From St Mary's, Lymm, in Cheshire.

Is it really possible to talk with God? Mark Tully investigates.
Producer Beverley McAinsh. Rptd at 11.30pm

Kingfishers. Lionel Kelleway has a rare encounter with one of the most beautiful yet elusive of British birds. Producer Sandra Sykes

Roger Bolton with the religious and ethical news of the week. Producer Liz Leonard

An appeal on behalf of a charity which gives emotional and practical support to people affected by HIV/Aids.
DONATIONS: The Riverhouse Trust[address removed]
CREDIT CARDS: [number removed]44 Repeated Thursday 3.28pm

From St Finian's Church, Belfast. Conducted by Canon Noel Battye.

Repeated from Friday 8.45pm

Eddie Mair with the week's big stories. Editor Kevin Marsh

Professor Anthony Clare talks to
Dr Margaret Cook , who reflects on her life before, during and after her marriage to the present Foreign Secretary.
Producer Michael Ember. Repeated Friday 9am # Dr Margaret Cook 's Kind of Day: page 122

Hosted by Nicholas Parsons. Repeated from Monday

Personal journeys. 6: Still in Saigon Rupert Miles travels to Vietnam to come to terms with his younger brother's accidental death on a country road outside Saigon. Producer Hilary Field

With James Cox.

Five musicians explore treasures at
British musical museums or collections.
2: Violinist Tasmin Little visits the birthplace of Edward Elgar. Melanie Weatherteyand Catherine Sloan provide a tour of the Elgar Birthplace Museum at Lower Broadheath near Worcester. Producer Andrew Green Repeat

Pippa Greenwood , Bob Flowerdew and John Cushnie answer questions sent by post. With chairman Eric Robson.
Producer Trevor Taylor. Rptd Wednesday 3pm

Jeremy Jessel joins geologist Hazel Pritchard to walk across Unst - the most northerly island of Shetland. For a factsheet send a large sae to
[address removed]. E-MAiL: [address removed] See OS Landranger 1. Producer Lucy Lunt

The last in a three-part dramatisation by Bryony Lavery of Mary Elizabeth
Braddon's book. Robert Audley finally uncovers Lady Audley's secret, but he now faces a terrible choice. with Terrence Hardiman , Jonathan Firth Trevor Peacock,
Marcello Magni , Elizabeth Mansfield , Jo Kendall , Robert Bowman , Gabrielle Reidy and Gary Lilburn. Music composed and performed by Olga Thomas Bosovskaya. Director Annie Castledine. Repeated Saturday 9pm

Frank Delaney presents a selection of listeners' requests in praise of autumn. Producer Sara Davies. Rptd Saturday 11.30pm

George Arney investigates the project to dam the waters of the sacred
Narmada river in India. Repeated from Tuesday

Three e-mail conversations. 1: Two years ago Amanda Clunes started researching astral collisions for her novel. She met
Robert McMillan , head of Spacewatch in Tucson, Arizona, via the internet. Since then they have e-mailed each other several times a week. Producer Rosie Boulton
Repeated Wednesday 8.45pm

Presented by Martin Jarvis.
Producer Bob Carter. PHONE: [number removed] FAX: [number removed]. E-MAIL: [address removed] WEB SITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/potw

It is time to cultivate crops and relationships.
Repeated tomorrow 2pm
+ Soap and flannel: page 12

Dr Phil Hammond examines common perceptions of British institutions.
5: Brian Sewell and Nick Wilty discuss the armed forces.
Producer Alison Vernon-Smith

Presented by Michael Rosen. Repeated from Thursday

Kirsty Wark looks at child development, from birth to five years. 2: Being Who You Are. How children develop a healthy sense of their own identity. Producers Angie Mason and Merilyn Harris For details of the accompanying BBC book phone: [number removed]0400 Repeat

Presented by Peter Day. Repeated from Monday

Next week's political headlines, with Andrew Rawnsley. Including 10.45 The Business of Politics Tina Knight , owner of Nighthawk Electronics Ltd, makes a call for government to listen more to the voice of small businesses.
Editor John Evans

With Sarah LeFanu and guests. Repeated from Tuesday

Repeated from 6.05am

The extraordinary conversations between the creatures of the deep. Producer Sarah Blunt Repeat

Virtue and Mercy. By Julia Darling , read by Barbara Marten. People who spend much of their life high above the ground. Producer Gillian Hush Repeat