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A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Major Anne Read. Show more
Author Zoë Strachan charts her journey of self-discovery through reading. She describes how fiction helped her to find her identity as a gay woman. Show more
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Ulva is an island near Mull. Today just five people live on the island, but there are plans to reverse the decline and bring life and livelihoods back. Helen Mark finds out more. Show more
Charlotte Smith is on a farm near Wantage in Oxfordshire, to find out about the issues surrounding public access to the countryside. Show more
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Saturday Live
Graeme Swann, Michael Sheen
1 hour, 27 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Legendary spin bowler, commentator and Strictly star Graeme Swann, Munroist Sarah Jane Douglas, interior designer Guy Oliver and Inheritance Tracks from actor Michael Sheen. Show more
Jay Rayner and his culinary panel are at the Black Country Living Museum. Show more
Tom Newton Dunn of the Sun on this week's developments in Westminster.
Theresa May's legacy, what do we learn from leadership debates, and an unforeseen diplomatic crisis. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
The battle against the gangs of El Salvador
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Combating violence in El Salvador, which has one of the world's highest murder rates Show more
Fraud awareness workshops for bank customers, Conservative leadership financial plans, financial education for children in care and a tax credits renewal alert. Show more
Louis Theroux investigates his weirdest cult, Professor Cox discovers a fracture in the space time continuum, while Boris Johnson goes up against his fiercest opponent: himself. Show more
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Any Questions?
Jake Berry MP, Tim Farron MP, Dan Jarvis MP, Alex Phillips MEP
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Ritula Shah presents topical debate from Keighley Shared Church in Yorkshire with a panel including Jake Berry MP, Dan Jarvis MP Tim Farron MP and Alex Phillips MEP Show more
Women against state pension inequality, those who have lost out because of pension changes – we’d like to hear from you about how we resolve the thorny issue of pension reform. Show more
The award-winning National Theatre of Brent celebrate the extraordinary events of 1969 with a glorious comedy about when Neil Armstrong literally became the First Man on the Moon. Show more
Emma Freud always wanted to work in news. She talks to Rukmini Callimachi from The New York Times and presenter of the podcast Caliphrate, which investigates Islamic State. Show more
Andrew McGibbon talks with the artist Olafur Eliasson about his interest in ice, the loss of ancient arctic ice, his work Ice Watch and his retrospective at Tate Modern. Show more
Woman's Hour
Cash Carraway, Parental leave policies, Girl code
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Cash Carraway on being a working class woman, why some big companies still aren't transparent about their parental leave policies and girl code: is it anti-feminist? Show more
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The Bottom Line
The investment industry - luck or judgement?
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You hand over your long-term savings to financial experts - but how do you know if they are investing it wisely? The woes of star fund picker Neil Woodford show the complications. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
13/07/2019 Met repeats leak publication warning
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The Met Police repeats its warning to media organisations not to publish more leaked cables from the UK ambassador in Washington -- insisting it could be a criminal offence
Loose Ends
Kevin Bishop, Mo Gilligan, Jasmine Lee-Jones, Charlotte Philby, DJ Yoda, Nilüfer Yanya, Sara Cox, Clive Anderson
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Clive Anderson and Sara Cox are joined by Kevin Bishop, Mo Gilligan, Jasmine Lee-Jones, and Charlotte Philby. With music from DJ Yoda and Nilüfer Yanya. Show more
Ursula von der Leyen is likely to be the next president of the European Commission. Show more
Saturday Review
The Manchester International Festival: Tree, David Lynch at Home, Parliament of Ghosts, David Nicholls. Only You and much more
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The Manchester International Festival: David Lynch at Home, controversial play Tree, Parliament of Ghosts, David Nicholls: Sweet Sorrow, British indie film Only You and much more Show more
4 Extra Debut. How did our machines first find their voices and why have they now started to listen back? With Jon Briggs. From 2019. Show more
A troubled man is murdered after he has accused his neighbours of abusing their children. But where does the guilt lie? A dramatisation of Dirk Kurbjuweit's dark best-seller Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Ella Whelan, Giles Fraser, Matthew Taylor and Melanie Philips. Show more
The last four semi-finalists compete for a place in the grand Final of the general knowledge tournament, with Russell Davies asking the questions Show more
Daljit Nagra selects Wild Geese - the story of what happened next when Mary Oliver's poem went to a man in prison. From 2019. Show more
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Short Works
I Go To Her Wardrobe by Sabrina Mahfouz
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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4 Extra Debut. After her Mum's funeral, Rema finds there is plenty she never knew about her or herself. Written and read by Sabrina Mahfouz. Show more
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