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Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Eadburgha in Ebrington, Gloucestershire. Show more

The new Home Secretary, James Cleverly, whose job is to stop small boats from crossing the Channel. Show more

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4

Mark Tully explores the growing conviction that The Enlightenment has sold us a bill of goods. Show more

Sarah Swadling visits one of the world's oldest cider makers for the apple harvest. Show more

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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.

The Church of England is to allow a trial, where special services can be held to bless same-sex couples.
How British Muslims feel about Labour's stance on the war in Gaza. Show more

Charlotte Smith makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Children in Need. Show more

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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the Sunday papers.

A service to mark the 60th anniversary of the deaths, on the same day, of visionary storytellers Aldous Huxley, John F Kennedy and CS Lewis. The preacher is Rowan Williams. Show more

Sarah Dunant argues that - at a time when so much else in the world has been explained away - dreams remain one of the supreme mysteries of being human. Show more

Sir David Attenborough presents the blue bird of paradise from Papua New Guinea. Show more

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

Alice takes a big step, while Helen and Rob reach the end of the line. Show more

Pia Sinha, director of the Prison Reform Trust, shares the eight tracks, books and luxury that she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

Jack Dee hosts a recording of Radio 4's antidote to panel games from the Pavilion Theatre in Bournemouth. Show more

Jimi Famurewa talks to men learning or rediscovering cooking later in life, maybe due to a change of circumstance or loss of a partner, to hear how it's changed their lives. Show more

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Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world

How do cost and race play a part in the future of the US death penalty? Show more

Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. This week from Freshwater on the Isle of Wight, former home of poet and gardening enthusiast Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Show more

John Yorke looks at Sir Thomas Hall Caine’s hugely successful 1894 novel The Manxman, a love story set on the Isle of Man, that is now almost completely forgotten. Show more

A love triangle leaves a woman torn between desire and duty, facing the consequences of betrayal. The Manxman is set on the Isle of Man in the 1890s. Show more

Crime writer Femi Kayode on his new novel, Gaslight. Show more

Matthew Sweet tells the extraordinary story of the hiatus between Doctor Who's cancellation in 1989 and its spectacular revival in 2005. Show more

Mishal Husain is joined by a panel of guests to discuss what happens when the Israel Gaza war ends. Show more

The new Home Secretary, James Cleverly, whose job is to stop small boats from crossing the Channel. Show more

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The Palestinian Red Crescent says 31 premature babies have been evacuated from al Shifa hospital in Gaza.

Felix White chooses audio highlights from the past week. Show more

The Archer family are in shock following the events of last week, and Azra looks to the future. Show more

Hosted by Rosie Jones, this year's final of the BBC New Comedy Awards comes from the Kings Theatre in Glasgow. The heat winners battle it out for the prestigious New Comedy Crown. Show more

'Art consultant' Ludo Abernathy is making his name and and awful lot of money out in E20. But are his methods entirely legit? Tom Hollander continues William Boyd's story series. Show more

The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience

Matthew Bannister on civil servant Peter Betts, mountaineering historian Audrey Salkeld, lawyer Heather Rogers KC and writer Louise Meriwether Show more

A young disabled man was denied access to a high interest savings account by his bank. The number of reported scams involving QR codes nearly quadruples in less than three years. Show more

Charlotte Smith makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Children in Need. Show more

Clive Anderson and Soweto Kinch are joined by Tony Iommi, Emeli Sandé, Steven Knight, Ellie Simmonds and Nathan Queeley-Dennis for an eclectic mix of conversation, music & comedy. Show more

Ben Wright previews the Autumn Statement and asks if the government can save its Rwanda policy - with guests Kit Malthouse, Emily Thornberry, Professor Tim Bale and Paul Waugh. Show more

In a few specific years across the 20th century, the proportion of boys born mysteriously spiked. Hannah Fry follows one researcher’s obsessive quest to find out why. Show more

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Matthew Syed explores how a daughter found connection with her father, who died before she was born, and the profound relationship that can exist despite loss of this kind. Show more

Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Eadburgha in Ebrington, Gloucestershire. Show more

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