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Taking the Long View of previous unforeseen crises in British history, Jonathan Freedland explores the hopes and fears for recovery - and the unexpected consequences that followed. Show more

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After losing a friend, broadcaster Jo Fidgen sets out in search of an afterlife that even an atheist can believe in. Show more

Historian, Dr Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough, visits a farm in Oxfordshire looking for secrets buried beneath the soil. Show more

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75 years after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Edward Stourton talks to the former president of Ireland Mary Robinson about the threat of nuclear proliferation. Show more

Television personality and maths enthusiast Johnny Ball makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Royal Life Saving Society UK. Show more

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The Revd Dr Isabelle Hamley, chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, charts her walk with God and with Covid-19. Producer: Andrew Earis. Show more

Linda Colley suggests Britain could benefit from coming to terms with "our inescapable geographical smallness." Show more

Wildlife sound recordist Geoff Sample recalls the Orphean warbler on the classical Greek island of Lesvos. Show more

The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell

Fallon finds herself under pressure and Tony makes a nostalgic discovery. Show more

An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the oystercatcher with Michaela Strachan, Michael Morpurgo and Tara Robinson. Show more

Steve Backshall, naturalist, explorer and broadcaster, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would want to take to if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

Alison Steadman tells the story of why and how so many birds that make up the avifauna of Britain are aliens from elsewhere. Programme one: pheasant. Show more

Jeremy Hardy joins regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer and Humphrey Lyttelton. From June 1999. Show more

Last month UK restaurants were permitted to reopen. After months of lockdown, what sort of state is the industry in, and how long will it take to get back on a steady footing? Show more

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Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell.

Capturing the nation in conversation to build a unique picture of our lives today and preserve it for future generations. Friends, relatives and strangers exchange lockdown tales. Show more

Kathy Clugston presents the horticultural panel show with gardening experts. Show more

Radio 3 presents a radiophonic art exhibition, as 30 of the world’s most creative minds choose their favourite work from the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Ep 14 Renee Fleming Show more

It is 1945. For gauche young apprentice Milos Hrma, life at the sleepy railway station in Bohemia is full of complex preoccupations. Stars John Bradley and Verity Henry. Show more

James Naughtie and writer Louise Welsh discuss Kidnapped by RL Stevenson as part of Radio 4's support for students. Recorded with a group of readers at the Hawes Inn, Queensferry Show more

Belfast poet Gail McConnell explores what it means to be a non-biological parent in a same-sex relationship. Show more

What happened to rough sleepers during the coronavirus lockdown - and what happens next? Show more

Taking the Long View of previous unforeseen crises in British history, Jonathan Freedland explores the hopes and fears for recovery - and the unexpected consequences that followed. Show more

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

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Ministers insist it will be safe to return in September despite concerns from unions

The best of BBC Radio this week with Testament. Show more

4 Extra Debut. An old student from a folklore and witchcraft course is missing. Is this Heawood and Kennedy's next story? Stars Barnaby Kay. Show more

Captain Martin wants to start a club, but what about the Flap and Throttle? Stars Benedict Cumberbatch. From August 2009. Show more

On a hot day Ronnie reluctantly joins Stephanie at Carolyn's garden pool party. A new story by Lesley Sharp to celebrate the anniversary of Brighton Pride. Read by Zooey Gleaves. Show more

The executive in charge of the News Quiz discusses comedy under coronavirus, and whether Just a Minute will return in the absence of late, legendary presenter Nicholas Parsons. Show more

Matthew Bannister on financier Stuart Wheeler, author Josephine Cox, politician Miloš Jakeš, guitarist Peter Green. Show more

Many apprenticeships are not meeting expectations, support available for over-75's TV licences, and what to do if you're asked to pay money to a debt collection agency you don't owe. Show more

Television personality and maths enthusiast Johnny Ball makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Royal Life Saving Society UK. Show more

As millions are still on furlough and the list of companies announcing job cuts increases relentlessly, Jonty Bloom asks whose jobs are most at risk in the economic wreckage. Show more

Ellie Price hosts political chat with Conservative MP Bim Afolami, Labour's Alex Davies-Jones, broadcaster and commentator Iain Dale and Seb Payne from the Financial Times. Show more

Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) is late but essential film noir but as Francine Stock reveals it's the last of an unofficial trilogy from blacklisted writer/director Abraham Polonsky. Show more

After losing a friend, broadcaster Jo Fidgen sets out in search of an afterlife that even an atheist can believe in. Show more

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Council estates: Laurie Taylor explores the concept of the 'sink estate' and hears about an in-depth study of a contemporary housing estate. Show more

Bells on Sunday comes from St Giles Church in Ashtead, Surrey Show more

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