with Rev Jim McAllister.

with John Humphrys and Anna Ford. Details as Monday plus:

with Donald English.

Editor Roger Mosey

In the second of six talks about America and the image Americans have of themselves, the writer Chris Wiltz describes the unique appeal of her native New Orleans. She believes that its reputation for decadence is largely thanks to Tennessee Williams's play, A Streetcar Named Desire.

The Gospel of Mark. Part 4: The Transfiguration.

Introduced from Belfast by Wendy Austin. Serial: North and South (9)

Presented by Kelvin Boot.
Producer Sarah Blunt

withTasneemSiddiqi.
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Presented by Derek Cooper. Producer Sheila Dillon

with Nick Clarke.

Continuing the dramatisation of Sir Walter Scott 's great novel of the 1745 Jacobite rebellion.

Simon Parkes continues his exploration of creative communities with a look at the TriBeCa area of New York. In this artificially created district, loft living is the current vogue, artists splash their canvases in former peanut warehouses, and Robert De Niro lives next door. Producer David Prest

John Donne suffered religious persecution, serious illness, unemployment and poverty. Rosemary Hartill looks at how he turned these experiences into some of the best prose and poetry. Reader Garard Green. Producer Amanda Hancox

Tim Marlow visits an exhibition that charts the history of Scottish art from the 16th century and a series of concerts making Celtic connections. Producer Razia Iqbal

by Ken Whitmore. Early in the new century the space monitoring centre started receiving signals from a distant planet, signals which had been on their way for ten million years. Read by David Fleeshman. Producer Gillian Hush

with Chris Lowe andLinda Lewis. Editor Margaret Budy
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with Janet Trewin and Peter Macann.

A choice for Nigel.
Written by Simon Frith Director Keri Davies

Poet and performance artist Lemn Sissay presents his selection of extracts from the last week's BBC radio and television. Producer Nigel Acheson

Rt Hon Tony Benn , MP; Rt Hon John Biffen , MP; Barbara Follett , founder of Emily's List UK; and Sir Bernard Ingham , former chief press secretary to Margaret Thatcher , tackle the issues raised in Eccleston, Merseyside.
Chairman Jonathan Dimbleby.
Producer Nick Utechin

Anne Kelleher presents the last programme in the series.
Originally Jonardon Ganeri wanted to be a mathematician. Then he read a book about
Indian philosophy and realised it could be just as clear and precise. Producer Joy Hatwood

The life and career of 'essential Boston Irish Catholic Democrat' and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill (1912- 1994).

Robert Sandall meets Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones.

by Alistair Cooke.

Presented by Robin Lustig

Final part.

A satirical look back at the week's news with Sally Grace and Co.
Producer Aled Evans

with Simon Hoggart. Producer Anne-Marie Cole