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Bells on Sunday
Holy Trinity Church, Bradford on Avon in Wiltshire
2 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Bells on Sunday comes from Holy Trinity Church, Bradford on Avon in Wiltshire. Show more
Kate Bush, whose song Running up that Hill is storming the charts across the world. The singer exploded onto the music scene at the end of the 1970s with Wuthering Heights. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
Mark Tully improvises on the theme of spirituality in one of his favourite forms of music. He is joined by trumpeter, Ian Smith to discuss the links between jazz and faith. Show more
Beetles represent twenty percent of all living species. Brett Westwood explores how they have influenced arts and science around the world. From 2015 Show more
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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday
The Church of England and slavery; Ukrainian military chaplains; Should the Lords Spiritual be scrapped?
44 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Edward Stourton explores the week's ethical and religious issues including a Rwandan church leader's response to the UK's new asylum plan. Show more
Lady Sophie Windsor makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of School-Home Support. Show more
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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
A service from St Illtud's Church in Llantwit Major, exploring how the rich and ancient traditions of Celtic spirituality can frame the context of a contemporary faith tradition. Show more
From advertising to politics, Will Self explores our relationship with nostalgia - and coins a new term, 'no-stalgia', along the way. Show more
Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the jay. Show more
Strikes, Glastonbury and the latest on our grief series. With Janine Gibson, Joanne Harris and Luke Jones on the papers. Show more
Ed has high hopes, and Tom and Natasha have somewhere to be. Show more
Rita Tushingham, actor, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more
Sue Perkins challenges Paul Merton, Desiree Burch, Daliso Chaponda and Lucy Porter to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation. Show more
The Food Programme
Birmingham’s Food System Revolution
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
As Birmingham prepares to launch its own ambitious new food strategy, Jaega Wise talks to grassroots groups about how to make it a healthier and more sustainable food city. Show more
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Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world
The Listening Project
The Human Need to Connect
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Four conversations about pride in Pride UK, the mother-daughter bond, the joy and anguish of Father's Day and a passion for the TV soap Neighbours. Fi Glover presents. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
Chelsea Flower Show Potting Shed - Part 2
42 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. Show more
Past Forward: A Century of Sound
Rebuilding Britain
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Greg Jenner watches a clip from a documentary from 1963 about the growth in large urban redevelopment projects in the UK and explores the past and present of such schemes Show more
Tamsin Greig stars in EM Forster's prescient vision of a world population living in isolated underground rooms, utterly dependent on technology. Adapted by Philip Franks. Show more
Open Book
Time and Time Travel with Emily St. John Mandel, Carlo Rovelli and Audrey Niffenegger
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
A special edition about time with Sea of Tranquility author Emily St. John Mandel, physicist Carlo Rovelli and Audrey Niffenegger, the writer behind The Time Traveller's Wife. Show more
A British family holidaying in Newfoundland stumble upon a remote seaside guest house - where they are about to spend the most terrifying night of their lives. Show more
File on 4
Sibling Sexual Abuse: The Last Taboo?
37 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
How the most hidden form of child sexual abuse in the home may also be the most common. Livvy Haydock explores the challenges and complexities of sibling sexual abuse. Show more
Kate Bush, whose song Running up that Hill is storming the charts across the world. The singer exploded onto the music scene at the end of the 1970s with Wuthering Heights. Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
The latest weather reports and forecast
Six O'Clock News
19/06/2022 Minister refuses to step in over rail strike.
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Transport Secretary dismisses calls to intervene ahead of Tuesday's rail walkout.
A selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio
Is it a Happy Father’s Day? Usha offers some advice. Show more
Multi-award winning comedian Josie Long examines our new reality as we reset after a strange two years. Motherhood, climate, politics and optimism meet in a stand-up masterclass. Show more
The next in a powerful series set on a hospital ward over a long weekend. Today: as doctors pull the curtains shut around him, one patient braces himself for life-changing news... Show more
More or Less
Maternity litigation, stars, bees and windowless planes
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Are damages for maternity mistakes now more than wages for maternity nurses and doctors? Show more
Last Word
Dame Paula Rego (pictured), Bruce Kent, Hilary Devey CBE
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Matthew Bannister on artist Dame Paula Rego, campaigner Bruce Kent and entrepreneur Hilary Devey CBE. Show more
Money Box
Interest Free Loan Scheme to help 20,000 people
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
A new scheme which offers interest free loans to financially vulnerable people is set to be rolled out as part of a nationwide trial. Show more
Lady Sophie Windsor makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of School-Home Support. Show more
Digital advertising fuels the online economy, but is it all based on smoke and mirrors? Ed Butler investigates. Show more
Carolyn Quinn discusses the rails strikes with Business minister Paul Scully, Shadow Cabinet minister Jo Stevens, Lib Dem Christine MP Jardine and journalist Ben Riley-Smith. Show more
Loose Ends
Noma Dumezweni, Andi Oliver, Darryl W Bullock, Kathryn Williams & Ed Harcourt, Tot Taylor, Scottee, Anneka Rice
38 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Anneka Rice and Scottee are joined by Noma Dumezweni, Andi Oliver and Darryl W Bullock for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Kathryn Williams. Show more
Mark Tully improvises on the theme of spirituality in one of his favourite forms of music. He is joined by trumpeter, Ian Smith to discuss the links between jazz and faith. Show more
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Thinking Allowed
Package holidays and 'authentic' travel
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Package holidays and ‘authentic’ travel: Laurie Taylor uncovers the origins of budget tourism and asks why certain travellers position their experience as more worthy than others. Show more
Bells on Sunday
Holy Trinity Church, Bradford on Avon in Wiltshire
2 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Bells on Sunday comes from Holy Trinity Church, Bradford on Avon in Wiltshire. Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
BBC Radio 4 presents a selection of news and current affairs, arts and science programmes from the BBC World Service.