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Kelvin MacKenzie has had a successful but controversial career as columnist and editor of The Sun newspaper. He's seen by many as an arrogant bully - but is there a softer side? Show more

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Sarah Goldingay examines the elements and explores the spiritual significance of the idea of a 'fifth element'. Show more

Peter Gibbs meets Hattie and Kevin Kilmartin, Falkland Islands farmers with 35,000 acres of sheep grazing who make their real money from penguins. Show more

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Does the consecration of an Anglican bishop in England by a breakaway South African Church make an eventual schism over the issue of homosexuality inevitable? Show more

Jenni Murray makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Womankind Worldwide. Show more

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Sunday morning service from Rugby School. The chaplain, the Rev Richard Horner, preaches on grace. The Choir of Rugby School is directed by Richard Tanner. Show more

Howard Jacobson speaks up in defence of the metropolitan liberal elite. He asks why elite is considered a worthy attribute for a soldier or a footballer but not for a "thinker". Show more

To folk musician and Mercury Prize nominee Sam Lee, the nightingale has long been a passion. For this Tweet of the Day, Sam considers the relationships of this amazing songster. Show more

News, election latest, live coverage of the French president's inauguration plus a review of the Sunday papers. Presented by Jane Garvey. Show more

Peggy has to make a tough decision, and Toby cannot believe what he is hearing.

Kirsty Young interviews poet and playwright Liz Lochhead. Show more

David Mitchell gets Holly Walsh, Mark Steel, Elis James and Frankie Boyle to lie with some truths. From May 2017. Show more

At the age of 30, with no formal training, Jeremiah Tower became a chef. His approach to cooking changed the food world for good, then he walked away. Dan Saladino tells his story. Show more

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Horticultural panel programme. Peter Gibbs and the panel travel to Paxton near Berwick-upon-Tweed. Matt Biggs, Anne Swithinbank and Bob Flowerdew answer the audience questions. Show more

Fi Glover introduces conversations about the final certainty, revealing how important it is to talk about death openly. Show more

Twenty years after the serf liberation, Alexander II's benign autocracy fails to quell revolutionary zeal. Stars Joseph Millson. Show more

Novelists Richard Beard and Bella Pollen discuss turning from fiction to non fiction by writing their memoirs. Show more

Roger McGough presents a selection of poems recited by finalists at Poetry by Heart, a competition for students at school and colleges to learn and recite poems from memory. Show more

Documentary. Historian Adam Smith explores the forces that transformed American life and society as it plunged into war from April 1917. Show more

Kelvin MacKenzie has had a successful but controversial career as columnist and editor of The Sun newspaper. He's seen by many as an arrogant bully - but is there a softer side? Show more

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Julian Worricker chooses his highlights of the past seven days of BBC Radio, including John Cleese's return to radio as he relates a Python story concerning a chandelier. Show more

Toby cannot be cheered, and Tom offers his philosophy. Show more

Paul Sinha, Natalie Haynes, Holly Walsh and Lloyd Langford vie for wordy supremacy. Hosted by Gyles Brandreth. From 2014. Show more

Lynne Truss's series about the inhabitants of wind-battered Meridian Cliffs. Jim regularly phones Sarah, his first wife, to go on about Emma, his second wife. What will Emma think? Show more

What is happening to nurses pay? Amid reports of nurses using food banks, Jeremy Hunt said he doesn't recognise claims their wages are worth less now than in 2010. Show more

Matthew Bannister on climber Ueli Steck, diplomat Lord Williams, songwriter Sylvia Moy, mariner James Dickson, food scientist Jon Prinz. Show more

The latest news from the world of personal finance. House price data released this week from two of the UK's biggest mortgage lenders point to lower prices for April. Show more

Jenni Murray makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Womankind Worldwide. Show more

We spend hours in meetings at work so what can we do to love them more? Tanya Beckett looks at the art of the meeting and asks how can we make them more productive and enjoyable. Show more

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

Cinema magazine programme. Francine Stock talks to director Ridley Scott about his film Alien: Covenant. Show more

Sarah Goldingay examines the elements and explores the spiritual significance of the idea of a 'fifth element'. Show more

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Laurie Taylor explores the transformation of manual labour jobs into elite taste-making professions. Also, the 'dirty work' of street cleaners and refuse collectors. Show more

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