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Bells on Sunday
St. Peter’s in Curdridge in Hampshire
2 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Bells on Sunday comes from St. Peter’s in Curdridge in Hampshire. Show more
Mark Coles profiles the talented and determined scientist leading the Oxford University vaccine team, Professor Sarah Gilbert. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
Actor Felicity Finch reflects on a life of dance and dance-like movement in everyday life. Show more
Peter Hadfield meets an Australian winemaker who turned a disastrous fire season to her advantage. Show more
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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday
Bishop Michael Curry; Sudan; Westminster Abbey Financial Crisis
44 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week with William Crawley. Show more
Sandi Toksvig makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Five Talents. Show more
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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
A service preparing for a "Virtually Keswick" Convention. The theme is hope – at this time of great uncertainty, in the midst of a global pandemic, there is hope in Jesus Christ. Show more
Rebecca Stott tells the remarkable story of 536 AD - the year the sun 'disappeared' and the devastating pandemic that followed. Show more
Kate Humble presents the willow warbler. Show more
News with Paddy O'Connell including what it's now like to visit a loved one in a care home. Reviewing the news coverage: Joan Bakewell, Tanni Grey-Thompson and John Sergeant. Show more
Alice’s big decision causes ructions and Ed’s past returns to haunt him. Show more
An Extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the Yellowhammer with Steve Backshall, James Henry and Tiffany Francis Show more
Desert Island Discs
Sharon Horgan, writer, actor, producer
36 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Sharon Horgan, writer, actor and producer, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more
Janet Ellis examines our love affair with the polka-dot and what it says about us. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
David Mitchell gets Lucy Porter, Sean Lock, Zoe Lyons, Jack Dee to lie with some truths. From July 2020. Show more
The Food Programme
Julian Metcalfe: A Life Through Food
29 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Sheila Dillon talks to the man behind game-changing food retail concepts Pret A Manger and itsu about what it takes to be successful and what the future holds for fast food brands. Show more
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Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell.
Capturing the nation in conversation as we emerge from lockdown - to build a unique picture of our lives today and preserve it for future generations. Kofi Smiles presents. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
GQT At Home: Episode Seventeen
42 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Kathy Clugston hosts this week's horticultural panel show. Show more
The Way I See It
Es Devlin on Felix Gonzalez-Torres's Perfect Lovers
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Radio 3 presents a radiophonic art exhibition, as 30 of the world’s most creative minds choose their favourite work from the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Ep 12 Es Devlin. Show more
Neil Bartlett's adaptation of The Plague focuses the story on five characters, using only words contained in the novel. Show more
Open Book
Kate Grenville, Beryl Bainbridge, Narrative Voices
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Sara Collins talks to Kate Grenville about her latest novel A Room Made of Leaves, a fictional memoir of a real woman, early Australian settler Elizabeth Macarthur. Show more
Poet Zeina Hashem Beck explores poetry that sings in 'dark times'. With Naomi Shihab Nye, Tishani Doshi and Ross Gay. Show more
Kamal Ahmed tells the story of how money and trade have been at the heart of Islam from its very beginning. What lessons can western capitalism draw from this? Show more
Mark Coles profiles the talented and determined scientist leading the Oxford University vaccine team, Professor Sarah Gilbert. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
26/07/2020 Government defends Spain travel quarantine
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Foreign Secretary says he won't apologise for quarantine on travellers to UK from Spain
The best of BBC Radio this week with Liz Barclay. Show more
The big moment finally arrives. Will Thomas win or lose the biggest cash prize ever offered on Indian TV? Stars Anand Tiwari. Show more
An emergency landing leads to First Officer Douglas getting the shammy out. Stars Benedict Cumberbatch. From August 2009. Show more
The Best-Thumbed Parts Of Her Novel by Robert Shearman. A writer is losing her way, and losing the words from her previous novels. Show more
Sarah Sands, the outgoing Editor of Today on Radio 4, is heading off to a monastery on a retreat. Has her three year tenure driven her to seek silence and solitude? Show more
Last Word
John Lewis, Tony Elliott CBE, Wendy Cooling, Dr Alan Howard
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Matthew Bannister on civil rights campaigner John Lewis, publisher Tony Elliott, educationalist Wendy Cooling and nutritionist Alan Howard. Show more
Money Box
'Forced' back to work with no childcare
35 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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The parents returning to work but have nowhere for their children to go, car finance customers 'stuck' with their vehicles and a recording of a fraud in progress. Show more
Sandi Toksvig makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Five Talents. Show more
Why did the Government's top advisors think the public would suffer from “behavioural fatigue” if we locked down too early and what’s the evidence supporting it? Show more
Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
Film producer Luc Roeg talks about his only acting role, as a seven-year-old boy alongside Jenny Agutter in Walkabout. Presented by Antonia Quirke. Show more
Actor Felicity Finch reflects on a life of dance and dance-like movement in everyday life. Show more
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
Push Buttons: Laurie Taylor explores pleasure, panic and the politics of pushing. Show more
Bells on Sunday
St. Peter’s in Curdridge in Hampshire
2 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Bells on Sunday comes from St. Peter’s in Curdridge in Hampshire. Show more
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