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Bells on Sunday comes from the Parish Church of Our Lady and St Nicholas, Pier Head, in Liverpool Show more

Becky Milligan explores how a teacher from the Sydney suburbs came to lead England into the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Show more

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Following the Archbishop of Canterbury’s recent remarks about the problem of hunger in the UK, Mark Tully considers social and personal attitudes towards poverty. Show more

Entomologist and farmer Sally-Ann Spence has dedicated her life to the study of dung beetles. She's restored chalk downland in Wiltshire to create the perfect habitat for insects. Show more

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Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme. Show more

Trombonist Carol Jarvis, who had lymphoma, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Lymphoma Action Show more

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

For over a thousand years All Souls’ Day has been set aside for the Church to care about the souls of the ‘departed’. From the Chapel of Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Show more

David Goodhart argues it's time to look again at our tradition of residential universities. Show more

Writer Paul Evans disturbs a barn owl in an abandoned house on the marsh which is still haunted by the events of the past. Show more

The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Luke Jones sits in for Paddy O'Connell.

The Grundys attempt to complete Joe’s legacy and Alice hatches a plan. Show more

Russell T Davies shares the eight tracks, book and luxury he would want to take to if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

John Lloyd and Bridget Christie welcome Andrew Maxwell, medical historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris and Celia Imrie. From 2019. Show more

Sheila Dillon joins a team of cooks, to explore regional and personal Bonfire Night favourites - and consider why autumn is such a special time of year for ingredients and eating. Show more

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Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell.

In the second programme, Isabel Hilton considers how Xi Jinping's Communist Party goes about shaping how people outside China think of the country and the media strategy involved. Show more

Peter Gibbs and the panel are in Calne, Wiltshire. Show more

The Sunday Omnibus edition with conversations spanning the generations presented Fi Glover. Show more

A murderer is dumping bodies around Shanghai on a weekly basis. But Chen’s assigned to another case. Stars Jamie Zubairi. Show more

Bridget Jones is an iconic character in modern fiction. Helen Fielding talks about the first novel featuring Bridget with James Naughtie and a group of readers Show more

Vicki Feaver delves into the listener poetry requests and shares her favourites with Roger McGough. Her choices include work by William Wordsworth, Sylvia Plath and Stevie Smith. Show more

Follow men’s rights activist Phillip Tanzer on a guided tour of the online community fighting feminism. Show more

Becky Milligan explores how a teacher from the Sydney suburbs came to lead England into the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Show more

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Labour and the Tories set out billions of pounds in spending commitments ahead of next month's election.

Broadcaster John Waite makes his pick of the best of BBC Radio this week. Show more

Clarrie struggles with her grief and Johnny spots an opportunity Show more

A tale of love, loss, laughter and technology - charting the first year of Gary Slaymaker and Debra Humphries's social media-based romance, and the loss of Debra’s 17-year-old son. Show more

Recent retiree Maurice has the tracksuit bottoms and the running shoes. Now he just needs to get off the couch. Show more

The head of BBC news output discusses audience comments ahead of the Election, and the presenter of the Radio 4 series The Corrections faces up to some critical questions. Show more

Matthew Bannister on architectural historian Charles Jencks, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, TV producer Irene Shubik and conductor Raymond Leppard. Show more

The finances of opposite-sex civil partnerships, a claims management company charging some clients years after they thought the claims were closed and mortgage prisoners. Show more

Trombonist Carol Jarvis, who had lymphoma, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Lymphoma Action Show more

The EU’s state aid rules regulate how much money government can give to businesses and industry. Does Brexit give Britain the chance to take back control of its industrial policy? Show more

Carolyn Quinn hosts election campaign chat with Conservative Tobias Ellwood, Labour's Thangam Debbonaire, Professor of Politics Rosie Campbell and journalist Kevin Schofield Show more

Rebecca O'Brien on The Conversation Show more

Paul Gambaccini hosts the quiz that covers music in all its varieties, with competitors this week from the north-west of England and the West Midlands Show more

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Immortality: Laurie Taylor explores the quest for life without end, from Russian utopians to American tech giants. Show more

Bells on Sunday comes from the Parish Church of Our Lady and St Nicholas, Pier Head, in Liverpool Show more

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