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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Rabbi Alex Chapper, community rabbi at Borehamwood & Elstree Synagogue. Show more
26 marathons and weekly protests in a badger outfit. ipm@bbc.co.uk Show more
The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
Ian Marchant visits a remote boggy wilderness in Sutherland, on the north coast of Scotland, which could become the UK's first spaceport. Show more
From robot pickers and smart water management systems to precision pest control, the future of farming is high-tech: but what exactly will it look like? Show more
The latest weather forecast.
News headlines and sport.
Saturday Live
Brenda Blethyn, Mo Gawdat and James Haskell's Inheritance Tracks
1 hour, 27 minutes
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Brenda Blethyn, star of Vera; Mo Gawdat on his happiness algorithm; Monisha Rajesh's train travels around the globe. With Inheritance Tracks from rugby international James Haskell. Show more
Jay Rayner hosts the culinary programme from Colchester. Tim Anderson, Annie Gray, Sophie Wright and Jordan Bourke are on the panel. Show more
Anushka Asthana of The Guardian looks behind the scenes at Westminster. Which Brexit proposal is likely to get the most support in parliament? Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Smiling through the fear
28 minutes
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Queues for food and fuel return to Zimbabwe and so do violent crackdowns on protesters. Kate Adie introduces this and other stories from correspondents around the world. Show more
Money Box
What makes an investment too good to be true?
24 minutes
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Investment warning signs, post-Brexit EHIC, remote cash machine subsidy and credit file searches. Show more
What is Plan B? Why have the Yeoman of the Guard got Beef? And who will play the dog who made friends with another dog and a goat? Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Any Questions?
Prof Sue Black, Anneliese Dodds MP, Sir Rocco Forte, David Gauke MP
47 minutes
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Jonathan Dimbleby presents topical debate from The Exchange in Twickenham with Professor Sue Black, Anneliese Dodds MP, Sir Rocco Forte and David Gauke MP. Show more
Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions?
Maxine Peake and Diane Morgan have fun performing Beryl Bainbridge's darkly comic novel and talk about why they love it. Recorded in front of an audience at the BBC Radio Theatre. Show more
One to One
Lynne Truss on travel: Is it worth it?
14 minutes
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Lynne Truss explores the experiences of travel and whether hope triumphs over reality with traveller and writer Geoff Dyer. Show more
Comedian Jack Rooke profiles his idol - one of Britain's most successful and provocative working class artists, Sri Lankan-British rapper M.I.A. Show more
Woman's Hour
Lorraine Kelly, the Pelvic Floor Challenge, Women proposing
57 minutes
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Lorraine Kelly the doyenne of ITV on her career and love of space. The Pelvic Floor Challenge. Why do so few women in heterosexual relationships propose? Frida Pinto in Love Sonia. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news.
26 marathons and weekly protests in a badger outfit. ipm@bbc.co.uk Show more
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Six O'Clock News
26/01/2019 US hail Taliban talks
15 minutes
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The United States says significant progress has been made to end the war in Afghanistan following talks with the Taliban.
Loose Ends
Ade Adepitan, Natalie Ibu, Kieran Hodgson, Jonathan Bailey, Eddi Reader, Ché Lingo, Arthur Smith, Clive Anderson
36 minutes
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Clive Anderson and Arthur Smith are joined by Natalie Ibu, Ade Adepitan, Jonathan Bailey and Kieran Hodgson for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more
Becky Milligan looks at the life and career of Conservative MP Nick Boles. Show more
Saturday Review
When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other, Kafka's Last Trial, Bonnard, Destroyer
45 minutes
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When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other at London's National Theatre, Kafka's Last Trial by Benjamin Balint, Bonnard at Tate Modern, Nicole Kidman in Destroyer Show more
Archive on 4
Powers of Persuasion: How Britain Learned to Sell
57 minutes
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Wayne Hemingway charts 100 years of British advertising examining how we learned to sell, and how it defined society. From 2019. Show more
The rise and fall of an aspiring pop star who seeks a friend’s help. Follow-up to “That’ll Be The Day” starring Greg Wood. Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Joan Bakewell asks the Chief Coroner of England & Wales what happens when a sudden, yet not unexpected, death of the old or ill is referred to a coroner. Show more
The Welsh take on the Scots in the game of obscure knowledge and cryptic connections. Show more
Writer Henry Eliot explores Geoffrey Chaucer’s surreal Dream Vision poems and their contemporary relevance. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
4 Extra Debut. After an arson investigation, an insurance company employee discovers more fires erupting closer to home. Read by Cathy Belton. Show more
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