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Bells on Sunday comes from St Mary’s Church in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. Show more

Oliver Dowden MP is Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and right-hand man to the PM. He's co-ordinating the government response to the current wave of strikes. Show more

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In conversation with photographer and WWF conservationist Belinda Wright, Mark Tully discusses our cultural and spiritual relationship with elephants, domestically and in the wild. Show more

A murmuration of starlings is one of our great British wildlife spectacles and never ceases to inspire and amaze as Brett Westwood discovers in a reed bed on the Somerset Levels. Show more

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William Crawley takes a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week. Show more

Actor and playwright Rory Kinnear makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Revitalise Respite Holidays. Show more

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A service of prayer and reflection for the third Sunday of Advent, led by The Most Reverend Mark O’Toole, the Catholic Archbishop of Cardiff and Bishop of Menevia. Show more

Zoe Strimpel celebrates sexual liberation as she asks what has prompted a new conservative form of feminism. Show more

David Attenborough presents the song thrush. Show more

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

The ramifications continue at Brookfield and Eddie spots a golden opportunity Show more

Cate Blanchett, actor, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away on a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

A return visit to Croydon for Tony Hawks, Marcus Brigstocke, Jo Brand and Graeme Garden with Jack Dee the reluctant arbiter. Show more

Sheila Dillon and guests discuss the year's best food books from a community library in Blackburn. Including Jamie Oliver, Tez Ilyas, Angela Hartnett and Asma Khan. Show more

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Catholic composer Sir James MacMillan considers Sir Edward Elgar's complex life and religious faith as an English composer living through times of great distress and turmoil. Show more

Kathy Clugston and a panel of gardening experts visit East Ruston Old Vicarage. Show more

Jack shares his breadcrumb-based banquet essential with Andi. Show more

Keiko has never had a boyfriend and has worked in the same Tokyo convenience store for 18 years. An ode to nonconformity and a parody of the plight of the 30-something single woman Show more

Chris Power discusses a year in books and gets some seasonal recommendations from Ellah Wakatama and Kate Mosse. Show more

A radio show about the poems that go with us through life. With Vanessa Kisuule. Show more

Eldonian Village in the heart of Liverpool. Show more

Oliver Dowden MP is Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and right-hand man to the PM. He's co-ordinating the government response to the current wave of strikes. Show more

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A selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio

The pressure mounts on Brookfield, and Jazzer is feeling frustrated. Show more

The return of the warm and witty chat show where Stephen Mangan takes comic confessions of eminent penitents. The series begins with illustrator, writer and actor Jessie Cave. Show more

It is 1899, and a traveller finds himself at the Haven Psychiatric Hospital at harvest time, as Toby Jones reads the next chilling strange tale from the author of The Loney. Show more

Andrea Catherwood with author Claire Allan, presenter Edward Adoo, football fan Rob Crossan, listeners on the Reith Lectures and Justin Webb’s interview with Mick Lynch on Today. Show more

Matthew Bannister on musician Christine McVie, Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, producer Derek Granger. Show more

The Warm Welcome Campaign on providing warm places for people struggling to afford their energy bills. Show more

Actor and playwright Rory Kinnear makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Revitalise Respite Holidays. Show more

Historian Camilla Schofield explores a century-long thread of communism in Britain. Today focusing on the crises of 1956. Show more

Ben Wright is joined by Conservative MP Damian Green, Labour's Fleur Anderson and Victor Adebowale, chair of the NHS Confederation, to discuss the impact of this month's strikes. Show more

Clive Anderson and Andrew O' Neill are joined by Martha Plimpton, Brian Bilston, Rachel Fairburn and Jimi Famurewa for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more

In conversation with photographer and WWF conservationist Belinda Wright, Mark Tully discusses our cultural and spiritual relationship with elephants, domestically and in the wild. Show more

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Matthew Syed explores how the effects of one seemingly small act of generosity can ripple outwards, creating a larger tapestry of consequences. Show more

Bells on Sunday comes from St Mary’s Church in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. Show more

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