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Bells on Sunday comes from St Martin’s Church, Desford in Leicester. Show more

Sharon Graham has unexpectedly been elected the first woman leader of Unite, the UK's second largest union. Edward Stourton discovers her route to the top and what makes her tick. Show more

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Poet Michael Symmons Roberts explores the phenomenon of the selfie and its much older relative, the self-portrait, and its aspiration to portray the artist’s inner world. Show more

Charlotte Smith is judging the 'Farming for the Future' category in this year's BBC Food and Farming Awards. In this programme, she visits the first of three finalists. Show more

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British Muslims' views on the prospect of an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The Bishop of Hertford and former prime minister Gordon Brown on vaccine inequity. Rosh Hashanah. Show more

Businesswoman Deborah Meaden presents the BBC Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Restless Development. Show more

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London's Square Mile churches have been working hard to welcome thousands of workers back the nation's historic financial centre. With the Revd Katherine Hedderly. Show more

Sara Wheeler reflects on what Shakespeare can tell us about how food can help calibrate body and soul. Show more

Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the African southern ground hornbill. Show more

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

Lilian is confronted by a ghost from the past, and Alistair struggles with a work-related issue. Show more

Kirsty Wark reunites a group of people involved in the trial of the Mangrove Nine in 1971. Show more

Michael explores the surprising benefits of trading your usual sweet treat for two pieces of dark chocolate a day – helping your heart and your brain. Show more

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David Mitchell asks Sally Phillips, Frankie Boyle, Lucy Porter, and Neil Delamere to lie, with some truths. From August 2021. Show more

From controversial food combinations to legal battles over cake, PR firms are using new ways to get us talking about their brands. Show more

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Jonny Dymond looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world.

Three conversations on reading versus gaming, blindness and being a stay at home parent. Fi Glover presents. Show more

Peter Gibbs hosts this week's horticultural panel show. Show more

Champion freediver Tanya Streeter assesses the influence of underwater explorer and film-maker Jacques Cousteau. Show more

Tanya Moodie, Nicola Coughlan and Ray Fearon star in this dark and scandalously funny French masterpiece, in a brand new version by Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre. Show more

Lissa Evans and James Naughtie discuss Old Baggage, her novel about the women involved in the Suffragette movement and their lives afterwards. Includes questions from listeners. Show more

Actor and writer Catherine Harvey explores the poetry and language of Northern Ireland, asking how the way people speak and write is connected to the place itself. Show more

Unassuming East German scientist turned power politician, Angela Merkel remains an enigma to Katya Adler. She asks what legacy Germany's Chancellor of 16 years leaves behind. Show more

Sharon Graham has unexpectedly been elected the first woman leader of Unite, the UK's second largest union. Edward Stourton discovers her route to the top and what makes her tick. Show more

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Some Tories are worried that National Insurance will go up to pay for reforms in England

Edward Adoo chooses the best of BBC audio this week. Show more

Chris lends an ear to a friend in need and Eddie hatches a cunning plan. Show more

God’s new version of the ten commandments and how credits are now longer than the production. With Lisa Dillon. From 2020. Show more

By Nick Walker. Emerging from the depression that followed the breakdown of her career, Gina feels she must seek out Alyssa. Show more

Has Brexit caused a fall in lorry drivers? Plus policing Extinction Rebellion. Show more

Matthew Bannister on author Jill Murphy, prisoner of war Len Gibson, artist Dame Elizabeth Blackadder, country singer Nanci Griffith. Show more

Man who lost over half a million pounds to Bitcoin fraud, CAB find 10% of Buy Now Pay Later users chased by debt collectors and teacher pension errors costing listener thousands. Show more

Businesswoman Deborah Meaden presents the BBC Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Restless Development. Show more

We catch up with Nick, who had a car accident that left him with a brain injury. He's on a mission - to get his life back. How is that mission going? Show more

Carolyn Quinn previews the return of Parliament with Conservative MP Andrew Griffith, Labour frontbencher Seema Malhotra and the Telegraph's deputy political editor Lucy Fisher. Show more

Maria Djurkovic: how to make a movie in lockdown. Show more

Poet Michael Symmons Roberts explores the phenomenon of the selfie and its much older relative, the self-portrait, and its aspiration to portray the artist’s inner world. Show more

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The changing nature of crime: Laurie Taylor explores the way in which criminal lives and opportunities have evolved over time and the impact of Covid-19 on the illegal economy. Show more

Bells on Sunday comes from St Martin’s Church, Desford in Leicester. Show more

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