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Writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson starts the day with reflection and prayer.
Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley
Get Fit with HIIT
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Why high intensity bursts of exercise might be the most time-efficient way to reap the rewards of exercise - from crunching calories to boosting brainpower. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
Rose Ferraby explores the terrains of Orkney and the planet Mars, to find out how a project is enabling science and art to intersect in new and surprising ways. Show more
Farming Today
06/04/24 Farming Today This Week: Import charges, wet weather, dogs
25 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for 6 months
Charlotte Smith brings you a round up of the week's biggest farming and rural affairs stories. Show more
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Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Saturday Live
Kate Silverton, Tom Shakespeare, Rebecca Ginger, John Robins
1 hour, 1 minute
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Kate Silverton has swapped the newsroom for the therapists couch having retrained as a child counsellor and now bestselling author. Show more
Your Place or Mine with Shaun Keaveny
Stephen Mangan: Erris, Co. Mayo, Ireland
44 minutes
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Stephen is determined to take Shaun back to their ancestral homeland, to experience the blanket bog of this bleak and beautiful area of the West of Ireland. But will he prevail? Show more
Exploring why Van Morrison's iconic love song, from the legendary 1968 album Astral Weeks, means so much to so many. Show more
An investigation into why schools are having to pay tens of thousands of pounds extra from their budgets for what they say are inflexible and over-priced PFI maintenance contracts. Show more
Thirty years on from the genocide that killed 800,000 people, Rwandans share stories of survival, escape and reconciliation. Show more
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Money Box
National Insurance Cut and Council Tax Debt
25 minutes
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New figures from a debt charity show a sharp rise in the money owed on Council Tax as bills go up. Show more
Jon Holmes and Angela Barnes join Punt and Dennis for the fourth episode of the final series. Show more
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Any Questions?
Sir Jake Berry MP, Baroness Chakrabarti, Inaya Folarin Iman, Richard Walker
47 minutes
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Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Enginuity at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust with Sir Jake Berry MP, Baroness Chakrabarti, Inaya Folarin Iman and Richard Walker. Show more
Topical discussion posing questions to a panel of political and media personalities.
One resident makes a promise they may not be able to keep, and Eddie discovers a new talent. Show more
Drama on 4
RL Stevenson’s Weir of Hermiston Part 1
57 minutes
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Stevenson's final novel - a story of family rebellion and forbidden love - set in Edinburgh and the Borders in the early 19th century. Stars Phyllis Logan and Jack Lowden. Show more
Woman's Hour
Weekend Woman's Hour: Pregnancy discrimination, Girls State and Carly Pearce
53 minutes
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Nicola Hinds on winning her ‘David and Goliath’ case against a national company. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news.
Why did we lose the roadside restaurant chain Little Chef? Sean Farrington examines its rise and fall with help from expert guests. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
06/04/2024 Israeli Hostage's Body Found
16 minutes
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Israel says the hostage, found in Gaza, had been murdered by the Islamic Jihad group.
Loose Ends
Ruby Wax, Anuvab Pal, Paul Hartnoll, Jessica Gunning, Tiger Braun-White and Nerina Pallot
42 minutes
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Ruby Wax and Paul Hartnoll of the dance act Orbital joins comic Anuvab Pal, Jessica Gunning and the singer songwriter Nerina Pallot in conversation with Clive Anderson. Show more
Simon Harris is set to become Ireland's newest and youngest Taioseach on Tuesday. With less than a year to make his mark, due to a general election, how will he do? Show more
Actor, comedian, presenter and writer Sir Michael Palin talks to John Wilson about his formative creative influences. Show more
Exploring ABBA's songwriting and musical craft across their studio albums - from Ring Ring in 1973 to The Visitors in 1981 - on the 50th anniversary of their Eurovision win. Show more
Joni loves to watch the trains go by from the window of her house in a Saskatchewan prairie town. Even as a child, there's a desire to see what's around the next bend. Show more
Instant messaging can lead to chaos, confusion - and comedy. Here are three stories from the frontline of the strange world inside our phones. Show more
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The Food Programme
Cooking at home with Gary Lineker
42 minutes
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Gary Lineker hosts Leyla Kazim for lunch and reveals his new-found love of cooking. Show more
Chris McCausland asks a panel of comedians to live in an audio-only world, with Iain Stirling, Su Pollard, Alasdair Beckett-King and Sophie Duker. Show more
Kirsty Lang referees a contest between Northern Ireland and Wales in the notoriously cryptic quiz Show more
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Alex Clark talks to Andrew O'Hagan about his new novel, Caledonian Road, and to the Australian writer Helen Garner as her books are republished in the UK. Show more
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