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The distinctive and divisive Leader of the House of Commons, who some call the honourable member for the 18th century. Show more
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Starting with Al-Jahiz's 9th century "Book of Misers", Mark Tully looks at one of our old vices and asks whether it can ever bring positive results. Show more
Richard Baynes finds out how the people of a rugged, mountainous estate in Argyll take on the work of deer management, tree-planting and farming. Show more
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Sunday
Rumi: The Musical, Asylum seeker conversions, Mother-and-baby homes in Northern Ireland
44 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Emily Buchanan looks at the ethical and religious issues of the week. Show more
Presenter Charlotte Smith makes the BBC Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Children in Need. Show more
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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Baptist minister the Rev Richard LIttledale seeks out the heart of the Winter Garden, and finds it to be a ‘thin’ place, where hope and faith may be found in the short, cold days. Show more
AL Kennedy on how our 'emotional thermostat' has got turned up far too high. Show more
Chris Packham presents the whooper swan. Show more
News with Paddy O'Connell including including residents who moved for the cancelled HS2 line. Reviewing the news coverage - Amanda Owen, Patrick Kidd and Jo Tanner. Show more
Elizabeth comes bearing gifts while Fallon is left reeling. Show more
Desert Island Discs
Carl Hester, dressage rider
35 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Carl Hester, equestrian rider, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would want with him if cast away on a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more
Helena Goodwyn interrogates the near universal practice of giving children their father’s - not their mother’s - surname. She and her husband plan to go against the trend. Show more
John Lloyd and Holly Walsh welcome comedian Catherine Bohart, author Elizabeth Day and Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson. From 2021. Show more
Sheila Dillon, Dan Saladino, Jaega Wise and Leyla Kazim discuss their favourite food and drink titles from this year. Show more
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Jonny Dymond looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world.
The Listening Project
Changing Hearts and Minds
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Kofi Smiles presents three conversations on climate change, change of faith, and surrogacy. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
Becontree Estate: Postbag Edition
42 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Peter Gibbs and the panel are at Becontree Estate answering your gardening questions. Show more
A Home of Our Own
Black's Gate Crescent, Belfast
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Lynsey Hanley visits 28-year-old Katrina who's just moved into her brand new house in west Belfast, an affordable home built on a brownfield site. Show more
Sid Sagar and Henry Goodman star in Isaac Bashevis Singer’s warm-hearted comic romance, about a shtetl Adrian Mole looking for love in jazz age Warsaw. Show more
Open Book
Teaching teenagers with J J Bola; cutting the environmental footprint of books
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Johny Pitts talks to JJ Bola about his novel The Selfless Act of Breathing, a story of millennial angst told through the eyes of a young teacher. Show more
The Language Exchange is a place where poets and scientists meet to share language and ideas and create new work. This week Liz Berry meets Buzz Baum. Show more
Melanie Abbott investigates why thousands of police officers have not yet been re-vetted to new standards brought in 15 years ago. Show more
The distinctive and divisive Leader of the House of Commons, who some call the honourable member for the 18th century. Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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Six O'Clock News
21/11/2021 Nothing "off the table" for dealing with migrants crossing Channel.
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
A Conservative MP has warned that the increase in migrants arriving from France on small boats "looks like state failure".
Mobeen Azhar chooses the best of BBC audio this week. Show more
It’s a big day for Eddie and Clarrie, and Oliver steps up to the mark. Show more
Joe Lycett tests Tony Hawks, Rachel Riley and Desiree Burch on how well they know their nearest and dearest. Show more
The next story in a new series set in what might seem like an everyday Essex village, but is anything but. Today: in 'The Rook', the chess tutor finds herself under suspicion... Show more
Presenter Dan Saladino defends Radio 4’s The Food Programme from an accusation of bias in a programme looking at the impact of meat production on climate change. Show more
Last Word
Aaron Beck, Joan Carlyle (pictured), Etel Adnan, Anne Bradford
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Kirsty Lang on eminent psychiatrist Aaron Beck, principal soprano Joan Carlyle, writer Etel Adnan and crossword solver Anne Bradford. Show more
The influencers giving financial advice on TikTok, how to explain inflation to young people experiencing it for the first time and is it time to raise the limit on Lifetime ISAs? Show more
Presenter Charlotte Smith makes the BBC Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Children in Need. Show more
Michael Blastland examines how methods can be inspired, flawed or both as he tells the ongoing story of how science has been trying to get better at finding things out. Show more
Carolyn Quinn hosts political discussion with Conservative MP Danny Kruger, Labour frontbencher Conor McGinn, expert on government Bronwen Maddox, and journalist Kate Proctor. Show more
How statistical evidence is changing the way we think about the world around us. Professor Steven Pinker is joined by Sabermetrician Sig Mejdal and Professor Ellen Peters. Show more
Starting with Al-Jahiz's 9th century "Book of Misers", Mark Tully looks at one of our old vices and asks whether it can ever bring positive results. Show more
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Matthew Syed pulls the plug on unhelpful myths about success, with a story that asks us to define our own version of success. Show more
Bells on Sunday comes from St Mark’s Church in Swindon Show more
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