From St George, Benendon, Kent.
Mark Tully looks at the balance of opposites in a healthy lifestyle.
Producer Beverley McAinsh. Rptd at 11.30pm
Time for Bed. Lionel Kelleway goes down to the woods to find out how mice prepare for the winter hibernation. Producer Simon Roberts
Roger Bolton presents religious news from home and abroad. Producer Liz Leonard
WRITE TO: Sunday, Room 5063, BBC North. PO Box 27, Manchester. M60 1SJ E-MAIL: sunday@bbc.co.uk
James Naughtie speaks on behalf of a charity which promotes high standards of adoption and fostering. DONATIONS: BAAF. [address removed]
CREDIT CARDS: Freephone [number removed] Repeated tomorrow llpm
From Clifton Roman Catholic
Cathedral, Bristol, celebrating World Mission Sunday. Led by the Rt Rev Mgr William Mitchell. Organists
Richard Jeffrey-Gray and Mark Holt. Director of music David Ogden.
By Alistair Cooke. Repeated from Friday
Eddie Mair presents conversation about the big stories of the week. Editor Kevin Marsh
Professor Anthony Clare's subject today is crime novelist Ed McBain.
(Rptd Friday 9am)
Ed McBain, bestselling author of the crime novels set in New York police's 87th precinct, is one of three pseudonyms used by Evan Hunter, who was actually born Salvatore Lombino. Here, he talks about the names, the years in therapy and his ambition to write a Broadway musical.
Baroness Castle of Blackburn, once
Barbara Castle , returns to her childhood home of Pontefract with Arthur Smith. Producer Michael Ember. Rptd Friday 9am
The Hunt for the Wild Guffaw (Part 2) Frank Muir 's one-man show. Repeated from Monday Repeat
With James Cox.
Nick Clarke chairs round four of this year's competition. This week, Wales takes on the North of England. Repeated from Monday
Nigel Colborn , Pippa Greenwood and Roy Lancaster answer questions posed by gardeners from Oxfordshire. With chairman Eric Robson.
Producer Trevor Taylor. Rptd Wednesday 3pm
Six programmes for people who are at last free to do what they have always wanted to do. In this first edition, Edward Enfield plans a visit to Poland and the Waspes borrow their daughter's backpack and see the world.
Edward Enfield embarks upon a nationwide search for extraordinary people aged over 50 who have found the time to fulfil their dreams in Free Spirits (R4, 2.30pm)
By Chinua Achebe, adapted in two parts by Biyi Bandele.
1: Okonkwo is a respected tribal leader in the Ibo village of Umuofia, Nigeria. Following tribal custom, he agrees to take part in the killing of a young boy, a hostage of war from a neighbouring village who has been placed in his care.
Okonkwo's life begins to fall apart.
with Anthony Ofoegbu, Janice Acquah, Jeillo Edwards, Rufus Orisayomi, Tunde Euba, Antonia Kemi Coker and Josephine Inoniyegha
Director Ralph Rolls
Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart was the first international bestseller written by a West African. This story of the clash between tribal life and Christianity is on R4 at 3pm.
Humphrey Carpenter reads the story of a giraffe for an insight into French history and asks why there are so many books on Egyptology.
Producer Robyn Read. Repeated Friday 4pm
Who are today's black poets? Do they like being colour-categorised? Lemn Sissay hears the poetry of Linton Kwesi Johnson , Labi Siffre and Patience Agbabi. Producer Kirsten Lass
Jenny Cuffe questions the effectiveness of major international relief efforts. Repeated from Tuesday
With Chris Dunkley. Repeated from Friday
With Mark Whittaker.
Producer Bob Carter. PHONE: [number removed]. FAX: [number removed] E-MAIL: potw@bbc.co.uk
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Alistair has reservations. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
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Laurie Taylor and guests explore the art of self-improvement. Producer Chris Wilson
A comedy by Christopher Fitz-Simon . 4: Medieval Banquet. With David Kelly , Pauline McLynn and Frank Kelly. Repeated from Thursday
Marcel Berlins investigates how the law treats air-crash victims' families.
Repeated from Thursday
Quentin Cooper looks at the future of cash as smart cards, internet trade and electronic purses take over. Producer John Tuckey Repeat
Nice Work. Peter Day asks if nice work places mean good business. Repeated from Monday
The political headlines of the next week, live from Westminster.
Including 10.45 My House Diana Madill concludes her series about upper houses by looking at the US Senate, a body which has extraordinary powers to act as a check on the role of the president. Editor John Evans
With Robert Robinson.
Repeated from Thursday
Repeated from 6.05am
Eavesdrop on the bizarre conversations between the creatures of the deep. Producer Sarah Blunt
By Richard Brown , read by Stephen Critchlow.
Repeated from Thursday
