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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Peter McGrail of Liverpool Hope University. Show more
The programme that starts with its listeners.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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Helen Mark visits the Reay Forest estate in Sutherland to find out what ponies can offer that even the toughest off-road vehicle cannot. Show more
Charlotte Smith explores the industry at the root of UK farming - seed production. Anna Hill hears claims that EU plans could threaten old varieties and seed sharing. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Thought for the Day, Weather.
Saturday Live
Dame Evelyn Glennie; Monty Don; Steve Hackett's Inheritance Tracks; Beth Reekles; Sara Wheeler in Dundee
1 hour, 28 minutes
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Sian Williams and JP Devlin with musician Evelyn Glennie, gardener Monty Don, teenage novelist Beth Reekles, Kentucky Derby voice Mark Johnson, Steve Hackett's Inheritance Tracks. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Paul Jackson’s story of pioneering BBC current affairs TV show Nationwide. With Sue Lawley and Michael Barratt. From 2013. Show more
Steve Richards of the Independent reports as the main political parties get a big fright from UKIP. And what is it like to write a political biography - authorised or otherwise? Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
The Chocolate Revolution
30 minutes
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The chocolate biscuit and the mobile phones helping to end the isolation of North Koreans. Plus more correspondents' stories from Burkina Faso, Mexico, Afghanistan and Syria. Show more
Money Box
Interest-only mortgages, hikes in fuel bills, Zopa
30 minutes
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What lenders are doing to help customers with interest-only mortgages, why fuel bills are set to rise for low users, and peering into the future. Finance news with Paul Lewis. Show more
A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. With Jeremy Hardy, Katy Brand, Fred Macaulay and Humphrey Ker.
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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Any Questions?
Yvette Cooper, Lord Oakeshott, Steve Crowther, Chris Grayling
48 minutes
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Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House, London, with Yvette Cooper MP, Steve Crowther, Chris Grayling MP and Lord Oakeshott. Show more
Listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's edition of Any Questions?
Darker and deeper than its predecessor, Talking It Over, this sequel is an engrossing exploration of betrayal and revenge, written by Julian Barnes and dramatised by Julia Stoneham. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Paul Mason looks behind the dwarves, flying maidens and magic swords of his musical hero: Richard Wagner. From 2013. Show more
Woman's Hour
Weekend Woman's Hour: The Staves; fat-shaming; feminist teen bloggers
58 minutes
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Highlights from the Woman's Hour week presented by Jane Garvey, including harmony from three sisters as The Staves perform. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news.
The programme that starts with its listeners.
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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Loose Ends
Jack Jones, Julie Burchill, Gloria Hunniford, Peter Culshaw, Primal Scream, Birds of Chicago
45 minutes
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Clive Anderson is joined by Jack Jones, Julie Burchill and Gloria Hunniford for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Music from Primal Scream and Birds of Chicago. Show more
Edward Stourton profiles Labour MP Margaret Hodge, who is enjoying an Indian summer in her political life. Show more
Saturday Review
I'm So Excited! and Lionel Shriver's Big Brother
45 minutes
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Pedro Almodovar's sky-high film I'm So Excited! and Lionel Shriver's novel of obesity in America, Big Brother. The Pajama Game comes to Chichester, and Hannibal Lecter is back. Show more
Archive on 4
From Donald Winnicott to the Naughty Step
58 minutes
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4 Extra Debut. One of the 20th century's most famous psychoanalysts, Winnicott gave some 50 BBC broadcasts about motherhood between 1943-1962. Show more
1745: 21 year old red-coat officer, Edward Waverley betrays Scotland in his fight for another cause. Stars Rupert Evans. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Novelist James Friel defends the value and virtues of the single life against the widespread cultural view that being in a couple is a superior state of existence. Show more
Foreigners are settling here in record numbers. But how easy is it for them to integrate? Mukul Devichand asks newcomers sometimes difficult questions about fitting in. Show more
Steve Punt hosts the battle of wits as three students from the University of Leeds take on their professors. From April 2013. Show more
Roger McGough presents the first in a new series of poems requested by listeners, with an edition that dares to walk on the wilder side, focusing on feelings other than love. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
The narrator, a novelist like Muriel Spark, helps a family escape a social-climbing British couple. Read by Patricia Hodge. Show more
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