From St Mary's, Prescott, Merseyside. Repeated at 12.20am
In honour of ground-breaking missionary St Patrick - whose life is celebrated on Tuesday- Mark Tully and his guest, explorer Christina Dodwell , consider pioneers.
Producer BeverleyMcAinsh. Repeated 11.15pm
Tales of Italian farming from a balcony high above Florence. Producer Alasdair Cross
Trevor Barnes presents religious news.
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By Alistair Cooke. Repeated from Friday
From St Malachy 's Church, Armagh, with celebrant and preacher Father Paul Clayton-Lea .
Roger Bolton reviews the media. Producer Sarah Eldridge Repeated Tuesday llpm
John Walsh presents the literary magazine for writers and readers. Producer Lisa Osborne Repeated Tuesday 2pm
With James Cox.
Edmond Rostand 's classic play, translated by Anthony Burgess. In the second of two episodes, Cyrano masquerades as his rival to woo the woman of his dreams, and goes to war. with Lorcan Cranitch. Kenneth Cranham. David Ross , Struan Rodger , Sean Baker , Alice Arnold , Dominic Letts , Mark Bonnar , Keith Drinkel , Chris Pavlo , Kim Wall , Janet Maw and Amanda Gordon. Music by Matthew Scott. Director Hilary Norrish. Repeat Repeated Friday 2pm
With Chris Serle. Repeated from Friday
Beyond Babel? It is said that English is becoming the first truly global language as a result of American economic power and technologies like the internet. But what are the economics of the English language? And does economics tell us the full story? With Andrew Diinot. Repeated from Thursday
Racehorse trainer Jenny Pitman provides a behind-the-scenes tour of her stables. Repeated from Tuesday
Ian McMillan presents the first of two programmes of gardening poems. Readers Carole Boyd and John Rowe. Producer Felicity Goodall
West Indies v England
The Fifth Test from Barbados.
Commentary on the fourth day's play. For information or retuning advice phone [number removed] Approximate times
Chris Dunkley with listeners' comments on BBC policy and programming. Repeated from Friday
Asia Minor After collapse, what next for the battered Asian tiger economies? Peter Day reports. Producer Mark Gregory
By Joan Aiken , dramatised in four parts by Eric Pringle. 1: Where Have All the Children Gone?Sent by King Richard IV to search for his missing son, young Is Twite takes the Playland Express to the north of a divided England. with John Hartley , Gordon Reid , Rachel Atkins. Alastair Danson , Robert Harper , Gerard McDermott , Anthony Ofoegbu , Leila Campbell and George Maguire Music by Neil Brand. Director David Blount
The latest holiday and travel news. Repeated from yesterday 9.30am
With Joanna Pinnock. Repeated from Friday
With Gerry Northam. Repeated from yesterday 4pm
Thomas Sutcliffe and guests Professor Richard Holmes and Geoff Dyer discuss their favourite paperbacks. Revised repeat from Wednesday
Jeremy Cherfas presents a four-part environmental series. 1: Harnessing the power of water to provide electricity is often considered an environmentally friendly way to provide cheap power. But is it always the panacea it seems? Producer Hugh O'Donnell
With Geoff Watts. Repeated from Tuesday
With David Wilby. Producer David Browne
(Repeated from 6.10am)
Repeated from 5.50am
Written and read by Bill Paterson. Repeated from Monday
