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Bells on Sunday comes from the medieval church of St Nicholas, Sandhurst in Kent. Show more
Who is the horse-loving peer now in charge of our public health? Mark Coles hears about Dido Harding's high-flying career, and why some are cynical about her new role. Show more
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Actor Adjoa Andoh explores our need to see our own identities reflected in the culture and environment that envelop us. Show more
How can we make agriculture more diverse? Anna Jones talks food, farming and fellowship on a multi-racial, inter-generational, LGBTQ and straight cooperative farm in New York Show more
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Sunday
Medieval Sacristy revealed; The Good Childhood Report; Climate Change Protest
44 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
William Crawley with a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week. Show more
Broadcaster Kaye Adams makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Home-Start UK. Show more
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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Paul Kerensa leads a service from this year's virtual Greenbelt Festival. Show more
Adam Gopnik argues that - during the pandemic - there's often a very fine line between clever... and stupid. Show more
Liz Bonnin presents the advancing, leaping and queuing male blue manakin of Brazil. Show more
The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
There’s more than one surprise for Ed and disaster strikes for Robert Show more
An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the starling with Joe Acheson, Melissa Harrison and Kitty Macfarlane. Show more
Kirsty Wark reunites the team behind London’s successful bid for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Show more
The Alien Birds Have Landed
The Starling and Blackbird
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Alison Steadman tells the story of how and why the Starling is hated in North America and the Blackbird in New Zealand. Show more
A second show from Gateshead for regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden plus Marcus Brigstocke on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair. Show more
The Food Programme
Sitopia - a land with food at its centre
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
It is the year 2030. After some tumultuous events, Britain has been transformed into Sitopia - a land with food at the centre of every aspect of life. Show more
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Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell.
Steve Punt is on the trail of a Cezanne painting, stolen from the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford whilst the city celebrated the millennium, and not seen since. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
GQT At Home: Episode Twenty-Two
42 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Kathy Clugston hosts this week's gardening panel show. Show more
The Way I See It
Lady Ruth Rogers on Henri Rousseau's The Dream
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Michelin-starred chef Lady Ruth Rogers makes her selection from MoMA's permanent collection, Henri Rousseau's The Dream. Show more
Charity has escaped austere post-war England and is on holiday in the South of France. But an act of kindness towards a lonely young boy finds her embroiled in a deadly plot. Show more
Alex Clark talks to Richard Powers about his new novel, The Overstory. Show more
Tongue and Talk: The Dialect Poets
The Forest of Dean
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for years
Academic Jason Griffiths examines the long literary legacy of his native Forest of Dean and reveals a rich seam of dialect poetry. Show more
Young black professionals like Lucrece Grehoua are used to changing their voice, accent and mannerisms when they enter white-majority spaces. But should they really have to? Show more
Who is the horse-loving peer now in charge of our public health? Mark Coles hears about Dido Harding's high-flying career, and why some are cynical about her new role. Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
The latest weather forecast.
Six O'Clock News
30/08/2020 Belarus protesters defy crackdown
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Tens of thousands of protesters are on the streets of Belarus in defiance of a security crackdown by President Lukashenko
The best of BBC Radio this week with Eunice Olumide. Show more
Heawood and Kennedy are starting to make progress with the Henry Akeley investigation. Or so they think. Stars Barnaby Kay. Show more
Tom's Dad offers some unwanted assistance. The trials and tribulations of the Wrigglesworth clan, with Paul Copley. From 2016. Show more
After volunteering with the bushfire crews, the Baron plans his relaxation in Queensland.
Read by William Gaminara
Written by James Robertson Show more
Questioning claims about a Covid-19 treatment, breast cancer screening, and 18th century sex workers. Show more
Last Word
Dr James Partridge OBE, Sally Jacobs, Angela Buxton, Philip Horniblow OBE
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Julian Worricker on stage designer Sally Jacobs, disability campaigner James Partridge, tennis player Angela Buxton and adventurer Philip Horniblow. Show more
Eavesdrop as a couple open up to a relationship counsellor about their personal finances and feelings. In this episode, can spendaholic Hollie and thrifty Jay find common ground? Show more
Broadcaster Kaye Adams makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Home-Start UK. Show more
Robots and AI have been moving into our workplaces for years. David Baker asks: is the march of the robots going to get louder now that everything seems to be changing? Show more
Carolyn Quinn hosts political chat with the Conservative Chair of the Education Select Committee, Robert Halfon; Shadow Business minister Lucy Powell and Parliament expert Ruth Fox Show more
I Am Spartacus. Francine Stock tells the turbulent backstory of that famous line and how it involved the so-called Hollywood witch-hunt. Show more
Actor Adjoa Andoh explores our need to see our own identities reflected in the culture and environment that envelop us. Show more
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
The Politics of Memorials: Laurie Taylor explores the nature and meaning of commemoration, from Ireland to the Mississippi Delta. Show more
Bells on Sunday comes from the medieval church of St Nicholas, Sandhurst in Kent. Show more
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