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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Richard Littledale. Show more
The programme that starts with its listeners.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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Clare Balding walks with the 'Over the Hill' club, a group of veteran hockey players who get together once a year to explore a new route. Show more
Farming Today
Farming Today This Week: Hill Farming in the Peak District
27 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
Making a living from the hills - Charlotte Smith meets an ambitious young couple who have taken on the 10-year tenancy of a 1,200-acre hill farm in the Peak District National Park. Show more
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Morning news and current affairs. Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.
Saturday Live
Photographer Don McCullin
1 hour, 28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
John McCarthy and Suzy Klein with photographer Don McCullin, soul midwife Felicity Warner on dying peacefully and Claudia Winkleman shares her Inheritance Tracks. Show more
Francine Stock explores how artists responded to the outbreak of war on either side of the conflict and hears how the publishing world fed the appetite for women's popular fiction. Show more
Peter Oborne of the Daily Telegraph looks at the reaction in the Commons to the crisis in Ukraine. And is a background at Eton becoming a problem for Conservative MPs? Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Hirsute History and Desert Verse
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Kate Adie introduces hirsute history from Crimea and Ukraine, the rioting middle classes of Venezuela, desert broadband in the Emirates and the trash mobs of Goa. Show more
Money Box
Pensions revolution; Cash is king; Paying for childcare
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Pensions revolution - people planning to retire will shortly have more freedom over their pension pots. Cash Isa boost to £15000, and vouchers or tax-free help with childcare? Show more
Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig, with regular panellist Jeremy Hardy and guest panellists Mark Steel, Elis James and David Mitchell. Show more
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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Any Questions?
Sajid Javid MP, Andy Street, Frances O'Grady, Rachel Reeves MP
48 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Birmingham City University with Sajid Javid MP, Rachel Reeves MP, Andy Street and Frances O'Grady. Show more
A chance for Radio 4 listeners to have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions. With Anita Anand. Show more
Christopher Trumbo's drama about his father, screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, and his ordeal at the hands of the House Un-American Activities Committee and its anti-communist witch-hunt. Show more
Christopher Cook tells the story of the film scores that were silenced, from Bernard Hermann to William Walton. Show more
Highlights from the Woman's Hour week, presented by Jane Garvey, discussing men who pay for sex, music in the workplace, and Grace Dent on Growing Up a Girl. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news.
How the new kids on the energy block are challenging the big companies dominating the market. Evan Davis talks prices, customer service and green energy. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Loose Ends
Louis Theroux, Engelbert Humperdinck, Steve Brown, Tracy Chevalier, Arthur Smith, Button Eyes, LuAmi
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
Clive Anderson is joined by Louis Theroux, Engelbert Humperdinck, Steve Brown and Arthur Smith for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Button Eyes. Show more
Edward Stourton profiles Matteo Renzi, the new Italian prime minister. He asks if this former boy scout, nicknamed 'demolition man', can turn around Italy's fortunes. Show more
Saturday Review
Angela Lansbury in the West End; Kate Winslet in Labor Day; Sebastian Barry's new novel
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Angela Lansbury in Blithe Spirit, Kate Winslet in Labor Day, Veronese exhibition at the National Gallery, ITV's The Widower, and Temporary Gentleman by Sebastian Barry. Show more
Archive on 4
Captive Media: The Story of Patty Hearst
1 hour
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Benjamin Ramm explores how the kidnapping of a newspaper heiress captivated and transformed the American media. From March 2014. Show more
Duncan MacMillan dramatises Clive Barker's novella, the inspiration for cult 1992 horror film Candyman. A run-down housing estate fizzes with supernatural forces. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
How do we use the law when there's a conflict between individual liberty and social norms? Chaired by Michael Buerk with Claire Fox, Michael Portillo, Giles Fraser and Anne McElvoy. Show more
Russell Davies chairs the third semi-final of the nationwide general knowledge quiz. Show more
Roger McGough introduces a selection of requested poetry from three poets who were active one hundred years ago: Edward Thomas, Charlotte Mew and Walter de la Mare. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Decades after Neverland, Tinkerbell the fairy is writing a sassy blog, doing panto and pining for Peter Pan. But the nights are lonely and she has terrible dreams about crocodiles. Show more
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