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Bells on Sunday comes from St Nicholas in Harpenden. Show more
Mark Coles profiles the chess prodigy and video game designer behind a scientific breakthrough that could change medicine. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
Nigerian-born Gospel singer and broadcaster Muyiwa Olarewaju tells the story of his search for a father, and explores the nature of both spiritual and natural fatherhood. Show more
Brett Westwood learns how fleas are entwined with disease, love, language and humour. Show more
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Sunday
The PC and the hijab; Minecraft Sunday School; National Grief Awareness Week at St Paul's Cathedral
44 minutes
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To mark National Grief Awareness Week, the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral explains how they are offering support to people who have been bereaved during the pandemic. Show more
Radio 4 Christmas Appeal
The Radio 4 Christmas Appeal with St Martin-in-the-Fields 2020
3 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
The Revd Dr Sam Wells, Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, makes the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal on behalf of the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields with homeless people. Show more
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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
With the Rev Dr Rob Marshall, Rector of Digswell, Welwyn Garden City. Show more
Will Self, pounding the pavements with his son during lockdown, reflects on "edible architecture." Show more
Michael Palin presents the greater roadrunner of south western North America Show more
News with Paddy O'Connell including the future for retail and Prue Leith's Christmas Tips. Reviewing the news coverage - Trevor Phillips, Anne Diamond and Christopher Hope. Show more
Hugh Dennis reports on some of the lives changed by last year's Radio 4 Christmas Appeal with St Martin in-the-Fields. Show more
Gavin has the rug pulled from under him and Jazzer finds himself under attack. Show more
Tweet of the Day
Tweet Take 5 : Coot and Moorhen
5 minutes
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An extended edition of Tweet of the Day featuring the coot and its cousin the moorhen with Chris Packham, Dominic Couzens and Stephen Moss. Show more
Desert Island Discs
Professor Sir Jeremy Farrar
37 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Professor Sir Jeremy Farrar, medical scientist, and director of the Wellcome Trust, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. Show more
Charisma: Pinning Down the Butterfly
Animal Magnetism
15 minutes
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Franz Mesmer and the charismatic healing power of suggestibility. Francine Stock attempts to pin down charisma. From 2015. Show more
Radio 4's ‘antidote to panel games’ sees the late Tim Brooke-Taylor in his final recording of the programme alongside Rachel Parris, Tony Hawks and Marcus Brigstocke. Show more
The Food Programme
The Secret Life of Chocolate. Part 1: Origins
29 minutes
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Dan Saladino explores the origins of cacao, from the bean's journey from central America to Europe and the rise of the chocolate bar. From 2020. Show more
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Global news and analysis, presented by Jonny Dymond.
Capturing the nation in conversation to build a unique picture of our lives today as we adjust to the 'new normal' and preserve it for future generations. Presented by Fi Glover. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
GQT at Home: Squirrels and Sweet peas
42 minutes
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Kathy Clugston hosts the gardening panel show. Show more
The Creation of an Icon
Shining with Divine Splendour
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Aidan Hart explains how to use paint to create divine light. Show more
A gripping quantum cryptocurrency audio heist movie and psychological tech thriller exploring the illusory nature of money itself. Expert hacker, Bit, is in trouble. Big trouble. Show more
James Naughtie talks to David Vann about his novel, Legend of a Suicide. Show more
Zaffar Kunial, Kim Moore, Helen Mort and Jacob Polley read new lyrical ballads written in response Wordsworth and Coleridge's 1798 book which changed the course of British poetry. Show more
Under 2020's eventful restrictions, how has the mental health of younger people been affected? And what does it mean for their future? Sally Marlow investigates. Show more
Hugh Dennis reports on some of the lives changed by last year's Radio 4 Christmas Appeal with St Martin in-the-Fields. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
06/12/2020 Covid-19 vaccine delivered to hospitals
15 minutes
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NHS England's medical director hails "the beginning of the end" of the pandemic
Stewart Henderson chooses the best of BBC Radio this week. Show more
The reappearance of a long lost friend at a Charleston class triggers memories of rainbow-striped legwarmers and a secret desire. By Bethan Roberts. Show more
Dot and the gals are recruited as workers for the Women's Land Army. But Dot is soon plotting. Stars Kate O'Flynn. From 2018. Show more
The next in Daisy Johnson's darkly unsettling ghost stories, set in the Fens. Show more
The presenter and producer of the Radio 4 podcast series Mayday about the Syria rescue organisation the White Helmets, explains how she tried to sort fact from fiction. Show more
Last Word
Hamish MacInnes OBE, José Padilla, Anne Rasa
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Matthew Bannister on mountaineer Hamish MacInnes, ethologist Professor Anne Rasa, DJ Jose Padilla Show more
Money Box
Fraud victims facing salary deductions
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
DWP fraud victims threatened with salary deductions, small businesses face closure because they can't get insurance and NS&I savers are struggling to withdraw their money. Show more
Radio 4 Christmas Appeal
The Radio 4 Christmas Appeal with St Martin-in-the-Fields 2020
3 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
The Revd Dr Sam Wells, Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, makes the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal on behalf of the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields with homeless people. Show more
Natasha wants to find out why it’s so difficult to source a non-white egg donor and why there is such a taboo around egg donation within the black community Show more
Leila Nathoo discusses the Brexit trade talks with Conservative former minister Nusrat Ghani; Labour's Darren Jones; the French MP Alexandre Holroyd and journalist Paul Waugh. Show more
Actor Tom Burke reveals how he perfected the voice of Orson Welles for his new film, Mank, and Rob Savage explains how he made lockdown horror movie Host. With Antonia Quirke. Show more
Nigerian-born Gospel singer and broadcaster Muyiwa Olarewaju tells the story of his search for a father, and explores the nature of both spiritual and natural fatherhood. Show more
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
Tea: Laurie Taylor explores the dark history of Britain's favourite hot beverage and hears about the production of mass market black tea in contemporary India. Show more
Bells on Sunday comes from St Nicholas in Harpenden. Show more
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