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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with writer and broadcaster Sarah Joseph. Show more
Luke Jones and Eddie Mair present the news programme that starts with its listeners. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
Helen Mark visits East Anglia's best kept secret, the Brecks around Thetford - a combination of sandy heathland, England's largest lowland forest and some highly productive farms. Show more
Farming Today This Week takes a look at the state of rural churches. With declining congregations and rising maintenance costs, what future is there for them? Show more
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News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Stephen McGann talks about his passion for genealogy and what he has discovered about his family. Beatboxer Grace Savage demonstrates her unusual talent. Show more
Steve Punt returns as Radio 4's very own private detective. Today he is called in to investigate the unlikely disappearance of American and Russian nuclear weapons. Show more
The story and meaning of Machiavelli's The Prince, long read as a manual on power and what it entails. Rajan Datar talks to Erica Benner, David Ignatius and Quentin Skinner. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
"That's the Judicial Process"
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Yolande Knell on Iraq's trials of fighters accused of supporting so-called Islamic State, Martin Patience bids farewell to Nigeria and Harriet Constable on Kenyan sand harvesting. Show more
90,000 graduates were refunded hundreds of pounds after HMRC took payments for their student loan even though they had paid it off. Plus doorstep loans. Show more
John Lloyd and Romesh Ranganathan welcome Stephen Fry, comedian Kathy Lette and literary adventurer Andy Miller. From 2017. Show more
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Any Questions?
Minette Batters, Billy Bragg, Lisa Nandy MP, Jacob Rees-Mogg MP
48 minutes
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Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Mariners' Hall in Beer, Devon, with Minette Batters, Billy Bragg, Lisa Nandy MP and Jacob Rees-Mogg MP. Show more
One in three sick notes is issued for mental health. What does this tell us about levels of stress today?Are second home owners destroying rural communities? Show more
4 Extra Debut. A journey of words and sounds, inspired by memories of the writer's native Foxrock in Ireland. Stars Bríd Brennan. From 2016. Show more
Geeta Pendse reports from Leicester to hear about new theatre in the East Midlands capital... and how Sunset Boulevard is about to be located downtown at the city's Curve theatre. Show more
Woman's Hour
Princess Diana and her impact on black women
58 minutes
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On the twentieth anniversary of the death of Princess Diana, what was her influence on black women? Plus Robert Webb on masculinity and Deanie Parker on her work at Stax Records. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news.
Luke Jones and Eddie Mair present the news programme that starts with its listeners. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
02/09/2017 Compensation paid over false abuse claims
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Police pay compensation after two public figures were falsely accused of child abuse.
Loose Ends
Marcus Brigstocke, Keith Allen, Stephen Woolley, Jenny Sealey, Decosta Boyce, Marika Hackman, Nikki Bedi
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Nikki Bedi is joined by Marcus Brigstocke, Keith Allen, Stephen Woolley and Jenny Sealey for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Marika Hackman. Show more
Series of profiles of people who are currently making headlines. Show more
Saturday Review
Kate Grenville, God's Own Country, Folkestone Triennial, Yerma NT Live, Mitchell and Webb
45 minutes
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Kate Grenville's The Case Against Fragrance, British film God's Own Country, Folkestone Triennial, Billy Piper in Yerma as part of NT Live and Mitchell and Webb's new series Back. Show more
Bruce Forsyth and Paul Jackson visit the London Palladium which since Boxing Day 1910 has played host to stars such as Ella Shields, Whoopi Goldberg, Pinky and Perky, and George V. Show more
Lila and Lena, two bright young girls who have grown up in the tough streets of post-war Naples and are striving to make a better life for themselves before their worlds divide. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
The teams are given just one day to find ways to stop criminals reoffending. Show more
The 2017 season of the music quiz reaches the last of the heats, with Paul Gambaccini asking the questions. Show more
Joe Moshenska travels in John Milton's footsteps, 350 years after the publication of Paradise Lost, to see how the poem was influenced by the real people and places he encountered. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Story by David Szalay. Two men take up their customary positions by the waterside. One depends on the other because he is new to the 'job' and must learn. Read by Nyasha Hatendi. Show more
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