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Mark Coles looks at one of Britain’s most celebrated storytellers, Michael Morpurgo. A writer who has written 180 books over the last half century. Show more

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Mark Tully asks what makes a government, a religion or a friendship legitimate. Why do we give power to others to legislate for us, take and spend our money, or tell us what to do? Show more

Keen naturalists Hannah Stitfall and Dom Davies compare notes on a rather unusual fish when they review a programme about Spined Loach from the Living World archive. Show more

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Emily Buchanan explores the legacy of the Puritans, 400 years after they arrived in New England aboard the Mayflower. Show more

Former BBC Correspondent Mark Doyle makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Chance for Childhood. Show more

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A reflection on those parts of the Christmas story that take place out on the edge, and bring those who have been marginalised back in to the centre and heart of God's own story. Show more

Rebecca Stott on her fascination with taxidermy. Show more

Alison Steadman provides a seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period. Show more

The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell

It’s Christmas week in The Archers and Tom puts his foot in it. Show more

Kimberley Motley, lawyer, chooses the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

Christmas jokes and songs from the Punslinger extraordinaire as he invites the Great British Public to tell him some Christmas stories. Show more

Leyla Kazim asks whether the British dinner party is a dying affair, and turns to food writers Josceline Dimbleby, Alison Roman and Alexandra Dudley for New Years hosting tips. Show more

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Chess was one of the great joys of Josie Long’s childhood. Now she’s keen to take to the board again to rediscover the game’s many pleasures for those millions who play each day. Show more

Kathy Clugston and the panel visit the Black Country Living Museum. Show more

Fi Glover presents the omnibus edition of the series that proves it's surprising what you hear when you listen with three conversations about beginnings and belonging. Show more

Harold Pye struggles against his better nature in Glyn Maxwell's dramatisation of Mervyn Peake's satire of good and evil. Miss George plots revenge and Sark is fiercely divided. Show more

Louise Doughty, Lawrence Osborne and Dr Jon Wise discuss the mastery of Graham Greene. Also, Mariella talks to someone who worked with him and Peter James reports from Brighton. Show more

Poet John Burnside and composer Erland Cooper explore the mysterious neolithic sites of Orkney in a new collaboration for BBC Radio 4. Show more

Nadim Ednan-Laperouse talks to Emily Buchanan about his extraordinary religious experience when his daughter, Natasha, died from an allergic reaction. Show more

Mark Coles looks at one of Britain’s most celebrated storytellers, Michael Morpurgo. A writer who has written 180 books over the last half century. Show more

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The Governor of New York State, Andrew Cuomo, has called for tougher domestic terrorism laws - after several people were stabbed at the home of an Orthodox rabbi last night.

The best of BBC Radio this week with Gerry Northam. Show more

There’s trouble at Grey Gables and Pip’s got to make her mind up.

Felicity Finch pays tribute to Ted Kelsey - The Archers' Joe Grundy - who died earlier this year. She starred alongside him as Ruth Archer and interviewed him about his life. Show more

As the running group try their best to help Yana's family, the day of the big Parkrun approaches. Show more

The Controller of Radio 3 Alan Davey answers listeners' questions about the changes he has made to his schedules. Show more

Julian Worricker on a the journalist Andrew Graham-Yooll, the writer Andrea Newman, the ornithologist Peter Davis, and the founder of the British Darts Organisation Olly Croft. Show more

Ruth Alexander revisits two households who took part in The Money Clinic last summer. Show more

Former BBC Correspondent Mark Doyle makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Chance for Childhood. Show more

2020 marks the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth. Clemmie Burton-Hill looks at the little-known story of Beethoven, the entrepreneur. Did he really invent the gig economy? Show more

A look back at some of the stories that hit the headlines in 2019. Join Jonny Dymond and guests. Show more

Frank Cottrell-Boyce on Local Hero Show more

Comedian James Veitch is juggling his Radio 4 challenge series with other problems, but he may have found a solution. Show more

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Radio 1 Breakfast Show host and self-described 'radio nerd' Greg James rummages through the BBC's archives, using current stories as a portal to the past. Show more

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