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Bells on Sunday
Bells on Sunday from the Parish Church of St. Peter, Tiverton in Devon
2 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Bells on Sunday from the Parish Church of St. Peter, Tiverton in Devon Show more
Sandi Mann, explores the parallels between Peter’s denial of Jesus and the lies we tell each other. Show more
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
In the second of his two programmes looking at the heavens, the poet Michael Symmons Roberts examines the stars and how they influence our poetry, faith and even our lives. Show more
Lindsey Chapman updates this Living World at a farm in Hertfordshire where Lionel Kelleway gets close encounters with hares & meets Gill Turner who knows many of them individually. Show more
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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday
Asylum and religious conversion; Sam Brownback
44 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton Show more
Jeremy Deller makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Koestler Trust. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
During an epidemic of loneliness hospitality is our deepest need. Live from Kerith Community Church, Bracknell. Leader: Simon Benham; Preacher: Revd Paul Cowley MBE. Show more
Sarah Dunant discusses the thorny relationship between culture and the money that supports it. Show more
Peace and environment activist Satish Kumar has lived in Devon for many years. In his garden he loves hearing the sweet melodious calls from a blackbird singing on a stone wall. Show more
News with Paddy O'Connell, including a Brexit briefing. Plus Air Commodore Charles Clarke remembers the real Great Escape. Show more
Helen's lies catch up with her and there's an awkward encounter for Alan. Show more
Desert Island Discs
Jacqueline de Rojas, President of techUK
38 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Jacqueline de Rojas, President of techUK, chooses the eight tracks, book and luxury she'd take with her if she were cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more
Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Lee Mack and Zoe Lyons join Nicholas Parsons. Show more
The Food Programme
Would you let a robot cook you dinner?
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Robots are building burgers, stretching dough in pizzerias and cooking up a media storm. Soon, they could deliver our groceries, invent recipes and cook in our homes. Should they? Show more
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Global news and analysis; presented by Mark Mardell
Mishal Husain introduces pieces on rehabilitating knife criminals in Scotland, shared parental leave, Irish sporting unity, Antrim's dark hedges and preconceptions about builders. Show more
Eric Robson and his panel pay a visit to the Gower Peninsula. Show more
The Listening Project
Sunday Omnibus: Bullying, Gender and Identity
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Fi Glover presents three conversations about finding ways to deal with bullying, trying to find yourself as a young gay man, and coping with being born the wrong gender. Show more
4 Extra Debut. An anonymous caller disturbs some elderly people with the message: 'Remember you must die'. Stars Patricia Hodge and Jim Norton. Show more
Open Book
Siri Hustvedt, Witches in Fiction, British Library's Erotica Collection
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Siri Hustvedt discusses her new novel Memories of the Future. Also why are witches casting a spell over fiction and poetry? Novelist Stacey Halls and academic Marion Gibson discuss Show more
A compilation of poetry broadcast to celebrate the spring equinox. Show more
Since the start of 2019 at least 100 migrants have tried to cross the channel to the UK in dinghies. File on 4 asks what's being done to stop people risking their lives at sea. Show more
The New Zealand PM was widely praised for her response to the Christchurch attacks. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
Six O'Clock News
24/03/2019 Senior Cabinet minister rally round the PM
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Senior Cabinet ministers back Theresa May, quashing coup rumours
The best of BBC Radio this week with Simon Parkes Show more
Lily fears for the future and Shula continues her quest to fill the void Show more
A lively, topical show, with a female panel, hosted by Jo Bunting. Show more
Mark Billingham - best known for his series of novels with Detective Tom Thorne - writes a new short story about an ex-boxer who finds himself caught up in an emotional situation. Show more
Feedback
Should the BBC have called the Christchurch shooting a 'terror attack'?
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Roger Bolton asks the BBC News editorial director if the BBC should have termed events in Christchurch 'terrorism', and PM editor Owenna Griffiths discusses coverage of Brexit. Show more
Last Word
Gillian Freeman, Sir Peter Hutchison, Sister Dorothy Bell, Dick Dale
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Matthew Bannister on writer Gillian Freeman, botanist Sir Peter Hutchison, nun Sister Dorothy Bell and guitarist Dick Dale. Show more
Smart meter only energy deals, Serious Fraud Office starts London Capital & Finance investigation, annuity protection and does the way you bank change your relationship with money? Show more
Jeremy Deller makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Koestler Trust. Show more
Will human actions result in the demise of huge numbers of other species? And if so - what can we do about it? Show more
Carolyn Quinn's guests are government minister Mark Field, Labour's Jenny Chapman, distinguished former diplomat Peter Ricketts and Tom Newton Dunn, political editor at The Sun. Show more
The Film Programme
Ralph Fiennes, Patricia Clarkson
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Presented by Antonia Quirke. Ralph Fiennes discusses The White Crow, his drama about Rudolf Nureyev's defection to the west, and Patricia Clarkson on her role in Out of Blue. Show more
In the second of his two programmes looking at the heavens, the poet Michael Symmons Roberts examines the stars and how they influence our poetry, faith and even our lives. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Debt: Laurie Taylor explores national and household debt. Show more
Bells on Sunday
Bells on Sunday from the Parish Church of St. Peter, Tiverton in Devon
2 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Bells on Sunday from the Parish Church of St. Peter, Tiverton in Devon Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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