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Bells on Sunday
St Mary le Ghyll Church in Barnoldswick
2 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Bells on Sunday comes from St Mary le Ghyll Church in Barnoldswick. Show more
Sonita Alleyne is the first black woman to lead an Oxbridge college. Show more
The latest national and international news headlines.
Theologian Jane Williams examines the relationship between learning and language and the tension between what the heart knows and what we can articulate. Show more
On Your Farm
The 2019 Future Food Award finalists
22 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
BBC Food and Farming Awards judges Donald Sloane and William Kendall visit the three finalists in the Farming Today Future Food category for 2019. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday
Cricket in Afghanistan; Military Chaplains; Grenfell legacy
44 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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William Crawley presents Sunday morning religious news and current affairs. Show more
Singer-Songwriter Michael Kiwanuka makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Kids Club Kampala. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
A service from Portsmouth Cathedral to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Show more
Val McDermid argues that - at a time when public discourse is so polarised - it's vital to keep our public libraries open. Show more
Nature writer Mark Cocker recalls seeing twite feeding between the goalposts at his school in Derbyshire, however twite and its trilling song are a rare sound today in the uplands. Show more
News with Paddy O'Connell including what can be achieved during President Trump's UK visit. Reviewing the Sunday news coverage Claire Fox MEP, Oliver Kamm and Janet Ellis. Show more
Jim tries to get to the truth, and the bunting trickster is revealed. Show more
Lubaina Himid, Turner Prize-winning artist, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury she'd want to take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more
Tony Hawks, Cariad Lloyd, Zoe Lyons and Paul Merton join Nicholas Parsons for the panel game where the challenge is to speak without repetition, hesitation or deviation. Show more
The Food Programme
Faith, Fasting and Feasting – A Ramadan Special
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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In Ramadan, Yasmin Khan joins thousands in Bristol to share a giant Iftar in the street. She speaks to Tez Ilyas and about the everyday significance of food and fasting in 2019. Show more
The latest weather forecast
Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell.
Dr Humera Iqbal explores the unique lives and experiences faced by British teenagers and children whose parents do not speak English. Show more
Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural panel show from Tyneside. Show more
The Listening Project
Sunday Omnibus - Friendship, Cultural Differences and Support
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Three conversations on the value of friendship, cultural differences and support. Fi Glover presents. Show more
Starring Ellie White as Becky and Al Murray as the narrator William Makepeace Thackeray, his direct ancestor. Show more
David Szalay discusses his novel All That Man Is with James Naughtie. The book tells the stories of nine men from across Europe, who are all at different stages of their lives. Show more
Poet and novelist Katie Hale explores the legacy of early dialect poets in her native county of Cumbria, to discover if dialect poetry is a way of expressing local identity. Show more
An investigation into what's really happening to the recycling we send overseas. Show more
Sonita Alleyne is the first black woman to lead an Oxbridge college. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
Six O'Clock News
02/06/2019 Trump promised warm welcome
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Jeremy Hunt guarantees Donald Trump a warm welcome in the UK despite his interventions in British politics.
Comedian Jake Yapp makes his pick of the best of BBC Radio. Show more
Lynda is faced with an unexpected challenge and Harrison attempts to nail the bunting thief. Show more
New Comedy Award finalist Jacob Hawley on living in Brexit Britain, a working class man from a leave voting town. From 2019. Show more
Every week, Tessa puts on her circle skirt and sets off for the jive lesson at the Pink Lemon. Maybe one day she won't give up half way and turn back. By Bethan Roberts. Show more
What does it mean to say that the UK is the fifth largest economy in the world? Plus, how to answer multiple choice questions. Show more
Last Word
Professor Murray Gell-Mann, Nan Winton, James McCord, Gregory Gray
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Matthew Bannister on physicist Murray Gell-Mann, newsreader Nan Winton, CIA agent James McCord and singer Gregory Gray. Show more
A ban on lettings fees comes into force, spotting the signs of elderly financial abuse, TSB's fraud guarantee and hopes of retrospective redress for fraud victims. Show more
Singer-Songwriter Michael Kiwanuka makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Kids Club Kampala. Show more
Analysis
Love Island, dating apps and the politics of desire
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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The way we find love is changing. Shahidha Bari examines the shifting landscape of modern love and looks at the age-old question: what does Love Island tell us about love? Show more
Alex Forsyth hosts political conversation with Conservative MP Robert Halfon, Labour's Catherine West, Bronwen Maddox from the Institute for Government and FT journalist Seb Payne. Show more
The Film Programme
Moving Image: Paul Franklin on Alien
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Francine Stock talks to visual effects artist Paul Franklin about the ways in which Ridley Scott's 1979 film Alien influenced his Oscar-winning work on Inception and Interstellar. Show more
From Sensuality to Puritanism: How Muslim Cultures turned Grey
The vibrancy of Islamic culture
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown asks why, as Western culture moved from Puritanical to vibrant and liberal, the opposite appears to have happened in Islamic countries. Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Thinking Allowed
Michel Foucault - a special programme on his work and influence.
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Michel Foucault - Laurie Taylor presents a special programme on the work and influence of this iconoclastic French theorist. Show more
Bells on Sunday
St Mary le Ghyll Church in Barnoldswick
2 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Bells on Sunday comes from St Mary le Ghyll Church in Barnoldswick. Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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