From St Marythe Virgin in Bowdon, Cheshire.
Someone to Watch Over Me. To mark the end of National Adoption Week, Eileen Campbell looks at the implications of guardianship and asks what drives us into taking responsibility for something or someone other than ourselves. Producer Tamsin Collison. Repeated at 11.30pm
With British hop farming fighting to keep the industry alive, farmer Peter Davis has put his faith and a considerable amount of money into what he claims is the future - dwarf hops. Anna Hill investigates. Producer Hugh O'Donnell
Alex Brodie with the religious and ethical news of the week. Series producer Liz Leonard
Norman Painting.OBE, speaks on behalf of a charity which helps members of the farming community who are suffering hardship.
DONATIONS: Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution, [address removed]CREDIT CARDS: [number removed]44 Repeated Thursday 3.28pm
From Clifton Cathedral, led by Fr Robert Corrigan. With the cathedral choir directed by David Ogden. Organist Mark Holt.
Repeated from Friday
Eddie Mair presents a fresh approach to news, with conversation about the big stories of the week and the weekend. Editor Kevin Marsh
Joining Nigel Rees to exchange quotations and anecdotes this week are Denis Norden , Miles Kington , Lynne Truss and Dr Rosalind Miles. Reader Patricia Hughes. Repeated from Monday
To mark today's launch of a manifesto by the new Poet Laureate Andrew Motion , Francine Stock chairs a special discussion about the role of poetry in national life. In his declaration Motion calls for poetryto be brought more often into people's everyday lives. A panel and members of the public join him to debate his views. Producer Robert Ketteridge. See also 4.30pm
Michael White chairs six debates on matters musical in which two protagonists argue an issue armed with extracts and witness accounts.
2: If you knew that Brahms wrote symphonies between visits to the brothel, would you listen with a different ear? Writer Michael Bywater and film-maker Tony Palmer discuss whether understanding the context in which composers write music helps or hinders an appreciation of the music itself. Producer Nicki Paxman
Carole Baxter , Nigel Colborn and Roy Lancaster answer questions posed by members of the Dunblane and District Gardening Club. With chairman Eric Robson.
Producer Trevor Taylor. Repeated Wednesday 3pm
Marguerite Patten continues her account of the changes in British cookingthis century. 3: Curries and Nut Roasts:1970-79
British tastes are now so diverse that it is impossible to describe a typical menu. Producer Ian Willox
By Oliver Goldsmith , adapted in three parts by Christopher Denys. 3: The Rev Primrose sets off to find his wayward daughter and finds his faith severely tested by what he uncovers.
Director Sue Wilson. Repeated Saturday 9pm
David Stenhouse talks to Michael Cunningham , 1999 Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction for his novel
The Hours, inspired by Virginia Woolf. Plus a surprise publishing success - a guide to reading hieroglyphics. Producer Erin Riley
From John Dryden to Andrew Motion. Poet
Jo Shapcott introduces a selection of poems by past Poet Laureates to celebrate the launch of Andrew Motion 's manifesto, who reads his latest poem. Producer Susan Roberts. Repeated Saturday 11.30pm
As the Russian money-laundering scandal continues to grow, Richard Watson investigates the British connection. Repeated from Tuesday
In four programmes, Rory Maclean reveals how he wasted ten years of his life working in the film industry.
He reviews his early dreams of winning Oscars, gets afoot in the door, makes new contacts and negotiates months of unpaid work.
(Repeated Wednesday 8.45pm)
Eddie Mair 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: wviw.bbc.co.uk/radio4/potw
Peggy says we are family. Repeated tomorrow 2pm Soap and flannel: page 40
David Aaronovitch chairs lively conversation between four UK-based foreign journalists who reflect on the week's news. Producer Julian Mayers
Nick Clarke hosts round nine of the cryptic quiz. Patrick Hannan and Peter Stead representing
Wales take on Marcel Berlins and Fred Housego Of the SOUth Of England. Repeated from Friday
With Marcel Berlins. Repeated from Thursday
In the first of two programmes, Jill McGive ring reports on how science has fared in China after 50 years of communist rule.
Producer Jim Clarke. E-MAIL: [address removed] (R)
Crystal Balls. Peter Day asks the experts howto think about the future. Repeated from Monday
Andrew Rawnsley with next week's political headlines. Including 10.45 On the Road
Rebecca Milligan accompanies two members of the Home Affairs Select Committee to two prisons in order to talk to governors, staff and inmates about he problem of drug use injails. Editor John Evans
The guide to the world of learning. Rptd from Tuesday
Repeated from 6.05am
Rptd from yesterday 7.45pm
By Ray Jenkin , read by Andy Rivers. How does the glimpse of a boy flying on his skateboard inspire Fr Gregory and restore his faith in God? Producer Tanya Nash (R)
