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Lucy Allen argues that medieval society had a conflicted attitude towards women. Show more

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Chris Packham relives programmes from the Living World archives. In this programme recorded in 1999, Lionel Kelleway is joined by Mary Seddon in the Wye Valley looking for snails. Show more

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Sunday hears from migrants seeking sanctuary in German churches. Plus reaction to the Anglican primates' meeting and the monks who discovered an 18th-century chicken curry recipe. Show more

Natasha Kaplinsky presents The Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The National Holocaust Centre and Museum. Show more

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A service from New Kilpatrick Church, Glasgow, with the Rev Roddy Hamilton. Andrew Nunn directs the Bearsden Choir. Organist: Christopher Nickol. Reading: Mark 2:1-12. Show more

Tom Shakespeare argues that the country needs a new national anthem, one that reflects the diversity and values of the whole of the United Kingdom and is in tune with the times. Show more

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Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.

On Plough Sunday, Ed is feeling nervous. And it is a time for farewells.

Kirsty Young interviews educationalist and biographer Sir Anthony Seldon. Show more

John Lloyd and Sarah Millican with comedian Holly Walsh, author Stephen J Dubner and adventurer Dr David Bramwell. From 2016. Show more

Dan Saladino explores Leeds to see who is influencing an innovative and inspiring food and drink scene that is being watched and followed across the UK and around the world. Show more

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David Cowling looks at the track record of polls in previous elections. He explores why their results matter and if there were warning signs that indicated they were going wrong. Show more

Eric Robson and the panel answer questions from the postbag at RHS Harlow Carr in Harrogate. Matthew Wilson, Bob Flowerdew and Christine Walkden offer the advice. Show more

Fi Glover with conversations between couples who together find the strength to make a fresh start, eliminate starvation in a small Tanzanian town, and deal with fatal illness. Show more

Adam Trask is trying to protect his twin boys while his estranged wife continues her destruction. Starring Holliday Grainger. Show more

Mariella Frostrup talks to bestselling author Janice YK Lee, and Dr Sarah Dillon explores the comic genius of Stella Gibbons in Cold Comfort Farm. Show more

Roger McGough with listeners' requests for poetry on the theme of home and exile. The readers are Pippa Haywood and Richard Mitchley. Show more

One of the UK's biggest police forces facing claims of corruption by some of its own officers. Allan Urry hears from those saying they have been unfairly targeted by colleagues. Show more

By Graham White. In the wake of David Bowie's passing, Marc and Thom's parents reveal how Bowie's radical attitude once inspired dad's experiments with mascara. Show more

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Musican and singer with Selecta Pauline Black with the best of BBC Radio. Show more

Pip fancies a little trip, and Jazzer pines for home. Show more

Charlie Brooker hosts the comedy panel show that celebrates glorious failure, with Lee Mack, Holly Walsh and Barry Cryer competing to supply the best 'wrong' answers. Show more

Reading of Padgett Powell's short story. In an amusing sonata of bizarre questions, three voices ask the listener seemingly random thoughts to a soundtrack of American music. Show more

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt says that if you have a stroke at the weekend, you are 20 per cent more likely to die. But is that true? We look at the evidence. Show more

Matthew Bannister on David Bowie, actor Alan Rickman, literary agent Olwyn Hughes, DJ Ed "Stewpot" Stewart Show more

Personal finance with Paul Lewis. Including how mobile phone firms hold the key to bank security, an explanation of Bowie bonds and the pros and cons of 35-year mortgage terms. Show more

Natasha Kaplinsky presents The Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The National Holocaust Centre and Museum. Show more

Peter Day discovers how migrant workers have transformed the agriculture industry in California. Show more

Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.

Michael Deacon of the Telegraph analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories. Show more

Oscar-winning director of Birdman, Alejandro Inarritu, discusses his western The Revenant, which tested his actors, including Leonardo Di Caprio, to their limits. Show more

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Laurie Taylor explores the tensions and dilemmas at the heart of contemporary struggles against enslavement. Plus a look at how school lunchboxes create conflicts. Show more

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