Mark Whitaker 		 producer:
Mike Hally 
A global network of cemeteries and memorials now marks every Commonwealth military casualty of the two World War – a commitment that was born amid the mud and slaughter of the Western Front The man responsible for this was Fabian Ware, and in this programme Mark Whitaker tells his extraordinary story.  
 
159 : PISA - Global Education Tables Tested 
first broadcast:
Mon Nov 25 2013 		 8.02 pm 
Radio 4 		 presenter:
David Spiegelhalter 		 producer:
Mike Hally and Mark Whitaker 
A critical look at the international 'PISA' survey of education systems that consistently ranks British schools well down the 'league table'.