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Bells on Sunday comes from All Saints Church, East Pennard in Somerset. Show more

From punk rocker to eco warrior – how Feargal Sharkey became the face of the campaign against pollution of the waterways. Show more

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Recent research says that the familiar becomes more important to us in troubled times, Mark Tully asks if familiarity can make us more content. Show more

Nancy Nicolson is on the Hebridean island of Lewis, meeting crofter Donald Macsween. She finds out about crofting in this remote windswept location on the edge of the Atlantic. Show more

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

A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week with Edward Stourton. Show more

Journalist Jackie Ashley makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Carers Worldwide. Show more

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

Live at Glasgow University Chapel with perspectives from the global south and many faiths as the conference continues. Preacher: Rev James Bhagwan, Pacific Conference of Churches. Show more

Sarah Dunant looks at why Italy - that political wild child - is obeying every law in the book when it comes to Covid. Show more

Martin Hughes-Games presents the barnacle goose. Show more

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

Harrison faces a dilemma, and Kirsty is on a mission. Show more

Joanne Harris, writer, 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

Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre argues against the tyranny of positivity, which forms part of a culture of 'performative wellness'. Show more

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John Lloyd and Holly Walsh welcome impressionist Jon Culshaw, comedian Rosie Jones and writer Elisabeth Robinson. From 2021. Show more

Less but better? With the COP26 climate summit underway Dan Saladino looks at how meat and dairy can play a positive role for the future of people and planet. Show more

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

Four conversations on living in the shadow of Cop26, how to make a house share work, the draw of K-pop and the ups and downs of being ginger haired. Fi Glover presents. Show more

Kathy Clugston hosts this week's gardening Q&A. Show more

Lynsey Hanley explores why 32-year-old Danielle still lives with mum Lydia 11 years after graduating. NHS worker Danielle wants to buy a home but has been priced out of her area. Show more

Dramatization of Jane Goodall’s seminal account of her work with the chimpanzees of Gombe, interwoven with a new interview. Dramatised by Sarah Woods and starring Jeany Spark. Show more

The History of Bees by Maja Lunde is set in three different times and three different countries - and each storyline considers the fate of bees, and beekeepers. Show more

What's the line of poetry that will live in your head forever? Vanessa Kisuule tells the stories of poems that speak to us so strongly that we return to them again and again. Show more

Women convicted of attacking or killing abusive partners, or who are coerced into committing crimes, say the criminal justice system isn’t taking their experiences into account. Show more

From punk rocker to eco warrior – how Feargal Sharkey became the face of the campaign against pollution of the waterways. Show more

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But the Environment Secretary, George Eustice, insisted the row was a "storm in a teacup".

Peter Curran chooses the best of BBC audio this week. Show more

A fit of the blues drags down Kirsty while Tony smells a rat. Show more

Stephen Mangan asks his guest Konnie Huq to reveal three guilty secrets inside his virtual confessional box. From 2021. Show more

Stephen Mangan continues a new short story series, set in an Essex village gripped by chess fever when local child prodigy is chosen to play a grandmaster. Today: fathers and sons. Show more

Is the BBC’s journalism impartial? After criticism, the corporation has now produced a ten-point plan to try and improve matters. A BBC Executive Committee member gives his views. Show more

Matthew Bannister on psychiatrist Sir Michael Rutter, film maker Christopher Wenner, campaigner Sister Megan Rice, figure skater Jeanette Altwegg. Show more

Voucher fraud, how a big age gap in your marriage could lead to unexpected cuts in your pensions and why your side hustle could freeze your finances Show more

Journalist Jackie Ashley makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Carers Worldwide. Show more

With labour shortages for HGV drivers, care home and restaurant staff, is power shifting from employers to workers? What will that mean for the economy, asks Philip Coggan. Show more

Carolyn Quinn discusses parliamentary standards with Conservative MP Claire Coutinho, Labour's Fleur Anderson and comedian Matt Forde, plus Telegraph journalist Ben Riley-Smith. Show more

4 Extra Debut. What is the most slipperiest thing in the world? Drs Rutherford and Fry investigate the science of friction. From 2021. Show more

Recent research says that the familiar becomes more important to us in troubled times, Mark Tully asks if familiarity can make us more content. Show more

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The story of pioneering chemist and mountaineer Arlene Blum reveals how experiences in one area of our lives can help us to excel in another, building resilience and bold thinking. Show more

Bells on Sunday comes from All Saints Church, East Pennard in Somerset. Show more

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