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Bells on Sunday comes from the Parish Church of Holy Trinity, St Austell in Cornwall. Show more

Olivia Colman, the Oscar-winning actor. Stephen Smith charts her career from a school nativity play at the age of four to her latest role as Mrs Scrubbit in the film Wonka. Show more

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Mark Tully considers the most fertile conditions for creativity - in the arts, in nature and in the spiritual life. Show more

From engaging funny figures to sentinels of change Penguins have entertained us and taught us life lessons. Show more

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Supplies running low for Christians sheltering in two churches in Gaza City. Also on the programme, what do Jewish and Islamic theology have to say about the ethics of war? Show more

Gardeners' World presenter Toby Buckland makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Ripple Effect. Show more

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Canon Edwin Counsell leads a service marking the Second Sunday of Advent from St Cadoc’s Church in Llancarfan, South Wales, reflecting on the theme of 'Deliver us from evil'. Show more

John Gray on why regular fits of collective insanity are part of what it means to be human. Show more

Brett Westwood presents the great shearwater. Show more

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Justin goes too far, and the fate of one family is sealed. Show more

Shirley Ballas, head judge on Strictly Come Dancing, 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

A return visit to Leicester for Pippa Evans, Andy Hamilton, Tony Hawks and the Reverend Richard Coles with Jack Dee the reluctant arbiter. Show more

Leyla Kazim speaks to Blue Zones author Dan Buettner about the culinary aspects of his research into five parts of the world where people seem to live longest. Show more

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Sally Tilt and Dr Kerensa Hocken, two forensic psychologists working in prisons, interview people who have committed offences to understand their lives and the causes of crime. Show more

What’s the best way to stop woodlice from hiding under my pots? How can I encourage my hibiscus to flower abundantly? Kathy Clugston and panel answer horticultural questions. Show more

The series that explores books, plays and stories and how they work, John Yorke looks at Manuel Puig’s pioneering prison novel Kiss of the Spiderwoman. Show more

A redemptive love story between two prisoners, the apolitical window dresser Molina and the committed leftist guerrillero Valentin. Show more

Jason Allen-Paisant joins Roger McGough, sharing a selection of listener requested poems, including the words of Caleb Femi, Ted Hughes and Elizabeth Bishop. Show more

How NHS whistleblowers are punished for raising concerns about bad practice and bad practitioners in the NHS. Show more

Olivia Colman, the Oscar-winning actor. Stephen Smith charts her career from a school nativity play at the age of four to her latest role as Mrs Scrubbit in the film Wonka. Show more

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Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick criticises the government's Rwanda asylum plan

Julie Hesmondhalgh chooses audio highlights from the past week.

Lynda proves a friend indeed, and Justin makes the most of his situation. Show more

Award-winning comedian and former award-winning designer Scott Bennett explores our relationship with consumerism and his need to cleanse his life of stuff. Show more

Jess heads to Croydon to begin her quest to find the perfect match for Kev, not knowing he is on a quest of his own - to make her the butt of his jokes - plural. Show more

Andrea Catherwood talks themes and locations from this year's Reith Lectures with this year's lecturer, Professor Ben Ansell, and commissioning editor Hugh Levinson. Show more

Matthew Bannister on singer Shane MacGowan, judge Sandra Day O’Connor, politician Lord Darling and campaigner Joan Jara. Show more

Figures indicate that more people are overpaying their mortgage. How does that work? Show more

Gardeners' World presenter Toby Buckland makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Ripple Effect. Show more

Clive Anderson is joined by Elvis Costello and Conor McPherson, Martin Kemp, Suranne Jones and Michelle McManus for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more

Iain Watson hosts political chat with Conservative MP Tim Loughton, Labour's Thangam Debbonaire, former government adviser Mo Hussein and journalist Rosa Prince. Show more

Professor Ben Ansell's second Reith Lecture where he asks if we in the west have been lulled into a false sense of security about threats from abroad and at home? Show more

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Matthew Syed snuggles down to celebrate a film which began life in former Czechoslovakia and became a must-watch Christmas film across Europe, remaining a tradition to this day. Show more

Bells on Sunday comes from the Parish Church of Holy Trinity, St Austell in Cornwall. Show more

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