From St Bartholomew's, Rainhill, Merseyside.
To mark the Jewish festival of Simchath Torah, Mark Tully considers the role of sacred texts in the world's faiths. Producer Beverley McAinsh
Anna Hill meets Gloucesterfarmer Charles Martell , who has revived the tradition of making single Gloucester Cheese. Producer Hugh O'Donnell
Roger Bolton with the religious and ethical news of the week. Series producer Liz Leonard
An appeal fora charity which provides for children who suffer from hemiplegia and supports their families. DONATIONS: Hemi-Help, [address removed]. CREDIT CARDS: [number removed]44 Repeated Thursday 3.28pm
With the Rev Gillean Maclean and the choir of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow. Director of music Fridrik Walker. Organist Ian Shaw.
Eddie Mair with conversation about the week's big Stories. Editor Kevin Marsh
Professor Anthony Clare invites award-winning newspaper editor Rosie Boycott to reflect on her life. Producer Michael Ember. Repeated Friday 9am
PM Presented by Nigel Rees. Repeated from Monday
Christina Dodwell unravels the mysteries of the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean.
2: Small Boats and Big Bats. Dodwell visits the islands of Mayotte and Anjouan and risks her neck in a deep bat cave. Producer Simon Elmes (R)
Five musicians explore treasures at leading British musical museums or collections. The
Victorian Reed Organ and Harmonium Museum, Saltaire. In this last programme, pianist and organist David Owen Norris visits the Reed Organ and Harmonium Museum in Saltaire, Yorkshire, to meet ex-London bus driver Phil Fluke. The museum's huge collection contains everything from giant harmoniums fit for cathedrals to a tiny book harmonium. Producer Andrew Green (R)
Carole Baxter , Nigel Colborn and Roy Lancaster are guests of the Friends of St Andrews Botanic Garden. With chairman Eric Robson. Producer Trevor Taylor. Repeated Wednesday 3pm
Marguerite Patten takes up her account of the changes in British cooking this century once more. Postwar Pleasures: 1950-59. A recollection of the end of rationing and the growing taste for foreign foods like scampi. Producenanwiiiox
By Oliver Goldsmith , adapted in three parts by Christopher Denys. 1: The humorous adventures of the ever optimistic Rev Charles Primrose , who loses his fortune. He sets off with his despairing family through storms and floods to embrace a life of poverty in a rural Pennine parish. with Christopher Scott. Terry Molloy , Susan Jeffrey , Iwan Thomas , Laura Strachan , James Richard and Jennifer James Director Sue Wilson. Repeated Saturday 9pm
Frank Delaney celebrates the programme's 20th anniversary with a gala performance of favourite poetry requested by contemporary poets. Readers Eleanor Bron , Martin Jarvis and Andrew Sachs. Producer Sara Davies. Repeated Saturday 11.30pm
With the next licence to run the National Lottery to be put out to tender this autumn,
Mark Whitaker examines Britain's gambling laws. Do the potential economic benefits of making betting easier now outweigh social concerns? Repeated from Tuesday
Poor pay, low status, high stress - why does anyone in their right mind stay in teaching? Three dedicated teachers give their reasons. 2: Gerry Wardle with Great Expectations.
Producer Beatrice Rubens. Repeated Wednesday8.45pm
Mark Whittaker presents his selection from the past 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
Debbie reports for duty. Repeated tomorrow 2pm Soap and flannel: page 34
David Aaronovitch chairs lively conversation between four UK-based foreign journalists reflecting on the week's news and issues from their Standpoint. Producer Julian Mayers
Nick Clarke hosts round seven of the cryptic quiz. Repeated from Friday
The programme about language and the way we speak. 11: Everytime We Say Goodbye. Farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu - Michael Rosen will catch you later with the language of leave-taking. Repeated from Thursday
The last in the series of programmes looking at child development from birth to five years, with Kirsty Wark.
Dealing with separation sensitivity.
For details of the accompanying BBC book phone [number removed]. (R)
Re Tales. What sort of threat does Wal-Mart pose to British shops and shopping? Or is it e-commerce that could pull the rug from under them? Peter Day reports. Repeated from Monday
Andrew Rawnsley reports from the Conservative Party conference. Including 10.45 Hindsight Four columnists reassess their views.
3: Bea Campbell revisits a 1983 New Statesman article in which she addressed the question, "What does it mean to ask if we have seen the end of class politics?" Editor John Evans
What is the future of the centre-right in Britain? Before an invited audience, panellists Michael Heseltine MP, David Willetts MP and The Daily Telegraph editor Charles Moore thrash out how they believe the Conservatives can harness centre-right thinking in order to challenge New Labour. With chairman NickClarke.
Producer Gavin Allen (R)
AM Poet Thomas Lynch reflects on the mysteries of life and death.
Repeated from yesterday 7.45pm
By Tamar Hodes , read by Geraldine Fitzgerald.
The cottage had been the catalyst which brought Tilda and Julian together. Two years on, it appears that the financial burden of it might tear them apart - until the night they decide to show each Other theirwork. Producer Liz Taylor (R)
