From Lichfield Cathedral,
Staffordshire.
Denis Tuohy investigates equality.
Producer Will Cantopher. Repeated at 11.30pm
Charlotte Smith gets a lambing lesson. Producer Gabi Fisher
Alex Brodie presents religious news.
Producer Phil Pegum. WRITE TO: Sunday, Room 5063. BBC North, PO Box 27. Manchester, M60 1SJ. E-MAIL: [address removed]
Jeremy Irons speaks on behalf of a charity which aims to give improved quality of life to those with Prader-Willi syndrome and their families.
DONATIONS: PWSA, [address removed]. CREDIT CARDS: [number removed] Repeated Thursday 3.28pm
God the Creative Designer.
Nigel Swinford investigates symbolic designs and colours which underlie some traditions of Christian thought. With the Daily Service singers. Director of music Paul Leddington Wright.
Repeated from Friday
With Eddie Mair. Editor Kevin Marsh
Nigel Rees and guests exchange quotations and anecdotes. Repeated from Monday
Forty years ago, poet Roger McGough travelled to Italy as a tour guide, despite being unable to speak Italian. Arthur Smith joins him on his return. Producer Sara Jane Hall
With James Cox.
A final collection of musical anecdotes from decades past. 4: The marriage of Queen Victoria to her prince in 1840 heralded expansion and social reform. David Owen Norris and guests explore how events were reflected in popular songs. Singing by Elizabeth Mansfield. Producer Virginia Crompton Repeated Saturday llpm
Bob Flowerdew , Nigel Colborh and John Cushnie answer questions from the gardeners of the Women's Common Room Club of Queen's University,
Belfast. With chairman Eric Robson.
Producer Trevor Taylor. Rptd Wednesday 3pm
Marguerite Patten presents an account of the changes in British cooking this century. 3: Rappers,
Puddings and Dumplings: 1920-29 Producer Ian Willox
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By Patrick White , winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, dramatised in two parts by Julia Stoneham. 1: Voss, a German explorer, is determined to lead a trek across central Australia. Before he leaves, he meets an English girl with whom he forms a strange relationship. with Bob Homery , Julia Blake , Tammy McCarthy , Paul English , Celia De Burgh. Michael Carman , Brian Lipson , John Dicks. Jerome Pride and Stanley McGeagh. Pianist John O'Donnell
Director Janet Whitaker. Rptd Saturday 9pm
Phillippa Gregory explores the portrayal of the politics and personalities of office life in fiction.
Producer Lawrence Pollard. Rptd Friday 4pm
Sonnet No 18 by William Shakespeare. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" asks Richard Wilson as he explores this much-loved sonnet.
Producer Sara Davies. Rptd Saturday 11.30pm
Russia in the Red
Julian O'Halloran examines Russia's recent financial crisis.
Repeated from Tuesday
Ten Reasons Why We Hate Our Bosses In the last of four talks, Professor John Allen Paulos explains the increasing popularity of top-ten lists. Producer Teresa Watkins
Robert Robinson with his selection of highlights from the 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
Lynda gets hands-on. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
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Guests from around the world observe British stories from foreign perspectives. Presented by David Aaronovitch.
Producers Mairi Russell and Paula McGinley
Alison Mitchell explores work issues. Repeated from Thursday
Women's Ordination. Jonathan Freedland looks back at political or social turning points in the past 50 years. In this programme, he examines the vote for women's ordination in the Church of England. Producer Mark Savage Repeat
Dreaming of Green Pastures. Ian Hargreaves looks at the significance of the land in our national life. Repeated from Monday
With just ten campaigning days left in Scotland, Wales and the local council elections, Andrew Rawnsley has the latest political headlines. Including
10.45 Class Act.
Professor David Cannadine discusses ideas of a classless society advocated by John Major and Tony Blair. Editor John Evans
Sarah LeFanu and guests actor Gareth Armstrong and biographer Jenny Uglow discuss three favourite paperbacks. Repeated from Tuesday
Repeated from 6.05am
The music of distress - warning signals and their effects are revealed. Producer Alan Hall
By Grace Nichols , read by Adjoa Andoh. A Caribbean woman recalls the experiences of her migrated children. Producer Frances-Anne Solomon Repeat
