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Another age, another violent arrest. US pastor and activist the Rev Dr Tammy Williams on Jesus' arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane and alternatives to gun violence. Show more

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Mark Tully considers Joseph Campbell's exhortation to follow your bliss. He talks to priest and theatre director James Roose-Evans about the wisdom he derives from the mantra. Show more

Brett Westwood relives programmes from the Living World archives. In this episode from 2005 Peter France is in Essex with ecologist Graeme Underwood and the RSPB's Chris Tyas. Show more

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Church closures ordered by the Rwandan government, BBC school reporters interview high-profile religious figures and the discovery of ancient graffiti at a church in Winchester. Show more

Tom Daley makes the Radio 4 Appeal for Sport Relief. Show more

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Actions Speak: A service for the Fifth Sunday in Lent, from First Lisburn Presbyterian Church, led by the Rev John Brackenridge. The preacher is the Rev Cheryl Meban. Show more

A weekly reflection on a topical issue. Kamila Shamsie explores the meaning of the word 'civilisation' through the prism of Indian art. Show more

Andy Clements of the British Trust for Ornithology recalls watching and listening to the excited chatter of pink-footed geese as they fly overhead. Show more

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

Joe makes a shocking admission, and Alistair's world collapses.

Kirsty Young interviews David Byrne, musician, writer and former front man with Talking Heads. Show more

Nicholas Parsons and regular guest Paul Merton challenge Josie Lawrence, Jenny Eclair and Tony Hawks to speak for a minute without hesitation, deviation or repetition. Show more

Dan Saladino talks to Modernist Bread author Nathan Myhrvold about one of the biggest bread research projects ever undertaken, which involved the baking of 36,000 loaves. Show more

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Mishal Husain presents pieces on bank branch closures in rural Scotland, a flag-waving Cornish yomp, cheating in sport, changes to life in the Welsh borders and kitchen worktops. Show more

Eric Robson and the panel are the guests of Hailey and District Gardening Club in Oxfordshire. Answering the questions are Bunny Guinness, Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood. Show more

Fi Glover introduces four conversations exploring the anxieties that parents face and the rewards that they reap. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Emily is trapped within the Castle of Udolpho, powerless to escape. Villainous Gothic tale of dark deeds starring Tracy Wiles. Show more

Crime writer Joseph Knox talks to Mariella Frostrup about his follow-up to his hugely successful debut Sirens. Show more

Roger McGough presents a pot luck of poetry from Byron and Keats to Charles Tomlinson. Show more

Private prison maintenance contracts are under fire amid the collapse of Carillion and concerns about the company Amey. Has outsourcing put prisoners' health and safety at risk? Show more

Margarita Simonyan became head of the Kremlin-funded news channel RT when she was just 25. Mark Coles charts her rise from humble beginnings to the top of Russian media elite. Show more

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Boris Johnson says Britain has evidence that Russia has been stockpiling the nerve agent used in the Salisbury attack.

Anna Foster chooses her highlights of the past seven days of BBC Radio. Adam Buxton gets us beach-body ready plus Helen Chadwick on how inspiring surroundings stretch the mind. Show more

Clarrie fears the worst, while Shula speaks from experience. Show more

Damien confronts his barbecue hatred while Mullaney is sorting his “shoffice”. Stars Miles Jupp and Justin Edwards. From 2014. Show more

The Parable of the Green House, by Jess Walter: Dale hangs around his house and thinking bad things are happening outside develops an obsession. From November 2014. Episode 2 of 3. Show more

Was the BBC slow to report allegations of sexual abuse in Telford? The BBC's News Editor responds to concerns. Plus listeners' least favourite phrases. Show more

Matthew Bannister on cosmologist Stephen Hawking, designer Hubert de Givenchy, columnist Michele Hanson, biologist Sir John Sulston and comedian Ken Dodd. Show more

The higher cost of living alone, how 90,000 people on benefits risk losing their homes as mortgage interest support ends and how a vital pension transfer letter can be hard to get. Show more

Tom Daley makes the Radio 4 Appeal for Sport Relief. Show more

The university sector is under more scrutiny than ever before. Sonia Sodha considers if it is time to rethink what universities are for. Show more

Carolyn Quinn's guests are Labour's Caroline Flint, Conservative George Freeman and George Parker of the FT. They discuss Russia, Brexit and prime ministers through history. Show more

Presented by Francine Stock. Garth Davis on Mary Magdalene, Ruben Ostlund on The Square and archaeologist Paul Duncan McGarrity excavates the history of cinematic tomb raiders. Show more

Mark Tully considers Joseph Campbell's exhortation to follow your bliss. He talks to priest and theatre director James Roose-Evans about the wisdom he derives from the mantra. Show more

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Sociological discussion programme. Racial inequality now. Laurie Taylor asks if it is diminishing. Also, women and political language. Show more

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