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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. Why one listener is fighting to keep a historic music venue open in Ealing, west London. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
Clare Balding walks to the extraordinary Dashwood Mausoleum near High Wycombe with Julia and Lee Clements and their profoundly disabled daughter, Cerys. Show more
Charlotte Smith visits the DiverseForages project at the University of Reading to find out how 'smart grass' might change the way cattle are fed. Show more
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The latest news from Westminster with Sean Curran, as Nissan is told it will have to reapply for nearly £60m of taxpayer support after backtracking on plans for its X-Trail SUV. Show more
Saturday Live
Richard Blackwood, Matt Lucas, Simon Doonan
1 hour, 28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Guests include actor and standup comedian Richard Blackwood, Little Britain star Matt Lucas, fashion commentator Simon Doonan and American football player Phoebe Schecter. Show more
Actor and comedian Omid Djalili hosts a dinner party with a twist - all his guests are from beyond the grave, his heroes brought back to life by the magic of the radio archive. Show more
Test Match Special
England Women v South Africa Women, 1st ODI - New Road, Worcester
8 hours
on BBC Radio 4 LW
Commentary on the first ODI between England Women and South Africa Women, from New Road, with Alison Mitchell, Natalie Germanos, Isa Guha, Charlotte Edwards and Lydia Greenway. Show more
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Ed Stourton profiles the billionaire philanthropist George Soros, who began life in Nazi-occupied Hungary and became one of the most successful hedge-fund investors in US history. Show more
Saturday Review
My Name is Lucy Barton, Alexander McQueen, Rachel Kushner, Aftermath at Tate Britain, City of Ghosts
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
My Name is Lucy Barton at the Bridge Theatre, Alexander McQueen documentary, Rachel Kushner: The Mars Room, Aftermath - art post-WW1 at Tate Britain, and City of Ghosts on BBC4. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Kevin Fong asks what became of Star Trek’s inspiring TV vision of society and space? Can it ever happen? From 2016. Show more
Walter Oddy, wounded in action, is among thousands arriving today at the hospitals in Boulogne. Among so many casualties - will there be time to save one life? Show more
Our conversations about health issues can be used, Dr Helen Morant of the BMJ tells Fi Glover, to show medics what can be gained by listening to a patient. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Giles Fraser, Claire Fox, Melanie Phillips and Tim Stanley discuss the decision to declassify and share information on UK citizens suspected of having terrorist sympathies. Show more
Russell Davies welcomes back another crop of high scorers for the third of the 2018 semi-finals, with a place in the final awaiting the winner. Show more
Making dance to poems inspires two choreographers in very different ways. Ben Duke chooses Milton's Paradise Lost and Julie Cunningham creates a work to poems by Kate Tempest. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
A man who is obsessed with digital maps is suddenly contacted from... where? Written and narrated by Will Self. Show more
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