with Marjorie Lofthouse Producer Jane Ward. Stereo

with Stephen Oliver including
Bells on Sunday from
St Cosmas and St Damian,
Keymer, West Sussex. Stereo

George Macpherson meets Welsh Black Cattle breeder, Jose MacDonald. Producer Carol Trewin

with Andrew Green and Christopher Morgan Editor Beverley McAinsh including at

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by Alistair Cooke

For the third Sunday in Lent, choral Matins comes from St Margaret's Church, Westminster, led by Canon Donald Gray.
The Speaker of the House of Commons, the Rt Hon Bernard Wetherill , PC, MP, continues a special series of sermons for
Lent. Psalm 119, vv
65-72; Benedicite (Lloyd); Jubilate (Howells); Lord, Let Me Know Mine End
(Greene); Lord, Teach Us How to Pray (AMNS
227); For the Healing of the Nations (AMNS 361); Rise Up, 0 Men of God (AMNS 418).
Organist Thomas Trotter. Director of Music
Christopher Stokes. Stereo

Omnibus edition.
Director Niall Fraser

with Peter Fiddick
Producer Jane Beresford

with Margaret Howard Stereo

Editor Roger Mosey

This week Clay Jones digs into the bulging postbag, and calls on Dr Stefan Buczacki , Fred Downham and Daphne Ledward to solve gardening problems sent in by listeners. Producer Diana Stenson
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Alan Bennett 's acclaimed series of six monologues on radio for the first time. 4: Her Big Chance
A small-time actress gets her chance in the big time. Performed by Julie Walters. Music by George Fenton.
Director Matthew Walters. Stereo

'It's a way of breaking out of the sort of normal
Englishness....'
A visit to a flamenco dancing class in London. With Zandra Escudero , Maria Morgan , Pacquita Perez , Sheila Rebato , Harry Scott , Tanagra
Soares and Yutta Veress.
Producer Ed Thomason
Stereo

with Laurie Taylor
Producer Nick Ware. Stereo

with Peter Hennessy

Benjamin Zephaniah reads a selection of his poetry and chats to Carol Ann Duffy at the South Bank
Polytechnic.
Producer Jaclyn Parry. Stereo

Arthur Ransome enthusiast
Christina Hardyment visits one of her hero's favourite sailing places, Maldon in Essex, as the town prepares to commemorate the battle of Maldon of 991. Producer Kate McAII

The first of four programmes in which
Roger Worsley explores myths and legends about commonplace birds.
Producer Pam Redman

A view of four different occupations, as seen from the BBC Sound Archives.
1: The Housewife
For 50 years the airwaves have been thick with advice for housewives.
With Aisling Foster. Producer Elizabeth Burke Stereo
(A new series starts tomorrow at 8.43am)

The return of the series that looks into the stories behind the European headlines, presented by Max Easterman.

Barnsley, 1963: four young working lads get together to form a band, and local fame and future stardom beckons.
Twenty-five years on, four middle-aged men fondly recall those days and why they never made the big time. Presented by Martyn Wiley.
Producer Dave Sheasby. Stereo

Nigel Forde meets Katy Gardner , who for 15 months lived in a Bangladeshi village, and Ronan Bennett , who lived in Long Kesh Prison in Northern Ireland for three months. Their experiences shaped their books; plus the bookshelf of Ferdinand Mount, the new editor of the TLS.

The Soviet Debate
The last in the series comes from the Royal
Institute of International
Affairs at Chatham House, London with the proposition that: 'The time has come for the West to stop supporting President Gorbachev'.
Proposing:
Sir Bryan Cartledge , former British Ambassador to the Soviet Union; Vladimir Bukovsky ,
Russian dissident, writer and scientist; and Sir Nicholas Henderson , former British Ambassador to Washington.
Opposing: Paul Warnke , former American Chief
Negotiator for SALT; Dr Lothar Ruhl , former State Secretary of the German Defence Ministry; and George Robertson , MP, Labour Party Spokesman on Foreign Affairs.
Chairman Brian Redhead.
Producers Margaret Hill and Gwyneth Williams

with Dilly Barlow

Are feral populations of mink a threat to our indigenous animals? Fergus Keeling and Jessica Holm report.

The untold story of the Methodist millionaire who set out to convert the nation through the cinema screen, and ended up funding the British film industry through its golden years. Presented by Bernard Jackson.
Stereo

with Tim Fenton
Producer Peter Robins

Composer Francis Grier continues to reflect on seven stories of women in the Bible, illustrated by sections of his Miriam
String Quartet.
3: Ruth and Naomi Producer
Shiriey Scott. Stereo