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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Perthshire minister, the Rev Marjory MacLean. Show more
A microbiologist tells us how promiscuous E.coli could make 'modern medicine grind to a halt'. A listener calls for MPs to name a town 'Hedgehog'. Your News read by Dermot O'Leary. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
The latest weather forecast.
Clare Balding goes for a wild and windy walk, near Machynlleth, with the environmentalist and author George Monbiot. Show more
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Robin Markwell explores Stroud, a market town that was shaped by the wool trade and cloth-making industry. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Morning news and current affairs. Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Saturday Live
Bill Gates, Trevor Nelson, Alex Jennings' Inheritance Tracks
1 hour, 28 minutes
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Sian Williams and Richard Coles with broadcaster Trevor Nelson, philanthropist Bill Gates, travel with John McCarthy, Kate Fox's poetry and the Inheritance Tracks of Alex Jennings. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Lucy Ash travels to Russia in search of the 'Greta Garbo of Space', the first female cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova. From 2013. Show more
George Parker of The Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Mussolini's Gay Island
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Insight, colour and analysis - Kate Adie hosts correspondents' reports from around the world, including Turkey, Pakistan, North Korea, Nigeria and Italy. Show more
Money Box
PIP disability benefit, direct debit charges, putting your home into a trust and slow Financial Ombudsman Service
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Giving disabled people the PIP, Financial Ombudsman (slow) Service, banks get fairer over direct debit charges, and who to trust over care home costs. Finance news with Paul Lewis. Show more
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Holly Walsh, John Finnemore, Laura Shavin and Mitch Benn for a comic run through the week's news. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Any Questions?
Owen Paterson, Peter Hain, Leanne Wood, James Delingpole
48 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Machynlleth in Wales, with Owen Paterson MP, Peter Hain MP, Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Woods and commentator James Delingpole. Show more
Listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's edition of Any Questions? Should security services snoop through our private emails and calls? Show more
4 Extra Debut. A psychologist sent to assess a female prisoner is plunged into a disturbing amoral world. Stars Amy Nuttall and Rachel Pickup. Show more
Prof Robert Winston looks at music with a scientist's eye and explores the science of music performance. What happens when we perform music? And does it change our brains? Show more
Woman's Hour
Weekend Woman's Hour: Ann Widdecombe; Radical Feminism; Curtis Sittenfeld
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Ann Widdecombe, radical feminism, Curtis Sittenfeld on her latest novel, and how parents affect playground bullying. Highlights from the Woman's Hour week presented by Jane Garvey. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news.
Recruitment companies discuss with Evan Davis the marks left by recession on the employment market. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
Loose Ends
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Mike Lerner, Stuart Maconie, Dr Michael O'Donnell, Arthur Smith, Ane Brun, Tunng
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Clive Anderson is joined by Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Stuart Maconie and Mike Lerner for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Ane Brun and Tuung. Show more
Writer and actress Katy Wix creates a fictional response to the week's news. A 15-minute stand-alone drama created from scratch during the week. Show more
Saturday Review
Behind the Candelabra, Chagall at Tate Liverpool
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
A review of the week's cultural highlights, including Michael Douglas as Liberace in Behind the Candelabra, and Chagall: Modern Master at Tate Liverpool. Show more
4 Extra Debut. As governments seek to encourage housebuilding, Anne McElvoy explores the never-ending conflict over our land. Is a green field better than a human home? Show more
The end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire as seen through the lives of three generations of the Trotta family. Stars Henry Goodman. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Clive Anderson and guests discuss concerns that our legal system is becoming increasingly secretive, with more hearings being conducted behind closed doors. Show more
Paul Gambaccini chairs the fifth heat of the wide-ranging music quiz, with contestants from Surrey, North London and East Sussex. Show more
Roger McGough presents a selection of poetry requests. In this edition, poets read other poets' work, including Maya Angelou reading Shakespeare and Alice Oswald reading Milton. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Daniel Taylor throws a ball into the air, with unexpected results leading on to the ultimate experiment in gravity. Read by David Holt. Show more
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