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In a programme marking Hanukkah, rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand examines our culture of materialism and abundance, and the prevalent feeling of not having enough. Show more

Nancy Nicolson is on the Isle of Mull in the Hebrides, where she meets the Reade family. Forty years ago they upped sticks from Somerset to move to a derelict farm on the island. Show more

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Church leaders in Africa call for Covid vaccine justice; how a rabbi teamed up with Kim Kardashian to rescue a group of Afghan girls; and a new Bible translation for deaf people. Show more

Education activist Vee Kativhu presents the BBC Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of United World Schools. Show more

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Marking the start of Advent and looking towards St Andrew’s Day from St Andrews University with Rev Dr Donald MacEwan. St Salvator’s Chapel Choir directed by Claire Innes-Hopkins. Show more

Tom Shakespeare ponders the myriad attractions of University Challenge. Show more

Martin Hughes-Games tells the story of the flocks of waders which are drawn to the UK's estuaries. Show more

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

Lynda’s feeling a cut above the rest and Chelsea lends a hand. Show more

Neil Gaiman, writer, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would take with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

Ali Goldsworthy explains why campaigns which succeed by polarising can cause long-term harm. Show more

John Lloyd and Holly Walsh with comic Daliso Chaponda, fire chief Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton and anaesthetist Dr Kevin Fong. From 2021. Show more

The winners of the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2021 are announced at a ceremony at London's Broadcasting House. Show more

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James Naughtie looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world.

Three chats about asylum seekers and homelessness; marriage; and men working in a woman's world. Fi Glover presents. Show more

Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. Show more

Lynsey Hanley speaks to Chris who bought his house for just £1 from Liverpool City Council and explores what his story tells us about the UK's housing crisis. Show more

A stellar cast in this sparkling PG Wodehouse comedy. Edward Bennett as Psmith (the P is silent!) with Susannah Fielding, George Blagden, Patricia Hodge Lisa Dillon, Martin Jarvis. Show more

Elizabeth Strout discusses her new novel, Oh William! which revisits the characters of her Lucy Barton series. Show more

The Language Exchange is a place where poets and scientists meet to share language and ideas and create new work. This week Daljit Nagra meets Erica McAlister Show more

How do you know if you’ve been recruited by a cult? Rachel Stonehouse investigates claims there are up to 2,000 cults currently operating in the UK. Show more

Peppa Pig is “pure genius” according to Boris Johnson, but how does a “Picasso-like hairdryer” become recognisable around the world? Show more

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Officials say the infected individual visited London but has since left the country

Elizabeth Alker chooses the best of BBC audio this week. Show more

Chelsea struggles to keep control and Peggy faces a ghost from the past. Show more

Joe Lycett tests Gyles Brandreth, Sarah Kendall and Phil Wang on how well they know their nearest and dearest. Show more

The next story in a series set in a seemingly ordinary English village, now gripped by chess: Today: in 'Check', has Matthew spotted the culprit behind the strange acts of misrule? Show more

World at One's Editor responds to listeners’ criticisms about carrying a long interview with one of the brothers of Ghislaine Maxwell. Show more

Matthew Bannister on ornithologist Ian Wallace, partisan Rossana Banti, model Ivy Nicholson, guide Cedric Robinson MBE. Show more

Money Box wins back £145,000 for a fraud victim, DWP problems with identity theft and would you borrow half the deposit to buy a home if it meant losing half the profit when you sell? Show more

Education activist Vee Kativhu presents the BBC Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of United World Schools. Show more

Ben Wright asks whether a privileged education is under threat. Show more

Carolyn Quinn hosts political chat with former Cabinet minister Damian Green, Labour frontbencher Stephen Kinnock, the SNP's Kirsten Oswald and Telegraph journalist Lucy Fisher. Show more

Why looking for patterns in the random kaleidoscope of everyday experiences can be dangerous. Professor Steven Pinker’s guide to thinking better. Show more

In a programme marking Hanukkah, rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand examines our culture of materialism and abundance, and the prevalent feeling of not having enough. Show more

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Matthew Syed makes an appointment with a pioneering surgeon who, on an August night in the 80s, kickstarted a revolution in microsurgery using a centuries old medical remedy. Show more

Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Lawrence Jewry, in London Show more

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