with Marjorie Lofthouse. Producer Jane Ward. Stereo
with Jack Hywel-Davies . Bells on Sunday from St Mary's Episcopal
Cathedral, Edinburgh. Stereo
When is a "free range" egg really free range, and what is a "farm fresh" egg? Are the laws defining them clearly enough or is the consumer being confused by misleading descriptions? George Macpherson finds out when he joins Wiltshire farmer Martin Pitt for an eggy breakfast. Producer Carol Trewin
Religious news and views from home and overseas with Alison Hilliard and Andrew Green.
Editor David Coomes. Stereo including at
8.00am News
speaks for the Week's Good Cause on behalf of the Jeannie Campbell Breast Cancer Radiotherapy Appeal.
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by Alistair Cooke.
from Worksop,
Nottinghamshire.
Serving in the Name ofjesus
Poplars Church is an independent church, whose two congregations come together today in a local school hall for family worship. Through regular visits by volunteers and support of health-care training, the church has strong links with Brasov in Romania, as well as with the local community in and around Worksop. Preacher: the Pastor, Derek Wilkinson.
Led by Pete Hardy.
Mark 2, vv1-12. Be Still for the Presence of the Lord; Ye Servants of God; I Love You, Lord; I'm Going to Heaven.
Omnibus edition.
Director Vanessa Whitburn
with Andrew Rawnsley. Producer Dinah Lammiman Stereo
with Chris Serle.
Stereo
with Susannah Simons. Deputy editor Anne Koch
Clay Jones digs into the postbag, and calls on Dr Stefan Buczacki ,
Fred Downham and Sue Phillips to solve gardening problems sent in by listeners. The team will also make their choice of the new garden books and gift ideas for Christmas. Producer Diana Stenson
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Mary Had a Little Lamb When Mary and Neil abandon successful careers to live in deepest Wales, everything looks rosy.... Written by Arnold Evans .
Director Alison Hindell. Stereo
with Laurie Taylor. The ethics of the "fly on the wall" documentary: Jonathan Freedland reports from Walsgrave Hospital in Coventry. Producer Nick Ware. Stereo
Perestroika in the Desert
The collapse of the Soviet bloc has left its former
Arab allies searching for a new strategy for survival in an American-led world.
John Keay considers how far this is driving states like Egypt and Syria to restructure their political and economic institutions.
The first of two programmes recorded at the Galway
Festival, where members of the public are invited to read their own poetry. With Carol Ann Duffy. Producers Alec Reid and Michael Adams. Stereo
Miles Kington visits
Paddington Station and finds echoes of the Great
Western Railway days and expansive plans for the future.
Producer Sarah Pitt
Having returned from the Back of Not Very Far Away, Barry Pilton sets off on six more journeys and discovers the bizarre as well as the comic.
Read by Anton Rodgers.
1: The Rights and Wrongs o/Passage
To Ireland on the ferry ... Producer Louise Purslow
with Chris Dunkley.
visits cities, towns and rural areas to report on issues affecting the daily lives of women and men in local communities.
Presented by Stephen Beard.
Producer Charles Sigler
Christopher Powling and Stephanie Nettell join Nigel Forde with their selection of the best children's books for Christmas.
Members of the public report on issues which have affected their lives - and could affect yours. With Susan Marling.
The second of six great
English language essays. Dr Johnson on False Hope "Such is the general dream in which we slumber out our time; every man thinks the day is coming in which he shall be gratified with all his wishes." Reader
Geoffrey Whitehead. Director Jeremy Mortimer
Jessica Holm presents a special edition of the programme from Scotland.
The last of four plays featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective.
The Copper Beeches
A young governess consults Sherlock Holmes in one of his most sinister cases.
Violin Leonard Friedman.
Dramatised by Peter Mackie
Director Enyd Williams. Stereo
Presented by Peter Hill. Producer Charles Sigler
Martyrs Today
This weekend marks the second anniversary of the assassination ofsixjesuit priests in El Salvador. In the second of two programmes, Roy Jenkins looks through the eyes of British and Irish church workers at a land where martyrdom is a daily possibility.
