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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rev Roger Hutchings. Show more
Marriage Understood: Lenny Bruce, Laurel & Hardy and our listeners explain wedded bliss. Eddie Mair uses music, poetry, comedy and personal testimony to explore what marriage is. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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Clare Balding walks part of the Beacons Way in the Brecon Beacons National Park to find out how people are being inspired to create their own response to the surrounding landscape. Show more
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Charlotte Smith explores the science behind the spread of Schmallenberg, a new virus harming UK livestock. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Saturday Live
Joan Collins, Aoife Mannix, Hammer actor, Most Compassionate Mum, Morse Code Sound Sculpture, Duke Fakir's Inheritance Tracks
58 minutes
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Richard Coles with Joan Collins, Aoife Mannix, a Hammer Horror actor, the woman dubbed 'Britain's most compassionate mum', and Inheritance Tracks from Duke Fakir of The Four Tops. Show more
Sandi Toksvig discusses the 'Wild East' - Russia and the attractions of Ukraine and the battlefields of Crimea with Anna Shevchenko, Martin Sixsmith and Michael Simkins. Show more
Will Gompertz explores the unspoken and unwritten contract that has existed between the rulers and the ruled. From March 2012. Show more
As MPs discuss the Queen's diamond jubilee in the Commons, George Parker of the Financial Times asks why they can't criticise the Monarch there. Show more
The BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines. Kate Adie hosts reporters' tales from Somalia, Japan, Russia, Dubai and Rome. Show more
Topical comedy with Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. With Jon Holmes, Lloyd Langford, Lucy Montgomery and Mitch Benn. Show more
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Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Farnborough, Hampshire, with Eric Pickles, Emily Thornberry, Cristina Odone and Jonathan Freedland. Show more
Listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's edition of Any Questions? Topics include the conflict in Afghanistan and gay marriage. Show more
Ian Rankin's Edinburgh detective, Inspector Rebus, investigates the disappearance of an MP's wife. Ron Donachie stars in a two-part dramatisation by Chris Dolan.
4 Extra Debut. Stephen Evans traces the 800-year history of the St Thomas Church boys' choir of Leipzig, from the days of JS Bach through Mendelssohn, war years and communism. Show more
Woman's Hour
Weekend Woman's Hour: Goldie Hawn, Sport Relief
58 minutes
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Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson on what brings about social change. As the New Musical Express reaches 60 we find out what it was like for women writers when it started. Show more
Ritula Shah presents a fresh perspective on the day's news, with sports headlines.
Evan Davis and his executive panel discuss corporate cock-ups and conspiracies - why do they occur, and how do you avoid them? Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Loose Ends
Clive Anderson with Sean Bean, John Sergeant and Claire Foy. Emma Freud flirts with Jason Donovan. And music from The Civil Wars
45 minutes
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Clive Anderson talks to Sean Bean, John Sergeant and Claire Foy. Show more
Chris Bowlby profiles the French Socialist Party presidential candidate Francois Hollande. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests, the writers Kamila Shamsie and Louise Doughty and the poet Paul Farley, review the week's cultural highlights. Show more
As the contenders for the US Republican Party's presidential nomination struggle for victory, Jonathan Freedland traces the history of American hostility to 'Big Government'. Show more
Nicholas Monsarrat's classic novel about the men and ships that fought in the North Atlantic during World War II, dramatised by John Fletcher. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
What moral authority do we have to tell Iran they can't develop nuclear weapons? Show more
Russell Davies asks the questions in the 2012 final of the nationwide general knowledge quiz, with four competitors hoping to become the 59th Brain of Britain champion. Show more
Ruth Padel leads a workshop with the Junkbox poets at the Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea. The group try out some writing exercises, and discuss poems written by group members. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
4 Extra Debut. Jenni Mills reads her haunting story about a daughter's childhood memories. Recorded in 2012 on International Women's Day. Show more
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