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Mark Vernon argues that Doubting Thomas has much to teach us about the value of uncertainty in our lives. Show more

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Michael Symmons Roberts takes a trip to the Moon, discovering why it has been such a well-used image in poetry and music over the centuries and wonders why we can’t leave it alone. Show more

Lindsey Chapman updates this Living World in which Peter France meets up with Bobby Tulloch as they look for wildlife on Shetland. First broadcast 1974 Show more

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

Bill Nighy makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Red Nose Day. Show more

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In an increasingly divided society the bible calls individuals, churches and communities to build bridges between loneliness and belonging. Preacher: Bishop Harold Miller. Show more

Zia Haider Rahman on why Brexit has made him feel closer to Britain. He says it has revealed 'deeper schisms in British society than the lines between native and immigrant'. Show more

For Welsh poet and playwright Gillian Clarke she has had two close encounters with a grey heron, including the one in her garden reminding her of a Bishop wearing vestments. Show more

News with Paddy O'Connell including a Brexit briefing. Reviewing the news coverage, Labour Peer Margaret Prosser and journalists Andrew Pierce and Rachel Johnson. Show more

Lily feels rejected and there's an emotional showdown for Helen Show more

Marlon James, writer, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury he would take to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

Paul Merton, Jenny Eclair, Fern Britton and Gyles Brandreth join Nicholas Parsons for the panel game where the challenge is to speak without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Show more

Dan Saladino travels from Brixham to Tokyo in search of bluefin tuna. There have been more sightings of the endangered fish in British waters, but does that mean we can eat it? Show more

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Misha Glenny with the final episode of his four part history of our borders, our peoples, and the stories we tell ourselves. Show more

Eric Robson and his panel are in Stoke-on-Trent. Show more

Three conversations about the boxes we're put in and how we find our way out. Fi Glover presents. Show more

This epic tale of money, passion and defiance set in the Staffordshire potteries continues. Unhappily married, Hilda is tempted by a figure from her past. Show more

Max Porter discusses his new novel, Lanny, and joins Zoe Gilbert to reflect on why myths and folk tales are enjoying a literary resurgence. Show more

Salena Godden talks to Roger McGough about her favourite poetry, with a selection including Dorothy Parker, Joelle Taylor and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Show more

With vast fortunes made and lost, File on 4 investigates some of the biggest scandals to rock the virtual world of cryptocurrency over the past decade Show more

We profile Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web. Show more

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New Zealand terror suspect's family speak of horror
Surrey stabbing treated as terrorism

John Waite picks his best of BBC Radio this week. Show more

Leonard makes his presence felt and Pat has a tricky subject to raise. Show more

A lively, topical show, with a female panel, hosted by Jo Bunting. Show more

Denise Mina writes the first of three specially commissioned short stories by top crime writers - a murder-mystery about a student found to have ‘flesh in her drains’. Show more

Roger Bolton on the reinvention of local radio and listening to the BBC on smart speakers, and audience views on whether Michael Jackson's music should be played on the BBC. Show more

Matthew Bannister on disability rights activist Mike Oliver, pianist Jacques Loussier, microbiologist Richard Lacey and vicar Ruth Scott. Show more

Investment ISAs, the FCA and London Capital and Finance plc, what to do if DWP try to recover overpaid benefit for a deceased person, and investment platform exit fees. Show more

Bill Nighy makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Red Nose Day. Show more

What is the chance of the human race surviving the 21st century? How can we successfully reduce threats from pandemics and natural disasters, climate change and nuclear war? Show more

Carolyn Quinn hosts political chat with Conservative MP Tim Loughton, Labour's Rachel Reeves and the Irish Ambassador to the UK, Adrian O'Neill, plus Jess Elgot from the Guardian. Show more

Chris Anderson talks to some of the most interesting TED stage speakers: Mellody Hobson on successful diversity at work. Show more

Natalie Maddix, founder of the House Gospel Choir, explains why she believes in the power of singing together. Recorded in front of a live audience at the WOMAD festival. Show more

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Spectacular cities: Laurie Taylor explores the origins and meaning of ostentatious architecture, from Kazakhstan to the United Arab Emirates. Show more

Bells on Sunday from the Cathedral Church of Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Andrew, Rochester in Kent Show more

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