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Reflection with Fr Dermot Morrin, Dominican friar and university chaplain in Edinburgh. Show more
Historian Kasia Tomasiewicz discusses how to commemorate war. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
Jarvis Cocker takes you around his favourite place in the Peak District from Edale to Kinder Scout, a landscape he discovered over 40 years ago and became hooked. Show more
Charlotte Smith visits Mark Tufnell on his Calmsden estate in Gloucestershire to discuss the practicalities and ethics of land ownership as well as the week's political events. Show more
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News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Richard Ayoade on his new book, how dancing helped Kevin Turner cope with mental illness, Isabel Vincent's surprising relationship and actor Amanda Abbington on her new play. Show more
George Parker of the Financial Times discusses the week's political events with Tom Newton Dunn of the Sun, Anushka Asthana of the Guardian and Iain Martin of the Times. Show more
Robert Mugabe has died. How do you assess a figure of such complexity and contradiction? Andrew Harding recalls his final encounter with Mr Mugabe. Show more
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Money Box
Former Extra Energy customer shocked at new £4,000 bill
29 minutes
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The £4,000 Extra Energy bill sent nine months after the firm ceased trading, a government-backed account that pays a 50p bonus for each pound saved and a 14-year-old entrepreneur. Show more
A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by guest host Angela Barnes. Show more
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Any Questions?
Hilary Benn MP, Kirsty Blackman MP, Nigel Evans MP, Antoinette Sandbach MP
47 minutes
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Ed Stourton presents topical debate from Wilmslow Guild in Cheshire with Hilary Benn MP, Kirsty Blackman MP, Nigel Evans MP and Antoinette Sandbach MP. Show more
How will new legislation aimed at blocking a no-deal influence the outcome of Brexit? Show more
Robert Rigby’s dramatisation of Barry Hines’s 1968 coming-of-age novel. Bullied Yorkshire lad Billy finds some meaning in his harsh existence when he trains a beautiful kestrel. Show more
Woman's Hour
Jackie Kay, Equal pay, Fussy eating, Period sex
57 minutes
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Jackie Kay, women in Parliament and why language matters, how to try and stop fussy eating becoming a serious health issue and why period sex is such a taboo. Show more
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines.
The Inquiry
Why does Donald Trump seem to have such a problem with the truth?
23 minutes
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Whether it’s the size of the crowd at his inauguration or where his father was born, the US President often says things that are untrue. What motivates him to make false claims? Show more
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Six O'Clock News
07/09/2019 Boris Johnson under pressure to obey Brexit law
15 minutes
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Conservatives who were thrown out of the party urge PM to abide by new Brexit law
Loose Ends
Ben Elton, Mark Strong, Frans Bak, Gemma Cairney, Ashley Henry Trio, Lainey Wilson, Athena Kugblenu, Nikki Bedi
37 minutes
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Nikki Bedi and Athena Kugblenu are joined by Ben Elton, Mark Strong, Gemma Cairney and Frans Bak for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more
This week David Gauke shook the government he served as a cabinet minister only a few weeks ago, voting to stop Boris Johnson taking the UK out of the EU without a deal. Show more
Saturday Review
Rojo, Hansard, James Meek, Rothschilds at Waddesdon Manor, Defending the Guilty
51 minutes
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Argentinian film Rojo, Hansard at London's National Theatre, James Meek - To Calais in Ordinary Time, Rothschilds at Waddesdon Manor, Defending the Guilty on BBC2. Show more
Fifty years ago young people shaped political debate. Jo Coburn considers the first political 'youthquake' and how young voters’ engagement with politics has waxed and waned since. Show more
In the second part of Marcel Proust’s allegorical contemplation on time, memory, art and love, Parisian dandy and intellectual socialite Charles Swann falls in love. Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Innovative debate series. Blue Labour founder Lord Glasman and Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times, discuss whether profit corrupts. With Anne McElvoy and Louisa Weinstein Show more
Paul Gambaccini welcomes the first of the competitors in the 2019 tournament of the wide-ranging music quiz. Show more
Lizards and Gordon Brown provide inspiration in this episode of the globe-trotting poetry series. Poet Imtiaz Dharker explores exciting voices from around the world. Show more
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On a long journey through deep space, a lone passenger passes the time with stories. Read by Sinead MacInnes and Barbara Flynn. Show more
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