| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:17Sectarianisation - a new explanation for conflict across the Arab Islamic world.(R) 00:45Church bells from St Peters Cathedral, South Australia.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Martin Amis on father Kingsley, his early film acting, smoking roll-ups and other things.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Recalling a US publicity tour where Martin Amis gets 'OJ'ed'.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Author Martin Amis muses on the life and work of acclaimed novelist Iris Murdoch.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Amis describes his friend JG Ballard as a kindly, genial man(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The author recalls some great hitters during his own tennis-playing days.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Fiery flash fiction by Marietta Kirkbride about magic bars, mojitos and house fires.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Rabbi YY Rubinstein. 05:45A police operation is using new technology to mark sheep, helping to deter thieves. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss is inspired by the song thrush.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Rabbi YY Rubinstein. 05:45Anna Hill hears how Michael Gove has declared war on the Common Agriculture Policy. 05:58Writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss goes in search of Cetti's warbler.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Rabbi YY Rubinstein. 05:45Anna Hill hears how farmers could be paid on how well they protect the countryside. 05:58Writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss recalls the first time he saw a bittern.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Rabbi YY Rubinstein. 05:45New warnings that the dairy industry could face catastrophe - not from prices, but staff. 05:58Writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss recalls his first encounter with a coot.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Rabbi YY Rubinstein. 05:45In the wake of another food safety scandal, will reduced consumer confidence hit farmers? 05:58Writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss recalls seeing a great crested grebe.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Steve Williams. 05:45Listeners Roy and Goretti on voting, violence and their guest house.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Thomas Apostle, Lymington, Hampshire. 05:45Mark Coles profiles Mariano Rajoy, the Prime Minister of Spain.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Clare Balding gets her wish and samples the variety of walks on offer on the Isle of Man.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith visits a vineyard in Kent to find out about wine production in the UK. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully examines the role of saints and asks if anyone should aspire to sainthood. 06:35Lionel Kelleway witnesses butterfly migration at Lulworth Cove in Dorset. From 2008. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme presented by William Crawley. 07:54Prue Leith makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Bone Cancer Research Trust. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | 08:57Aasmah Mir makes a Rohingya Crisis Appeal for the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC).
| | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service live from Trinity Church in Nottingham. 08:48Andrew Sullivan says Donald Trump is teaching a generation to bully, slander and cheat.(R) 08:58Writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss is inspired by the song thrush.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Power and the people with David Cannadine, Hilary Spurling, Jane Green and Phillip Blond. 09:451/5Martin Amis on father Kingsley, his early film acting, smoking roll-ups and other things.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili talks to astrophysicist Lucie Green about studying the sun. 09:30DJ Trevor Nelson uncovers what it is like to discover you have got half-siblings. 09:452/5Recalling a US publicity tour where Martin Amis gets 'OJ'ed'.
| 09:00Roderick Williams looks at why Britain produces the world's best professional choirs. 09:304/5Wayne Hemingway explores the artistic, commercial and cultural impact of colour: Purple.(R) 09:453/5Author Martin Amis muses on the life and work of acclaimed novelist Iris Murdoch.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman emperor Constantine the Great. 09:454/5Amis describes his friend JG Ballard as a kindly, genial man
| 09:00Siddhartha Mukherjee, oncologist, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:455/5The author recalls some great hitters during his own tennis-playing days.
| 09:00Gloria Hunniford joins Aasmah Mir and Shaun Keaveny.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00New guidance for judges protecting children from violent parents. 10:451/5Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine's Viking epic.
| 10:00Eleanor Mills and Vicky Ford join Jane Garvey at the Conservative Party Conference. 10:452/5Viking epic of love, revenge and leadership, inspired by the Icelandic sagas.
| 10:00Comic Sarah Millican talks to Jenni Murray about her autobiography How to be Champion. 10:413/5Viking epic of love, revenge and leadership inspired by the Icelandic sagas. 10:55Sharing the drama and the humour of life on stage.
| 10:00Shiraz; airbrushing; Jane Walker; worst place for women accessing culture. 10:454/5Viking epic of love, revenge and leadership continues.
| 10:00Dido, Queen of Carthage is being performed for the first time by the RSC. 10:455/5Viking epic of love, revenge and leadership inspired by the Icelandic sagas.
| 10:30Jay Rayner and his panel of food experts are in Derby.
| 10:00Adam tries not to seem ungrateful, and Alistair and Anisha need to work together.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Criminologist David Wilson talks to former criminal-turned-journalist Erwin James.(R) 11:30Quirky comedy on an allotment where people lose their worries amongst the birds and bees.
| 11:00Swift flies the skimming swallow: Brett Westwood on a much-loved seasonal-indicator bird. 11:30Comedian and Russophile Viv Groskop explores a century of revolutionary comedy.
| 11:00Winifred Robinson examines provision for home schooling and if it lets children down. 11:301/4Meera Syal stars as Slough's answer to Miss Marple, the nosey aunty fascinated by murder.
| 11:00Having fled violence in Myanmar 40,000 Rohingya live in India, but for how much longer? 11:30Recorded live in Hull, Jeremy Irons and Julie Hesmondhalgh perform poetry inspired by Hull
| 11:0090-year-old Barbara Smith tracks down the charities that have bought and sold her data. 11:303/4Inspector Lestrade introduces Sherlock Holmes's rival - amateur sleuth Mrs Edith Marchmont(R)
| 11:00How an artist changed our way of seeing. 11:30Hurricane Maria exposes the complex relationship between Puerto Rico and the mainland USA.
| 11:15Sir James MacMillan, composer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04When lead was added to petrol, it made cars more powerful - but it also poisoned people. 12:13How some people who bought tickets from Viagogo are able to get refunds from their banks. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The big story behind the way dynamos made electricity useful. 12:13Shari Vahl asks listeners about their experience of the UK's mental health care system. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How some legal creativity has created vast wealth down the centuries. 12:13Mental health at work, affordable funerals and playground closures. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Currency derives value from trust in the government which issues it. 12:13Ofcom tightens the rules for phone companies; wine sold in half-sized bottles. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Without seller feedback, companies like eBay might not have grown as they have. 12:13Tougher rules on how broadband is marketed; retirement housing; rising sales of cocktails.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Retirement home residents complain of withdrawn services; Universal Credit; open banking. 12:30Miles Jupp is joined by Jeremy Hardy, Suzi Ruffell, Lloyd Langford and Katy Brand.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:041/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon finds out what happens when you eat with strangers. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:451/5Sir David Cannadine explores the changing image of Neville Chamberlain's umbrella.(R)
| 13:00News with John Pienaar including the Conservative Party conference and Catalonia. 13:452/5David Cannadine explores the saga of Stanley Baldwin's controversial wartime iron gates.(R)
| 13:00News with John Pienaar including Theresa May's speech to the Conservative Party conference 13:453/5David Cannadine explores the changing significance of Anthony Eden's Homburg hat.(R)
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:454/5David Cannadine explores Sir Alec Douglas-Home's matchbox economics.(R)
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:455/5David Cannadine explores how Harold Wilson's pipe and Gannex mac came to define him.(R)
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Southam in Warwickshire.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30On the island of Anglesey, Hardeep Singh Kohli meets master beekeeper Katie Hayward.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Adam tries not to seem ungrateful.(R) 14:151961, Liverpool. A love affair conducted through record-your-own singles. By Paul Farley.
| 14:00Alistair and Anisha need to work together.(R) 14:15By Meic Povey. After the death of his wife, Billy discovers that life goes on.(R)
| 14:00Oliver decides to step down.(R) 14:15An unexpected event at school gives Ed special powers. Comic drama by Ed Harris.
| 14:00Jolene tries to be a voice of reason.(R) 14:15Was it the Earl of Rochester who made Lizzy Barry England's most celebrated actress?(R)
| 14:00Kate chooses her side.(R) 14:15Krister Henriksson stars in a story of terrorism and good food, inspired by real events.
| 14:00After her eventful conference speech, should Theresa May keep her job as prime minister? 14:301/2Ian Rankin's DI Rebus investigates the murder of an illegal immigrant.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs a special edition of GQT with a visit to Frogmore House and gardens.(R) 14:45Sharing the stage, a faith or the experience of being an incomer.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Nigel Rees quizzes Simon Brett, Vanessa Feltz, Michele Hanson and Henry Normal. 15:30Sheila Dillon explores the guilty pleasures of eating alone.
| 15:00Jay Rayner and the team visit Bletchley Park near Milton Keynes.(R) 15:30Could the sharing economy save the planet? Tom Heap finds out.
| 15:00Tax then and now. How has tax changed since Money Box first broadcast in 1977? 15:30The Bristol team behind a pioneering way to protect the vision of children with arthritis.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding gets her wish and samples the variety of walks on offer on the Isle of Man. 15:27Lemn Sissay makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Hope and Homes for Children.(R) 15:30James Naughtie discusses Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Danish writer Peter Hoeg.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs a special edition of GQT with a visit to Frogmore House and gardens. 15:45Fiery flash fiction by Marietta Kirkbride about magic bars, mojitos and house fires.
| 15:30Marie-Louise Muir takes the temperature of Northern Ireland theatre, now and next.
| 15:002/3Despite her friend Lila's dismay, Lena continues her affair with Nino.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Award-winning folk group The Young'uns discuss the north-east songwriter Graeme Miles. 16:30Aleks Krotoski uncovers the harm that comes to those keeping the internet safe.
| 16:00Michael Rosen finds out what can be learnt about communication from people with autism. 16:30Toby Young and Sarah Vine talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor takes a cool, non-dystopian look at future possibilities. 16:30Clare Balding has denied claims that she demanded approval of a Saga Magazine interview.
| 16:00Francine Stock talks to director Denis Villeneuve about Blade Runner 2049. 16:30Earthquakes caused by human activities - a new global database
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an actor, an heiress, a quizmaster and a musician. 16:30Roger Bolton speaks to the new editor of Today about her vision for the programme. 16:55Finding solace in the shared faith of their husbands.
| 16:00Anoushka Shankar on her score for the silent movie Shiraz, Sarah Millican and Cardi B.
| 16:00Alan Hollinghurst talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel, The Sparsholt Affair. 16:30Lauren Laverne and her dad Les explore the relationship between fathers and daughters.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Is battery technology the key to a sustainable and emission free world? Evan Davis chairs.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Manveen Rana uncovers hate speech and sectarianism in British Urdu media.(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles Mariano Rajoy, the Prime Minister of Spain.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00A lone gunman opened fire on a country music festival. 18:301/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00President says gun laws will be discussed later. 18:304/6The chat show with a twist where the British public are the stars.
| 18:00A nagging cough, a prankster and falling sign interrupt final address to the conference. 18:27Aasmah Mir makes a Rohingya Crisis Appeal for the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC).(R) 18:303/4John Shuttleworth invites Nick Heyward to sing one of his songs.(R)
| 18:00Former Prime Minister would have been interviewed about abuse claims. 18:30Ian Rankin reads from his teenage diaries, which include forays into poetry and punk rock.
| 18:00Theresa May dismisses a move by some MPs to force her to resign Productivity falls again 18:30Miles Jupp is joined by Jeremy Hardy, Suzi Ruffell, Lloyd Langford and Katy Brand.
| 18:00Police say a collision which caused panic in Central London wasn't terror related 18:15Nikki Bedi and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00May "won't hide from a challenge" as she tries to reassert control of Tory party 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with Sheila McClennon.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Alistair and Anisha need to work together. 19:15Matt Lucas talks to Stig Abell about his memoir. Plus Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig. 19:451/5Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine's Viking epic.(R)
| 19:00Oliver decides to step down. 19:15Front Row announces the winners of the BBC National Short Story and Young Writers' Awards. 19:452/5Viking epic of love, revenge and leadership, inspired by the Icelandic sagas.(R)
| 19:00Jolene tries to be a voice of reason. 19:15Kate Winslet interview, Sparks with a new album, Jenny Uglow on her book about Edward Lear 19:453/5Viking epic of love, revenge and leadership inspired by the Icelandic sagas.(R)
| 19:15Kazuo Ishiguro wins the Nobel Prize in Literature, Alex Clark assesses his contribution. 19:454/5Viking epic of love, revenge and leadership continues.(R)
| 19:15Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling; Liam Gallagher; Dual roles on screen. 19:455/5Viking epic of love, revenge and leadership inspired by the Icelandic sagas.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles Mariano Rajoy, the Prime Minister of Spain. 19:15Blade Runner 2049, Labour of Love, Eight Ghosts, Timewasters, 140 Years of Recorded Sound.
| 19:00Justin is in the dog house. 19:152/4Jason Watkins stars as an erotic crime author in an investigation into copycat crimes. 19:452/15As the hunt for Becky begins, a woman on the search party struggles with her own demons.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Nicole Bennet Fite treks into the valleys of Tajikistan to find a shrine devoted to women. 20:30Will technology radically reshape the highly profitable world of finance?
| 20:00Manveen Rana uncovers hate speech and sectarianism in British Urdu media. 20:40Jackie Brown and Robin Christopherson are in a spin over inaccessible washing machines.
| 20:00Clive Anderson and guests discuss whether sentencing law is fit for purpose. 20:45David Baddiel tries to understand the United Kingdom's constitution.
| 20:00Could the crisis over Catalonia lead to the breakup of Spain? 20:30Is battery technology the key to a sustainable and emission free world? Evan Davis chairs.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Southam in Warwickshire. 20:50Andrew Sullivan says Donald Trump is teaching a generation to bully, slander and cheat.
| 20:00Novelist Nick Harkaway says we need to talk about surveillance before it is too late.
| 20:00Roger Bolton speaks to the new editor of Today about her vision for the programme.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on an actor, an heiress, a quizmaster and a musician.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood steps into the world of a creature charged with the lore of the night.(R) 21:30Power and the people with David Cannadine, Hilary Spurling, Jane Green and Phillip Blond.(R)
| 21:00The Bristol team behind a pioneering way to protect the vision of children with arthritis. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili talks to astrophysicist Lucie Green about studying the sun.(R)
| 21:00Could the sharing economy save the planet? Tom Heap finds out.(R) 21:30Roderick Williams looks at why Britain produces the world's best professional choirs.(R)
| 21:00Earthquakes caused by human activities - a new global database(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman emperor Constantine the Great.(R)
| 21:00Exploring the psychology underlying the greatest marketing campaigns in history.
| 21:001/3By Elena Ferrante. Lena begins an affair her best friend's ex-lover Nino.(R)
| 21:00Retirement home residents complain of withdrawn services; Universal Credit; open banking.(R) 21:26Prue Leith makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Bone Cancer Research Trust.(R) 21:30Will technology radically reshape the highly profitable world of finance?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00President Trump condemns the Las Vegas attack as 'pure evil'. 22:456/10Adrian has his tonsils out.
| 22:00Catalan president says he will declare independence from Spain in a matter of days. 22:457/10Bert and Queenie come come for Christmas dinner.
| 22:00Theresa May's address is overshadowed by a persistent cough and a prankster. 22:458/10Adrian's interest in politics is heightened when war breaks out.
| 22:00Fighting spikes as the battle against Isis nears its end. 22:459/10Adrian takes a step too far with Pandora.
| 22:00Madrid says it would be a way to resolve the controversy about independence. 22:4510/10Adrian goes on a date - and gets life-changing news.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Clive Anderson and guests discuss whether sentencing law is fit for purpose.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and her panel of politicians preview the week ahead at Westminster.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Lifelong Arsenal supporter Michael Rosen talks football cliches with Adam Hurrey.(R) 23:301/2Amber Butchart charts the journey of charity shop clothes to vintage mainstream fashion.(R)
| 23:003/4Late-night topical comedy, hosted by award-winning satirist Nish Kumar. 23:302/2Fashion historian Amber Butchart discovers what happens to the clothes we give to charity.(R)
| 23:003/4Charlotte spots a priceless vintage treasure as she helps Lillian clear out her garage. 23:156/6Hear Fay Weldon's illuminating quiz for Cosmopolitan Magazine.(R) 23:30The story of the Harlem Hellfighters and how jazz conquered France.(R)
| 23:001/4Liam Williams recounts his youthful misadventures from Garforth to Cambridge University. 23:30Francine Stock explores how the First World War transformed the arts across Europe.(R)
| 23:00Toby Young and Sarah Vine talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:25Francine Stock considers the intimate impact of war on society and culture.(R) 23:55It took hard work to make a life for her family in the UK.
| 23:00Nigel Rees quizzes Simon Brett, Vanessa Feltz, Michele Hanson and Henry Normal.(R) 23:30Michael Rosen visits the seminary where Gerard Manley Hopkins changed the sound of poetry.(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to director Denis Villeneuve about Blade Runner 2049.(R) 23:30Mark Tully examines the role of saints and asks if anyone should aspire to sainthood.(R)
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