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Church bells from St Nicholas, Leeds, Kent. Show more

Former Catholic priest Oliver McTernan talks about how his decision to leave the church shaped his destiny and led him to co-found a conflict resolution charity. Show more

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Mark Tully asks how achievable true piety is. Pious observance is particularly important for Christians during Lent, but do we still understand what is meant by 'living piously'? Show more

Chris Packham relives programmes from the Living World archives. In this programme from 2004, Brett Westwood travels to Suffolk to hear a booming bittern. Show more

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Religious news and current affairs. There are calls for further investigation after the remains of hundreds of babies and toddlers are found at Tuam, Co Galway. Show more

Juliet Stevenson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Women and Children First (UK). Show more

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What We Hold: The fourth of Radio 4's services for Lent, from St Patrick's Church, Newtownards, Co Down. Led by Father Martin and Eugene O'Hagan and Father David Delargy. Show more

Tom Shakespeare on why - in today's world of uncertainty and fear - it's helpful to remember that while everything positive in life is short-lived, so too is everything negative. Show more

John Aitchison presents the skylark. Show more

News with Paddy O'Connell including politics and a huge statue. Reviewing the papers - novelist Frederick Forsyth, rights champion Esther Rantzen and journalist Denis Staunton. Show more

Lilian has some news, and Alice spots an opportunity.

Amanda Levete, architect, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. Show more

Nicholas Parsons presents the 77th series of the iconic panel show. His guests in this episode are Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Zoe Lyons and Graham Norton. Show more

It could be you. Judges including Giorgio Locatelli, Joanna Blythman, Gill Meller and Stefan Gates help reveal their choices of finalists in the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2017. Show more

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Global news and analysis.

Tim Samuels meets the Israeli doctors tending to Syrians who have been smuggled over the border for life-saving treatment - into a country Syria is technically still at war with. Show more

Eric Robson and his horticultural panel are in Fife. Show more

Fi Glover introduces conversations about being gay - now and when it was illegal - and how it can still be hard to acknowledge difficulties, even with supportive friends. Show more

Three intrepid explorers venture into an Icelandic volcano. It's a dangerous trip but discoveries await. Stars Joel MacCormack. Show more

Mariella Frostrup talks to the American poet and essayist George Saunders about his long-awaited first novel Lincoln in the Bardo. Show more

Daffodils, snowmelt, green shoots and lengthening days in this spring special, presented by Roger McGough. Show more

Prisons are awash with drugs and mobiles, fuelling violence and crime. But how is so much getting in? File on 4 examines claims that staff are behind the bulk of the smuggling. Show more

Series of profiles of people who are currently making headlines. Mark Coles profiles the chancellor, Philip Hammond, who made a U-turn on his Budget this week. Show more

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Rules will be reviewed after George Osborne's appointment as a newspaper editor

Sarfraz Manzoor makes his pick of the week from the best of BBC Radio. Show more

Lilian seeks another point of view, and Brian gets a telling off. Show more

Dr Johnson's famed biographer James Boswell meets Maria Callas and her dog - and stars in an opera. Stars Miles Jupp. From 2015. Show more

Following the death of his son, an online activist, a father tries to move on and repair his strained relationship with his wife. Show more

Radio 4's forum for audience comment.

Matthew Bannister on racing driver John Surtees, writer Gordon Thomas, artist Sir Howard Hodgkin, microbiologist Boyd Woodruff, singer Joni Sledge. Show more

The latest news from the world of personal finance. Changes to probate see a backlog building due to a massive fee hike from May. Plus HMRC's tax-free loan clampdown. Show more

Juliet Stevenson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Women and Children First (UK). Show more

Why is liberal, tolerant Netherlands home to a major anti-immigration, anti-Islamic party? Tim Whewell investigates. Show more

Carolyn Quinn is joined by the former minister Claire Perry, Labour's Frank Field and the former RBS bank boss Stephen Hester, to discuss Brexit and a second "indyref" in Scotland. Show more

Francine Stock talks to Asghar Farhadi, winner of the 2017 best foreign language Oscar. Show more

Mark Tully asks how achievable true piety is. Pious observance is particularly important for Christians during Lent, but do we still understand what is meant by 'living piously'? Show more

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Sociological discussion programme, presented by Laurie Taylor. A look at the social history of this sanctuary for adolescent self expression. Show more

Church bells from St Nicholas, Leeds, Kent. Show more

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