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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Claire Campbell Smith. Show more
Why do young men seek out war? Listener and former soldier Mark Wilkins meets Usama Hasan, who travelled to join the Mujahideen in Afghanistan and now works in counter-extremism. Show more
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Open Country
Rural Murals in Dumfries and Galloway
25 minutes
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Street art comes to the Dumfries and Galloway landscape in the form of rural murals. Helen Mark meets farmers and artists hoping to shake up our view of the countryside. Show more
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Charlotte Smith explores the British flower industry at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. Show more
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Morning news and current affairs. Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.
Steve Punt returns as Radio 4's very own gumshoe, investigating the mysterious death of Belgian millionaire Alfred Loewenstein, who fell out of his own aeroplane in 1928. Show more
George Parker of the Financial Times talks to MPs about how to combat child abuse and hears direct from Brazil about a new style of diplomacy. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Watching the World Cup in the Woods
30 minutes
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Meet the German football fans watching the World Cup in the middle of a forest, plus more reporters' stories from China, Mexico, France and Italy. Show more
Money Box
Personal finance and the Scottish referendum
30 minutes
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Pensions, savings, savings tax allowances and regulation. What would happen to personal finances on both sides of the border, if Scotland votes for independence later this year? Show more
A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig, with regular panellist Jeremy Hardy and guest panellists Andy Hamilton, Hugo Rifkind and Lucy Porter. Show more
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Any Questions?
Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Rory Stewart MP, Jim Murphy MP, Lesley Riddoch
48 minutes
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Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Pollokshields in Scotland with Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Rory Stewart MP, Jim Murphy MP and journalist Lesley Riddoch. Show more
Any Answers?
Response to Gaza conflict; Future of Scottish shipbuilding; Public Sector strike action
28 minutes
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A chance for Radio 4 listeners to have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? With Anita Anand. Show more
Obstacles hit Harriette's latest romance with Lord Ponsonby, and she is persuaded to reveal all in her memoirs. Stars Nancy Carroll. Show more
Poet and performer John Hegley thinks he might be descended from the leading French Baroque composer and theorist Jean-Philippe Rameau and sets out to see if he is. Show more
Woman's Hour
Weekend Woman's Hour: Keira Knightly; Empathy; Sloths
58 minutes
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Keira Knightley, the importance of empathy, the impact of media reporting on child abuse on those who've experienced it, triathlons, Lucy Cooke on her passion for sloths and frogs. Show more
The Russian monk Rasputin is attacked. Historian Margaret Macmillan tells the story of the events leading up to the First World War. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news.
Making money from old phones, engines and plastic bottles is the topic for Evan Davis and guests. Just how much profit is there to be made from what others throw away? Show more
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Loose Ends
Clive Anderson, Nick Broomfield, Viv Groskop, Charles Hazelwood, James Heneage, Emma Freud, Ibibio Sound Machine, Sam Brookes
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Clive Anderson is joined by Nick Broomfield, Viv Groskop, Emma Freud, James Heneage and Charles Hazelwood. With music from Ibibio Sound Machine and Sam Brookes. Show more
Elizabeth Butler-Sloss has been chosen to lead a major enquiry into abuse allegations, but that choice has proved controversial. Mary-Ann Sieghart looks at her life and career. Show more
Saturday Review
Intimate Apparel, Boyhood, Upstairs at the Party, People Just Do Nothing, Sikhs in WW1
45 minutes
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Richard Linklater's Boyhood, Linda Grant's Upstairs at the Party, Intimate Apparel at London's Park Theatre, BBC 3's People Just Do Nothing, Sikhs in WW1 at SOAS. Show more
From her government reports on special education and IVF to her career as an academic, author and mother of five, Baroness Warnock reviews her life in conversation with John Wilson Show more
Ivanhoe helped King Richard I during the Third Crusade but has since disappeared. His betrothed awaits news. With David Tennant. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Michael Buerk asks if the founding moral purposes of the NHS are still viable and valid today. Show more
The contest of cryptic connections this week features the North of England versus the Midlands, with Tom Sutcliffe in the chair. Show more
Deryn Rees-Jones looks at the life of writer Helen Thomas, her tempestuous marriage to poet Edward Thomas and her role in keeping his flame alive after his death in World War One. Show more
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A jealous mother's plan to destroy the life of her daughter-in-law in a most cruel way backfires. Read by Lia Williams. From January 2013. Show more
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