| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the Russian government's battle with the future of the internet.(R) 00:45Bells from St Clement Danes, Strand, London.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Margaret Thatcher tackles the problem of Hong Kong.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5A momentous lunch at Chequers turns into a meeting with 'a man we can do business with'.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Charles Moore on Arthur Scargill v Margaret Thatcher and the 1984 miners' strike.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The Iron Lady and the Queen beg to differ over the Commonwealth and South Africa.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Charles Moore asks what Margaret Thatcher was really like.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3By Sarah Courtauld. A precocious young girl adopts John the Baptist as her role model.(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 Bishop John Arnold. 05:45New charges for carrier bags are introduced. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the common hawk cuckoo from the Bengal region.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Bishop John Arnold. 05:45In or out of the EU: which is better for UK farming? We hear both sides of the debate. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents a bird which intrigued Darwin, the Galapagos mockingbird.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Bishop John Arnold. 05:45A look at dairy farmers in north east England who are marketing their milk as 'free range' 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the crested lark found from Europe across to China.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A special Prayer for the Day marking National Poetry Day with Simon Russell Beale. 05:45A new crop is launched, Ahiflower, which contains a kind of Omega 3. 05:58David Attenborough presents the song thrush.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Bishop John Arnold. 05:45The impacts of the Russian import ban, both on UK dairy farmers and Russian consumers. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the virtuoso songster the pied butcherbird of Australia.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Richard Frazer. 05:45A GI baby describes how he found his father.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Bells from the church of St Leonard, Bledington in Gloucestershire. 05:45Chris Bowlby profiles self-styled socialist US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks in the footsteps of the poet Andrew Marvell.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith talks education with students at Bridgwater College in Somerset. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05In an increasingly secular society, Mark Tully asks whether belief in a devil is necessary 06:35Lionel Kelleway is joined by Michael Woods in search of dormice. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10The cost of a funeral, a vocation to childlessness and a monk's homebrew. 07:54Leona Knox presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Neuroblastoma Children's Cancer Alliance UK. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Norwich Cathedral remembers Nurse Edith Cavell, 100 years on. 08:48Will Self says people cannot pretend that looks do not matter.(R) 08:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the common hawk cuckoo from the Bengal region.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Jonathan Franzen, Gillian Tett, Tacita Dean and Helen Margetts. 09:45Christian worship with a reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Roy Jenkins.
| 09:00Expert health advisor and professor of medicine Carol Black talks to Jim Al-Khalili. 09:30Steve Backshall talks to extreme adventurer Ed Stafford. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Dr Mark Wakelin.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets actor Brian Blessed and environmentalist Satish Kumar. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Janet Wootton.
| 09:00Andrew Marr looks at the various origin stories found in some of Britain's earliest verses 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Stephen Williams.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to trumpeter Alison Balsom.(R) 09:45An act of worship and music from Cardiff, led by the Rev Peter Baker.
| 09:00Alan Davies, Yeonmi Park and Brett Nielsen join Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Two students talk about the psychological pressures of starting university. 10:451/5Blind Modeste convinces his 7-year-old companion Innocent to journey across Rwanda.
| 10:00Supporting students at university. Women's magazines and advertising. Jessa Crispin. 10:452/5Modeste and Innocent meet an old friend on the road from Rusumo.
| 10:00The new film on the fight for women's votes, and Geena Davis on Thelma and Louise. 10:413/5Innocent gets lost in Kigali and desperately searches for his sick friend. 10:55A Welsh male tradition faces competition through the increasing popularity of the choir.
| 10:00Andrew Marr, Helen Mort and Ruth Padel discuss women's poetry. 10:454/5Innocent and Modeste chance upon the wildlife at Akagera National Park.
| 10:00Jenni Murray presents a celebration of all things food with Nigella Lawson. 10:455/5With only two eggs left, how will Modeste and Innocent cross Lake Kivu to get to Kibuye?
| 10:30Stephen Smith tries to rediscover the lost joys of getting lost.
| 10:00Rob gets into character, and the Grundy boys are on their guard.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Performer Byron Vincent tries to overcome his paralysing fear of social situations. 11:304/4Maggie's 60th birthday brings a surprise present and some unwelcome revelations.
| 11:00Brett Westwood explores the role sea anemones have played in art, literature and science. 11:30From Sheffield to South Carolina, Johny Pitts explores alternative Black British identity.
| 11:001/4Old radio broadcasts chopped, looped and mashed into something new. 11:30Comedian and quizzer Paul Sinha examines our most important legal document.(R)
| 11:00Kate Adie introduces reporters' stories from the doorways of the European Union. 11:30Andrew Marr on the 16th century, from the rise of the Tudors to Shakespeare's elegance.
| 11:002/3Two men and a mule explore the mountains and rainforests of Peru in search of the Incas. 11:304/4A poet, a bottle of Calpol and Roman bathing methods cause trouble for Snoo and Alice.
| 11:00Bridget Kendall and guests explore why tiny things appeal to us. 11:30A search for mushroom gold in the hills of Austria and other stories.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to writer, poet and playwright Lemn Sissay.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Roy takes a surprising step to avoid being identified as a deserter. 12:15Used Volkswagens sell for less after emissions scandal, plus Lotto adds more numbers. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Gabriel begins to suspect Dolly Clout may not be the real thing. 12:15Winifred Robinson asks: what is your family's experience of end-of-life care? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Dorothea writes a letter to Ralph with news that will shake their marriage. 12:15Consumer affairs programme. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:06Sylvia Graham finds her family at the centre of an unexpected theatrical incident. 12:18Should we be asking questions about mindfulness techniques? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Lilian Frost sees Roland in a new light as they share a day of photographic discoveries. 12:15Are planners frustrating a government scheme for more rural homes? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Staff are redeployed at the government pensions freedoms helpline due to low take-up. 12:304/8Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:041/8Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Janey Godley and Joe Lycett play at the Edinburgh Festival.(R) 12:32Dan Saladino tells the story of a bird at the centre of human civilisation, the chicken. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:456/10Paul Barrett's Natural History Hero is paleontologist Franz Baron Nopcsa von Felso-Szilvás
| 13:00The latest news from the Conservative conference. Presented by Martha Kearney. 13:457/10Beulah Garner explains why entomologist Evelyn Cheesman is her Natural History Hero.
| 13:00The latest news from the Conservative conference. Presented by Martha Kearney. 13:458/10Erica McAllister explains why entomologist George Verrall is her Natural History Hero.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:459/10George Beccaloni chooses naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace as his Natural History Hero.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:4510/10Andrew Parker's Natural History Hero is microscope pioneer Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Leatherhead, Surrey.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Andy Kershaw re-examines the Bob Dylan album that changed popular music and his life.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Rob gets into character.(R) 14:15Based on the true story of a Royal Artillery major sent to Flensburg on a mission in 1945.
| 14:00Lynda looks for inspiration.(R) 14:15Comedy drama by David Spicer. Kevin Whately stars as an unlikely art thief.
| 14:00Eddie feels threatened.(R) 14:15By Emily Steel. Poignant drama starring Eve Myles as a new mum with a critically ill baby.
| 14:00Home sweet home for Fallon and Harrison? Pip feels the weight of responsibility.(R) 14:15Andrew Marr watches the world fall apart, as the British Isles descends into war.
| 14:00Rob is in a sharing mood.(R) 14:15By Charlene James. Award-winning drama about two Somali teenagers who live with a secret.
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30Oscar Wilde's courtroom battle with the Marquess of Queensbury.(R)
| 14:00Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural panel programme from the Beaulieu Motor Museum.(R) 14:45Men aged from 21 to 92 talk about singing, peace and being a Chelsea Pensioner.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Nigel Rees hosts with Norman Lovett, Nicolette Jones, Jeremy Front and Sarah Kendall. 15:30Dan Saladino on whether bitterness is disappearing from our food, and why it matters.(R)
| 15:006/6Jay Rayner and the panel are at the Royal Palace at Hampton Court.(R) 15:30Have we been lied to about air pollution? Tom Heap investigates.
| 15:00Lesley Curwen and guests answer questions about wills, probate and funeral costs. 15:30Pregabalin and gabapentin misuse; natural birth after caesarean; adrenaline auto-injectors(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks in the footsteps of the poet Andrew Marvell. 15:27Milton Jones presents an appeal on behalf of the Chance for Childhood.(R) 15:30Andrew Marr explores the 18th century, an age in which we tried hard to be civilised.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural panel programme from the Beaulieu Motor Museum. 15:451/3Chris inherits the farm in its entirety from her father, and she meets Ewan Tavendale.
| 15:30From Sheffield to South Carolina, Johny Pitts explores alternative Black British identity.(R)
| 15:001/2Crime thriller set in Warsaw. Family secrets and modern politics mesh in a murder mystery.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Folk singer Eliza Carthy discovers Manchester's 19th-century broadside ballads. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests explore the changing nature of the family.
| 16:00Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright look into how new commercial brand names are invented. 16:30Caroline Lucas and Rod Liddle join Harriett Gilbert to debate their favourite books.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor discusses female serial killers. Plus low economic growth and the future. 16:30A look at Robert Peston's move to ITV and cuts in newspaper prices.
| 16:00Director Robert Zemeckis talks about using 3D in films. Francine Stock presents. 16:30Andrew Marr introduces the age of the Romantics, who dominate our sense of what a poet is.
| 16:00Lucy Ash on a politician, a literary agent, a crime writer, a QE2 captain and a churchman. 16:301970s satire causes a stir, plus John Lennon uninterrupted and Jim Naughtie drowned out. 16:55Although separated by nearly 30 years, these old soldiers share more than their uniforms.
| 16:00Nigella Lawson. Geena Davis. Are nightclubs guilty of misogynoir? Student mental health.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup discusses the best British gothic writing. 16:30Roger McGough presents listeners' favourite poetry, including works by Robert Frost.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00PM at 5pm - Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00PM at 5pm - Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00PM at 5pm - Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00News interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30The Volkswagen crisis discussed by Evan Davis and guests.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00The role of British companies in a billion-dollar Moldovan bank scam.(R) 17:40Chris Bowlby profiles self-styled socialist US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00George Osborne says councils will be able to set business rates and keep the revenue 18:301/8Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Janey Godley and Joe Lycett play at the Edinburgh Festival.
| 18:00The Home Secretary Theresa May announces tough new plans to reduce immigration 18:304/4The team try to overcome their greatest challenge - exiting a lift.
| 18:00The PM promises an all-out assault on poverty and attacks "Britain-hating" Corbyn 18:302/2Sami Shah looks at Pakistan's political history, including its music, cinema and religion.
| 18:00Syrian army says major ground offensive underway. VW blames engineers for scandal 18:29The poet Murray Lachlan-Young reads a poetic reimagining of the Shipping Forecast. 18:314/6In this nicely furnished affordable programme, Marcus decides to solve the housing crisis.
| 18:00Health trusts in England have racked up a deficit of almost a billion pounds. 18:304/8Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
| 18:00Geoffrey Howe -- one of the key Conservative ministers of the 1980s -- has died. 18:15Clive Anderson, Danny Wallace and guests with a mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Thousands of people gather in Ankara to honour the victims of Turkey bomb attack. 18:15Isy Suttie chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Lynda looks for inspiration. 19:15A look back at the life of author Henning Mankell, who has died. John Wilson presents. 19:451/5Blind Modeste convinces his 7-year-old companion Innocent to journey across Rwanda.(R)
| 19:15John Wilson hosts the BBC National Short Story Award live from the BBC Radio Theatre. 19:452/5Modeste and Innocent meet an old friend on the road from Rusumo.(R)
| 19:00Home sweet home for Fallon and Harrison? Pip feels the weight of responsibility. 19:15Jonathan Bate talks about The Unauthorised Life, his biography of Ted Hughes. 19:453/5Innocent gets lost in Kigali and desperately searches for his sick friend.(R)
| 19:00Rob is in a sharing mood. 19:15Andrew Marr presents a recap of the highlights of the day. 19:35Andrew Marr explores how the British are still caught in Victorian dilemmas.
| 19:00The Grundy boys are on their guard. 19:15Screenwriter Abi Morgan, poet Rita Dove, British Art Show 8, author Zygmunt Miloszewski. 19:455/5With only two eggs left, how will Modeste and Innocent cross Lake Kivu to get to Kibuye?(R)
| 19:00Chris Bowlby profiles self-styled socialist US presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders. 19:15A look at the latest film covering the government's war on drugs - Sicario..
| 19:00Has David kept something important from Ruth? 19:151/4Deborah Dearden arrives back at the beach. Not such a stranger, yet stranger still.(R) 19:452/3Tara Flynn takes us into the world of cake baking and zombie hordes.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Neal Razzell reports on Spain's economic crisis, which has hit bullfighting hard. 20:30How far is the Middle East today defined by the legacy of the Iran-Iraq war?
| 20:00The role of British companies in a billion-dollar Moldovan bank scam. 20:40Activist Chen Guangcheng and artist Lynn Cox's accessible cards.
| 20:00The Volkswagen crisis discussed by Evan Davis and guests. 20:45Adharanand Finn provides a subtle answer to a simple question: why run?
| 20:15Andrew Marr and guests paint a fresh portrait of the 20th century in poems.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Leatherhead, Surrey. 20:50Will Self says people cannot pretend that looks do not matter.
| 20:00Acclaimed conductor Marin Alsop remembers her mentor, the great Leonard Bernstein.
| 20:001970s satire causes a stir, plus John Lennon uninterrupted and Jim Naughtie drowned out.(R) 20:30Lucy Ash on a politician, a literary agent, a crime writer, a QE2 captain and a churchman.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00From a revered god in ancient Egypt to a comic character in Peter Pan, crocs fascinate us.(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Jonathan Franzen, Gillian Tett, Tacita Dean and Helen Margetts.(R)
| 21:00Pregabalin and gabapentin misuse; natural birth after caesarean; adrenaline auto-injectors 21:30Expert health advisor and professor of medicine Carol Black talks to Jim Al-Khalili.(R)
| 21:00Have we been lied to about air pollution? Tom Heap investigates.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets actor Brian Blessed and environmentalist Satish Kumar.(R)
| 21:15Andrew Marr presents the final act with live poetry and music from the Radio Theatre.
| 21:00Individual losses and grief increasingly fuel an interest in spiritualism.
| 21:002/2Hitler is mistaken for a comedy impersonator and becomes the star of a satirical show.(R)
| 21:00Staff are redeployed at the government pensions freedoms helpline due to low take-up.(R) 21:26Leona Knox presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Neuroblastoma Children's Cancer Alliance UK.(R) 21:30How far is the Middle East today defined by the legacy of the Iran-Iraq war?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00NATO has accused Russia of irresponsible and extremely dangerous behaviour. 22:455/6Swedish novelist Henning Mankell reflects from his home in France on the state of Europe.(R)
| 22:00As protestors gather at the Tory conference, is this a return to class war? 22:451/9Henry's editor, and mistress, has some news.
| 22:00Prime Minister addresses Tory party conference 22:452/9Henry prepares to meet his mistress on a remote clifftop.
| 22:00Will Russia's intervention in Syria make any difference to Britain's policy? 22:453/9After killing his mistress, Henry has a most unexpected visitor.
| 22:00Angela Merkel meets David Cameron at Chequers 22:454/9The search for Henry's wife begins on the windswept beach.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Another chance to hear three great talks combining personal stories and new ideas.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45A look at how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen and Professor John Mullan talk romance, Romantic poets and romanticism.(R) 23:30Are our connected modern lives making us lonelier than ever?(R)
| 23:004/4An adventure in Wunderland, the Poundland of magical realms. Stars Alice Lowe. 23:30Aleks Krotoski asks how the concept of broken has changed in a digital world.(R)
| 23:003/4Kayvan Novak imagines the answerphone messages of controversial columnist Katie Hopkins. 23:151/4Two friends tour the city to choose where to scatter their urban explorer friend's ashes.(R) 23:30Aleks Krotoski looks at whether our online lives are transforming our experience of death.(R)
| 23:00Adam Rutherford meets Carlo Rovelli, author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics. 23:30What happens when we abandon a place? Aleks explores abandon both on and offline.(R)
| 23:00Caroline Lucas and Rod Liddle join Harriett Gilbert to debate their favourite books.(R) 23:27Aleks Krotoksi explores whether we can embed ethics into our technologies.(R) 23:55A visit by a church group to Northern Ireland brings about an unexpected friendship
| 23:00Nigel Rees hosts with Norman Lovett, Nicolette Jones, Jeremy Front and Sarah Kendall.(R) 23:30Roger McGough presents a programme in celebration of the islands around the UK.(R)
| 23:00Director Robert Zemeckis talks about using 3D in films. Francine Stock presents.(R) 23:30In an increasingly secular society, Mark Tully asks whether belief in a devil is necessary(R)
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