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Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day, with the Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. Show more
A closer look at some of the photos listeners have sent in, plus a Your News 2015 montage. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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Helen Mark meets the artists of Balnakeil Craft Village in Sutherland. What drew them to live and work in this former nuclear warning station in north west Scotland? Show more
Charlotte Smith looks ahead to what 2016 has in store for farmers, with a panel of experts. Show more
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Pauline McLynn on playing Mrs Doyle in Father Ted and knitting for chickens, Hollywood trainer Dalton Wong shares his secrets, and sportswriter Tony Evans on football and Liverpool. Show more
Jay Rayner and the culinary panel are at Chepstow, Monmouthshire. With Dr Annie Gray, Tim Hayward, Itamar Srulovich and Rachel McCormack. Show more
The Forum at the Spur Festival in Canada: Being Cold. With Inuit activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Arctic spatial ecologist David Atkinson and 'Ice Huts' photographer Richard Johnson. Show more
Islamic State. Mass migration. Faltering economies. The global problems facing world leaders in the months ahead. Dispatches from Iraq, Greece, Argentina, Malaysia and France. Show more
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The Dead Ringers team imagine what the first day of 2021 looks, or sounds, like. From January 2016. Show more
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What will be making the global headlines in 2016? Owen Bennett-Jones is joined by some of the BBC's top correspondents, who try and predict what will happen next year. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Comedian Stewart Lee explores the unique world of musical, free improvisation. What is it like to play in the moment? From 2015. Show more
Drama on 4
The Continuing Adventures of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Deceased)
1 hour
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4 Extra Debut. 1904, Mexico: legendary lawman Pat Garrett is haunted by the ghosts of his past and confronted with an uncertain future. Stars Sean Gilder. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Rainer Hersch investigates how and why tinkly music is so evocative of childhood, but it can have a creepier quality. From 2015. Show more
Sara Pascoe, Shappi Khorsandi and Helen Lewis in a quiz, plus a discussion of nudity, whether 2015 is the year transgender joined the mainstream and how to embrace change. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news.
A closer look at some of the photos listeners have sent in, plus a Your News 2015 montage. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
02/01/2016 Shi'ites react angrily to execution of prominent Saudi cleric
15 minutes
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Iran warns Saudi Arabia will pay "high price" for execution of Shia cleric
Loose Ends
John Cleese, Juliette Binoche, Chrisopher Eccleston, Maxine Peake and Mark Rylance
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Clive Anderson presents some of the best guests and music from Loose Ends in 2015, including John Cleese, Juliette Binoche, Christopher Eccleston and Maxine Peake. Show more
Chris Bowlby profiles art historian and curator Dr Hartwig Fischer, who this year takes over one of the most important jobs in UK culture - director of the British Museum. Show more
Saturday Review
The Danish Girl, War and Peace, Deutschland 83, Angela Clarke Follow Me, Fallout 4 and Her Story
45 minutes
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A look at cultural highlights, including video games Fallout 4 and Her Story, Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl, War and Peace on BBC TV and Deutschland 83 on Channel 4. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Professor Andrew Hussey charts the development of the idea that work is good for us, but is it really? From 2016. Show more
Emma's plans for Krishna and Mr Elton backfire spectacularly but she is cheered by news of Frank’s arrival. Stars Maya Sondhi. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Historian Peter Hennessy talks to David Owen, the former foreign secretary and SDP leader, exploring the influences, events and people that have shaped his views. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe is in the chair for the penultimate contest in this year's series of the cryptic game. The north of England face the south of England. Show more
Paul Farley hears new poems from two new poets, Sam Riviere and Emily Berry. Show more
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A portrait of Nigeria, seen through the eyes of a new generation of novelists and poets. In this edition, Wana Udobang meets the writers exploring Nigerian ideas of identity. Show more
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