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Bells on Sunday
The parish church of St Nicholas Halewood in Merseyside.
2 minutes
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Bells on Sunday comes from the parish church of St Nicholas Halewood in Merseyside. Show more
Food writer and campaigner, whose blog about being a single mum on benefits led to her writing best-selling recipe books for those struggling to get by Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
Mark Tully asks what gives us courage to do what we ought to when things go against us. How do we decide what we should stand up for, and how do we cope if we fail to do so? Show more
Richard Baynes meets the people hoping to strike lucky with a new seaweed farm off the Isle of Skye on Scotland’s north-west coast. Show more
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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday
'Replacement theory' and Christian nationalism in the US; the Sufi Muslim pacifist who turned British resistance agent
44 minutes
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'Replacement theory' and Christian nationalism in the US, the Sufi Muslim pacifist who turned British resistance agent and a jazz version of Canticle of the Sun. Show more
Music broadcaster Clemency Burton-Hill makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Live Music Now. Show more
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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday Worship
"My delight to learn or to teach or to write..."
38 minutes
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Commemorating the greatest of all Anglo-Saxon scholars, the Venerable Bede. Show more
Michael Morpurgo says he finds the government’s current response to the refugee crisis ‘shaming’. Show more
Tweet of the Day
Fyfe Dangerfield on the Guillemot
1 minute
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Musician Fyfe Dangerfield tells the story of an inspirational trip to the 'birdland' of the Farne Islands where a seabird inspired the name for the band that made him famous. Show more
Broadcasting House
Paddy O'Connell with the latest; will the Sue Gray report topple the PM? And solutions for bad football fan behaviour.
1 hour
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The Sunday morning magazine programme with a fresh approach to the news and discussion about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell. Show more
Mia needs to clear the air, and Brian’s looking out for his family. Show more
Ellie Simmonds, swimmer, 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
Neil MacGregor focuses on the protection of the newly-born and their mothers, including St Margaret, patron saint of childbirth, and the role of protective omamori in Japan. Show more
Sue Perkins challenges Paul Merton, Pippa Evans, Tony Hawks and Suzi Ruffell to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation. Show more
The Food Programme
Consider the Axe: Food, farming and the wonders of Stonehenge.
29 minutes
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Dan Saladino and blacksmith Alex Pole explain how our food has been influenced by metals.
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Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world
Fi Glover presents four conversations between strangers on surviving horror, the rights and wrongs of horse racing, second homes and the possibility of there being an afterlife. Show more
Kathy Clugston and the panel are at Wellcome Collection, London. Show more
1922: The Birth of Now
Einstein, relativity, time, and indigenous Australian modernism
14 minutes
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In 1922, Albert Einstein wins the Nobel Prize and Easy Lessons in Einstein is published. Time is shown to be relative - as it is in the indigenous Australian experience. Show more
A woman’s story of love, loss and resistance in the Spanish Civil War adapted from the classic Catalan novel written in exile from Franco’s dictatorship. Starring Maxine Peake. Show more
Open Book
Atticus Lish, Jean Rhys, Maggie Shipstead
28 minutes
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Chris Power talks to Atticus Lish about his new novel The War for Gloria. Plus revisiting Jean Rhys with Miranda Seymour and Jo Hamya. Show more
The writer Colm Tóibín joins Roger McGough to share some favourite poems and discuss his poetry collection Vinegar Hill. Show more
By following the families fleeing conflict, and those in the UK trying to help, File on 4 examines the challenges being faced by the UK’s ‘Homes for Ukraine’ scheme. Show more
Food writer and campaigner, whose blog about being a single mum on benefits led to her writing best-selling recipe books for those struggling to get by Show more
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Six O'Clock News
22/05/2022 The energy supplier, E.ON has warned that up to 40 per cent of its customers could face fuel poverty in October
15 minutes
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One of Britain's biggest energy suppliers, E.ON has warned that up to 40 per cent of its customers could face fuel poverty in October
The best of BBC Radio this week, chosen by Christian Fraser. Show more
Alice shares an uncomfortable truth, and Tracy is well and truly stuck. Show more
In his first stand-up special on Radio 4, comedian Don Biswas tells us how being diagnosed with a range of mental-health conditions has shaped his outlook on life and politics. Show more
Archie is determined to track down first love, Nadine, in spite of the misgivings of his housemate Paulie, who remembers how the romance ended.
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How does the BBC’s defence correspondent tell fact from propaganda during the Russian Ukrainian conflict? Jonathan Beale answers listeners’ questions. Show more
Last Word
Shireen Abu Akleh, Robert Gillmor, Leonid Kravchuk (pictured), Carrie White
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister on journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, artist Robert Gillmor, Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk and hairdresser Carrie White. Show more
Money Box
How new rules might affect your energy bills
29 minutes
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How Ofgem plans to reduce the risk of energy suppliers going bust and what that could mean for your billls. Show more
Music broadcaster Clemency Burton-Hill makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Live Music Now. Show more
Searching for treasure, it’s what drives us although we might nor be looking for literal gold. Offline and on what does it look like and how do we find it? And is it ever cursed? Show more
Carolyn Quinn looks ahead to the Sue Gray report with Conservative MP Laura Farris, Labour's Helen Hayes, former senior civil servant Philip Rycroft and journalist Jason Groves. Show more
Loose Ends
Katherine Parkinson, Jess Phillips, Raven Smith, Melissa Johns, SOAK, Leyla McCalla, YolanDa Brown, Clive Anderson
36 minutes
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Clive Anderson and YolanDa Brown are joined by Katherine Parkinson, Jess Phillips, Melissa Johns and Raven Smith for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more
Mark Tully asks what gives us courage to do what we ought to when things go against us. How do we decide what we should stand up for, and how do we cope if we fail to do so? Show more
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
Covid: Laurie Taylor explores the political economy of the pandemic and its impact on our working and home lives. Show more
Bells on Sunday
The parish church of St Nicholas Halewood in Merseyside.
2 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Bells on Sunday comes from the parish church of St Nicholas Halewood in Merseyside. Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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