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Bells on Sunday for Remembrance comes from Westminster Abbey. Show more

Mark Coles profiles the new speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle. Show more

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Composer David Owen Norris explains the musical concept of counterpoint and plays examples to Mark Tully, who also looks at the metaphorical use of it in religion and literature. Show more

Amy Bateman is a Cumbrian farmer and the winner of the 2019 British Life Photography Awards. Caz Graham joins her for a day on the farm, talking sheep and shutter speeds. Show more

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Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme with William Crawley. Show more

Rev Richard Coles makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Toybox Show more

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This Remembrance-tide, Sunday Worship visits two cities profoundly affected by war in the last century, Coventry and Berlin. Show more

Sarah Dunant on the undervalued women of art, now being rediscovered. Show more

Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the kestrel. Show more

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Lily makes a big decision and Ambridge bids a final farewell to Joe. Show more

Live coverage from Whitehall of the solemn ceremony when the nation remembers the sacrifices made in the two world wars and in more recent conflicts. Commentator: Eleanor Oldroyd. Show more

How do your knowledge and your interests change the way you look at the world? In the first of two programmes, Jay Elwes meets the Nobel prize-winning astronomer John Mather. Show more

Professor of Ignorance, John Lloyd and Bridget Christie welcome Philippa Perry, Carlo Ratti and Doug Allan. From 2019. Show more

Andi Oliver and Sheila Dillon ask how four decades of food has shaped us. Rick Stein, Yotam Ottolenghi, Grace Dent & Leyla Kazim join the celebrations from the BBC Radio Theatre. Show more

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Isabel Hilton asks how China uses financial muscle, trading and investment strength and new diplomatic vehicles to exercise coercive influence over others. What are China's rules? Show more

Kathy Clugston and the panel are in the Chilterns. Show more

Three conversations about enduring friendships and shared experiences in the workplace. Fi Glover presents. Show more

Jessica Raine and Tim McMullan star in a new adaptation of the novels by Anthony Trollope about high life and low politics in Victorian England, dramatised by Mike Harris. Show more

Kathy O'Shaughnessy on her new novel about life of George Eliot. Three editors discuss the importance of literary magazines today. And Jason Reynolds picks his Book I'd Never Lend. Show more

To celebrate the programme's 40th birthday, Cerys Matthews interviews Roger McGough about his favourite poetry. Show more

Students say drugs have become commonplace at UK universities. Buying in Class A drugs for a night out is an everyday occurrence on campus. Tom Wright investigates. Show more

Mark Coles profiles the new speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle. Show more

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Labour has accused the Conservatives of making up stories about its spending plans if elected, but senior Tories have defended the calculations.

Wildlife and Arts presenter Lindsey Chapman makes her pick of the best of BBC radio this week. Show more

Eddie’s emotions bubble to the surface and Tony fears he may have caused offence Show more

All he wanted was time, space and a little peace and quiet to write his new show for Radio 4 - but things did not go well. Stand-up from possibly the angriest comedian in the UK. Show more

Following a health scare, Cathy hopes that joining a running group will help her take her first steps towards a new life. Show more

Is there censorship of BBC radio comedy programmes in the run-up to an election? Feedback hears from the person in charge of The Now Show and other topical comedies. Show more

Matthew Bannister on broadcaster Gay Byrne, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata, film producer Robert Evans Show more

Hotel room investments gone wrong, the energy companies in debt to Ofgem and stuck living with your ex. Show more

Rev Richard Coles makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Toybox Show more

Margaret Heffernan challenges the widespread belief that there’s no point talking to people you disagree with because they will never change their minds. Show more

Election chat with Carolyn Quinn and guests: Conservative deputy chair Paul Scully, Labour peer Angela Smith, the Green Party's co-leader Sian Berry and Kirsty Blackman of the SNP. Show more

True stories told live in the USA. Sarah Austin Jenness introduces tales of people in the United States questioning their identities. Show more

Sarah Dunant on the undervalued women of art, now being rediscovered. Show more

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Disasters: from Haiti to New Orleans. Laurie Taylor explores the social roots of disaster vulnerability. Show more

Bells on Sunday for Remembrance comes from Westminster Abbey. Show more

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