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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Alison Murdoch. Show more
'My mother and father are the only ones in my family that know what I do.' A listener and Catholic police officer talks about facing the daily threat of death. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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How did people live 2,000 years ago during the Iron Age? Helen Mark finds out at Butser Ancient Farm near Petersfield in Hampshire, very much a living archaeological laboratory. Show more
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Caz Graham is at the Border Union Show in Kelso to explore how farming is faring in the four corners of the UK. Show more
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Morning news and current affairs. Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.
Saturday Live
From the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
1 hour, 28 minutes
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Your extraordinary stories from across the Commonwealth. Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are in Glasgow with the Queen's baton bearer Mark Beaumont to celebrate the Commonwealth Games. Show more
Steve Punt turns private investigator and examines the curious case of the socialist MP Victor Grayson, who vanished into thin air. Show more
Steve Richards of The Independent consults fellow presenters of The Week in Westminster about the fortunes and frailties of the main party leaders, as MPs break for the summer. Show more
A return to Gaza and a series of other stories from eastern Ukraine, Moldova, Germany and the United States. Show more
Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig, with regular panellist Jeremy Hardy and guest panellists Susan Calman, Bob Mills and Katherine Ryan. Show more
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Your views on the issues discussed on Any Questions? With Anita Anand. Show more
Louise Wener (Sleeper) and Roy Boulter (The Farm) combine to tell the story of all-girl band Velveteens. Music business drama set in 1988 starring Shane Richie and Hannah Arterton. Show more
British rapper, poet and political commentator Akala visits Jamaica to examine the cultural and sociological significance of Rastafari and its music. 1/2. Show more
Woman's Hour
Weekend Woman's Hour: 80-year-old stand-up comic Lynne Ruth Miller.
58 minutes
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The octogenarian stand-up comic performing at the 2014 Fringe, being a young cancer survivor and breaking the cycle of having your babies taken into care. Show more
The British foreign secretary proposes mediation to settle the Balkan crisis. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news.
Faulty children's beds and mislabelled monkey nuts: Evan Davis discusses product recalls. Show more
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Loose Ends
Clive Anderson, Frank Skinner, Glen Matlock, Sophia Myles, Jess Thom, Scottee, Hercules and Love Affair, The Good Ones
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Clive Anderson is joined by Frank Skinner, Glen Matlock, Sophia Myles and Jess Thom for conversation, music and comedy. With music from The Good Ones and Hercules and Love Affair. Show more
The so-called 'fake sheikh' - journalist Mazher Mahmood - has hit the headlines again. Edward Stourton profiles this controversial figure. Show more
Saturday Review
Medea, Joe, Our World War, DBC Pierre, Imperial War Museum
45 minutes
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Medea at The National, Nicholas Cage's new film Joe, BBC WWI series Our World War, DBC Pierre's novel Breakfast with the Borgias, Imperial War Museum's multi-million pound refit. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Historian Peter Hennessy examines Britain's secret war plans pre-1914 - what difference did they make when war came? From 2014. Show more
By Michael Eaton. 4 Extra Debut. Winston Churchill's 1897 adventure as a war correspondent in the hostile Afghan-Pakistani border mountains. Stars Douglas Booth. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Elizabeth and Kenny are expecting a baby with a fatal abnormality. He will die before, or soon after, birth. Under what circumstances can they donate his organs after his death? Show more
Tom Sutcliffe chairs the latest contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections, between the panellists from the North of England and Scotland. Show more
Ian Hislop celebrates the sharp, deflating barbs of Alexander Pope and the 18th-century satirists, 300 years since the publication of The Rape of the Lock. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
By Kevin Barry. An exotic spaghetti bolognese in a Manchester bedsit brings back romantic memories. Read by David Schofield. Show more
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