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Robert Forster joins Alan Spedding , Emma Leonard and Dick Jones of the Royal Agricultural
Society, to find out how they are preparing for this week's Royal Show. Producer Carol Trewin

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Forster
Unknown:
Alan Spedding
Unknown:
Emma Leonard
Unknown:
Dick Jones
Producer:
Carol Trewin

From St Woolos Cathedral, Newport, Gwent, led by the Dean, the Very Rev
Gareth Lewis. Sermon by the Bishop of Monmouth, the Rt Rev Rowan Williams.
Readings: Isaiah 55, vv 6-11; Hosea 11, w 1-8; Luke 15, vv 20-24; II Corinthians 5, vv 18-20.
Hymns: Round the Lord in Glory Seated (Sanctus); I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Kingsfold); For the Healing of the Nations (Rhuddlan); Psalm 13;
Salvator Mundi (Canticle). Anthem: Come Down, 0 Love Divine.
Organist and Master of the Choristers Christopher Barton.

Contributors

Unknown:
Gareth Lewis.
Unknown:
Rowan Williams.
Unknown:
Christopher Barton.

This week the team visits London where members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain put their questions to Dr Stefan Buczacki , Sue Phillips and Adrienne Wild.
Chairman Clay Jones
Producer Diana Stenson. Stereo •WRITE on postcards only to
Gardeners' Question Time, BBC, PO Box 27, Manchester M60 1SJ

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Stefan Buczacki
Unknown:
Sue Phillips
Unknown:
Adrienne Wild.
Producer:
Diana Stenson.

Waterslain
A romance by Sue Ashby , set in the Fens.
Jess's emotions seem as frozen as the water in his beloved rivers, until
Emma comes to work on the farm.
Director Michael Fox. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Sue Ashby
Director:
Michael Fox.
Jess:
Colin Kerrigan
Emma:
Kathryn Hunt
Jim:
David Fleeshman
Dido:
Jane Lancaster
Snelly:
Christine MacKie
Mother:
Dinah Handley

Six tales of North
Africa by Vaughan Purvis.
1: The Ecstasy of Gold "I lay back on a sack of cannabis seeds and cracked walnuts with a tyre lever. Nestor moved past me, and dropped a plastic sack at the Australian's feet. Rachid slit the bag with a dagger and withdrew a handful of pale buff powder."
Producer Simon Elmes. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Vaughan Purvis.
Producer:
Simon Elmes.

The first collaboration between UK and US radio documentary-makers in a series ofeightprogrammes.
1: Settling Sedona
In Sedona, Arizona, the New Age settlers are now at odds with the people who attracted them there - the Native Americans.
Producer Njemile Rollins Editor Sharon Banoff
Stereo

Contributors

Producer:
Njemile Rollins
Editor:
Sharon Banoff

When author Muriel Spark 's first novel appeared, following her conversion to Roman Catholicism in 1954, she had already established a reputation as a poet and biographer. The Comforters was warmly received and was followed by many novels, including The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. She is about to publish a volume of autobiography. Nigel Forde examines her particular talent for elegant, comic and eccentric stories.
Nigel Williams talks about his new novel, They Came From SW19, and Kate Figes selects the pick of paperback reading. Stereo

Contributors

Unknown:
Muriel Spark
Unknown:
Nigel Forde
Talks:
Nigel Williams
Talks:
Kate Figes

In the last programme of the series, Father Matthew Fox , the American
Dominican theologian, argues the need for a creation-based spirituality to liberate society from its obsessive materialism.
With him in the studio will be Margaret Hebblethwaite and the Rev John Reader. Chaired by Trevor Bames. Producer Amanda Hancox. Stereo
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Contributors

Unknown:
Father Matthew Fox
Unknown:
Margaret Hebblethwaite
Unknown:
John Reader.
Unknown:
Trevor Bames.
Producer:
Amanda Hancox.

Elvis Presley died on 16 August 1977. Fifteen years on, thousands of fans keep his name alive with a religious fervour.
Ted Harrison visits Graceland, Elvis's home and the place where he is buried, and meets people who follow Elvis.
Producer John Newbury. Stereo

Contributors

Presenter:
Ted Harrison
Producer:
John Newbury

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