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This week's Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St John the Baptist, Burford in Oxfordshire Show more

Adam Kay is a TV writer, author and comedian who previously worked as a doctor. He's famous for using his medical experiences to highlight the pressures of working in the NHS. Show more

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Mike Wooldridge asks what drives fundamentalism and rigid religious orthodoxy and what is the connection between unbending belief and behaviour? Show more

Charlotte Smith and Lucy Speed are judging the Farming for the Future category of the BBC Food and Farming Awards. In this programme, they visit the second of three finalists. 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

Historian and writer David Olusoga makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Unseen. Show more

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Join the congregation and choir of St Mary's Warwick for their harvest festival thanking God for his goodness across another year. Show more

Will Self on why - for the past eight weeks - he's lived an almost entirely news-free existence. Show more

Martin Hughes-Games presents the bar-tailed godwit. Show more

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

Chaos reigns at Grey Gables, and Alan makes a shocking discovery. Show more

Dame Donna Langley, film studio executive, 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

Quizzer and comedian Paul Sinha tests Brighton on some themed rounds, and gets tested in return on white horses and third bails. Show more

Dan Saladino finds out what happened to people who embarked on a wild food adventure, including an Arctic explorer and a group of British foragers. Are there lessons for us all? Show more

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Israel's former PM Ehud Barak and Hamas's Mohammed Nazzal on how the conflict may unfold.

Can banana plants survive cold winters? How do I get my Aeonium Schwarzkopfs to branch? What’s the difference between a cold frame and greenhouse? Show more

John Yorke explores the great Hindu epic that is one of the world’s most significant works of storytelling and religious teaching. Show more

The epic saga continues as Yash and Padma arrive in Manchester to begin their four year exile and find themselves immigrant outsiders with no money or power to insulate themselves. Show more

Chris Power talks to Daniel Mason about his new novel, North Woods, set across 200 years in New England, and Howard Jacobson reveals the lure and the challenges of Substack. Show more

In the second episode, Soweto looks at music's wider impact and how creative skills are useful in all walks of life. Show more

Europe’s largest local authority is facing financial meltdown. For File on 4, Adrian Goldberg investigates what’s brought Birmingham to its knees. Show more

Adam Kay is a TV writer, author and comedian who previously worked as a doctor. He's famous for using his medical experiences to highlight the pressures of working in the NHS. Show more

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Israel's PM has told his emergency cabinet that his forces are ready "at any moment" to demolish Hamas. Gaza doctors have warned of an impending "public health catastrophe"

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Stuart Maconie chooses audio highlights from the past week. Show more

Clarrie finds herself in the spotlight, and Lee stands accused. Show more

A current affairs parody and stupidly feasible visit to the 24-hour Hall of Opinion Mirrors. With Alexandra Palisades. Show more

Joss, a former drama student turned activist, has one last stunt planned to save the hill that the locals inexplicably insist is actually a mountain. Read by Aoibhéann McCann. Show more

Andrea Catherwood discusses the BBC's coverage of events in Israel and Gaza with the director of News Content. And two younger listeners give their take on the Today podcast. Show more

Kirsty Lang on scientist Kirsty Smitten, architect Beverly Willis, entrepreneur Tony Wade and singer Katherine Anderson. Show more

One of the UK's biggest energy suppliers reacts to the latest figures showing energy debt reached £2.6 billion in the summer. Show more

Historian and writer David Olusoga makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Unseen. Show more

Clive Anderson is joined by Cecelia Ahern, Nicholas McCarthy, Declan Lawn and Alan Patterson and Jordan Adetunji for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more

Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.

Michael Buerk chairs a live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. With panellists: Giles Fraser, Mona Siddiqui, Tim Stanley and Sonia Sodha. Show more

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Laurie Taylor explores the changing nature of our relationship to companion animals and goes on a dog walk. Show more

This week's Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St John the Baptist, Burford in Oxfordshire Show more

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