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Mark Coles discovers the story behind the two doctors involved with the development of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Show more

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Dr Rowan Williams explores the idea of pilgrimage - not so much as a physical journey, but as a preparation for the final passing to the other side after death. Show more

Nick Luscombe travels to the coastal wetlands of Eastern Hokkaido in Japan to meet Takashi Shirai, a dairy farmer with a background in feature films, who now makes mozzarella. Show more

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A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week

Actor Peter Capaldi makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Hands Up Foundation. Show more

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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.

Led by Rev Richard Frazer of Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, at the start of the city's festivals. Richard explores the wonder and enchantment to be found in human living and stories. Show more

Howard Jacobson unwraps some sensational new research on....present wrapping. Show more

Satush Kumar was born in Rajasthan, India, where the peacock, or Mayura, is associated with the monsoon through display and extravagant dance to please Indra, the god of rain. Show more

The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Jane Garvey

Events spiral out of control for Shula while Chris is pulled in all directions Show more

An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the ringed and little ringed plover with Michaela Strachan, Jane Smith and Bill Oddie. Show more

Kirsty Wark brings together gay rights campaigners, politicians and journalists to remember the fight to legalise same-sex marriage in Britain. Show more

Advertising guru Rory Sutherland explores the psychology underlying the greatest ad campaigns in history, with first-hand accounts from the creative minds that conceived them. Show more

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David Mitchell gets Rufus Hound, Fern Brady, Ria Lina, and Tony Hawks to lie with some truths. From August 2021. Show more

Jaega Wise meets the man taking inspiration from history, to transform modern assumptions about Chinese cuisine. Show more

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Jonny Dymond looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world.

MBE awards, Tourette syndrome and adventuring outdoors. Kofi Smiles presents. Show more

Kathy Clugston hosts this week's gardening Q&A with a panel of experts. Show more

Naturalist and TV presenter Gillian Burke assesses the role of her Kenyan “auntie”, Wangari Maathai, in drawing attention to environmental causes in Africa. Show more

Theseus finds himself in the decadent civilisation of Minoan Crete, a strange new world opens to him, including the glamour and danger of the bull-dance. Show more

Chris Power talks to the author behind TV hit The Undoing, Jean Hanff Korelitz, about her latest book, The Plot. Show more

Yomi Ṣode brings together 21st century poets whose work is underpinned by a love of music to talk about that influence and to perform poems reflecting passion. Show more

Twenty years after the collapse of Enron, how difficult is it to commit corporate fraud? Show more

Mark Coles discovers the story behind the two doctors involved with the development of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Show more

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The Tokyo Olympics, delayed for a year, have been brought to a close with a ceremony performed in a largely empty stadium.

Barnie Choudhury chooses the best of BBC audio this week. Show more

Why is a grandmother hiding when her grandchildren appear? Haydn Gwynne performs Jenny Eclair’s comic monologue. From 2020. Show more

In this comedy special, double act Anna Leong Brophy and Emily Lloyd-Saini showcase a host of different characters as they explore what it is to be mixed race in Britain today. Show more

Graeme Macrae Burnet’s series continues as Dr Maeder and Herr Schaller act to bring Max back from the brink of delinquency. Read by Alasdair Hankinson and Robin Laing. Show more

Radio 4's The Spark asks if a third of us are attracted by authoritarianism, Roger Bolton asks presenter Helen Lewis about this claim, and the sparks she wants to make. Show more

Julian Worricker on opera director Sir Graham Vick, campaigner Carmel Budiardjo, radio producer Piers Plowright and ZZ Top bass player Dusty Hill. Show more

Covid has been an economic crisis as well as a health emergency. Felicity Hannah meets the financial winners and losers of the pandemic. Show more

Actor Peter Capaldi makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Hands Up Foundation. Show more

Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. Show more

Ben Wright is joined by the Conservative party deputy chairman Lee Rowley, Labour frontbencher Peter Kyle, think tank boss Polly Mackenzie and The Spectator journalist Katy Balls. Show more

Juliet Stevenson revisits a moving scene from Truly, Madly, Deeply, Matt Damon on researching oil rig workers for Stillwater, Mark Jenkin continues his film making audio diary. Show more

Dr Rowan Williams explores the idea of pilgrimage - not so much as a physical journey, but as a preparation for the final passing to the other side after death. Show more

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Matthew Syed tells the story of Denmark’s fairy tale football win at the 1992 Euros to uncover the secret ingredient that made this on-paper underdog team succeed against the odds. Show more

Bells on Sunday comes from All Saints Church in Maidstone, Kent Show more

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