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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Anna Drew.

'He punched her hard in the stomach'. A doctor talks about encountering violence in her job. Show more

The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.

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Helen Mark goes to the Glenfinnan Gathering, an annual Highland games on the west coast of Scotland. Show more

Farming and countryside news. Sally Challoner explores the new varieties, and new growing techniques, which are feeding renewed supermarket interest in UK grown fruit. Show more

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Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Nigel Havers charms Suzy Klein and Richard Coles, JP meets Helen Clare, a singing sensation from the 1930s, and DJ Edith Bowman shares her Inheritance Tracks. Show more

Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel programme from Ely. With food historian Dr Annie Gray, chef Rachel McCormack, DIY food expert Tim Hayward and broadcaster and cook Andi Oliver. Show more

Imagination in poetry and prose, in tourism and migration, and in our brains. With Peter Tse, Arundhathi Subramaniam and Noel Salazar. Show more

Reports from writers and journalists around the world. Presented by Kate Adie. Correspondents with stories from Beijing, Alaska, Greece, the West Bank and Jamaica. Show more

Michael Robinson concludes the series with a discussion on the future of careers, the responsibilities of employers and what the government should do for the self-employed. Show more

Topical impressions show that offers a satirical take on politics, media and celebrity. Featuring Jon Culshaw, Debra Stephenson, Jan Ravens, Lewis MacLeod and Duncan Wisbey. Show more

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Ed Stourton presents political debate from BBC Radio Theatre in London with a panel including Billy Bragg, Simon Danczuk MP, Peter Oborne and Priti Patel MP. Show more

Listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's edition of Any Questions? Featuring foreign policy and the migrant crisis. Show more

It is 1945. For gauche young apprentice Milos Hrma, life at the sleepy railway station in Bohemia is full of complex preoccupations. Stars John Bradley and Verity Henry. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Ian McMillan explores how tape loops and recycled everyday sounds found their way into 60s school music lessons. From 2015. Show more

Sadie Frost on her new film, Lauren Laverne and Caitlin Moran discuss lust, the continued appeal of the novels of Iris Murdoch, and Eska sings her new single. With Emma Barnett. Show more

Full coverage of the day's news.

'He punched her hard in the stomach'. A doctor talks about encountering violence in her job. Show more

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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Al Jazeera journalists jailed

Three children have been found in a van in Austria.

Nikki Bedi sits in for Clive Anderson to present comedy, music and conversation, with guests including Carol Morley and Gilbert O'Sullivan. Show more

Series of profiles of people who are currently making headlines. The delayed, and now much-criticised, inquiry into the Iraq war bears his name, but who is Sir John Chilcot? Show more

Benedict Cumberbatch's Hamlet, Sensorium at Tate Britain, Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling in 45 Years, Australian poet Les Murray's new collection, BBC TV's Ascent of Woman. Show more

Harry Shearer lives in New Orleans. In this Archive on Four marking the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, he shows how the floods that followed the storm could have been avoided. Show more

4 Extra Debut. A distinguished theatre director decides to retire to a remote house by the sea, only to find his past catches up with him. Starring Jeremy Irons. Show more

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.

How could new technology change the nature of money and the role of government? The programme investigates what the 'blockchain' means and what it could lead to. Show more

Paul Gambaccini chairs the last semi-final of the eclectic music quiz. Show more

Paul Farley hears Tony Harrison read a new long poem called Polygons, set in Delphi, Greece, which richly draws together many of the poetic preoccupations of his life. Show more

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.

By Jessica Francis Kane: Tales of everyday American life as a yard sale becomes fraught with unspoken tensions for a young boy. Read by Kelly Burke. Show more

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