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A short reflection and prayer with Father Eugene O'Neill.
Jo volunteers as a carer for the elderly, but is irritated by the number of wealthy home-owners who call on charities for help. Rory Cellan-Jones reads Your News. With Eddie Mair. Show more
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Clare takes a wild walk across Dartmoor with former Royal Marine Pen Farthing, who started a charity running shelters in Afghanistan for stray and abandoned animals. Show more
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Ahead of a judicial review of plans for badger culling in England, Anna Hill examines cattle TB policy at home and abroad. Show more
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Morning news and current affairs with John Humphrys and James Naughtie, featuring flooding in the UK, immigration numbers, plus more from Liberia. Show more
Saturday Live
Robert Peston, Uri Geller, cancer sniffing dogs, John McCarthy, Miles Jupp, Bomber Command pilot, David Gentleman, Meera Syal
1 hour, 28 minutes
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Sian Williams and Richard Coles with BBC business editor Robert Peston, John McCarthy at the cricket with Miles Jupp, Uri Geller's Secret Life and Meera Syal's Inheritance Tracks. Show more
On the 40th anniversary of David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust, Midge Ure explores the story behind the iconic rock album and examines its impact on the music industry and the fans. Show more
Andrew Pierce of the Daily Mail looks behind the scenes at Westminster. Show more
Kate Adie presents tales by the BBC's foreign correspondents from Cairo, Thessaloniki, Vukovar, Stockholm and the Indonesian Spice Islands. Show more
NatWest, Ulster Bank and RBS technical problems, a pricey PayPal helpline unconnected with the company, and tax avoidance - when is it morally wrong? With Paul Lewis. Show more
Marcus Brigstocke, Lloyd Langford, Mitch Benn and Laura Shavin join Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis, as they dissect the week in their indomitable style. Show more
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Any Questions?
Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House
48 minutes
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Jonathan Dimbleby presents a topical discussion from the Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House, London, with Rory Stewart, Peter Hitchens, Owen Smith and Jude Kelly. Show more
Listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's edition of Any Questions? Topics include: tax, education, immigration, yummy mummies and the cultural Olympiad 2012. Show more
Saturday Drama
Robert M Pirsig - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
1 hour, 30 minutes
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4 Extra Debut. A father and son's motorcycle trip across 1960s America - a meditation on values, and evaluating the past. Stars James Purefoy. Show more
Woman's Hour
Weekend Woman's Hour: Katie Price talks business, Charlotte Church discusses media privacy
58 minutes
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Model Katie Price on managing fame and business, singer Charlotte Church discusses media privacy, and we hear about the humanitarian crisis in West Africa's Mali. With Jane Garvey. Show more
Ritula Shah presents the day's top news stories, with sports headlines.
Evan Davis's guests reveal how they spend their working lives. What does running a company actually involve? They also discuss how investors are rebelling against corporate pay. Show more
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Loose Ends
Miriam Margolyes, Jeremy Vine, Barrie Rutter and Michael Winslow
45 minutes
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Clive Anderson is joined by Miriam Margolyes, Jeremy Vine and Barrie Rutter. Danny Wallace talks to Michael Winslow. With music from First Aid Kit and Moulettes. Show more
Novelist and playwright Deborah Levy responds satirically to the publication of a report about the inequalities in care for those suffering from mental illness. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests, novelist Gillian Slovo and writers Sarfraz Manzoor and Maev Kennedy, review the week's cultural highlights including The Last of the Haussmans. Show more
Critic, TV personality and poet Clive James reflects on his life through the BBC archives. With John Wilson. From June 2012. Show more
Michael Symmons Roberts' interweaving of the sensual Biblical love poetry of the Song of Songs with the violence and vengeance of the Book of Lamentations. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Historian Niall Ferguson argues that institutions determine the success or failure of nations. He examines the role of democracy and asks whether it has a fatal flaw at its heart. Show more
The wide-ranging music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini featuring contestants from Lancashire, Stafford and Worcester. From 2012. Show more
Roger McGough presents listeners' poetry requests, including readings by the Irish poet Paul Durcan. Also, Lucy Black reads Charlotte Mew, Donne, Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
By Helen Dunmore. 4 Extra Debut. Meija meets an old school friend at a midsummer party in Finland, sparking long-lost childhood excitement. Read by Tracy Wiles.
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