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Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St. Thomas the Martyr in Oxford. Show more

Liverpudlian Steve Rotheram left school at 16 to became a bricklaying apprentice. Today, as metro mayor, he’s steering the city region through the latest coronavirus lockdown. Show more

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Writer and broadcaster Hazhir Teimourian asks if youth, as with spring and summer, is overrated, drawing on the words of sages and poets from the most ancient times to our own era. Show more

Singer JB Gill meets the riders of the Ebony Horse Club, a stable tucked under the railway arches in the heart of Brixton. Show more

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Edward Stourton takes a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week. Show more

Paterson Joseph makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Minority Rights Group International. Show more

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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.

A celebration of the eucharist, live from Croydon Minster, on the Feast of St Luke, patron saint of physicians. The preacher is Bishop Precious Omuku. Show more

Adam Gopnik reflects on the appearance of Jupiter over Manhattan... and how its presence sums up the spirit of this extraordinary year. Show more

Liz Bonnin presents the raucous calling sulphur-crested cockatoo from Australia. Show more

The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell

Philip hatches a plan and Ruth tries to keep things low key. Show more

An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring knot and the sounds of the mudflat with Sir David Attenborough, Martin Hughes-Games and Kathy Hinde. Show more

Professor Averil Mansfield, chooses the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would want to take with her if cast away on a desert island. With Lauren Laverne Show more

Award-winning poet and broadcaster Daljit Nagra takes stories from the Ramayana into his community to ask whether Rama and Sita have any relevance as a model of marriage for today. Show more

John Lloyd and Alice Levine welcome comedian Hannah Gadsby, entomologist Dr Sarah Beynon and presenter Ade Adepitan. From 2021. Show more

This year’s autumn run of Jewish holy days has been like no other; but even with coronavirus restrictions in place, food and community have remained at the heart of celebrations... Show more

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Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell.

Capturing the nation in conversation to build a unique picture of our lives today as we adjust to the 'new normal' and preserve it for future generations. Presented by Fi Glover. Show more

Kathy Clugston chairs this week's gardening show with a panel of experts. Show more

Sean Bean presents a series exploring the ways that wartime experiences have filtered down through the generations. Today, reflections on the legacy of the Bengal Famine. Show more

USA is an epic saga by John Dos Passos, following the interwoven storylines of a fascinating group of disparate characters at the beginning of the 20th century. Show more

Programme looking at new fiction and non-fiction books, talking to authors and publishers and unearthing lost classics

Crime novelist Mark Billingham believes country singer Hank Williams retained his artistic integrity amid huge commercial success. But how did he pull off the trick? Show more

Following questions about alleged sweat-shop labour within Leicester's garment factories, File on 4 has now uncovered a cash laundering scheme - aimed at defrauding the taxman. Show more

Liverpudlian Steve Rotheram left school at 16 to became a bricklaying apprentice. Today, as metro mayor, he’s steering the city region through the latest coronavirus lockdown. Show more

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Manchester's mayor says the spread of the coronavirus there is being exaggerated by Number Ten, as the region continues resist tighter restrictions.

The singer-songwriter Sean Cooney chooses the best of BBC audio this week. Show more

Eleanor Peck gives Heawood insight into the dark and disturbing world he and Kennedy have been drawn into. With Jana Carpenter. Show more

Julie has a bone to pick with Danno and Andy’s finally met a woman – but she’s not all she seems. Stars Johnny Vegas. From 2018. Show more

Ronke Adékoluejo reads the next in Daisy Johnson's series of deliciously unsettling ghost stories. Today: a young cleaner at The Hotel wonders if she'll ever escape its pull... Show more

The BBC’s Medical Editor Fergus Walsh is once more reporting from the Covid front line, Roger Bolton asks him what lessons he has learned from covering the first wave. Show more

Matthew Bannister on poet Derek Mahon, physiologist Gerta Vrbová, mountaineer Ang Rita Sherpa, voice coach Helena Shenel. Show more

Major problems getting a National Insurance number, what negative interest rates could mean for your finances, and the terminal illness policy that hasn't paid out. Show more

Paterson Joseph makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Minority Rights Group International. Show more

Rosie Campbell assesses the relationship between Conservative leaders and their MPs. Is back-bench discontent the norm for Tory leaders, or is something else going on? Show more

Carolyn Quinn's guests are former Cabinet minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Labour frontbencher Emily Thornberry and former minister Alistair Burt - plus George Parker from the FT. Show more

On set with Romola Garai. Antonia Quirke finds out why Romola wanted to make her directorial debut with a horror movie, Amulet. Show more

Writer and broadcaster Hazhir Teimourian asks if youth, as with spring and summer, is overrated, drawing on the words of sages and poets from the most ancient times to our own era. Show more

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Revolution: Laurie Taylor asks if all radical upheavals in the social and political order must inevitably end in tragedy and disappointment. Show more

Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St. Thomas the Martyr in Oxford. Show more

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