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Bells on Sunday comes from St James’s Church in Castle Acre in Norfolk Show more

The Reverend Dr Lucy Winkett tells story of Arnaud Beltrame with reflections from his widow Marielle. Show more

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In this special edition of Something Understood, the Dalai Lama considers the philosophy of the mind Show more

Brett Westwood explores the role birds' eggs have played in religion, art and literature. From 2015 Show more

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A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week Show more

Lemn Sissay makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Family for Every Child. Show more

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A Palm Sunday celebration with a sermon from this year’s winner of the national ‘Theology Slam’ competition. Service led by Methodist minister Revd Dr Calvin Samuel. Show more

Sara Wheeler on why the Mrs-Miss distinction is now well and truly obsolete. Show more

Actress and keen birdwatcher Trudie Goodwin has a lifelong love of the hoopoe. Show more

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

Susan hatches a plan and reality bites for Alice and Chris. Show more

An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the sand martin and house martin with Bill Oddie, Steve Backshall and Kathy Hinde. Show more

Professor Sir Simon Wessely, psychiatrist, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would take with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

David Vincent traces the history of the struggle against Britain's culture of secrecy. Heather Brooke recalls how she used the 2000 FOI Act to expose the MPs' expenses scandal. Show more

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Gyles Brandreth hosts a special episode of Just a Minute, challenging guests Paul Merton, Sheila Hancock, Tony Hawks and Pippa Evans to talk on various subjects for 60 seconds. Show more

The James Bond novels are filled with mouthwatering meal descriptions; from stone crabs with dry toast and melted butter to cornflakes with cream. Show more

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Jonny Dymond looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world.

Capturing the nation in conversation to build a unique picture of our lives today and preserve it for future generations. Presented by Fi Glover. Show more

The team look through the archive for an edibles edition of the show. Show more

Four hundred years ago, Robert Burton wrote an epic attempt to understand the universal experience of melancholy. What can it teach us today? Show more

Michael Symmons Roberts tells afresh one of the founding stories of our culture and world history in this two-part dramatization based on The Gospel of Luke and The Book of Acts. Show more

Johny Pitts discusses working-class rural life with Claire Fuller whose novel, Unsettled Ground, is longlisted for the Women's Prize, and Karla Neblett, author of King of Rabbits. Show more

Over the last year, patterns of human behaviour have changed as never before, because of lockdown. Martha Kearney asks what that has meant for wildlife and the natural world. Show more

To his neighbours in Britain he was a jolly old gardener. To his neighbours in wartime Belarus, he was a ‘butcher.’ Meet the Shropshire pensioner hiding the darkest of secrets. Show more

AstraZeneca's CEO faces scrutiny as his company's vaccine, and its roll out, comes under fire. Mark Coles explores the life and career one of big pharma's biggest names. Show more

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The Culture Secretary, Oliver Dowden, has said England remains on track for the easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions.

Katie Thistleton chooses the best of BBC Radio this week. Show more

4 Extra Debut. When a baby is rescued from a gutter, it falls on the only female police officer on hand to look after it. Police detective serial set in Mumbai. Stars Prerna Chawla Show more

Mark Steel hits Greater Manchester to ride the 192 bus, probe marauding peacocks and perform for local residents. From 2016. Show more

Fifty years ago they spent their honeymoon night in this faded seaside hotel, and they've come back every year since. By Bethan Roberts. Read by Annette Badland. Show more

The BBC’s Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg explains to Roger Bolton the difficulties she has encountered covering the Covid story over the past year. Show more

Matthew Bannister on feminist writer Nawal El Saadawi, Birgadier Jack Thomas, President John Magufuli and Romanian spy Ion Mihai Pacepa. Show more

A recorded call of a fraudster in action, the government plans to put more regulations in place for ‘cowboy’ car parking operators and an update on Amigo loans compensation scheme. Show more

Lemn Sissay makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Family for Every Child. Show more

What has the pandemic revealed about science and our relationship with it? Show more

Carolyn Quinn talks politics with Cabinet Office minister Chloe Smith, Labour's Florence Eshalomi, former diplomat Lord Ricketts and the Westminster journalist Caroline Wheeler. Show more

Francine Stock talks to Christopher Plummer, Warren Beatty, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Jack Nicholson and Peter O'Toole about how they achieved their long careers in film. Show more

In this special edition of Something Understood, the Dalai Lama considers the philosophy of the mind Show more

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Matthew Syed asks what the career of the Swedish music maestro Max Martin can teach us about creative collaboration. From 2021. Show more

Bells on Sunday comes from St James’s Church in Castle Acre in Norfolk Show more

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