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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Prayer and reflection with the Rev Neil Gardner, minister of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. Show more
'We drove Dracula country in a Communist car.' A listener's Cold War trip behind the Iron Curtain in a Wartburg. iPM reunites Annette Thomas with the East German motor. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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Clare Balding walks with naturalist, author and TV presenter Steve Backshall along his favourite stretch of the Thames, from Bourne End to Boulter's Lock in Buckinghamshire. Show more
The pilot culls of badgers in England have been postponed until next summer. Charlotte Smith asks what's next in the fight to tackle tuberculosis in cattle. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Morning news and current affairs with John Humphrys and Evan Davis, including how abuse cases come to court, ash tree disease, and does TV reflect society? Show more
The day's top news stories from Westminster with Mark D'Arcy.
Saturday Live
Phil Redmond, Kate Fox, and Hazel O'Connor's Inheritance Tracks
1 hour, 28 minutes
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Richard Coles and Sian Williams meet TV screenwriter and producer Phil Redmond, two Ethiopian dancers making waves on the London stage and hear Hazel O'Connor's Inheritance Tracks. Show more
A Bollywood cinematic colossus in Indian cinema for 40 years, Amitabh Bachchan looks back over his career. From 2012. Show more
Steve Richards of the Independent talks to Sally Morgan, Sheila Gunn and Anthony Seldon about the challenges faced by Number 10 in controlling the agenda when events intercede. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Inside Brazil's Valley of the Dawn Cult
30 minutes
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The BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines. Presented by Kate Adie.
One man's victory against nuisance cold callers, your love and the tax man, and why Brazil could be best for your money. The latest personal finance news, with Ruth Alexander. Show more
A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. Panellists are Jeremy Hardy, Hugo Rifkind, Roisin Conaty and Kevin Day. Show more
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Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the political discussion and debate programme from Blackheath in South London. Guests include former home secretary Charles Clarke. Show more
Listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's Any Questions? Topics include the Savile scandal, GDP figures, prisoners voting, banning nicknames, and the child benefit cap. Show more
Inspector Beck and his colleagues are faced with the body of an unknown girl. Jennifer Howarth adapts the first book of Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo's Swedish detective series. Show more
Ivan Hewett is joined by choral conductor Simon Halsey to explore the serious and somewhat austere key of B Minor. Show more
Woman's Hour
Dionne Warwick; P.D. James; Teaching about porn
58 minutes
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James Cracknell on the impact of brain injury on his marriage, plus soul legend Dionne Warwick, writer PD James, and what is the right age to learn about porn? With Jane Garvey. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news, presented by Patrick O'Connell.
Evan Davis meets three of the sport sector's top business brains and hears how they reinvented Formula 1, snooker, darts and cricket, taking them to new and bigger audiences. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Loose Ends
Charles Dance, Mark Thomas, Helen Czerski, Suzi Quatro, Arthur Smith, The Unthanks and Gregory Alan Isakov
45 minutes
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Clive Anderson presents conversation and comedy with Charles Dance, Helen Czerski, Mark Thomas, Suzi Quatro and Arthur Smith, plus music from The Unthanks and Gregory Alan Isakov. Show more
Lucy Ash profiles the Russian lawyer, politician, and financial activist Alexei Navalny, who this week topped a ballot to elect leaders of the opposition to President Putin. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests, writers Maev Kennedy and David Aaronovitch and author Dreda Say Mitchell, review the week's cultural highlights, including Skyfall. Show more
Using old recordings, Sean Street explores ways we have tried to control the most confusing of dimensions, time itself. From December 2012. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk, asking whether public inquiries are undermining the moral authority of vital institutions in our society. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe presides as Alan Taylor and Michael Alexander of Scotland take on Polly Devlin and Brian Feeney of Northern Ireland. Show more
Gwyneth Lewis, the first Welsh Poet Laureate, has never liked the great Welsh poet Dafydd ap Gwilym. She tries to come to terms with her heritage and writes her own poems to him. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
The inhabitants of a small farming community in Vermont gather for what we begin to realise is a frightening local lottery. Read by Stacy Keach. Show more
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BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
