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National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Bells on Sunday comes from Christ Church, Radyr in Cardiff. Show more
The president of Turkey has controversially sent troops into northern Syria. Show more
The latest national and international news headlines.
Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski explores attitudes towards the unexpected. He argues that we should view the astonishing and surprising as a gift of guidance. Show more
Naturalists Hannah Stitfall and Dom Davies discuss another pick from the Living World archive: Stone Curlews. These are birds of the night with huge yellow eyes and haunting calls. Show more
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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme with Edward Stourton. Show more
Imelda Staunton makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Music as Therapy International Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
On the day of the Canonisation of Cardinal John Henry Newman in Rome, Sunday Worship comes from the Birmingham Oratory he founded. Show more
Margaret Heffernan argues that, in the world of technology, there's nothing inevitable about the future. Show more
Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the goldfinch. Show more
The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
Ed manages to strike a deal and there's a sad goodbye for Eddie Show more
Baroness Arminka Helić, who campaigns to prevent sexual violence in conflict zones, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury she would want if cast away to a desert island. Show more
John Lloyd and Bridget Christie welcome Sarah Kendall, botanist James Wong and biotech entrepreneur Sir Chris Evans. From 2019. Show more
The Food Programme
Joe Wicks: A Life Through Food
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Joe Wicks, or The Body Coach to his 2.8 million Instagram followers, shows Sheila Dillon how he films his 15-second social media recipes. They talk food, fitness and family. Show more
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Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell.
Journey of a Lifetime
Mountains, Mules and my Mum
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Redzi Bernard is this year's winner of the 'Journey of a Lifetime' travel award. She recreates a trek her mother made through the mountains of Ethiopia to the holy city of Lalibela Show more
Kathy Clugston and the panel are in Chesham. Show more
The Listening Project
Sunday Omnibus - The Joy of Belonging
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Fi Glover presents the omnibus edition of the series with three conversations about belonging- about place, about people and about things. Show more
Platonov seems to gain the admiration of all the women he knows. Who will he end up with? Starring David Tennant. Show more
Open Book
Emma Donoghue, Spy Fiction, Harper Lee's Unpublished Novel
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Emma Donoghue discusses her new novel Akin, and as GCHQ turns 100, spy writer Alan Judd and academic Sam Goodman consider the surprising history of the spy fiction genre Show more
Roger McGough is joined by Manchester poet Mike Garry to hear his poetry choices. Show more
File on 4
Can sex offenders and violent criminals be rehabilitated in prison?
37 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Why the Sex Offender Treatment Programme was scrapped. Do other prison rehabilitation schemes for paedophiles and violent criminals work? Show more
The president of Turkey has controversially sent troops into northern Syria. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
13/10/2019 Pentagon announces withdrawal of a thousand US troops from northern Syria
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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America says it's withdrawing a thousand troops from northern Syria amid an intensifying Turkish offensive against Kurdish fighters.
Broadcaster Sheila McClennon makes her pick of the best of this week's BBC Radio. Show more
Emotions run high at Grange Farm and Elizabeth offers a shoulder to cry on Show more
Sofie Hagen studies society’s relationship with fat people, setting an agenda for a better world for all, fat or not. From 2019. Show more
Sudha Bhuchar continues Cynan Jones' timely series set in the very near future. Today: just beyond the city, a woman finds a frail young boy... Show more
The BBC's political correspondent Chris Mason, who is to take over the chair of Any Questions, explains how he will chair the long-running programme in the future. Show more
Last Word
Ginger Baker, Su Beng, John Haylett, Diahann Carroll
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Matthew Bannister on activist Su Beng, drummer Ginger Baker, editor John Haylett and actress Diahann Carroll. Show more
We go undercover to discover how children as young as 13 are being groomed to hand over their bank account details to criminals then used to launder the proceeds of crime. Show more
Imelda Staunton makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Music as Therapy International Show more
By almost any measure of school related performance girls do better than boys. Fewer boys are going to university. Why is this happening and what can be done about it? Show more
Carolyn Quinn hosts political chat with Conservative cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg, Labour frontbencher Jenny Chapman, SNP MP Alison Thewliss and the Sun's Tom Newton Dunn. Show more
Antonia Quirke and Caitlin Benedict go behind the scenes of the London Film Festival. Show more
Revealing access to the creation of Jeremy Deller's £1m Peterloo monument to a defining moment of protest in the UK and one of the most challenging commissions of his career. Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Council estates: Laurie Taylor explores the concept of the 'sink estate' and hears about an in-depth study of a contemporary housing estate. Show more
Bells on Sunday comes from Christ Church, Radyr in Cardiff. Show more
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