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The bells of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Tonbridge, Kent. Show more

Science writer Emma Byrne argues that we should listen carefully when people swear, because they often do so for good reasons. Show more

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It can be unsettling when things we feel sure of are not as they seemed. Samira Ahmed reflects on times when new revelations throw our past convictions into doubt. Show more

Chris Sperring goes to the River Dart in Devon to look for a bird which was only accepted onto the British species list in 1971, the mandarin duck. Show more

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Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. Show more

Graham Norton presents an appeal on behalf of World Child Cancer. Show more

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Service for Pentecost live from Emmanuel Church, Didsbury, Manchester. Preacher: Debra Green OBE. Leader: Andrew Graystone. Show more

John Gray turns to the writer Patricia Highsmith and her character Tom Ripley for a perspective on the meaning of evil. Show more

David Attenborough presents the nightingale. Show more

Sunday morning magazine programme.

Matt's got a lot on his mind, and Jazzer loses his rag. Show more

Alice Walker, Pulizter prize-winning author of The Color Purple, is interviewed by Kirsty Young. Show more

Sheila Dillon asks if food and nutrition should have a bigger role in treating cancer. Show more

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Global news and analysis presented by Shaun Ley. Email: wato@bbc.co.uk; twitter: #theworldthisweekend. Show more

Profile of Chicago's pioneering 1940s radio series, the first radio show to be written and produced by black people, a decade before the modern civil rights movement. Show more

Postbag edition from the potting shed at Sparsholt College, hosted by Eric Robson with Matt Biggs, Christine Walkden and Pippa Greenwood answering questions sent by post and email. Show more

Fi Glover introduces conversations from around the UK, covering life with locked-in syndrome, with terminal cancer, without your grandchild, and with a dominatrix called FiFi. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Charles Latimer's obsession with master criminal Dimitrios leads him to pre-war Europe's dark underworld. Show more

Mariella Frostrup talks to Native American writer Louise Erdrich about her National Book Award-winning novel The Round House, and looks at the work and life of F Scott Fitzgerald. Show more

A typically untypical range of poems, read by Kerry Elkins and John Mackay. Surreal poems by Stevie Smith and Alastair Reid sit effortlessly beside heartfelt tales of loss. Show more

What makes a great foreign minister? Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair's chief of staff, talks to some of the men who have held the office.

In the week of the Eurovision Song Contest, a week in which tensions again simmer over Britain's role in Europe, Sandi Toksvig imagines a fight for independence in one UK family. Show more

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Catherine Bott with the best of BBC Radio this week, including the teenage boys who do not like fast food and a chance to weep with Maureen Lipman as she chops onions. Show more

Josh shares his ideas, and Lilian has a shock. Show more

James Walton tests Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, John O'Farrell and Jane Thynne in the literary panel show. From May 2013. Show more

By Claire Powell. 4 Extra Debut. An extra-marital affair, long nourished by alcohol, goes very wrong when the man starts to get fit. Read by Lorraine Pilkington. Show more

As Angelina Jolie announces an 87% cancer risk prompted her to have a double mastectomy, Tim Harford assesses the numbers. Plus, has the UK been hit by a Romanian crime wave? Show more

Matthew Bannister on geophysicist Joe Farman, pro-life campaigner Dr Margaret White, Ford UK chief executive Sir Terence Beckett, composer Steve Martland and actor Arnold Peters. Show more

Personal finance news with Paul Lewis. Card payment glitches at contactless terminals - could you end up paying twice? Plus customers fobbed off after long air delays. Show more

Graham Norton presents an appeal on behalf of World Child Cancer. Show more

Manufacturing is evolving for the 21st century. Peter Day hears from some pioneers in the field of digital fabrication about how it applies to the way we think about making things. Show more

Preview of the week's political agenda at Westminster with MPs, experts and commentators. Discussion of the issues politicians are grappling with in the corridors of power.

George Parker of the Financial Times analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories. Show more

Francine Stock on The Great Gatsby premiere and films to watch out for at the Cannes Film Festival, Jay Bulger on his Ginger Baker music documentary, and Neil Brand on spy music. Show more

It can be unsettling when things we feel sure of are not as they seemed. Samira Ahmed reflects on times when new revelations throw our past convictions into doubt. Show more

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Poverty versus abundance in the US - Laurie Taylor asks why America has more poor people than any other developed country. Also, the stigma of stammering. Show more

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