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Bells on Sunday, comes from the Parish Church of Saint Buryan in Cornwall. Show more

The former Brexit campaigner and leader of Reform UK - a right wing party polling at 10% ahead of the next general election. Show more

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To mark the feast of the Epiphany, Mark Tully considers the Magi who carried the good news of a Saviour’s birth to the wider world, and asks if there is a duty to spread happiness. Show more

Poppies are associated with many things but to most people they are a symbol of remembrance or associated with the opium trade. Show more

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A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week with Emily Buchanan. Show more

Actor Cate Blanchett makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Solar Aid. Show more

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On the first Sunday of 2024 the Bishop of Manchester and the Revd Grace Thomas look for hope in this season of Epiphany. Show more

Zoe Strimpel reflects on her faltering attempts to give up 'the white stuff'. Show more

David Attenborough presents the collared dove. Show more

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

Resolutions are made at The Bull, and the nightmare isn’t over for Helen. Show more

Graham Nash, musician, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury he would take with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

A seasonal special featuring archive clips from the show, hosted by David Mitchell. Topics covered include Christmas trees, nuts, snow, champagne, turkey, reindeer and donkeys. Show more

Could seaweed farming be the answer to some of our biggest issues? Leyla Kazim finds out. Show more

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Police prepare for a top-secret operation: the hacking of EncroChat, an encrypted phone network favoured by organised crime. Show more

How do you grow bog byrtle? What can you plant in the windiest part of your garden that can survive harsh conditions? Peter Gibbs and the panel are at Sheffield Botanical Gardens. Show more

The series that takes a look at books, plays and stories and how they work. John Yorke explores Graham Greene’s dark comedy, Our Man in Havana. Show more

Miles Jupp and Rory Kinnear star in Graham Greene's satirical comedy. Hapless vacuum cleaner salesman Wormold is recruited by MI6 during the Cold War. Adapted by Jeremy Front. Show more

Crime writer Elly Griffiths discusses The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins with James Naughtie and a group of readers. Show more

Cathy FitzGerald invites you to discover new details in old masterpieces, using your phone, tablet or computer. This episode - Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear by Vincent Van Gogh. Show more

Zholia Alemi was a psychiatrist with a secret. File on 4 investigates the doctor whose lies pose questions about the ways medics are regulated. Show more

The former Brexit campaigner and leader of Reform UK - a right wing party polling at 10% ahead of the next general election. Show more

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Hundreds of postmasters were wrongly convicted of crimes including theft and fraud because of a faulty IT system.

Guvna B chooses audio highlights from the past week. Show more

Helen faces a dilemma and Brad seeks a new opportunity Show more

Newly unemployed science teacher, Chris Mystery, discovers an alien creature in Slugwich Woods and embarks on an epic adventure, in this comedy special from Crybabies. Show more

A wide-eyed teenager suddenly feels out of depth on the heady night before a swimming tournament, in the first in a series of stories inspired by water by the author of Send Nudes. Show more

Jason Mohammad on the perception and the reality of life in Ely, a large housing estate on the edge of Cardiff, where he grew up. Show more

Matthew Bannister on journalist John Pilger, author KM Peyton, racing driver Paula Murphy and director Michael Blakemore. Show more

How will a new set of regulations, designed to help victims of fraud, work? Show more

Actor Cate Blanchett makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Solar Aid. Show more

Clive Anderson and Ellie Simmonds are joined by Helen George, Frances Barber, Kevin McCloud and Dom Joly. With music from Al Lewis and Laville. Show more

Ben Wright discusses the political year ahead with Science Minister Andrew Griffith, Labour's Anneliese Dodds, former Lib Dem adviser Polly Mackenzie and journalist Ben Riley-Smith Show more

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston relives his historic voyage of 1969, when he became the first person to sail single-handed, non-stop, around the world - in a boat he built himself. Show more

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Hope and the 'good enough' life. Laurie Taylor asks if hope is the secret of well being & considers whether a small Irish town provides a glimpse of a better way of living. Show more

Bells on Sunday, comes from the Parish Church of Saint Buryan in Cornwall. Show more

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