From St Bartholomew's, Rainhill,
Merseyside.
Producer Beverley McAinsh Repeated at 11.30pm
Anna Hill meets rhea farmer
Hubert Macfie in Abergavenny. Producer Gabi Fisher
Roger Bolton presents religious news. WRITE TO: Sunday, Room 5063, BBC North, PO Box 27, Manchester, M60 1SJ E-MAIL: [address removed]
Claire Rayner speaks on behalf of a charity for one-parent families.
DONATIONS: Gingerbread, [address removed] CREDIT CARDS: [number removed]44. Repeated tomorrow llpm
A service for the Week of Prayer for
Christian Unity from St Michael and All Angels, Maesteg, South Wales, led by the Rev Bernard Thomas.
Repeated from Friday
Eddie Mair presents conversation about the big stories of the week. Editor Kevin Marsh
The Dong people are a minority in China, famous for their song. Marc Francis discovers that even lovers are selected according to their vocal abilities. Producer Neil Walker
Celebrity listeners including Stephen Fry , Neil Kinnock , Jack Dee and Judi Dench provide personal selections from the I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue archives. Repeated from Monday
With James Cox.
Ned Sherrin hosts the third heat of the musical general knowledge quiz. Repeated from Monday
Nigel Colborn , Pippa Greenwood and Roy Lancaster answer questions posed by academics, students and staff at Queen's College, Cambridge. Producer Trevor Taylor. Rptd Wednesday 3pm
Fishing writers choose their favourite extracts from the literature of the angler. 1: David Profumo spends a day casting on the River Tweed and muses on man's fascination for the sport. Producer David Prest
By Jorge Amado , dramatised in three parts by Stuart Morris.
1: No Wake without Rum. In Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, Dona Ror , the youthful and sensuous proprietor of a cooking school, is wooed by the disreputable but utterly charming Vadinho. with Shirley Dixon , Mia Soteriou ,
Barbara Barnes. Adjoa Andoh , Burt Caesar ,
Frances Jeater , PriyangaElan, Elizabeth Conboy and Tilly Gaunt. Director David Hunter Repeated Saturday 9pm
Award-winning Irish novelist and playwright Joseph O'Connor explores the difficult art of writing dialogue, in a series of features on the writer's craft.
With Humphrey Carpenter and guests. Producer Erin Riley. Repeated Friday 4pm
Frank Delaney introduces listeners' requests for poetry by WB Yeats and other Irish writers. Readings by TP McKenna and Fiona Shaw.
Producer Sara Davies
Johannesburg and the Old Transvaal Johannesburg, the economic heartland, is also the engine of nation-building in the new South Africa. Here people talk about the African nation.
But where does that leave the whites? Repeated from Tuesday
A series of talks about the enduring influence of the Victorian age. Historian Asa Briggs discusses how Victorian morals live on in modern Britain. Producer David Olusoga
Mark Whittaker presents extracts from the past week on BBC radio.
Producer Bob Carter. PHONE: [number removed] FAX: [number removed].E-MAIL: [address removed] WEB SITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/potw
A question of image. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
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Laurie Taylor and guests explore the art of self-improvement. Producer Chris Wilson
Maurice Denham stars as the golf club veteran in six stories by PG
Wodehouse. 3: Rodney Fails to Qualify Repeated from Friday
Michael Rosen presents the last in the present series about language and how we use it. 4: Running Dogs and Capitalist Lackeys. The colourful language of ideological persuasion. Repeated from Thursday
What kind of weather should carry a health warning? Paul Simons finds out. Producer Sue Broom
E-MAIL: [address removed] Repeat
Cyberbrain. Where is computing going? Microsoft's top thinker Nathan Myhrvold maps out the future. With Peter Day. Repeated from Monday
Andrew Rawnsley presents the political headlines of the next week, live from Westminster. Including
10.45 Sketches from the House
In a four-part series, Nick Utechin explores the history of parliamentary sketch-writers. 1: The Early Days Editor John Evans
The Baroque grandeur of Dyrham Park near Bath is the setting for this week's programme. With Lars Tharp. Repeated from Thursday
Repeated from 6.05am
Imaginary conversations performed by American artist Gregory Whitehead.
By Michel Faber , read by Sarah Gudgeon. A nine-year-old girl and her sibling spend Saturday night surfing the world of satellite television.
Producer David Jackson Young
