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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Shaykh Michael Mumisa, Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations in Cambridge.
'News of the World came to our rescue' - the family of a shot policeman explain why they are grateful to the tabloid 60 years after his murder. With Eddie Mair and Jennifer Tracey. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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Established in the 70s, Dale Farm in Essex is the UK's largest Irish Traveller site but it is on green belt land and an eviction notice has been served. Helen Mark investigates. Show more
Last year 400 UK dairy farmers left the business. Sarah Swadling asks how the remaining farmers are coping in a tough economic climate. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day. Show more
Saturday Live
Anita Anand with Alexei Sayle, Elvis McGonagall and Eoin Colfer
1 hour on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Morning news and current affairs with John Humphrys and James Naughtie, debating tax cuts, blue sky thinking, and recreational drugs in sport. Show more
Excess Baggage
Holy places in Britain, Antarctica
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Sandi Toksvig goes on a pilgrimage to Britain's holy places and joins in the search for an elusive Antarctic explorer. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Jim Carey discovers why the great British ice cream van chimes with enthusiasts like Francis Rossi and Johnny Vegas. From July 2011. Show more
Commentary on the second day of the second Test between England and India, from Trent Bridge with Jonathan Agnew, Henry Blofeld, Geoff Boycott, Phil Tufnell and Vic Marks. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Clive Anderson is joined by Adam Ant, Sahr Ngaujah, Tom Dyckhoff and Michael Simkins. With music from Lucy Rose and Emily Saunders. Show more
With a year to go until London 2012 Shari Vahl profiles John Armitt CBE, Chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority and charged with delivering the project on time and budget. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe and guests writer Gillian Slovo, historian Dominic Sandbrook and anthropologist Kit Davis review the week's cultural highlights including Julian Barnes' new novel. Show more
For Radio 4, Today presenter, Justin Webb goes on a personal journey through the archive to get to know his father; journalist and BBC man Peter Woods. Show more
Ten-year-old Titus Groan, 77th Earl of Gormenghast, makes an unexpected discovery in the forest, as the mystery surrounding his father's disappearance deepens. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Clare Lockhart of the Institute for State Effectiveness talks about the need for a new model of engagement for the developing world to reduce dependence and build economic growth. Show more
Michael Blastland lays out the history of economic ideas. He goes to Cambridge, where Keynes conjured the spectre of 'animal spirits'. Show more
The popular quotations quiz hosted by Nigel Rees. With guests Michael Grade, Simon Munnery, Dr Sandra Scott and Ian McMillan. From July 2011. Show more
Growing up in a small West Yorkshire town, Simon Armitage was highly aware of the influence of two local poets, Sam Laycock and Ammon Wrigley. He explores their lives and works. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
By Janette Walkinshaw. Jane Bell has some difficult news for her best friend, in this elegiac tale of love in its many forms. Showcasing Scottish writing. Read by Ann Louise Ross. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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