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Spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Canon Dr Sam Wells, vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Show more
'Tina's been walloped a fair few times.' What it's like to work in a care home, plus Your News with BBC North America editor Mark Mardell. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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Helen Mark visits Hicks Lodge, a restored open cast mine in Leicestershire, which is now a haven for wildlife, walkers, cyclists and some other more unusual visitors. Show more
With ash dieback disease now in the wild in the UK, Anna Hill goes into the woods to look for disease and asks if enough is being done to protect them. Show more
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Morning news and current affairs with John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Mark D'Arcy and the latest news from Westminster, where the top story is the condemnation of the Northern Ireland prison officer killing. Show more
Saturday Live
Jan Ravens and Charley Pride's Inheritance Tracks
1 hour, 28 minutes
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Richard Coles and JP Devlin with actress and impressionist Jan Ravens. Show more
In 1942, the first American GIs arrived in Britain. Seventy years on, Martha Kearney traces the impact those million and a half troops had on the country and its people. Show more
Andrew Pierce of the Daily Mail on defeat for the prime minister in the Commons, the stunning impact of some parliamentary campaigns, and big plans to refurbish parliament. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Sweet nostalgia - Yesterday's Greece and French chocolate
30 minutes
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Kate Adie presents despatches by BBC foreign correspondents from Nigeria, Greece, India and Princeton, and inside the delightfully seductive world of French traditional sweets. Show more
Money Box
Child Benefit, Car Insurance and Pension Projections
30 minutes
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Paul Lewis on child benefit cuts, car insurance auto-renewal complaints, pensions projection revisions, and news for Comet customers as the retailer goes into administration. Show more
A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. Panellists are Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman, Justin Edwards and Lloyd Langford. Show more
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Any Questions?
School of Music, Cardiff University
48 minutes
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Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the political discussion and debate programme from Cardiff University with Jeremy Browne MP, Chris Bryant MP, Bruce Dickinson and Leanne Wood. Show more
Listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's edition of Any Questions? Topics up for discussion include the EU budget vote. Show more
Despite being on holiday, Beck is summoned back to Stockholm, where he is sent on an unofficial and seemingly pointless mission to Budapest in search of a missing journalist. Show more
Ivan Hewett is joined by violinist, Prof Paul Robertson, to explore the bright and ecstatic key of E major. Show more
The launch of the Woman's Hour Power List - the judging panel talk about the importance of women in power. Plus Julia Bradbury on Wainwright walks, and cooking on a budget. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news.
Evan Davis and guests discuss pricing and the different strategies companies use to decide what to charge. Is it just a guess as to what they can get away with? Show more
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Loose Ends
Robert Bathurst, Huey Morgan, Diana Quick, Richard Smyth, Robin Ince and Joss Stone
45 minutes
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Clive Anderson is joined by Huey Morgan, Robert Bathurst, Diana Quick, Robin Ince and Richard Smyth for an eclectic mix of conversation, with music from Joss Stone. Show more
Tim Franks profiles the Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe and guests offer sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events, including Paul Thomas Anderson's film The Master and Alice Munro's Dear Life. Show more
Historian Dominic Sandbrook explains how radio broadcasting began in Britain and why it took so long to start. Show more
Sailing the Arctic wastes, Captain Walton picks up a passenger with a chilling story. Stars Jamie Parker and Shaun Dooley. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Provocative and engaging debate looking at the morality of drone attacks. Chaired by Michael Buerk, with guests Michael Portillo, Melanie Phillips, Matthew Taylor and Giles Fraser. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe chairs the evergreen contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. Teams from Wales and the Midlands compete. Show more
Seventy years after the WWII battle, Mike Greenwood travels to El Alamein in Egypt on the trail of a unique anthology of poems written by soldiers who served in the western desert. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Martin Jarvis directs Joanne Whalley in a tale of loneliness and mysterious pilfering at a humble boarding house - or is this actually a strange method of seeking companionship? Show more
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