From St Mary's Lymm, Cheshire.
Mark Tully explores our capacity for awe. Repeated at 11.30pm
A glimpse of rural life. Producer Steve Peacock
Roger Bolton reports on religious and ethical news, moral arguments and perspectives on the week's stories. Producer Phil Pegum
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David Kossoff speaks on behalf of a charity which supports those in emotional crisis and at risk of suicide. DONATIONS: The Samaritans. [address removed] CREDIT CARDS: [number removed]44. Repeated Thursday 3.28pm
Come Down 0 Love Divine. A meditation for Pentecost from Lichfield Cathedral, led by Canon Charles Taylor and the Venerable George Frost. With the cathedral chamber choir directed by Nigel Argust. Organist Andrew Lumsden.
Repeated from Friday
Eddie Mairwith the week's big stories. Editor Kevin Marsh
Presented by Nigel Rees. Repeated from Monday
This week, Rory MacLean takes a trip across the Pacific to come to terms with bereavement, and journeys to India. Producer Marc Beeby
With James Cox.
Tommy Pearson meets the people responsible for making the artistic choices which determine what and who we listen to. The Orchestral Managers Producer Emma Kingsley. Rptd Saturday llpm
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To mark the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's 175th anniversary, Nigel Colborn , John Cushnie and Pippa Greenwood travel to the Isle of Man to answer questions from crew members and fund-raisers. With chairman Eric Robson.
Producer Trevor Taylor. Rptd Wednesday 3pm
Elspeth Thompson discusses trees and meets people who are passionate about them. 2: The fraught relationship between buildings and trees. Producer Sara Jane Hall
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's poem, here dramatised for radio, was first published 200 years ago. It has been a quotable favourite ever since, while arguments abound over what it all means. Why does the mariner shoot the albatross and is the poem a Christian parable? with Philip Madoc , Anthony Hyde and Bill Wallis. Music by Geoff Nichols , performed by the Minerva Quartet. Director Tim Dee Repeated Saturday 9pm
Philippa Gregory reassesses
Jack London 's futuristic novel The Iron Heel.
Producer Lawrence Pollard. Rptd Friday 4pm
"I remember, I remember, the house where I was born...." Frank Delaney introduces requests for Thomas Hood 's best-loved poem.
Producer Sara Davies. Rptd Saturday 11.30pm
The issues behind mad cow disease.
Repeated from Tuesday 8pm
Gail Robinson 's experience of life withNorth American Indians. 2: And
Now from Wounded Knee.... She revisits the site of the infamous battle. Producer Sharon Banoff
Repeated Wednesday 8.45pm
With Trevor Phillips.
Producer Bob Carter. PHONE: [number removed] FAX: [number removed]. E-MAIL: [address removed] WEB SITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/potw
Brave faces at Brookfield. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
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Professor Laurie Taylor advises on how to improve mind, body and soul. Producer Chris Wilson
Marcel Berlins investigates the law. Repeated from Thursday
A series about the world's most important drugs, presented by Professor Susan Greenfield. 3:Baby-Slockers. The contraceptive pill emerged 30 years ago. How does it work and what happened to the promise of the male pill? Producer Rami Tzabar
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Take Me to Your Leader. Peter Day asks if company leaders are born or made. Repeated from Monday
Next week's political headlines, with Andrew Rawnsley. 10.45 It's a Funny Old World. Simon Hoggart takes a light-hearted look at the week in Westminster.
Editor John Evans
With Libby Purves.
Repeated from Tuesday
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Saxophone and circular breathing by Andy Sheppard.
Producer Clare Hughes
Unlucky in Love, Unlucky at Cards by Ian Rankin , read by Billy Riddoch. The misfortunes of a private eye. For details see yesterday Repeat