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Bells on Sunday comes from St Paul’s Cathedral in London Show more

Becky Milligan profiles the first black actor to win an Oscar, Emmy and Tony award. Her latest film is one of the first big budget releases since the pandemic closed cinemas. Show more

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Elizabeth Adekunle, chaplain of St John's College, Cambridge, explores the idea of lasting beauty. She looks beyond physical attributes to a beauty which points towards the divine. Show more

Brett Westwood learns that there is a lot more to our relationship with reindeer than Rudolph. Show more

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There's plenty of room this year in Bethlehem as the city celebrates a very different Christmas and Cardinal George Pell tells Edward about his journals written inside prison. Show more

Novelist and journalist Elizabeth Day makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Samaritans. Show more

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A service for the fourth sunday of Advent, from the UK's smallest city: St Davids. Led by Canon Leigh Richardson, with an address by the Very Reverend Dr Sarah Rowland Jones. Show more

Sara Wheeler asks how maps can help us navigate our contemporary crisis. Show more

Michael Palin presents the kea from a windswept mountain in New Zealand. Show more

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

Roman drops a bombshell and Gavin's on the brink. Show more

An seasonal version of Tweet of the Day Take 5 featuring the robin redbreast. with Brett Westwood, David Rothenberg and Sir David Attenborough. Show more

Sir Cliff Richard shares eight discs, book and luxury he would want with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

Sarah Bernhardt and the start of celebrity charisma - Francine Stock attempts to pin down the quality of charisma. From 2015. Show more

A special lockdown recording of the programme features Marcus Brigstocke, Rachel Parris, Miles Jupp, Rory Bremner, Jo Brand and Andy Hamilton with Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

Christmas cooking advice from Nigel Slater, Kate Young, Craig and Shaun McAnuff and Tamal Ray. Sheila sets outdoor cook Genevieve Taylor the ultimate festive cooking challenge. Show more

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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

Peter Gibbs hosts the gardening panel show. Show more

Peter White finds a remarkable letter in his history of disabled people in the 18th and 19th centuries. From May 2013. Show more

4 Extra Debut. M.R. James finds horrific events in his own stories echoed in reality alongside forces of change and modernism. Stars Mark Gatiss. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Johny Pitts, Armando Iannucci, Tomas Keneally and Professor John Mullan explore the brilliance of Charles Dickens. From 2020. Show more

The award-winning Cumbrian poet include makes a selection from listener requests including a Thomas Hardy favourite and new discoveries by Abeer Ameer, William Gee and Caleb Femi. Show more

Jim Al-Khalili finds out how The Life Scientific has changed during the pandemic. Show more

Becky Milligan profiles the first black actor to win an Oscar, Emmy and Tony award. Her latest film is one of the first big budget releases since the pandemic closed cinemas. Show more

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A growing number of EU countries are imposing restrictions on travel to and from the UK.

Kate Bottley chooses the best of BBC Radio this week. Show more

A single dad is baffled when his ear-studded, activist daughter wants to go to the Pink Lemon Dance Studio to learn the foxtrot. Written by Bethan Roberts and read by Paul Bazely. Show more

Neil Brand's musical caper set in a Chicago radio station in 1937. When a local property magnate uses the Hour of Charm to run for office, only a Hollywood star can stop him. Show more

Barbara Flynn reads the next in Daisy Johnson's deliciously dark contemporary ghost stories. Today: a cult 70s horror movie filmed at The Hotel still haunts its stars... Show more

The producer of I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue for nearly 30 years, Jon Naismith, gives insights into the show, and explains that it nearly didn’t survive the pilot. Show more

Matthew Bannister on author John le Carré , educator Patience Thomson, mountaineer Doug Scott, actor Dame Barbara Windsor Show more

FCA criticised for handling of LCF, the rise in illegal loan sharks targeting people via social media and more than 80% of online adverts on two major rental sites say 'no DSS'. Show more

Novelist and journalist Elizabeth Day makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Samaritans. Show more

Lucy is single, 41 and looking for a long-term relationship. Is it time for her to abandon computer-generated love matches? Show more

Carolyn Quinn is joined by Conservative former minister Tim Loughton; senior Labour peer Baroness Angela Smith; and the chief executive of the Demos think tank, Polly Mackenzie. Show more

Lesley Manville reveals how her Oscar nomination for Phantom Thread led to her latest role as a psychotic American matriarch in Let Him Go. With Antonia Quirke. Show more

Elizabeth Adekunle, chaplain of St John's College, Cambridge, explores the idea of lasting beauty. She looks beyond physical attributes to a beauty which points towards the divine. Show more

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The meaning of work: Laurie Taylor explores the its shifting and evolving meanings over time, from hunter gathering to the contemporary ‘pop up’ economy. Show more

Bells on Sunday comes from St Paul’s Cathedral in London Show more

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