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Radio 4,19 Apr 2026,40 mins

William Crawley

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This week, Donald Trump’s war of words with Pope Leo XIV is the prelude to a gloves off historical tour of papal spats. Meanwhile, Jay Rayner swallows a thesaurus on the Kitchen Cabinet. The BBC’s Russia Editor proves he’s a better pianist than Vladimir Putin, and get ready to party like it’s 1999 as we take a journey through archive of Prince's legacy. Presenter: William Crawley Producer: Anthony McKee Editor: Steven Hobson Production Coordinator: Caoilfhinn McFadden A BBC Audio Northern Ireland production for BBC Radio 4. Programmes featured in this episode include: Screenshot: Telephones, 14/04 Everything is Fake and Nobody Cares: F for Fake, 15/04 The World Tonight, 13/04 Craig Charles, 14/05 The Matt Forde Focus Group: The Politics of Denial, 16/04 Archive on 4: The Sarkozy Affair, 11/04 The Global Story: What was the point of Artemis II?, 13/04 Music Matters: Curtain Up: Classical Stories of Musical Theatre - Mid-century maestros, 12/04 The Kitchen Cabinet: Series 52, Postbag, 11/04 Assume Nothing: The Radiation Holiday - Episode 6: Protest Song, 18/04 Currently, About the Girls: The Puberty Puzzle, 12/04 Long Player with Steven Rainey: Björk - Debut, 12/04 Archive on 4: A Night With Prince, 16/04

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