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Church bells from Radyr, Cardiff. Show more

Mark Coles profiles talk show host Oprah Winfrey following her speech at the Golden Globe awards. Show more

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Many religions have gods that are symbolised by fire, and religious or secular metaphors of flame are many and diverse. Mark Tully discusses the spiritual power of fire and flame. Show more

Caz Graham meets Syrian beekeeping expert Dr Ryad Alsous, who has just set up a hive project to help other refugees in Huddersfield. Show more

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Hear why people have Bar Mitzvahs in old age. Plus the problems councils have closing down unregistered faith schools and a debate on what 21st-century mosques should look like. Show more

Kaye Wragg makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Children with Cancer UK. Show more

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Sunday morning service from Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, exploring the legacy of Queen Margaret of Scotland. With the Rev MaryAnn Rennie and the Rev Dr Rosie Magee. Show more

Howard Jacobson ponders why misanthropy is out of fashion. 'Where have they gone?' he asks, 'such great haters of mankind as Juvenal, Swift, Flaubert'. Show more

Behavioural biologist Professor Andy Radford describes how the evocative sounds of curlews inspired a fascination with bird vocalisations. Show more

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

Jill is left stunned, and Roy fears for the future.

4 Extra Debut. From Blur to Puccini. Chef Angela Hartnett shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From 2018. Show more

John Lloyd and Sally Phillips welcome comedian Rory Bremner, presenter Nikki Bedi and writer Pete Brown. From 2018. Show more

The BBC Food and Farming Awards are back. Rick Stein, Yotam Ottolenghi, Giorgio Locatelli and the 2018 awards' head judge Andi Oliver join Sheila Dillon to open nominations. Show more

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Hardeep Singh Kohli takes to the road once more to make some of his favourite recipes in return for unusual and unexpected stories from across the UK. Show more

Eric Robson and the horticultural panel are in Lancashire. Matthew Wilson, Bunny Guinness and Anne Swithinbank field the audience questions. Show more

Fi Glover introduces conversations about reconstructed families, good behaviour and dealing with a stammer. Show more

Beatrice Colin adapts one of Muriel Spark's most gripping and disturbing books. Lise, an enigmatic young woman, travels alone to a European city in search of 'the one'. Show more

A celebration of Muriel Spark who was born in 1918. Alan Taylor who has written a memoir about his friendship with the novelist and writer William Boyd join Mariella Frostrup. Show more

Momtaza Mehri recreates the childhood that turned a girl living in the Middle East into a successful millennial poet. Show more

The story of the British Muslims who first joined Jihad in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Burma and Kashmir in the 1980s and 1990s and the youth movements that led the call to arms. Show more

Mark Coles profiles talk show host Oprah Winfrey following her speech at the Golden Globe awards. Show more

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Henry Bolton under pressure over his girlfriend's racist remarks about Prince Harry's fiancée. Government is "doing everything" to keep sex offender, John Worboys, in prison.

Nick Baker chooses his BBC Radio highlights. An operating table from 1812, unknown facts about the suffragettes and a chess grandmaster stands up for her rights in Saudi Arabia. Show more

Kirsty makes a horrific discovery, and Roy unburdens himself. Show more

An abandoned fridge and the boys think their luck has changed. Indeed, it has - for the worse. With Philip Jackson. From 2016. Show more

Merryn Glover's uplifting story inspired by Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem about the glory of nature. Show more

Investigating the numbers in the news. Do missed appointments cost the NHS £1 billion? And do you always earn more with a degree? Presented by Tim Harford. Show more

Matthew Bannister on astronaut John W Young, editor Peter Preston, musician Ray Thomas, judge Sir Brian Neill and pilot Heather Stewart. Show more

The equity release market has grown by 40%, but who is accessing it and what are they using the money for? Plus Open Banking goes live and transparency of investment costs. Show more

Kaye Wragg makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Children with Cancer UK. Show more

Can electric cars replace petrol and diesel vehicles in a new motoring revolution? That is what innovative companies and governments are hoping, as Peter Morgan reports. Show more

Carolyn Quinn's guests are Conservative former Cabinet minister Nicky Morgan, Labour's Baroness Angela Smith, broadcaster Iain Dale, and The Times journalist Lucy Fisher. Show more

Presented by Francine Stock. Playwright and writer-director Martin McDonagh talks about his award-winning drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Show more

Many religions have gods that are symbolised by fire, and religious or secular metaphors of flame are many and diverse. Mark Tully discusses the spiritual power of fire and flame. Show more

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Sociological discussion programme. Laurie Taylor explores the scenes, smells, sounds and tastes of urban life. Show more

Church bells from Radyr, Cardiff. Show more

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