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Bells on Sunday
The Swan Bell Tower in Perth in Western Australia.
2 minutes
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Bells on Sunday comes from the Swan Bell Tower in Perth in Western Australia. Show more
The Sinn Féin deputy leader set to become the first nationalist first minister of Northern Ireland. Mark Coles profiles Michelle O’Neill. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
Mark Tully meets a group of adult learners in Oxford with no previous academic qualifications. He discovers the benefits of education later in life for students and for society.
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Anna Louise Claydon visits a smallholding in Suffolk, where the farm is run as it would have been in the 1930s - by hand or by horse. Show more
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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday
The arrest of Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen; The history of black nuns; A Russian Quaker
44 minutes
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The history of black nuns in the United States. How a Russian Quaker in Britain is reaching out with a podcast about the war in Ukraine. The arrest of Cardinal Zen in Hong Kong. Show more
Cricket commentator and former cricketer Mark Nicholas makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Chance to Shine. Show more
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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
A service live from Newcastle Cathedral which celebrates the concept of a city both in a physical sense, and as images in the bible. Show more
Bernardine Evaristo calls for a rethink of 'hackneyed catch-all' vocabulary like 'woke' and 'cancel culture'. Show more
Tweet of the Day
Tara Robinson on the Treecreeper
1 minute
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Theatre director Tara Robinson recalls seeing a treecreeper close up in Spain while she and her partner were relaxing by the pool. Show more
The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
Jill has a brainwave and Tracy faces another barrier. Show more
Desert Island Discs
Bradley Walsh, presenter and actor
36 minutes
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Bradley Walsh, presenter and actor, 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
Neil MacGregor's series on the role and expression of beliefs continues with a focus on our relationship with the dead. Show more
David Mitchell hosts the comedy panel game. Lou Sanders, Ria Lina, Milton Jones and Chris McCausland talk with deliberate inaccuracy on a variety of subjects. Show more
Sheila Dillon hears how Madhur Jaffrey 'paved the way' in food for women of Indian heritage. Including interviews with Asma Khan, Chetna Makan and Romy Gill. Show more
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Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world
Capturing the nation in conversation, in partnership with the British Library, to build a unique picture of our lives today. Presented by Fi Glover. Show more
Kathy Clugston and the panel are in Shropshire. Show more
1922: The Birth of Now
Pirandello's Henry IV and the Idea of Truth
14 minutes
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Henry IV, in Pirandello's play is about a man who believes he is the Holy Roman Emperor, or pretends to. The truth is what he wishes it to be; a position clearly resonant today. Show more
Charles Nicholl investigates the shadow world of the Elizabethan Secret Service - its masters, servants and victims - and how they connect to the killing of Christopher Marlowe. Show more
Johny Pitts discusses neurodiversity in contemporary fiction with Elle McNicoll, Helen Hoang and Sunyi Dean. Plus a literary postcard from Scotland's North West Highlands. Show more
Hannah Hodgson selects poems that sing, including those reflecting on disability and by disabled poets. We hear from Raymond Antrobus, Andrew McMillan and Dorothy Wordsworth. Show more
Reporter Annabel Deas discovers that nearly half of all seriously mentally ill prisoners who need hospital treatment are refused the treatment they need. Show more
The Sinn Féin deputy leader set to become the first nationalist first minister of Northern Ireland. Mark Coles profiles Michelle O’Neill. Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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Six O'Clock News
15/05/2022 Finland and Sweden confirm plans to join NATO
15 minutes
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Finland has formally announced its intention to apply for membership of NATO. In Sweden the ruling Social Democrats said they were abandoning decades of opposition to membership.
The best of BBC Radio this week, chosen by Otegha Uwagba. Show more
Has Pip found a perfect solution? Chelsea gets bossy. Show more
Stand-Up Specials
Lovecraft (Not the Sex Shop in Cardiff)
28 minutes
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This is a comedy-science-music-show about the neuroscience of love and loneliness, last performed live days before the first lockdown in 2020. Show more
Archie Devine wallows in memories of his lost love Nadine while, in the present day, his time spent on radical message boards is bringing him close to some dangerous characters. Show more
Director of the Proms and Radio 3 Controller Alan Davey explains why video game music is being played this year and whether any Russian music or musicians will be taking part. Show more
Last Word
Kathy Boudin, Dennis Waterman (pictured), Sidney Altman, Régine Zylberberg
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister on activist Kathy Boudin, actor Dennis Waterman, biologist Sidney Altman, night club owner Régine Zylberberg. Show more
Money Box
The people using pawnbrokers to pay for food and fuel
26 minutes
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The National Pawnbrokers Association will hold talks with the Financial Conduct Authority next week, to discuss new report findings. Show more
Cricket commentator and former cricketer Mark Nicholas makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Chance to Shine. Show more
Aleks Krotoski asks why only the malicious breed of troll seems to thrive online in the internet of the modern day. Show more
Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
Loose Ends
Stephen K Amos, Joe Alwyn, Claire Goose, Bonnie Wright, Peter Doherty & Frédéric Lo, Charlie Austen, Sara Cox, Anneka Rice
38 minutes
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Anneka Rice and Sara Cox are joined by Stephen K Amos, Joe Alwyn, Claire Goose and Bonnie Wright for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more
Mark Tully meets a group of adult learners in Oxford with no previous academic qualifications. He discovers the benefits of education later in life for students and for society.
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The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
Laurie Taylor explores the history and present of employees behaving badly. How has it changed over the years? Also, bullying and violence amongst elite chefs. Show more
Bells on Sunday
The Swan Bell Tower in Perth in Western Australia.
2 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Bells on Sunday comes from the Swan Bell Tower in Perth in Western Australia. Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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