Listings
: Bells on Sunday
From the church of St Sepulchre, Holborn Viaduct, London.: World Report
News round-up and analysis.: Something Understood
Can imagination be taught? Poet Douglas Dunn , professor of creative writing at St Andrews University, ponders the matter. Producer Matt Thompson Rptd at 11.30pmContributors
Unknown:
Douglas
Dunn
Producer:
Matt Thompson
Rptd
: On Your Farm
2/7. Meeting people who live the country life. Producer Benjamin ChestertonContributors
Producer:
Benjamin
Chesterton
: Sunday
Religious and ethical news, with Roger Bolton. Series producer Amanda HancoxContributors
Unknown:
Roger
Bolton.
Producer:
Amanda
Hancox
: Radio 4 Christmas Appeal
The vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, the Rev Nicholas Holtam , appeals on behalf of the church's social work. Donations: St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal, [address removed]Credit cards: [number removed]Producer Sally Flatman
Repeated at 9.26pm and on Thursday at 3.27pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Nicholas
Holtam
Unknown:
Trafalgar Square.
London
Producer:
Sally
Flatman
: Sunday Worship
For Advent. From St David 's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire. The Rev Gethin Abraham-Williams explores the theme of discovering the truth. Led by the Dean, the Very Rev Wyn Evans. Director of music Tim Noon.Contributors
Unknown:
St
David
Unknown:
Gethin
Abraham-Williams
Unknown:
Wyn
Evans.
Music:
Tim
Noon.
: A View from
Repeated from Friday: Broadcasting House
Fi Glover with the week's news stories. Editor Peter RipponContributors
Editor:
Peter
Rippon
: Received with Thanks: the Story Behind the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal
For more than 70 years, Radio 4 has broadcast an appeal at Christmas on behalf of St Martin-in-the-Fields, a church that has helped thousands of homeless people. John Waite meets some of those who benefited from last year's appeal.(Repeated at 5.40pm and on Thursday at 3.45pm)
Contributors
Presenter:
John
Waite
Producer:
Sally
Flatman
: The Archers
Omnibus edition.: Desert Island Discs
Sir Bobby Robson , former manager of Newcastle United Football Club, talks to Sue Lawley.Producer Leanne Buckle Shortened at 9am
Contributors
Unknown:
Sir Bobby
Robson
- Desert Island Discs: Sir Bobby Robson 44 minutes
: Quote.... Unquote
10/10. Clive Coleman , Sue Limb, Laurence Boswell and Corin Redgrave exchange favourite quotations. Repeated from MondayBBC AUDIO: Highlights from more than 21 years of Quote.... Unquote, selected and introduced by Nigel Rees , are now available on audio cassette from www.bbcshop.com and good retail outlets, or by calling [number removed]
Contributors
Unknown:
Clive
Coleman
Unknown:
Laurence
Boswell
Unknown:
Corin
Redgrave
Introduced By:
Nigel
Rees
: The Food Programme
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Sheila Dillon feast on the foods produced by the winners of the BBC Radio 4 Food and Farming Awards.Producer Margaret Collins Extended repeat tomorrow at 4pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Sheila
Dillon
Producer:
Margaret
Collins
: The World This Weekend
Presented by James Cox. Editor coiin HancockContributors
Presented By:
James
Cox.
: Sunday Best: Pastures New
2/3. The Dunlop family swapped a vegetable farm in Northern Ireland for a cereal farm in the heart ofthe Canadian grain belt. Countryman Johnny Scott discovers how they're coping with the differences in culture and in temperatures. Producer ClareCsonkaContributors
Unknown:
Johnny
Scott
: Gardeners' Question Time
Answering horticultural queries at Dorset are Bob Flowerdew , Matthew Biggs and Anne Swithinbank. Eric Robson is in the chair.At 2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast.
Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened 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
Unknown:
Bob
Flowerdew
Unknown:
Matthew
Biggs
Unknown:
Anne
Swithinbank.
Unknown:
Eric
Robson
Producer:
Trevor
Taylor
: Who Ate All the Pies?
3/5. Does anyone eat Sussex churdles anymore?Ian McMillan continues his nationwide search for pies, with this look at the recipe of liver, bacon, vegetables with a cheese topping that is undergoing something of a revival. Producer Julian May
Contributors
Unknown:
Ian
McMillan
: Classic Serial: The Pickwick Papers
1/4"A full and faithful report of the perambulations, perils and travels of the Pickwick Club."
Samuel Pickwick and his friends set out on a journey to discover their world in Charles Dickens 's humorous and profoundly daft tale of innocence abroad.
Rptd Saturday 9pm
Contributors
Dramatised by:
Michael
Eaton
Producer:
Nicholas
Newton
Director:
Jane
Morgan
Mr Pickwick:
Timothy
Spall
Mrs Bardell:
Sue
Johnstone
Jingle:
Jasper
Britton
Tupman:
Toby
Jones
Snodgrass:
Robert
Portal
Winkle:
John
McAndrew
Squire Wardle:
Gawn
Grainger
Old Mrs Wardle:
Angela
Pleasence
Miss Rachell:
Julie
Legrand
Emily:
Katie
Foster-Barnes
Arabella:
Lucy
Davenport
The Fat Boy:
Aaron
Johnson
Sam:
Burn
Gorman
Perker:
Philip
Voss
Tommy:
Joseph
Gritt
: Bookclub
One of Britain's most popular poets, Carol Ann Duffy, talks to James Naughtie about her inventive and funny collection, The World's Wife. A mixture of history lesson, fairy tale and modern-day domestic tragedy, it tells the stories of Mrs Aesop, Mrs Darwin, Anne Hathaway and Queen Kong, among others. Repeated on Thursday at 4pm. January's Bookclub: White Teeth by Zadie SmithCarol Ann Duffy's The Laughter of Stafford Girls' High is the Afternoon Play on Tuesday at 2.15pm
Contributors
Guest:
Carol Ann
Duffy
Presenter:
James
Naughtie
Producer:
Dymphna
Flynn
- Bookclub: Carol Ann Duffy 27 minutes
: Words on Film
Christopher Cook looks at the relationship between poetry and film to see how films using poetry have changed and what they are trying to achieve now. Producer Susan Roberts Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pmContributors
Unknown:
Christopher
Cook
Producer:
Susan
Roberts
: File on 4
9/10. With the Government accused of back-tracking on its own anti-corruption rules, is enough being done to keep business clean? Fran Abrams investigates. Repeated from TuesdayContributors
Unknown:
Fran
Abrams
: Received with Thanks: the Story Behind the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal
(Repeated from 9.45am): Pick of the Week
Ernie Rea presents his selection of excerpts from BBC radio Over the past week. Producer Torquil MacLeodPHONE: [number removed] Fax: [number removed] email: potw@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Unknown:
Ernie
Rea
Producer:
Torquil
MacLeod
: The Archers
Kenton gets the boot.For cast see page 42 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm Soap & Flannel: page 41
: Go 4 It
A reindeer herd in the Cairngorms in Scotland gets a visit from the children's programme's nature reporter, Caroline Williams. Plus the third episode of the story The Invasion of the Blobheads by Paul Stewart. Producer Jane ChambersContributors
Reporter:
Caroline
Williams.
Unknown:
Paul
Stewart.
: Postscripts by JB Priestley
3/5. Patrick Stewart continues to read fromPriestley's wartime observations, with a 1940 broadcast that compared the Second World War with the writer's experiences of the First World War.
Abridged by Julian Wilkinson. Producer Emma Harding
Contributors
Unknown:
Patrick
Stewart
Abridged By:
Julian
Wilkinson.
Producer:
Emma
Harding
: Feedback
11/11. Listeners' comments on BBC radio programmes and policy, with Roger Bolton. Repeated from Friday ADDRESS: Feedback, PO Box 2100, London W1A 1QTPhone: [number removed] Fax: [number removed] Email: feedback@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Unknown:
Roger
Bolton.
: Word of Mouth
1/7. Music, poetry, plain English and beekeeping are among the topics for linguistic investigation by Michael Rosen. Repeated from FridayContributors
Unknown:
Michael
Rosen.
: Money BOX
Repeated from yesterday at 12.04pm: Radio 4 Appeal
Repeated from 7.55am: Analysis
4/8. The Economy on the Couch. Diane Coyle looks at what economics is now learning from psychology and the Strange ways we behave. Repeated from ThursdayContributors
Unknown:
Diane
Coyle
: The Westminster Hour
Andrew Rawnsley previews the week's political events.10.45 Triumphs and Disasters
New series 1/3. Ribble Valley, 1991. The story behind famous by-election campaigns, as told by Steve Richards.
Editor Terry Dignan Triumphs and Disasters repeated on Wed at 8.45pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Andrew
Rawnsley
Told By:
Steve
Richards.
Editor:
Terry
Dignan
: The Learning Curve
10/10. With Libby Purves. Repeated from TuesdayContributors
Unknown:
Libby
Purves.
: Something Understood
Repeated from 6.05am: News
: Rada - 100 Years On
2/3. Following two students as they train at the famous drama school. With Adrian Lester.Contributors
Presenter:
Adrian
Lester.
Producer:
Merilyn
Harris
: News
: News
: News
: News
: News
: Off the Shelf
Mary ReillyValerie Martin 's imaginative reworking of a Victorian classic, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde , read by Finty Williams (1/10)
Contributors
Unknown:
Mary
Reilly
Unknown:
Valerie
Martin
Unknown:
Mr
Hyde
Read By:
Finty
Williams
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