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"I think it would be a pity for a group of countries with a common history to suddenly decide we have no relationship with one another." (Businessman, Kenya)

"You've got a diminishing number of people like me who still have a close attachment to Britain and a growing number for Britain is just another name." (Retired General, Malaysia)

"There is a sense in which the legacy is like a dream which has still to be fulfilled." (Minister, Barbados)

Britain's relationship with the Commonwealth is at a crossroads and not just because of current disagreements over South Africa. Many legacies remain but, as Nick Clarke discovers, these ties are in danger of being broken by neglect. Yet, without them, can Britain still aspire to a role in the wider world?

goes to the USA.
Laurie Taylor tries out some typical British radio programmes on American critics, samples their best broadcasts and examines the chances of survival for 'serious radio' in a climate of free-for-all broadcasting.
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In the fourth of five talks for Holy Week John Harriott looks at the Cross as a window onto God.

at Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire Order of Service
Hymn: Praise, my soul, the King of heaven
Mandatum: The Lord High Almoner,
THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER Psalm 138
Anthem: Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake (16th century) Lesson: John 13, vv 10-16 Read by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh First Distribution of Maundy Gifts, during which the following anthems are sung: Christ became obedient unto death (Bruckner); Wash me throughly (S.S.Wesley)
Lesson: Matthew 25, w 31-45 Read by The Bishop of Ely
Second Distribution of Maundy Gifts, during which the following anthems are sung: The Lord is my shepherd
(Arthur Wills); Zadok the priest (Handel)
Hymn: All my hope on God is founded
The Collect for the Feast of St Etheldreda Read by The Bishop of Huntingdon The National Anthem
The Blessing: THE BISHOP OF ELY
Service conducted by the Dean, THE VERY REV W. J. PATTERSON and members of the Chapter CHOIRS OF HER MAJESTY'S CHAPEL ROYAL. ST JAMES'S PALACE and ELY CATHEDRAL Directors of Music RICHARD POPPLEWELL and ARTHUR WILLS
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Summer Lightning by P. G. WODEHOUSE adapted in six episodes by RICHARD USBORNE
6: Gaily Takes Matters in Hand
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Winning a Round: pub quizzes are an increasingly popular leisure activity up and down the country. Dilly Barlow attends one and discovers how they are organised, who enters them, and the length to which some people will go to win.
Serial: My Aunt Christina (2)

by Katherine Parker
with Colin Firth as Rupert Brooke and Emma Piper as Ka Cox

The poet Rupert Brooke was born 100 years ago and died of an illness at the tragically early age of 27 during the First World War. One of the most beautiful men in England, he had many admirers but his emotional life was far from trouble-free. While up at Cambridge, he met Ka Cox - a large, ungainly, matronly woman with whom he had a most complex love affair.

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The tide of fashion seems lately to have been moving away from him ... that matters little, for he is beyond the ebb and flow of fashion, and the world must return to him.
So said the biographer John Buchan of his subject, Sir Walter Scott. But what of Buchan himself, novelist and creator of such classic thrillers as The Thirty-Nine Steps and The Three Hostages? Susan Hill reconsiders a successful writer and imperial statesman, born into the Scottish tradition of striving, to whom life - by his own exacting standards - awarded second prizes. Producer NIGEL ACHESON
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A chance to air your views on some of the subjects raised in last week's Any Questions?
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Jesus of Nazareth died by judicial execution over 1,950 years ago. Yet today this first-century Rabbi, who left behind no writings and a mere handful of followers, is still the subject of devotion, worship - and controversy. Something like a third of the human race believe that he rose from the dead, and is the divine Son of God.
But what can we know for sure about Jesus? Are the records of him in the Bible 'gospel truth' - or pious elaboration? Who did his first followers think he was? And - more to the point - who did Jesus think he was?
Trevor Barnes talks to some of Britain's most distinguished biblical scholars in search of some answers, and invites listeners to put their questions about Jesus to his studio guests, Dr Alister McGrath and Professor Morna Hooker. Researcher SARAH RUTTY
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Auction rooms can be dangerous places for the unwary. A casual wave of the hand may be expensive and breakages must be paid for.
Unpredictable and enthusiastic Denise Coffey could be at risk in the Archive sale.
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The Shakespeare Connection Some of the details in Hamlet about Kronborg Castle and life in the Danish court might imply that Shakespeare had personal knowledge of both. Opinion is divided as to whether or not he ever visited Denmark. The castle, built 400 years ago, was host last summer to the Oxford Playhouse Company's production of Hamlet.
Lynn ten Kate went to look for the Shakespeare Connection. Producer SUSAN SNAILUM (R) revised

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