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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
A reading and a reflection to start the day on Radio 4. With the Rev Dr Stephen Wigley. Show more
Presented by Eddie Mair and Jennifer Tracey. A listener who has owned shotguns for 30 years explains why he no longer trusts himself to keep them. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
The latest weather forecast.
In just six months time, Weymouth and Portland will host the sailing events of the Olympic Games. Helen Mark visits the area to find out how it's prepared for such a major event. Show more
Charlotte Smith hears how imported EU pork will be produced to better welfare standards this time next year. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Morning news and current affairs with James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Featuring Ed Balls on the public sector pay cap, the cruise liner grounded off Tuscany and press ethics. Show more
Saturday Live
Jon Ronson, Kate Fox, Crows Sound Sculpture, Alien Implants, Antarctic addict, Turkish teacher, Jenny Agutter Inheritance Tracks
58 minutes
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Richard Coles with journalist Jon Ronson, poet Kate Fox, a man extracting alien implants, a woman addicted to Antarctica, the sound of crows and Jenny Agutter's Inheritance Tracks. Show more
John McCarthy explores art travel with critic Andrew Graham-Dixon on Sicily, academic Amy Dempsey on outdoor art, and Susie Parr on the appeal of outdoor swimming. Show more
Scottish poet and writer Jackie Kay tries to convince broadcaster and writer Muriel Gray that there are things to cheer about. Show more
Steve Richards of the Independent talks to Neil Kinnock about the pressures of being leader of the opposition. Show more
Kate Adie hosts reporters' despatches from Afghanistan, Hungary, Haiti, Egypt and Copenhagen. Show more
Presented by Paul Lewis. Energy price cuts - too small and too late? Plus, how to safely pay off a family member's debt. Show more
A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Loretto School in East Lothian with Michael Moore, Margaret Curran, John Swinney and Lesley Riddoch. Show more
Jonathan Dimbleby takes calls on Scottish independence, Britishness, Divomax, and the economic cost of breaking up the Union. Show more
The nightmare, turbulent marriage of young poet TS Eliot and the charismatic Vivienne Haigh-Wood. Stars Benedict Cumberbatch. From December 2008. Show more
Should music videos have an age rating? Using alcohol as a way to unwind and how true is the assertion that it was Margaret Thatcher who created the north-south divide? Show more
A listener who has owned shotguns for 30 years explains why he no longer trusts himself to keep them. And a reverend re-lives an attack by a giant sea eagle. Show more
Presented by Eddie Mair and Jennifer Tracey. A listener who has owned shotguns for 30 years explains why he no longer trusts himself to keep them. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Clive Anderson is joined by Heston Blumenthal, Alexei Sayle and Radio 3 presenter Lucy Duran. Music from Phantom Limb and Diagrams. Show more
The return of the award-winning series in which writers create a fictional response to the week's news. This week, Snoo Wilson has a financier's wife pen a musical called Fat Cats! Show more
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests, writers Susan Jeffreys and Jim White and writer and broadcaster John Tusa, review the week's cultural highlights, including the film Shame. Show more
Archive on 4
Bertrand Russell: The First Media Academic?
1 hour
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Robin Ince explores the BBC broadcasts of one of the 20th century’s greatest minds, philosopher Bertrand Russell. From 2012. Show more
Martin Chuzzlewit has disinherited grandson Mickey, who escapes India to try and make his fortune in Dubai. Stars Karan Pandit. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Nick Robinson goes behind the closed doors of Whitehall and inside Westminster to ask how controversial decisions are reached. First in a new series. Show more
Nationwide general knowledge quiz chaired by Russell Davies. Contestants from London, Stevenage and Edinburgh compete for a place in the semi-finals. Show more
Roger McGough presents a selection of poetry about winter, star-gazing and time, read by Pippa Haywood, Peter Marinker, Mark Meadows and Nadia Williams. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
The acerbic story of a girl turning her back on life's opportunities, for fear of a little dirt. Read by Jane Collingwood. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
