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The UK’s ‘strictest’ headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh has landed a new job as the government’s Social Mobility Commissioner, a role designed to level up disadvantaged communities. Show more

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Mark Tully asks why we find it so difficult to apologise, considers some of the benefits of doing so and whether saying sorry should always lead to forgiveness. Show more

For nearly two centuries, Cheffins of Cambridge has been selling second-hand farm machinery. Anna Hill meets the man about to step down after more than 30 years in the business. Show more

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Last rites as an 'emergency service', Lebanon crisis and 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot'. Show more

Linford Christie makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of UK Youth. Show more

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An Ethiopian Orthodox Sunday Worship featuring excerpts from a service at Bath Abbey to reflect the legacy and impact of the Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I on the city of Bath. Show more

Adam Gopnik tells two stories of minds and morals presently causing a feeding frenzy in the US. Show more

Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the great spotted woodpecker. Show more

The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Justin Rowlatt.

There are first day nerves at Berrow and Lilian has a cunning plan. Show more

Michael Sandel, philosopher and teacher, 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

Michael discovers how a glass of water with every meal could improve your mood, and boost physical and mental performance. Show more

John Lloyd and Holly Walsh welcome comedian Jamie MacDonald, art critic Jennifer Higgie and artist Francis Hamel. From 2021. Show more

Sheila Dillon and guests discuss the serious staff shortage in hospitality, and consider how the sector might become a more appealing career option. Show more

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James Naughtie looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world.

Four conversations on river pollution, fear of builders, being scammed and clowns. Presented by Fi Glover. Show more

Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. Show more

Chris Packham on Severn Cullis-Suzuki, the 12-year-old who addressed delegates at the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. Show more

Aunt Dide finally escapes the asylum. Starring Glenda Jackson and dramatised by Dan Rebellato, based on Emile Zola’s Rougon Macquart cycle. Show more

Elizabeth Day talks to novelist and short story writer Sarah Hall about her latest book. Set around an uncanny pandemic, Burntcoat is a punchy exploration of love, sex and death. Show more

Orla O'Neill visits Italy's National Diary Archive in Tuscany and meets the Story Eaters - a committee of local people who read every new diary. Show more

Philippe Sands explores the legacy of the Nuremberg Trials, 75 years after the judgement and asks what it's meant for international criminal law and the institutions that followed. Show more

The UK’s ‘strictest’ headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh has landed a new job as the government’s Social Mobility Commissioner, a role designed to level up disadvantaged communities. Show more

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Labour joins calls from doctors' leaders and health unions for the government to reimpose some Covid restrictions in England, saying the vaccine rollout is losing traction.

Raees Khan chooses the best of BBC audio this week. Show more

Rex is left disappointed and who will take the spotlight at the Harvest Supper? Show more

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

Penelope Keith is Miss Bessemer in Roy Apps’ serial inspired by a true story. The line saved, it should be Miss Bessemer’s moment of triumph, but she appears to have gone AWOL. Show more

Is there life in The Life Scientific after a decade? Presenter Jim Al-Khalili joins Roger Bolton to discuss the programme and science coverage on BBC radio. Show more

Kirsty Lang on The General Colin Powell, Poet Brendan Kennelly, Scientist Myriam Sarachik and John Clunies-Ross ruler of the Cocos Islands. Show more

New government ‘Green Savings Bonds’, warm home discounts, getting back your student loan overpayments, and why women get lower pensions than men. Show more

Linford Christie makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of UK Youth. Show more

Where does money's value come from in this increasingly online world? Ben Chu investigates. Show more

Alex Forsyth looks ahead to the Budget with Conservative MP Miriam Cates, Labour's Shabana Mahmood, economist Miatta Fahnbulleh and political journalist George Parker. Show more

Why does boiling water sound different? Drs Rutherford and Fry continue to explore the weirdness of water. From 2021. Show more

Mark Tully asks why we find it so difficult to apologise, considers some of the benefits of doing so and whether saying sorry should always lead to forgiveness. Show more

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Freedom: Laurie Taylor explores an unruly and disputed concept. How it came to be equated with limited government and the liberty of white people. Show more

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