From St Edward, Stow-on-the-Wold,
Gloucestershire.
Mark Tully investigates angels.
Producer Beverley McAinsh. Rptd at 11.30pm
The Stag Beetle Hunt. Lionel Kelleway visits the New Forest in search of Britain's largest beetle. Producer Sarah Blunt
Roger Bolton with the religious and ethical news of the week, moral arguments and perspectives on stories, familiar and unfamiliar. Producer Liz Leonard
Frederick Forsyth speaks on behalf of the appeal for the restoration of the central church of the Royal Air Force. DONATIONS: [address removed]
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From St Cadoc's Parish Church,
Pendoylan, South Wales, led by the Rev Edwin Counsell. Guest preacher the Rev Gethin Abraham-Williams .
Eddie Mair presents conversation about the big stories of the week. Editor Kevin Marsh
Humphrey Lyttelton hosts the comedy panel game.
Repeated from Monday
The Flight into Egypt. The 22-hour flight from the UK to Australia may seem like a long journey - but in the 1930s the trip took almost two weeks. The London to Brisbane route is recalled by travel writer
Alexander Frater in the first of three programmes. Producer Davy Sims
With James Cox.
In the last of a five-part series, Russell Davies looks at the stories behind the opening nights of well known musicals. My Fair Lady
Producer Sally Ratman. Rptd Saturday llpm
Nigel Colborn , John Cushnie and Bob Flowerdew answer questions posed by gardeners from Ireland. With chairman Eric Robson.
Producer Trevor Taylor. Rptd Wednesday 3pm
Anna Pavord looks for the clues which date a garden, and for traces of the great garden designers. Producer Robyn Read
Leslie Caron , Stacy Keach and Elizabeth McGovern star in this adaptation of Booth Tarkington's 1920s novel.
Dramatised in two parts by Michael Hastings. 2: The Last of the Romans with Alan Cox-Noah, , Rachel Pickup , Francois Xavier Jasper Britton , John Standing , Vernon Dobtcheff , Oliver Cotton , David Collings , James Ellis and Robert Oates. Music and editing John Tarns and Sebastian Graham Jones
Director Bill Bryden. Repeated Saturday 9pm
Philippa Gregory investigates how writers are already imagining the turn of the millennium.
Producer Paul Quinn. Repeated Friday 4pm
Poems with historical themes, chosen from your requests by Frank Delaney. Producer Christine Hall
Repeated Saturday 11.30pm
Mark Whitaker on alleged plea bargaining in some English courts. Repeated from Tuesday
Poet Laureate Andrew Motion reflects on rivers of the past and present and what they mean to him. Producer Jocelyn Boxall
Peter Donaldson presents his selection from the past week's radio. Producer Bob Carter. PHONE: [number removed] FAX: [number removed]. E-MAIL: [address removed] WEB SITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/potw
Where is the "strawberry princess"? Repeated tomorrow 2pm
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Professor Laurie Taylor advises on how to improve mind, body and soul. Producer Chris Wilson
E-MAIL: [address removed]
With Marcel Berlins. Repeated from Thursday
Chernobyl. Alex Kirbygoes inside Chernobyl and talks to the people who work there and whose livelihoods depend on the faulty nuclear reactor. Producer Hugh O'Donnell Repeat
Mine, All Mine! Andrew Dilnot examines property rights which are the crux of modern economies. Repeated from Monday
Next week's political headlines, with Andrew Rawnsley. Including 10.45 Valedictory Despatch Yuri
Shcherbak, Ukraine's former ambassador to Israel and the United States, gives a personal account of his career and the rebuilding of the Ukrainian diplomatic service. Editor John Evans
Libby Purves talks to teenage mothers, their partners and parents. Repeated from Tuesday
Repeated from 6.05am
Short works created by writers new to radio: While You Were Sleeping by Jon McGregor , Habibi Habibti by Frances Liardet and Sixteen Sounds My Father Never Heard by Struan Sinclair. Producer Rachel Horan
By Ernest Hemingway , read by Bob Sherman. Krebs finds that returning to civilian life after a period in the military is not as easy as he thought. Producer Paul Kent Repeat
