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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Reverend Kate Bottley. Show more
The programme that starts with its listeners investigates why there are not more usable drinking fountains in the UK. Dame Jenni Murray reads Your News. iPM@bbc.co.uk. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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Clare Balding marks the 80th anniversary of the Jarrow Crusade, walking from Ripon to Ripley, when 200 men marched to London led by one woman, Ellen Wilkinson MP. Show more
Farming Today
Farming Today This Week: Farm workers in a pre and post Brexit Britain
27 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Sybil Ruscoe hears from a Royal Agricultural University academic what options will be available to fruit and vegetable farmers in a post Brexit Britain. Show more
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Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Saturday Live
McFly singer and author Tom Fletcher
1 hour, 28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Extraordinary stories, unusual people and a sideways look at the world. McFly singer, songwriter and author Tom Fletcher, and the inheritance tracks of DJ Trevor Nelson. Show more
Jay Rayner and his panel are in Pontefract, Yorkshire. With Dr Annie Gray, Andi Oliver, Tim Hayward and Tim Anderson. Show more
From the biggest of issues to the most trivial, there are huge pressures on governments to 'do something'. But might it sometimes be better for politicians to simply 'do nothing'? Show more
This week, Kate Adie presents reports on Bangladesh’s political tensions, defiance of drugs gangs in Mexico, South Africa’s student protests and South Korea’s nuclear drills. Show more
Money Box
Lower energy bills? Use a spreadsheet!
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
What can the government do about the two thirds of energy customers stuck on the most expensive tariff? Plus a 'simple' guide to topping up a contracted out pension, and TalkTalk. Show more
Jeremy Hardy, Paul Sinha, Angela Barnes and Dane Baptiste are on the panel joining Miles Jupp for the long-running satirical quiz of the week's news. Show more
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Any Questions?
Hilary Benn MP, Munira Mirza, Laurie Penny, Andrew Tyrie MP
48 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the University for the Creative Arts in Epsom, Surrey, with Hilary Benn MP, Munira Mirza, Laurie Penny and Andrew Tyrie MP. Show more
Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions?
How it all began - a remake of the first episode of the Victorian detective drama featuring Inspector James McLevy - which first aired on Radio 4 in 1999. Starring Brian Cox. Show more
Rainer Hersch champions Johann Strauss's Blue Danube waltz, heard everywhere, from ringtones to airport muzak. Goebbels loved it for the wrong reasons, Rainer finds the right ones. Show more
Woman's Hour
Weekend Woman's Hour: Anna Mudeka, Anne Robinson, Monica Galetti
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Presented by Jane Garvey. Anna Mudeka performs Mbira music, Anne Robinson discusses 21st-century parenting, and Monica Galetti cooks the perfect artichoke salad. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news, presented by Rebecca Jones. Latest on the Haiti hurricane, Donald Trump and women voters and child-free zones on public transport. Show more
Evan Davis and guests discuss doing business in times of uncertainty and how companies are trying to shape what Brexit will mean in practice. Show more
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Loose Ends
Clive Anderson, Emma Freud, Dame Edna Everage, Alan Carr, Leonie Orton, Jake Arnott, Kefaya, Antonio Forcione, Sarah Jane Morris
35 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Clive Anderson and Emma Freud are joined by Dame Edna Everage, Alan Carr, Leonie Orton and Jake Arnott. With music from Kefaya and Antonio Forcione and Sarah Jane Morris. Show more
Series of profiles of people who are currently making headlines. Becky Milligan profiles the 2016 Nobel prize winner for Physics, professor David J Thouless. Show more
Saturday Review
The Girl on The Train, Travesties, Picasso Portraits, Nicotine, Divorce
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Includes The Girl on the Train, a revival of Tom Stoppard's Travesties directed by Patrick Marber and starring Tom Hollander, plus Picasso Portraits, Nicotine and Divorce. Show more
Dorian Warren explores the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party and its legacy for recent black insurgency in America. Show more
As Peter the Great builds his new capital of St Petersburg, he is also in need of a wife. Season 1 of Mike Walker's chronicle of the Tsars ends with Russia's first moderniser. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Provocative debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Giles Fraser, Claire Fox, Anne McElvoy and Melanie Phillips. Do we want to live in a world without Down's syndrome? Show more
Quote... Unquote
Dan Antopolski, Janet Ellis, Kirsty Lang & John Sergeant
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for 10 months
Nigel Rees's quotations quiz with Dan Antopolski, Janet Ellis, Kirsty Lang and John Sergeant. From October 2016. Show more
Roger McGough marks 50 years since Seamus Heaney published Death of a Naturalist. Featuring interviews from Bellaghy, and archive recordings of the poet reading his work. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
By Helen Cross. After the 2020 fruit riots, the denim crisis and the artificial pollinator's scandal, action is needed. Read by the author. Show more
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