Listings
: Bells on Sunday
From the church of St BartholomewtheGreat. Smithfields, London.: World Report
News round-up and analysis.: Something Understood
A Very Special Relationship. Michelene Wandor draws on her own experience to consider the role of grandparents. Producer Ronni Davis Repeated at 11.30pmContributors
Unknown:
Michelene
Wandor
Producer:
Ronni
Davis
: Living World
3/4. Bumblebees. Lionel Kelleway looks at the more common species of bumblebee active at this time of year, one of the first insects to wake in the early spring sunshine.Producer Stuart Reading
Contributors
Unknown:
Lionel
Kelleway
: Sunday
Religious and ethical news, with Roger Bolton. Producer Amanda HancoxContributors
Unknown:
Roger
Bolton.
Producer:
Amanda
Hancox
: Radio 4 Appeal
Archbishop Desmond Tutu appeals on behalf or Help the Hospices...Donations: [address removed] Credit cards: Freephone [number removed]44
Producer Sally Flatman Repeated at 9.26pm and on Thursday at
Contributors
Unknown:
Desmond
Tutu
Producer:
Sally
Flatman
: Sunday Worship
From the National Cathedral of St Patrick, Dublin. WithCanon Noel Battye. Director of music Peter Barley. Producer Bert Tosh
Contributors
Unknown:
Canon Noel
Battye.
Music:
Peter
Barley.
Producer:
Bert
Tosh
: A Point Of View
Repeated from Friday: Broadcasting House
The week's news stories, with Fi Glover. Editor Peter RipponContributors
Unknown:
Fi
Glover.
Editor:
Peter
Rippon
: The Archers
Omnibus edition.: Desert Island Discs
The actor Patrick Stewart talks to Sue Lawley and chooses eight recordings to take with him to the mythical desert island.Repeated on Friday at 9am
Contributors
Presenter:
Sue
Lawley
Castaway:
Patrick
Stewart
Producer:
Laura
Thomas
- Desert Island Discs: Patrick Stewart 43 minutes
: Quote.... Unquote
1/7. Exchanging quotations and anecdotes with Nigel Rees are Rachel Billington , Stella Duffy , Daisy Goodwin and Emma Kennedy. The reader is William Franklyn. Repeated from MondayContributors
Unknown:
Nigel
Rees
Unknown:
Rachel
Billington
Unknown:
Stella
Duffy
Unknown:
Daisy
Goodwin
Unknown:
Emma
Kennedy.
Unknown:
William
Franklyn.
: The Wine Programme
6/6. Oz Clarke and Andrew Jefford celebrate sauvignon blanc wines with ballerina Deborah Bull and invite listeners to join them for an interactive tasting. Repeated from MondayContributors
Unknown:
Andrew
Jefford
Unknown:
Deborah
Bull
: The World This Weekend
National and international news and analysis, introduced by James COX. Editor Colin HancockContributors
Introduced By:
James
Cox.
Editor:
Colin
Hancock
: Gardeners' Question Time
Pippa Greenwood , Bob Howerdew and Matthew Biggs answer questions from gardeners in Hertfordshire. AndAnne Swithinbank offers the definitive advice on sowing seeds. Eric Robson is in the chair. Including at
Contributors
Unknown:
Pippa
Greenwood
Unknown:
Bob
Howerdew
Unknown:
Matthew
Biggs
Unknown:
Anne
Swithinbank
Unknown:
Eric
Robson
: Gardening Weather Forecast.
Producer Trevor TaylorBBC 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.bbcsnop.corT Call [number removed]
Contributors
Producer:
Trevor
Taylor
: Five Gardens of France
3/5. Desert de Retz. Susan Marling revels in the fantasy world of a folly garden, created by the extravagant libertine Monsieur de Monville on the eve of the French Revolution. Producer Kate BlandContributors
Unknown:
Susan
Marling
: Classic Serial: The Raj Quartet
2/9. The Jewel in the Crown. Daphne's friendship with Hari Kumar deepens as the relationship between Britain and India grows more violent. Four novels charting the last days of the British Raj in India, written by Paul Scott and dramatised bv John Harvey.Other parts played by Shiv Grewal , Rez mm and Music by Raiomond Mirza ; Producer/Director Sally Avens Repeated on Saturday at 9pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Hari
Kumar
Written By:
Paul
Scott
Unknown:
John
Harvey.
Played By:
Shiv
Grewal
Music By:
Raiomond
Mirza
Daphne:
Anna Maxwell
Martin
Ronald:
Mark
Bazeley
Hari:
Prasanna
Puwanarajah
Lilv:
Josephine
Welcome
AuntShalini:
Nina
Wadia
Sister Ludmilla:
Susan
Enqel
MissCrane:
Phyllida
Law
MrChaudhuri:
Paul
Bazely
: Open Book
Does everyone have an unpublished novel inside them just waiting to be written? Mariella Frostrup talks to a writer, a publisher and to the librarians of the Library of Unwritten Books to find out. Producer Hilary Dunn Repeated on Thursday at 4pmContributors
Talks:
Mariella
Frostrup
Producer:
Hilary
Dunn
: A Map of British Poetry: 9/12: Crowds and Cities
Crowded city streets can be oppressive and yet energising. Love as well as hate poems have been dedicated to the city by our poets, presented here by the poet laureate Andrew Motion. With contributions from Steve Pile and Elizabeth Wilson, and poems by George Eliot, TS Eliot, John Gay, Roy Fisher, Oscar Wilde, Rosemary Tonks, John Betjeman, Maura Dooley and William Wordsworth.Readers are Juliet Stevenson, Kenneth Cranham, Jamie Glover and Tom Courtenay.
Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm
Address: BBC Broadcasting House, Bristol BS8 2LR
Contributors
Presenter:
Andrew
Motion
Contributor:
Elizabeth
Wilson
Reader:
William
Wordsworth
Reader:
Juliet
Stevenson
Reader:
Kenneth
Cranham
Reader:
Jamie
Glover
Reader:
Tom
Courtenay
Producer:
Tim
Dee
: The Last Lord Chancellor
2/2 Robert Stevens follows Lord Falconer as he continues his uphill struggle to save a Parliamentary bill that would make historic changes to the British constitution, setting up a new Supreme Court and axing his own job, the ancient post of Lord Chancellor. Repeated from TuesdayContributors
Unknown:
Robert
Stevens
: Being Joe
2/2 Michael Blastland describes scenes from the life of his severely disabled, autistic son Joe, whose behaviour has moved him to anger, exasperation and laughter - and to ask the shocking question: "Is it possible that Joe isn't one of US?" Producer Innes Bowen Repeated on Saturday at 5.45amContributors
Unknown:
Michael
Blastland
Producer:
Innes
Bowen
: Pick of the Week
Liz Barclay presents her selection of excerpts from BBC radio over the past week. Producer Torquil MacLeodPHONE: [number removed]0400 Fax: [number removed]email: potw@bbc.co.uk
Contributors
Unknown:
Liz
Barclay
Producer:
Torquil
MacLeod
: The Archers Adam finds you can't choose family.
For cast see page 51 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm Soap & Flannel: page 49: Go 4 It
The children's magazine programme that covers everything from pop music to ancient Rome. WithBarney HarwOOd. Producers Abi Awojobi and Rebecca Armstrong
Contributors
Producers:
Abi
Awojobi
Producers:
Rebecca
Armstrong
: Tales from East Anglia
3/5. Measuring Geraniums. Written and read by Neil Innes. A crossword compiler, his head full of verbal conundrums, goes for a bike ride.... with unfortunate consequences. Stories by writers for whom being East Anglian is important. Producer Ivan HowlettContributors
Read By:
Neil
Innes.
Producer:
Ivan
Howlett
: A World in Your Ear
3/6. More radio gems from around the world with Rosie Goldsmith. This week, she listens in to programmes by, for and about the military. She hears the music favoured by American soldiers based in Iraq, and hears some propaganda radio in Colombia as the Fare rebel group take to the airwaves. Producer Andrea ProtheroeContributors
Unknown:
Rosie
Goldsmith.
Producer:
Andrea
Protheroe
: Word of Mouth
3/8. A closer look at the words we use, where they come from and how we play with them, with Michael Rosen. Repeated from FridayContributors
Unknown:
Michael
Rosen.
: Radio 4 Appeal
Repeated from 7.55am: Analysis
7/9. Is Sid Dead ? In the 1980s and 90s privatisation promised to make Britain a share-owning democracy. But how far did popular capitalism really spread? Diane Coyle asks whether all the "Sids" attracted by the advertising agencies are still in love with the world of investment and market risk. Repeated from ThursdayContributors
Unknown:
Sid
Dead
Unknown:
Diane
Coyle
: The Westminster Hour
Andrew Rawnsley previews the week's political events. Editor Terry DignanContributors
Unknown:
Andrew
Rawnsley
Editor:
Terry
Dignan
: Party Election Broadcast
On behalf of the Liberal Democrat Party.: A Good Read
2/6. Writer Jon Ronson and the chief executive of AOL UK, Karen Thomson , talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books. Repeated from TuesdayContributors
Unknown:
Jon
Ronson
Unknown:
Karen
Thomson
Unknown:
Sue
MacGregor
: Something Understood
Repeated from 6.05am: News
: The Theatre on the Cliff
Until her death in 1983 Rowena Cade devoted her life to building and nurturing the MinackTheatre, in Cornwall, carving it out from the cliffs at the bottom of her garden in Porthcurno almost single-handedly. Today her presence is still keenly felt. Repeated from ThursdayContributors
Unknown:
Rowena
Cade
: News
: News
: News
: Off the Shelf
Will in the World (1/5)A different take on the life of William Shakespeare , by Stephen Greenblatt
Contributors
Unknown:
William
Shakespeare
Unknown:
Stephen
Greenblatt
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