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Bells on Sunday, comes from Minster Church of St Mary’s in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Show more

Comedian, actor and screenwriter Sir Lenny Henry has spent nearly 50 years in showbiz. His new TV drama series Three Little Birds draws on his own family's life. Show more

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Mark Tully draws on CP Cavafy’s famous poem Waiting for the Barbarians. Show more

Verity Sharp visits the Deputy President of NFU Cymru, Abi Reader, at her farm near Cardiff. Show more

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

A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week

Actor Tom Conti makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Inside Justice. Show more

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A Service of Sung Morning Prayer for All Saints, live from St Gabriel's Church, Pimlico. Show more

Sara Wheeler argues that the long-established equivalence between loving nature and being a good person is fundamentally flawed. Show more

Bill Oddie presents the snow goose. Show more

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

Ian struggles to let go of the past, and it’s the end of an era for one resident. Show more

Professor Dame Lesley Regan, Women's Health Ambassador, 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

Paul Sinha gives his Hampshire audience a quiz fit for a post-truth era. Or does he? Show more

The first of two programmes from the 2023 BBC Food and Farming Awards where the winners have been announced. Show more

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Livvy Haydock considers the future of the US death penalty. She meets a murderer with three weeks to live, and learns the history of the lethal injection that will kill him. Show more

Kathy Clugston and her team of horticultural experts are at Mottistone Gardens on the Isle of Wight for a postbag edition of the programme, answering your questions from the inbox. Show more

The series that takes a look at books, plays and stories and how they work. John Yorke examines the 1952 psychological suspense novel from French noir duo Boileau-Narcejac. Show more

Dominic Power's adaptation of Boileau-Narcejac's mesmerising thriller. A maze of toxic love, betrayal, deceit and shifting allegiance, where no-one can be sure who is the victim. Show more

Elizabeth Day and Johny Pitts present a special programme from the London Literary Festival discussing depictions of AI in fiction – and what AI might mean for fiction. Show more

'Am I fact or am I fiction?' Comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean melts into the glorious unreality of Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus. Who is she when the performance ends? Show more

File on 4 explores the anatomy of a single fraud, hearing a scam call unfold, and finding out its impact on the victim. Show more

Comedian, actor and screenwriter Sir Lenny Henry has spent nearly 50 years in showbiz. His new TV drama series Three Little Birds draws on his own family's life. Show more

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The United Nations warns civil order is beginning to collapse in Gaza.

Pat Nevin chooses audio highlights from the past week. Show more

Brian has some difficult news to deliver, and Denise needs a favour. Show more

Succulent saving, financial soup stirring and a cheese and tomato sandwich. With Justin Edwards and Melanie Hudson. Show more

A St James' art dealer with a penchant for postwar British painting finds terrifyingly new horizons opening up for him in East London, in William Boyd's savagely funny new series. Show more

The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience

Matthew Bannister on footballer Sir Bobby Charlton, scientist Dr Evelyn Fox Keller, musician Julian Bahula and actor Haydn Gwynne. Show more

The England Illegal Money Lending Team says it's seeing people turn to loan sharks to pay for food and fuel. Show more

Actor Tom Conti makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Inside Justice. Show more

Clive Anderson and Kate Robbins are joined by Jimmy McGovern, Lady Anne Dodd and Ian Broudie for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from OMD. Show more

Leila Nathoo discusses the Middle East conflict and its impact in the UK with Labour frontbencher Darren Jones, Conservative Matt Warman and foreign affairs expert, Sophia Gaston. Show more

Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. Panellists are Tim Stanley, Sonia Sodha, Giles Fraser and Ash Sakar. Show more

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Intersections - Laurie Taylor explores the ways in which violence impacts some people more than others. Also, female migrant domestic workers. Show more

Bells on Sunday, comes from Minster Church of St Mary’s in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Show more

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