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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with writer and broadcaster Sarah Joseph. Show more
Luke Jones and Eddie Mair present the news programme that starts with its listeners. Why one listener is fighting to keep a historic music venue open in Ealing, west London. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
Clare Balding walks to the extraordinary Dashwood Mausoleum near High Wycombe with Julia and Lee Clements and their profoundly disabled daughter, Cerys. Show more
Charlotte Smith visits the DiverseForages project at the University of Reading to find out how 'smart grass' might change the way cattle are fed. Show more
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Saturday Live
Richard Blackwood, Matt Lucas, Simon Doonan
1 hour, 28 minutes
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Guests include actor and standup comedian Richard Blackwood, Little Britain star Matt Lucas, fashion commentator Simon Doonan and American football player Phoebe Schecter. Show more
Actor and comedian Omid Djalili hosts a dinner party with a twist - all his guests are from beyond the grave, his heroes brought back to life by the magic of the radio archive. Show more
Iain Martin, columnist for The Times, looks behind the scenes at Westminster. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
The Taste of Climate Change
30 minutes
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They say climate change has a taste in Bangladesh - it tastes of salt. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the world. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Topical satirical impressions. The show that holds a wobbly mirror up to the news. Show more
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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Any Questions?
Ben Bradley MP, Emma Bridgewater, Richard Burgon MP, Edwina Currie.
48 minutes
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Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Potteries Museum in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, with Ben Bradley, Emma Bridgewater, Richard Burgon MP and Edwina Currie. Show more
Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? This week, the topics include the UK's railways, high street shopping and Brexit. Show more
Hailed as the first novel of the Trump era, Steve Erickson conjures the reappearance of the Twin Towers in South Dakota. Teenagers journey across a divided America to investigate. Show more
Chris Hawkins investigates a new wave of politically engaged bands that are defining the current alternative music scene, including Nadine Shah, Idles, Life and Cabbage. Show more
Woman's Hour
Weekend Woman's Hour: Black women and colourism, Sports gender pay gap, Courtney Barnett
58 minutes
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Two young black women talk about colourism in the dating world, how the gender pay gap in sport affects women, and Australian singer songwriter Courtney Barnett. Show more
Luke Jones with the day's news.
Evan Davis hosts the business conversation show.
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Loose Ends
Paterson Joseph, Shirley Manson, Thomasina Miers, Mike Birbiglia, Nick Lowe, Bobby Crush, Sara Cox, Clive Anderson
38 minutes
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Clive Anderson and Sara Cox are joined by Paterson Joseph, Shirley Manson, Thomasina Miers, Bobby Crush and Mike Birbiglia. With music from Nick Lowe. Show more
Ed Stourton profiles the billionaire philanthropist George Soros, who began life in Nazi-occupied Hungary and became one of the most successful hedge-fund investors in US history. Show more
Saturday Review
My Name is Lucy Barton, Alexander McQueen, Rachel Kushner, Aftermath at Tate Britain, City of Ghosts
45 minutes
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My Name is Lucy Barton at the Bridge Theatre, Alexander McQueen documentary, Rachel Kushner: The Mars Room, Aftermath - art post-WW1 at Tate Britain, and City of Ghosts on BBC4. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Kevin Fong asks what became of Star Trek’s inspiring TV vision of society and space? Can it ever happen? From 2016. Show more
Walter Oddy, wounded in action, is among thousands arriving today at the hospitals in Boulogne. Among so many casualties - will there be time to save one life? Show more
Our conversations about health issues can be used, Dr Helen Morant of the BMJ tells Fi Glover, to show medics what can be gained by listening to a patient. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Giles Fraser, Claire Fox, Melanie Phillips and Tim Stanley discuss the decision to declassify and share information on UK citizens suspected of having terrorist sympathies. Show more
Russell Davies welcomes back another crop of high scorers for the third of the 2018 semi-finals, with a place in the final awaiting the winner. Show more
Making dance to poems inspires two choreographers in very different ways. Ben Duke chooses Milton's Paradise Lost and Julie Cunningham creates a work to poems by Kate Tempest. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
A man who is obsessed with digital maps is suddenly contacted from... where? Written and narrated by Will Self. Show more
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