From Rochester Cathedral, Kent.

Denis Tuohy reflects on our capacity to fall prey to irrational fears.
Producer Will Cantopher. Repeated at 11.30pm

Charlotte Smith discovers a working 19th-century farm in the heart of the Black Country.
Producer Gabi Fisher

Roger Bolton presents religious news. WRITE TO: Sunday, Room 5063, BBC North, PO Box 27, Manchester, M60 1SJ E-MAIL: sunday@bbc.co.uk

Melvyn Bragg speaks on behalf of a charity which provides books for the visually impaired.
DONATIONS: The National Library for the Blind, [address removed] CREDIT CARDS: [number removed] Repeated tomorrow llpm

From Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, with the Very Rev John Paterson.

By Alistair Cooke. Repeated from Friday

With Eddie Mair. Editor Kevin Marsh

Ecologist Alayne Cotterill teams up with the army to catch leopards in Zimbabwe as part of a wildlife management exercise. Producer Neil Walker

Nicholas Parsons is joined by Tony Hawks, Derek Nimmo , Graham Norton and Linda Smith for radio's most devious panel game. Recorded at the Sheffield Lyceum.
Repeated from Monday

With James Cox.

Ned Sherrin hosts the musical quiz. Repeated from Monday
ZOO Gardeners' Question Tme Bob Flowerdew , Nigel Colborn and Anne Swithinbank answer questions posed by Nottinghamshire gardeners. Producer Trevor Taylor. Rptd Wednesday 3pm

Fishing writers choose their favourite extracts from the literature of the angler. In this second programme, Tom Fort takes on the game fishers by paying homage to the art of coarse angling.
Producer David Prest

By Jorge Amado , dramatised in three parts by Stuart Morris.
2: Lips That Kiss. In Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, seven years of tempestuous but passionate marriage to the dissolute Vadinho have left the young widow Dona Ror aching with loss and desire. with Shirley Dixon , John Rowe , Mia Soteriou , Barbara Barnes , Adjoa Andoh , Fiances Jeater , Elizabeth Conboy and Tilly Gaunt. Director David Hunter. Repeated Saturday 9pm

Humphrey Carpenter looks at some of the best foreign fiction for children and asks if more work from abroad should be translated into English.
And Lisa Appignanesi discusses the art of thriller writing. Producer Erin Riley
Repeated Friday 4pm

Frank Delaney introduces listeners' requests for contemporary Irish poetry, with readings by the poets themselves and by TP McKenna and Fiona Shaw.
Producer Sara Davies

Jonathan Rugman investigates the lack of coordination between European police forces in the fight against child abuse and how British paedophiles are using cross-border routes to escape detection.
Repeated from Tuesday

Four programmes in which writer
Kathryn Flett considers the ups and downs of being a single, thirty-something career woman at the turn of the century. Producer Karen Holden

With Libby Purves.
Producer Bob Carter. PHONE: [number removed] FAX: [number removed]. E-MAIL: potw@bbc.co.uk WEB SITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/potw

Brian tastes victory. 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 stories by PG Wodehouse . 4: The Purification of Rodney Spelvin Repeated from Friday

Through the experience of Serbian soldiers and civilians, Marcel Berlins asks if the rules of war count for anything in the heat of battle. Repeated from Thursday

How does lightning strike, and are predictions improving? Paul Simons finds out.
Producer Sue Broom Repeat E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Showbiz.
Peter Day reports on the theatre industry.
Repeated from Monday

With Andrew Rawnsley , including
10.45 Sketches from the House
Four programmes in which
Nick Utechin explores the history and art of the parliamentary sketch-writer. 2: Prime Ministers
Editor John Evans

Lars Tharp and the antiques quiz visit Blickling Hall in Norfolk, an imposing Jacobean palace which was the birthplace of Anne Boleyn. With Peter Brown , Julia Poole , Geoffrey Munn and Jolyon Hudson. Repeated from Thursday

Repeated from 6.05am

The last in a quartet of imaginary conversations performed by American artist Gregory Whitehead.

By Herbert Williams , read by Nicky Thompson. Sonya's dreams are haunted by a woman. Who is she? Producer Tanya Nash