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Nick Robinson talks to people who shape our political thinking about what shaped theirs.

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

The latest weather reports and forecast.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Clive Anderson chats to Richard Armitage, Chris Brookmyre, Dr Marisa Haetzman and Suzy Aspley from Bloody Scotland Festival in Stirling. Music from Rianne Downey and Chloe Matharu.

An insight into the character of an influential person making the news headlines.

Booker prize-winning Jamaican author Marlon James talks to John Wilson about his cultural influences.

How David Bowie saved his life and career in 1970s Berlin. Contains strong language.

Tales of data and discovery with Hannah Fry.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Dan Saladino visits a unique collection of sourdough bread starters from around the world and explores a hidden world of grains, yeasts, bacteria and their influence on our health.

Brighty's decision to right a wrong - killing a man in a duel - leads to a bust-up with Babs. Whilst she goes full revolutionary, Brighty and Churley mentor a young proto-rake.

Russell Davies welcomes competitors from around the UK to compete for the prestigious title Brain of Britain 2024.

The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.

Graham Norton speaks to Johny Pitts about his fifth novel, Frankie. Plus the new online initiative buying second hand books in exchange for credits to buy new ones.

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

The latest news from BBC Radio 4.

Bells on Sunday comes from St Andrews church in the village of Oakington, Cambridgeshire.

New research suggests that those who lose their sight earlier, or are born without, have more trouble judging how far away a sound is than those who lose their sight later in life.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Laurie Taylor explores the subcultural lives of Philadelphia baristas employed in speciality coffee shops and asks why Italian espresso bars are so often run by Chinese baristas.

Why farmer's daughter Louise Duck has set up a chilli farm.

The latest weather reports and forecast.

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

A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week.

Actress Natalie Cassidy makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Solving Kids' Cancer UK.

The latest weather reports and forecast.

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

Marking Harvest at One Church Brighton, with music from Bob Chilcott and the BBC Singers giving thanks to God for the season.

Megan Nolan on a whole lot of 'baby-having' that surrounds her, as more and more of her contemporaries have babies, do IVF or freeze eggs.

Barn owls are, in zoologist and TV presenter Megan McCubbins opinion, the best of birds, and a bird of great beauty.

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

Kirsty Wark reunites the cast of the reality TV show Castaway, including Ben Fogle, to hear about the series that took 36 people to a remote Scottish island.

Susan fears the worst, and Alice attempts to come to terms with recent events.

An insight into the character of an influential person making the news headlines.

David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they are able to smuggle past their opponents.

The latest weather forecast.

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

As the last blast furnace in Wales prepares to close, economist Richard Davies asks how British steelmaking has been brought to the brink, exploring the role played by China.

Kathy Clugston presents an autumnal archival edition of Gardeners' Question Time on soil, compost, mulch and more.

3/3. Fifty years ago they spent their honeymoon night in this faded seaside hotel, and they've come back every year since. By Bethan Roberts. Read by Annette Badland.

Nyra becomes a shrewd businesswoman as she emerges from grief into a new-found freedom while Yash chooses to put people before profits. Padma's anger at Dhruv continues to fester.

Matt Haig speaks to Johny Pitts about his new book, Life Impossible.

Russell Davies welcomes competitors from around the UK to compete for the prestigious general knowledge title Brain of Britain 2024.

In the 1990s engineers in Lund, Sweden invented Bluetooth. But why did they decide to name their new wireless technology after a Viking king.

With protest on the rise and the sheer diversity of groups, tactics and causes Mark Easton explores the policing of protest in the UK from Peterloo to the present - and beyond.

A selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.

Reality hits home for the Grundys, while Jolene has tabby trouble.

until now. It rallies a community to keep calling for the truth.

Eli Burnstein talks about fine distinctions between words, including Michael's personal bugbear of forewords, prefaces and introductions.

Matthew Bannister on actor James Earl Jones, anthropologist Dr. Helen Fisher, musician Sergio Mendes and organiser Maureen Nicol.

Paul Lewis presents the latest news from the world of personal finance.

Actress Natalie Cassidy makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Solving Kids' Cancer UK.

Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers from around the world.

Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.

Martha Milete's life changes one night in 2006 when two masked men break into her house. She survives being shot, but that is only the beginning of her ordeal.

72 hours after giving birth, Sadia turns into a statue. Frozen to the spot, she tries to process what's happening to her. This short story by Emma Smith-Barton is read by Mia Khan.