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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Ed Kessler, director of the Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths, Cambridge. Show more
'I flew a Super Puma through a tornado' - we hear about life as a North Sea helicopter pilot. Your News read by John Simpson. Email iPM@bbc.co.uk. Show more
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Helen Mark goes underground to hear the vivid stories of Devon's Beer Quarry Caves, which supplied Exeter cathedral with the highest quality limestone, used for intricate carvings. Show more
Anna Hill travels to the centre of the Somerset badger cull zone and talks to local people about the impact of the first week of the pilot culling programme. Show more
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Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Richard Coles and Suzy Klein are joined by writer and broadcaster Michael Rosen and former SOE operative Noreen Riols, and hear the Inheritance Tracks of cook Simon Hopkinson. Show more
Steve Punt PI investigates the Pitchfork Murder of 1945, in which 74-year-old farm labourer Charles Walton was mysteriously killed, and the case was never solved. Show more
Crystals are found growing naturally all over the world, and are among the oldest things on earth, so why are we creating new ones for the purposes of art and science? Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
A Banquet of Unpalatable Choices
30 minutes
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Looking behind the news headlines in the USA, Hungary, China, Australia and Pakistan. Presented by Kate Adie. Show more
Rory Bremner and regular panellists Andy Zaltzman and Nick Doody are joined by guests Debra Stephenson and political historian Dr David Runciman. Show more
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Any Questions?
Nick Boles, Diane Abbott, Shirley Williams, Nigel Farage
48 minutes
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Nick Robinson presents political debate and discussion from Broadcasting House, London with Diane Abbott MP, Baroness Shirley Williams, Nick Boles and Nigel Farage. Show more
Is it right not to intervene in Syria? Is it time Britain should stand down as a world's policeman? Show more
David Storey's repressed northern drama juxtaposes the trapped wants and needs of protagonist Arthur Machin with the stark aggression of the rugby pitch. Directed by Johnny Vegas. Show more
Woman's Hour
Weekend Woman's Hour: Internet Dating; Storme Toolis; Midori
58 minutes
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Going online in search of love, actress Storme Toolis on her new role in New Tricks, and the inspiration behind Blue Stockings, the debut play from Jessica Swale. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news.
'I flew a Super Puma through a tornado' - we hear about life as a North Sea helicopter pilot. Your News read by John Simpson. Email iPM@bbc.co.uk. Show more
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Loose Ends
Shirley Anne Field, Peter Rosengard, Peter Millar, Nica Burns, Robin Ince, Kathryn Williams, Rob Heron
45 minutes
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Clive Anderson is joined by Shirley Anne Field, Peter Millar, Nica Burns and Peter Rosengard for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Music from Kathryn Williams. Show more
Mark Coles explores the life of US Secretary of State John Kerry, and asks what we can expect of him as he takes a global leadership role over Syria. Show more
Saturday Review
Upstream Colour; The Story of the Jews on BBC 2; new Margaret Atwood book Maddaddam
45 minutes
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Simon Schama explores The Story of the Jews; can anyone explain the plot of new film Upstream Colour?; new book Maddaddam by Margaret Atwood; reviewers' choices at Tate Britain. Show more
Paul Allen uses the archive to explore the social changes in the economy, education, fashion and art, which brought about the British New Wave. Show more
Unaware of Dido's death, Aeneas leaves Carthage for Sicily, where the Sibyl takes him to the Underworld. There he meets his father's ghost and finds out more about the future. Show more
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John had a lung transplant at 11, but a few years later his illness returned. Should he be given a second transplant? Joan Bakewell and guests discuss this real-life case. Show more
Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with Martin Bell, Viv Groskop, Edward Petherbridge and David Schneider. From August 2013. Show more
Poet and lyricist Stephen J Kalinich takes listeners on a poetic tour of Los Angeles. Show more
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Jaya, her mother and her grandmother slowly come to terms with one another. Read by Lyndam Gregory, Deni Francis and Najma Khan. Show more
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