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Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of St Peter and St Paul, in Aston in Birmingham Show more

An in-depth look at the life and career of Edwin Poots, the newly elected leader of the Democratic Unionist Party. Show more

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Mark Tully asks what happens when the things or people we rely on to be strong, to be there, to be with us, turn out to be fragile, absent, or against us. Show more

Anna Jones meets top rugby referee and current President of the National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs, Nigel Owens, at his Carmarthenshire farm Show more

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A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week with Edward Stourton. Show more

Rapper Guvna B makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of International Justice Mission UK. Show more

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Bishop of Bangor, the Right Reverend Andy John and Archdeacon of Bangor, the Venerable Mary Stallard, lead a service for Pentecost from St Tudno's Church on the Great Orme. Show more

Rebecca Stott on how a chance encounter with two council workers got her thinking about concrete. Show more

David Attenborough presents the reed bunting. Show more

News with Paddy O'Connell including the future of the Union and the pursuit of Love. Reviewing the news: Michael Portillo, Janey Godley and Mark Pougatch. Show more

Jim finds himself caught in the crossfire and Alice faces the consequences of her actions. Show more

An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the pied and spotted flycatcher with Sir David Attenborough, Steve Backshall and Penny Anderson. Show more

Alexei Sayle, comedian and writer, shares the eight discs, book and luxury he would want with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

Michael explores the power of using your breath to lower anxiety, reduce pain and enhance your decision making. Show more

Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with zoologist Lucy Cooke, entomologist Dr. Karim Vahed and comic Felicity Ward. From 2021. Show more

As indoor dining is allowed once more, Leyla Kazim heads to Padstow to discover how restaurants are adapting to new Covid rules. 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, in partnership with the British Library, to build a unique picture of our lives today. Presented by Fi Glover. Show more

Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. Show more

Rory Sutherland explodes received wisdom. Today he investigates the gentle art of self-deception – how we have evolved to deceive ourselves… in order to better fool others. Show more

Adapted by Anita Sullivan. A star-crossed love story across class boundaries: two infinitesimal lives set against the background of the stellar universe. Show more

Elizabeth Day talks to Lisa McInerney and Lucy Caldwell about contemporary writing both north and south of the Irish border Show more

Andrew McMillan explores the recent resurgence in formal poetry. This week: the history of the sonnet and how to write a modern one. With poet and academic, Aviva Dautch. Show more

More than a million people in the UK have long Covid - many of them frontline workers who were described as heroes. But what happens to them when the sick pay runs out? Show more

An in-depth look at the life and career of Edwin Poots, the newly elected leader of the Democratic Unionist Party. Show more

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Government denies pursuing herd immunity policy, Italian cable car crash kills 13

Peter Curran chooses the best of BBC audio this week. Show more

Supernatural story by Kate Mosse, author of Labyrinth, The Taxidermist's Daughter and The Winter Ghosts. Show more

Stephen Mangan asks his guest Phil Wang to reveal three guilty secrets inside his virtual confessional box. From 2021. Show more

In this five-part series specially written for Radio 4, Mary Paulson-Ellis tells the story of a life in five objects. Read by Alexandra Mathie. Show more

The author of Radio 4’s The Corrupted, GF Newman, explains the inspiration for his serial and new News Quiz chair Andy Zaltzman answers listener comments on the programme. Show more

Matthew Bannister on chemist Spencer Silver, writer Kevin Jackson, codebreaker Patricia Brown, teacher Asfaw Yemiru. Show more

Finance firms told to make customers their main focus, Pockit's CEO explains why customer accounts are frozen and concerns about young people getting financial advice on TikTok. Show more

Rapper Guvna B makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of International Justice Mission UK. Show more

A tattered book and voice messages. Josie Long with short documentaries and adventures in sound about record keepers. From 2019. Show more

Carolyn Quinn is joined by Conservative MP Bim Afolami, Labour frontbencher Alison McGovern and former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale, plus FT journalist Sebastian Payne. Show more

Cinema: open for business. As cinemas opened for the first time in five months, have concerns about the so-called Indian variant made people think twice about visiting them? Show more

Mark Tully asks what happens when the things or people we rely on to be strong, to be there, to be with us, turn out to be fragile, absent, or against us. Show more

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Fitness & fatness: Laurie Taylor asks if they are two sides of the same coin. Show more

Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of St Peter and St Paul, in Aston in Birmingham Show more

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