Listings
From the church of Saints Peter and Paul,
Kingsbury, Warwickshire.
Contributors
Unknown:
Saints
Peter
News round-up and analysis.
For What We Give Thanks. In the week of Thanksgiving festival, Fergal Keane explores the rituals and meaning Of gratitude. Producer Ronni Davis Repeated at 11.30pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Fergal
Keane
Producer:
Ronni
Davis
4/4. The Oak Tree Planters. In a Worcestershire wood, Brett Westwood watches jays flying across a meadow to bury acorns. Those acorns that are left, grow on, so increasing the oak WOOd up the hill. Producer Sandra Sykes
Contributors
Unknown:
Brett
Westwood
Producer:
Sandra
Sykes
Religious and ethical news, presented by Roger Bolton. Series producer Amanda Hancox
Contributors
Presented By:
Roger
Bolton.
Producer:
Amanda
Hancox
Terry Wogan appeals on behalf of Children in Need. Donations: [address removed] Phone: [number removed] Credit cards: [number removed]
Producer Sally Flatman Repeated at 9.26pm and on Thursday at 3.28pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Terry
Wogan
Producer:
Sally
Flatman
"Wisdom to live by" is the theme of this service, which comes from the London School of Theology, Northwood, Middlesex. Proverbs 30, wl-7. Led by Linda Barclay. Preacher Rev Dr Derek Tidbal. Musical director Christopher Redgate. Producer Philip Biiison
Contributors
Unknown:
Linda
Barclay.
Unknown:
Dr Derek
Tidbal.
Director:
Christopher
Redgate.
Producer:
Philip
Biiison
Fi Glover with the week's news stories. Editor Peter Rippon.
Contributors
Editor:
Peter
Rippon.
Sue Lawley invites another castaway to select their favourite recordings to take to the mythical island. Producer Leanne Buckle at 9am
Contributors
Producer:
Leanne
Buckle
8/10. Gerry Anderson , George Bain , Nuala McKeever and Anne Tannahill exchange quotations and anecdotes. From the Linen Hall Library, Belfast. With Nigel Rees. The reader is Sally Grace. RptdfromMon
Contributors
Unknown:
Gerry
Anderson
Unknown:
George
Bain
Unknown:
Nuala
McKeever
Unknown:
Anne
Tannahill
Unknown:
Nigel
Rees.
Unknown:
Sally
Grace.
Cracking open the history of almond, Sheila Dillon discovers the most important nut in world commerce. Producer Katy Wright Extended repeat tomorrow at 4pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Sheila
Dillon
Producer:
Katy
Wright
Presented by James Cox. Editor Colin Hancock
Contributors
Presented By:
James
Cox.
Editor:
Colin
Hancock
Nicky and Dave Potts love their son, Ben, a heroin addict who has been taking drugs since the age of 14. Their love means sometimes excluding him from the family home and refusing to stand bail. Ben, Nicky and Dave talk frankly about the rollercoaster nature of their lives. Producers Kim Normanton and Nigel Acheson
Contributors
Unknown:
Dave
Potts
Producers:
Kim
Normanton
Producers:
Nigel
Acheson
Answering horticultural queries in Cumbria are Bunny Guinness, John Cushnie and Matthew Biggs. And at
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Cushnie
Unknown:
Matthew
Biggs.
Producer Trevor Taylor at 3pm
BBC AUDIO: A specially recorded edition of Gardeners' Question Time, featuring regular team members, is available on audio cassette and CD from retail outlets or from www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed]
Contributors
Producer:
Trevor
Taylor
New series 1/5. Melton Mowbray , home of an upwardly mobile pork pie, is the first destination for Ian McMillan as he travels the country sampling five different varieties of one of his favourite foods - the pie. He meets the people who make them and probes the history of this humble comestible, producer Julian May Ian McMillan and the life of pie: page 129
Contributors
Unknown:
Melton
Mowbray
Unknown:
Ian
McMillan
Producer:
Julian
May
Producer:
Ian
McMillan
2/2. By George Sand. Indiana, a young Creole, who is married to a much older man, risks everything for love but discovers that handsome Raymon's ideas are very different to her own. Winsome Pinnock's dramatisation marks the bicentenary of the birth of George Sand.
Director Claire Grove Repeated on Saturday at 9pm
Contributors
Narrator:
Kate
Buffery
Indiana:
Helen
Longworth
Raymon:
Paul
Rhys
Colonel Delmare:
Philip
Voss
Noun Ndidi:
Del
Fattil
Ralph:
Paul
Panting
Mme de Ramiere:
Richenda
Carey
M Hubert:
Andrew
Harrison
Cpt Random:
Philip
Fox
Writers, abridgers and readers discuss their crafts and recommend their favourite audiobooks. Presented by Mariella FrOStrup. Producer Karen Holden RptdThu4pm
Contributors
Presented By:
Mariella
Frostrup.
Producer:
Karen
Holden
The open skies of the flatlands of East Anglia have always been creatively stimulating for poet Lavinia Greenlaw. So why have writers of the last three centuries been repeatedly drawn to mountains, specifically the Alps? Ruskin, Shelley, DH Lawrence and WH Auden, among many, have poetically tried to scale the peaks. But don't the Alps get in the way of the view? With contributions from climber/critic Robert Macfarlane , the Swiss poet/rapper Raphael Urweider and the ghosts of Heidi and The Sound of Music. Producer Tim Dee Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Lavinia
Greenlaw.
Unknown:
Dh
Lawrence
Unknown:
Robert
MacFarlane
Unknown:
Raphael
Urweider
Producer:
Tim
Dee
7/10. With the European Union considering new legislation that would require tests for thousands of chemicals in regular use, Jenny Cuffe asks how much we really know about the long-term risks from some of the substances that are contained in almost everything we buy. Repeated from Tuesday
Contributors
Unknown:
Jenny
Cuffe
2/3. Family Lore. When does the egocentric child become the selfish teenager? Is it only when they become parents themselves? AC Grayling and Michael Rosen try to provide a few answers. Producer Paul Kobrak Repeated on Saturday at 5.45am
Contributors
Unknown:
Michael
Rosen
Producer:
Paul
Kobrak
Allan Little presents his selection of excerpts from BBC radio Over the past week. Producer Torquil MacLeod
PHONE: [number removed] Fax: [number removed] email: potw@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Unknown:
Allan
Little
Producer:
Torquil
MacLeod
Beth gets inquisitive.
For cast see page 46 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm Soap & Flannel: page 45
Fancy joining a gospel choir? That's exactly what David McFetridge does in this week's children's programme. Plus there's a story competition, which is beingjudged by the author Jacqueline Wilson. Producer Jane Chambers
Contributors
Unknown:
David
McFetridge
Unknown:
Jacqueline
Wilson.
1/5. The humanity and passion of Priestley's wartime observations fired the imagination of many when they were broadcast in 1940. Patrick Stewart reads the first of these "postscripts", which reflects on the evacuation of Dunkirk. Abridged by Julian Wilkinson. Producer Emma Harding
Contributors
Unknown:
Patrick
Stewart
Abridged By:
Julian
Wilkinson.
Producer:
Emma
Harding
9/11. Listeners' opinions and comments on BBC radio programmes and policy. With Roger Bolton. Repeated from Friday
ADDRESS: Feedback. PO Box 2100, London W1A 1QT Phone: [number removed] Fax: [number removed] email: feedback@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Unknown:
Roger
Bolton.
3/3. The Just a Minute Years. More excerpts from the Kenneth Williams Diaries, read by David Benson. Including archive recordings of the comic actor's performances. Producer Jonathan James-Moore
Contributors
Read By:
David
Benson.
Producer:
Jonathan
James-Moore
Repeated from yesterday at 12.04pm
2/8. Eyes Wide Shut? Martin Jacques asks whether Europe is in danger of becoming introverted and provincial, and what that could mean for the Continent's future. Repeated from Thursday
Contributors
Unknown:
Martin
Jacques
Andrew Rawnsley previews the week's political events
10.45 The Week According to
3/8. Kevin Maguire presents a humorous look back at the political week. Producer Alison Macdonald
Editor Terry Dignan The Week According to repeated Wed 8.45pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Andrew
Rawnsley
Unknown:
Kevin
Maguire
Producer:
Alison
MacDonald
Editor:
Terry
Dignan
8/10. The intelligent guide to the wide world of learning with Libby Purves. Repeated from Tuesday
Contributors
Unknown:
Libby
Purves.
Paul Robertson explores the emotional intensity of Beethoven's late string quartets. Producer Paul Evans
Contributors
Unknown:
Paul
Robertson
Producer:
Paul
Evans
The Remains of the Day (6/10) by Kazuo Ishiguro , read by John Moffatt
Contributors
Unknown:
Kazuo
Ishiguro
Read By:
John
Moffatt