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From St Nicholas's Church, Leeds in Kent.
A roundup of news from BBC World Service.
The Insistent Moon. Novelist Margaret Drabble considers the enduring mysteries of the Moon: its role in Earth's survival and its haunting powers Of inspiration. Producer EleyMcAinsh Repeated at 11.30pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Margaret
Drabble
Anna Hill meets people who live the real country life. Executive producer Steve Peacock
Contributors
Unknown:
Anna
Hill
Producer:
Steve
Peacock
Religion, ethics and morals, with Jane Little. Series producer Amanda Hancox
Contributors
Unknown:
Jane
Little.
Producer:
Amanda
Hancox
Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks appeals on behalf of Habitat for Humanity
Donations:[address removed] Credit Cards [number removed] Producer Sally Flatman Repeated at 9.26pm and on Thursday at 3.28pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Jonathan
Sacks
Producer:
Sally
Flatman
A series for Advent. 1: The incarnation of God explored through the experiences of old people.
From St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow. With the Rt Rev Michael Hare Duke and the Very Rev Griff Dines. Cathedral choir directed by Fridrik Walker. Producer Mo McCullough
Contributors
Unknown:
Michael Hare
Duke
Unknown:
Griff
Dines.
Directed By:
Fridrik
Walker.
Producer:
Mo
McCullough
With Al i Sta i r Cooke. Repeated from Friday
With Gavin Esler.
Contributors
Unknown:
Gavin
Esler.
Sue Lawley invites another castaway to choose eight records to take to the mythical desert island. Producer Lisa Jenkinson Shortened at 9am
Contributors
Producer:
Lisa
Jenkinson
From the Theatre Royal in Winchester where Sandi Toksvig joins regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer, with Humphrey Lyttelton in the chair and Colin Sell at the piano. Repeated from Monday
Contributors
Unknown:
Sandi
Toksvigj
Unknown:
Tim
Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Graeme
Garden
Unknown:
Barry
Cryer
Unknown:
Humphrey
Lyttelton
Unknown:
Colin
Sell
BBC Radio 4 Food and Farming Awards 2003
Sheila Dillon announces the winners of this year's awards from a gl ittering ceremony at the BBC Good Food Show in Birmingham.
Producer Rebecca Wells Extended repeat tomorrow at 4pm Tips of the week: page 42
Contributors
Unknown:
Sheila
Dillon
Producer:
Rebecca
Wells
With James Cox.
Editor Richard Clark
Contributors
Unknown:
James
Cox.
Editor:
Richard
Clark
Emily Buchanan presents the series that asks foreign correspondents about the music that recalls significant moments in their careers.
1: Today's edition features Sorious Samura from
Sierra Leone, whose film Cry Freetown documents the bloody civil war of his home country. Producer Merilyn Harris
Contributors
Unknown:
Emily
Buchanan
Unknown:
Sorious
Samura
Producer:
Merilyn
Harris
Roy Lancaster , Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood answer questions at the Wainfleet and District Horticultural Society in Lincolnshire. Eric Robson is in the chair.
Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened at 3pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Roy
Lancaster
Unknown:
Bob
Flowerdew
Unknown:
Pippa
Greenwood
Producer:
Trevor
Taylor
4: Richard Uridge visits the Lost Gardens of Heligan nearSt Austell in Cornwall where he finds a tree, a relative of the culinary bay tree, that's so potent it can give you a headache, and anothertree that can Offer a cure for it. Producer Sandra Keating
Contributors
Unknown:
Richard
Uridge
Producer:
Sandra
Keating
The first of Dan Rebellato's two-part dramatisation of the gripping science-fiction classic about alien impregnation overturning the prim and proper world of a sleepy English village.
Repeated on Saturday
Contributors
Author:
John
Wyndham
Dramatised by:
Dan
Rebellato
Music:
Chris
Madin
Director:
Polly
Thomas
Richard:
Bill
Nighy
Janet:
Sarah
Parish
Zellaby:
Clive
Merrison
Alan:
Nicholas R
Bailey
Ferelleyn:
Katherine
Tozer
Dr Willers:
Mark
Chatterton
Mrs Willers:
Barbara
Marten
Rev Leebody:
Malcolm
Raeburn
Miss Lamb:
Christine
Brennan
Miss Ogle:
Rebecca
Bridle
Francis Spufford considers teen fiction. It's a big part of the book market but are young adults well served by books aimed at them and which of the current crop are the best? Producer Hilary Dunn Repeated on Thursday at 4pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Francis
Spufford
Producer:
Hilary
Dunn
Sufism is a mystical branch of the Muslim religion which, 800 years ago, produced one of its greatest poets - Rumi, the founder of the whirling dervishes. Judith Palmer reports from a meeting of the Rumi Society held in Paddington Library-the unlikely setting for an evening of transcendental music, dance and poetry, featuring Vida Kashizadeh. Producer Peter Everett Repeated on Saturday
Contributors
Unknown:
Judith
Palmer
Unknown:
Vida
Kashizadeh.
Producer:
Peter
Everett
Major issues, changing attitudes and important events at home and abroad, with Julian O'Halloran. Repeated from Tuesday
Contributors
Unknown:
Julian
O'Halloran.
Another chance to hear the first of two letters by acclaimed travel writer Dervla Murphy in which she describes how her childhood in rural Ireland shaped her lifetime of adventures. Producer Caroline Barbour
Contributors
Unknown:
Dervla
Murphy
Producer:
Caroline
Barbour
Quentin Cooper presents his selection of excerpts from BBC radio over the past seven days.
Phone: [number removed] (24 hours) Fax: [number removed] email: [address removed]
Contributors
Presenter:
Quentin
Cooper
Producer:
Lucy
Ash
Lynda's back on form.
Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
Soap & Flannel with Alison Graham : page 46
Contributors
Unknown:
Alison
Graham
Another bumper edition of reports and competitions, and the first part of the classic story The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken , read by Doon MacKichan. Producer Johnny Leagas
Contributors
Unknown:
Joan
Aiken
Read By:
Doon
MacKichan.
Producer:
Johnny
Leagas
Is it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all? Five stories about the bitterness of love, by Amanda Smyth and Hanan al-Shaykh . 4: The
White Peacock of Holland Park by Hanan al-Shaykh . Lonely in London, Yasmin brings her fantasies from Lebanon to Holland Park. Read by Sirine Saba . Producer Lisa Osborne
Contributors
Unknown:
Amanda
Smyth
Unknown:
Hanan
Al-Shaykh
Unknown:
Hanan
Al-Shaykh
Read By:
Sirine
Saba
Producer:
Lisa
Osborne
Roger Bolton with listeners' views on BBC radio. ADDRESS: Feedback, PO Box 2100, London W1A 1QT Phone: [number removed] email: feedback@bbc.co.uk Producer Sue Bonner Repeated from Friday
Contributors
Unknown:
Roger
Bolton
Star comedians and expert improvisers explain the mysteries of improvised comedy, with a large selection of clips to prove the point. Comedian and improviser Enn Reitel presents this exploration of an art form that is being used widely- and notjust for comedy. Producer/WriterTuranAli
Contributors
Unknown:
Enn
Reitel
Repeated from Saturday at 12.04pm
Development on the Front Line. Is the war on terror boosting development policy or undermining it? Kirsty Hughes asks whether the money and attention currently directed at Iraq and other US priorities are being diverted from countries in greater need, and whether counter-terrorism is
Compatible With development. Repeated from Thursday
Contributors
Unknown:
Kirsty
Hughes
Andrew Rawnsley previews the new week's political events. Including at 10.45 Hoggart's Week. Simon Hoggart , political sketch writer of The Guardian, takes a sideways look at the week's events in the Westminster village and, if he's lucky, a little beyond. Editor John Evans Hoggart 's Week repeated Wednesday8.45pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Andrew
Rawnsley
Unknown:
Simon
Hoggart
Editor:
John Evans
Hoggart
The intelligent guide to the wide world of learning, with LibbyPurves. Repeated from Tuesday
Ever since the bicycle was unveiled at the Paris
Exhibition of 1867, it has inspired music of all kinds. Alan Bennett and Dervla Murphy are among those who talk to cyclist Graeme Fife about the music of the two-wheeler and about the sound of the machine itself. Producer Richard Bannerman
Contributors
Unknown:
Alan
Bennett
Unknown:
Dervla
Murphy
Unknown:
Graeme
Fife
Producer:
Richard
Bannerman