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Bells on Sunday
St Andrew’s Church, Hurstbourne Priors in Hampshire.
2 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Bells on Sunday comes from St Andrew’s Church, Hurstbourne Priors in Hampshire. Show more
Mark Coles profiles America’s top immunologist. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand draws upon the work of poets, scientists, theologians and songwriters, all of whom have explored the ways we measure time and its effect on us. Show more
Caz Graham is in Maryport to meet a Cumbrian family fishing business which has weathered the Covid storm and come out the other side more buoyant than ever. Show more
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Sunday
Aretha Franklin influence, 'Conversion therapy' ban, Vaccine refusal among US evangelicals
44 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week with Emily Buchanan. Show more
Charity mentor Joanne Bakare makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of St Giles Trust. Show more
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Sunday Worship
Hail Queen of Heaven - Mass for the Feast of the Assumption
38 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Mass for the Feast of the Assumption live from Salford Cathedral, with the Bishop of Salford, The Right Reverend John Arnold. Show more
Adam Gopnik ponders a new aspect of our era - the principle of 'Absolute Adjacency.' Show more
Michael Palin presents the northern cardinal from a New York's Central Park. Show more
Paddy O'Connell brings live coverage as the Taliban enter Kabul. With a news review by political journalists Calvin Robinson and Stephen Bush, and violinist Tasmin Little. Show more
Alice loses control and the Aldridge family attempt to hold everything together. Show more
An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring three macaw species with Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin. Show more
Kirsty Wark brings together the cast of The Day Today. First broadcast in 1994, this six-part comedy lampooned the bombast of TV news. Show more
Chris Mason and Anita Anand meet some of the listeners who have got in touch with Any Questions and Any Answers. Today, we hear from Lina. Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
David Mitchell gets Lucy Porter, Frankie Boyle, Sally Phillips, and Neil Delamere to lie with some truths. From August 2021. Show more
Dan Saladino finds out how farmers, millers and bakers are reclaiming wheat, flour and bread in Scotland. When flour ran out during the pandemic the project came into its own. Show more
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News with Dharshini David including the latest from Afghanistan, India's Independence Day celebrations and the UK staycation business boom.
Fi Glover presents the nation in conversation. Today: organ transplant recipients Hannah & Sophie; Jude, 11, and Colum, 70, on climate change; and Jake & Amina on working from home Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
GQT at Home: Allotment Plots and Happy Hollyhocks
42 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. Show more
Corin Throsby considers the impact of the Australian poet and activist Judith Wright who campaigned to create the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Show more
One of Ibsen's greatest plays. A classic story of a middle aged man who becomes infatuated with a young woman and uses her energy to revitalise his life. Show more
Open Book
Leïla Slimani, Rachel Cusk's A Life's Work 20 years on with Kate Mosse and Laura Dockrill, Richard Beard
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Chris Power speaks to Leïla Slimani about her new book, The Country of Others, which draws on her family's experiences of French-colonial Morocco following World War Two. Show more
Writer Bridget Minamore explores how poets write about the human body with some of the most dynamic and diverse poets in the UK, in the places where they live and write. Show more
Brexit has been a reality for seven months. Mark Mardell looks at how British business is faring outside the EU. Show more
Mark Coles profiles America’s top immunologist. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
15/08/2021 Taliban enter Afghan capital
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Taliban enter presidential palace in Kabul after Afghan president flees the country
Jude Rogers chooses the best of BBC audio this week. Show more
The Ambridge summer fete descends into chaos and Tracy fails to spot a celebrity in their midst… Show more
How does the pharmaceutical industry name its newest drugs? Could teabag shopping become political? With Roger Allam. From 2020. Show more
Graeme Macrae Burnet’s series concludes as Dr Maeder looks back on Max’s case and ponders the changes his patient has been through. Read by Robin Laing and Alasdair Hankinson. Show more
Listener reaction to Front Row's interview with Sarah, Duchess of York. And outgoing New York correspondent Nick Bryant discusses the BBC's reporting of America, Trump and Biden. Show more
Last Word
Jean 'Binta' Breeze MBE (pictured), Sir Nicholas Goodison, Shaykh Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Joyce Shrubbs
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Matthew bannister on poet Jean 'Binta' Breeze MBE, stockbroker Sir Nicholas Goodison, Muslim teacher Abdalqadir as-Sufi, military observer Joyce Shrubbs. Show more
In a new four-part series, Felicity Hannah meets households, businesses and local councils to ask, who are the financial winners and losers of the pandemic? Show more
Charity mentor Joanne Bakare makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of St Giles Trust. Show more
Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. Show more
Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
Alvin Rakoff on Sean Connery, Peter Sellers and many others. Show more
Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand draws upon the work of poets, scientists, theologians and songwriters, all of whom have explored the ways we measure time and its effect on us. Show more
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
Matthew Syed considers his own downfall as he flies perilously close to becoming a big head. He explores the line between overconfidence and useful pride. Show more
Bells on Sunday
St Andrew’s Church, Hurstbourne Priors in Hampshire.
2 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Bells on Sunday comes from St Andrew’s Church, Hurstbourne Priors in Hampshire. Show more
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