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Bells on Sunday comes from St Edward’s Church in Eggbuckland in Devon. Show more

Miriam Margolyes is at the peak of her career, even though she's been acting for decades. Despite playing many roles on stage, TV and film, she is more famous now than ever before. Show more

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Mark Tully talks to Professor Michael Northcott about the broken relationship between food production and consumption. Show more

Brett Westwood stalks the leopard... and finds him on Exmoor. With Guy Balme of Panthera, Gordon Buchanan who filmed the urban leopards of Mumbai, Desmond Morris and Rick Minter. Show more

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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.

Pope Francis stands with migrants in Marseille, Canada and India row over the death of a pro-Khalistan activist, and should the definition of Islamophobia be revised in the UK? Show more

Jaiden, a beneficiary, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Honeypot Children's Charity. Show more

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A service from St Edmund's Church, Oslo, exploring the ministry and mission of the Diocese in Europe. Show more

In the wake of allegations about Russell Brand, Howard Jacobson argues that we all have a role to play in the creation of celebrity. Show more

Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the common sandpiper. Show more

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

There’s tension at Brookfield, and Fallon makes a decision. Show more

Lucinda Russell, horse trainer and Grand National winner, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

Paul Sinha tests an Andover audience on Hampshire trivia, from bridges to flavourless fish, and gets quizzed in return on Pokemons, scallops and boxers. Show more

Abergavenny Food Festival turns 25 years old. Sheila Dillon spends the weekend there to discover what impact the festival has had on the town and surrounding areas. Show more

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Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world

Tim Hayward dives back into the bacterial realm and finds bacteria that make complex medicinal molecules, forest microbes at an urban daycare, and comes face-to-face with a phage. Show more

The GQT team are in South Somerset. Ready to offer their horticultural know-how are Christine Walkden, Anne Swithinbank, and Bob Flowerdew. Show more

The series that takes a look at books, plays and stories and how they work. John Yorke examines Italo Calvino's metafictional novel If On A Winter's Night A Traveller. Show more

Calvino's classic dramatised by Tim Crouch and Toby Jones recorded in front of an audience for BBC Contains Strong Language Festival for 100 years of Radio Drama Celebrations. Show more

Live from the Contains Strong Language festival, today’s rich audio drama scene is celebrated against the backdrop of the 100th anniversary of BBC radio drama. Show more

Raffaello Pantucci explores the Great Replacement theory fueling far-right recruitment, and asks if we need to be more open about the effects of immigration to tackle extremism. Show more

Miriam Margolyes is at the peak of her career, even though she's been acting for decades. Despite playing many roles on stage, TV and film, she is more famous now than ever before. Show more

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Scientists hope the samples will reveal secrets about the origins of the planet and the life on it.

Peter Curran chooses audio highlights from the past week. Show more

Pip has the rug pulled from under her, and Neil gets his thinking cap on. Show more

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders star as respected novelist Florence and movie star Selina, in a sparkling comedy series about two sisters at war, by Veep writer David Quantick. Show more

On the morning of the removal of Slemish, the Lord Mayor’s press conference is unexpectedly interrupted. Read by Jo Donnelly. Show more

Has the Conservative government really built a record number of social rent homes since 2010? Show more

Matthew Bannister on film director Sir Horace Ové, campaigner Su Gorman, singer Roger Whittaker and naturalist Jean Combes. Show more

Research shows nearly half of universities are now encouraging students to work part time by promoting it on their websites. Show more

Jaiden, a beneficiary, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Honeypot Children's Charity. Show more

Clive Anderson and Anneka Rice are joined by Caroline Quentin, Paul Whitehouse, Tom Walker AKA Jonathan Pie and Sam Quek for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more

Nick Eardley discusses the future of HS2 and asks, what's the point of the party conferences? With Conservative MP Steve Brine, Labour's Siobhain McDonagh and Lib Dem Daisy Cooper Show more

What’s the moral case for exercising power over children and young people? Show more

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Guns: Laurie Taylor looks at gun sellers in the US and the impact of the gun on human progress. Show more

Bells on Sunday comes from St Edward’s Church in Eggbuckland in Devon. Show more

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