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The bells of St Alphege, Solihull, West Midlands.

Chris Bowlby profiles Ralf Hutter, a founding member of the highly influential German electronic band Kraftwerk, who are credited with influencing a host of other musicians. Show more

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Scholar and priest Teresa Morgan examines why music is so often used to communicate the nature of our existence - from the Big Bang to the human genome. Show more

Tiny pens which restrict pigs' movement, called sow stalls, will be partially banned in the EU next year. Sarah Swadling examines how it will change Danish pig farming. Show more

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Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. Show more

Diane Louise Jordan presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Toybox. Show more

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A service from St Alfege Church, Greenwich, near the London Marathon start line, 1,000 years after the martyrdom of Alfege, Archbishop of Canterbury. With the Rev Chris Moody. Show more

Will Self says we should embrace the intellectual challenge of difficult books and art, and value works which are more taxing than our increasingly low-brow popular culture. Show more

Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.

Brian squares up to his opponents and Leonie refuses to listen. Show more

Sue MacGregor reunites five people who helped create a London landmark, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, defying the critics to produce a critical and commercial success. Show more

David Mitchell challenges Marcus Brigstocke, Miles Jupp, Susan Calman and Alan Davies to hide truths in lies. From April 2012. Show more

From barrel aging beer to sourcing intensely bitter hops, Dan Saladino reports on the latest trends in American brewing that are starting to influence British beer styles. Show more

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Misha Glenny explores the rise of Prussia, from Frederick the Great in 1740 to humiliation by Napoleon in 1806, dispelling several myths along the way. Show more

The panel visit a gardening group near Rugeley in Staffordshire for some gardening trouble-shooting. There is also a round-up of this year's National Gardening Week. Show more

Fi Glover presents the series that captures the nation in conversation. Featuring stories from Belfast, Oxfordshire and Humberside. Show more

Debonair Uncle Fred loves his role of 'imposter', especially that of an ageing cupid. Stars Alfred Molina and Patricia Hodge. Show more

Mariella Frostrup talks to award-winning writer Timothy Mo about his new book Pure, his first for over a decade. Show more

Henry Newbolt's iconic Victorian poem - better known to most by its rousing chorus 'play up, play up and play the game!' - is put under the microscope by presenter Peggy Reynolds. Show more

Yasmeen Khan meets activists raising awareness of where the line between flirtation and sexual harassment is crossed, and reports on initiatives to counter blame on the victims. Show more

Chris Bowlby profiles Ralf Hutter, a founding member of the highly influential German electronic band Kraftwerk, who are credited with influencing a host of other musicians. Show more

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Stuart Maconie makes his selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio. Show more

Brian refuses to listen. Meanwhile cricket practice proves to be surprisingly popular. Show more

Camp comic and renowned homosexual Julian Clary reads out extracts from his teenage diaries in public for the first time. With Rufus Hound. From January 2011. Show more

After a painful divorce, a woman heads to Spain hoping to break free from the painful ties that bind. Read by Madeleine Potter. Show more

First of a new series. Investigating the height of North Koreans, the width of police officers and the rate of species extinction. Presented by Tim Harford. Show more

Matthew Bannister on guitarist Bert Weedon, US TV interviewer Mike Wallace, art historian Judy Egerton, Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella and computer pioneer Jack Tramiel. Show more

On Money Box with Paul Lewis: Holiday pay: claims that one of the UK's biggest recruitment agencies is short-changing workers. Also wine investment, PPI and power of attorney. Show more

Diane Louise Jordan presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Toybox. Show more

After 30 years of tearaway economic growth, there are fears that China may be rapidly slowing down, putting great strains on their economic system. Peter Day reports. Show more

Preview of the week's political agenda at Westminster with MPs, experts and commentators. Discussion of the issues politicians are grappling with in the corridors of power.

Iain Martin of the Sunday Telegraph analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories in Westminster and beyond. Show more

Francine Stock with the films of the week, including Emily Blunt on the Hollywood 'chemistry test' and Juliette Binoche on sex and prostitution. Show more

Scholar and priest Teresa Morgan examines why music is so often used to communicate the nature of our existence - from the Big Bang to the human genome. Show more

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Laurie Taylor discusses an ethnography of the lives of crack cocaine users and a study of team spirit in a Cambridge rowing crew. Show more

The bells of St Alphege, Solihull, West Midlands.

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