with Marjorie Lofthouse.
Producer David Bellinger. Stereo
with Jack Hywel-Davies . Including Bells On
Sunday, from Chester Cathedral. Stereo
Are supermarkets ripping off farmers, paying them too little and charging the consumer too much?
Robert Forster breakfasts with Sir Alastair Grant, chairman and chief executive of Safeway, and hears how he thinks supermarkets and agriculture should develop and improve their working relationships.
with Christopher Morgan and Debbie Thrower. Editor David Coomes
Including at
speaks for the Week's Good Cause about the work of Carers National Association which aims to encourage carers to recognise and obtain help with their own needs. Donations to: Carers National, [address removed]
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by Alistair Cooke.
From All Saints' Church, Writtle, near Chelmsford. Led by Rev Peter Nokes. Preacher Rev Brian
O'Higgins.
Readings: Acts 2, vv 37-47; Luke 14, vv 15-24. Hymns: Beati Quorum; All My
Hope on God is Founded; Let All the World; Lord
Jesus Christ ; Servant King. Musical Director Sylvia Bulley
Organist Alan Bulley
Omnibus edition.
Director Vanessa Whitbum. Stereo
A personal view of current magazines and periodicals by Martin Wainwright. Producer Dinah Lammiman Stereo
with Chris Serle.
Stereo
with Nick Clarke.
Deputy editor Anne Koch
This week the team visits Essex where members of the Wivenhoe Allotment and Gardens Association put their questions to
Daphne Ledward ,
Fred Downham and Dr Stefan Buczacki.
Chairman Clay Jones.
Producer Diana Stenson. Stereo
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Gardeners' Question Time, BBC, PO Box 27. Manchester M60 1SJ
Roscoe's Time
Don Haworth 's evocative portrait of a family struggling to earn a living from the land, and of Roscoe - the man whose sudden appearance transforms their life.
Director Kay Patrick Stereo
Presented by Laurie Taylor.
The Secret Life of the Continuity Announcer. What goes on when the microphone goes off?
Producer Emma Selby. Stereo
Down To Business
What exactly does British business want from the government - more or less? As the leadership changes at the CBI and the DTI, David Walker asks whether we are entering a new phase of cosy corporatism.
Julia Eccleshare joins
Michael Rosen to look at new fiction for older children.
Producer Jill Burridge
Brian Johnston celebrates his 80th birthday this week with a trip to Swanage in Dorset. Producer Anthony Smith
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The last of six programmes.
A Scottish Passport
The young Scottish writer John McKay , shamelessly betraying his Caledonian brethren, lives south of the border. In the face of Scottish independence, he makes his case for citizenship.
Producer Noah Richler
with Chris Dunkley.
Mike Wooldridge, BBC Religious Affairs Correspondent, meets adherents of the major religious traditions, and explores the issues facing them in today's society.
Outside India, Britain's Sikh community is the world's largest. The turban is a visible sign of commitment to the tenets of this distinct faith, which enshrines both tolerance and high, sometimes separatist ideals.
(Stereo)
Nigel Forde explores
Joyce's Dublin with the author of a new biography, Peter Costello ; discusses contemporary Irish writing with authors John Banville , Clare Boylan and Colm Toibin ; and visits poet Seamus Heaney.
Stereo
Second of the series in which Trevor Barnes invites a controversial religious thinker to present an idea personal to them.
This week, the Rt Rev Jack Spong, Bishop of Newark, USA, argues that misogyny and large numbers of repressed homosexuals in the history of the church have contributed to an anti-woman bias.
Trevor Barnes discusses the idea with a panel of experts.
(Stereo)
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Presented by Jessica Holm.
The last of four plays. The Engineer's Thumb A young man arrives at Watson's surgery with a terrible injury and a chilling story.
Guard/Fireman PAUL DOWNING Violinist Leonard Friedman
Dramatised by Peter Mackie Director Patrick Rayner Stereo
Simon Hoggart presents favourite columns from the past series. Producer Brian King
The Way of the Heart
Last of three programmes in which Sue Lake explores the mystical Sufi tradition in Islam.
Producer Denis Nowlan. Stereo
