From the church of St Nicholas, Durweston, Devon.
A special edition of the programme to mark the tenth anniversary of the UN Convention forthe Rights of the Child. The UN's special representative for children and armed conflict, Ugandan Olara Otunnu, chooses words and music spanning cultures and continents, including Andrew Motion 's visit to Anne Frank 's
Huis and an early performance by Yehudi Menuhin. Producer Jane Jeffes. Repeated at 11.30pm
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Ben Coutts has spent a lifetime in farming and estate management in the Grampian Mountains of Scotland, but his farming is just the tip of the iceberg. He has been a politician, broadcaster, and author and was a young captain in the Second World War. In this programme his full life is revealed. Producer Hugh O'Donnell
Roger Bolton with the religious and ethical news of the week, moral arguments and perspectives on stories familiar and unfamiliar. Series producer Liz Leonard
Alan Titchmarsh speaks on behalf of a charity which provides telephones for over 1,000 blind people who otherwise could not afford one.
DONATIONS: Telephones for the Blind Fund, [address removed]. CREDIT CARDS: [number removed]44 Repeated Thursday 3.28pm
Crown Him the Lord of Years. A service celebrating Christ the King, from Christ's College, Cambridge. Led by the chaplain Owen Spencer-Thomas. With the college choir directed by David Rowland.
Repeated from Friday
Eddie Mair presents a fresh approach to news, with the big stories of the week and the weekend. Editor Kevin Marsh
Omnibus edition
The antidote to panel games pays a return visit to the Grand Opera House in York. Jeremy Hardy and Sandi Toksvig join regulars Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor . Humphrey Lyttelton is in the chair. Musical accompaniment is provided by Colin Sell. Repeated from Monday
Derek Cooper finds out how to source the best fish: both from the sea and from fish farms. Producer Jessica Mitchell. Repeated tomorrow 4pm
With James Cox
A celebration of traditional shape-note music from rural America and the diverse mix of enthusiasts who meet for both the singing and the good Southern hospitality. Producer VivBeeby
Carole Baxter , Nigel Colborn and Roy Lancaster answer questions posed by gardeners from Perthshire. With chairman Eric Robson.
Producer Trevor Taylor
Repeated Wednesday 3pm
John Cushnie comes to the rescue of three West
Midlands families who want their gardens transformed. In the process they learn the basics Of gardening. Producer Trevor Taylor
By Iris Murdoch, dramatised in three parts by Michael Bakewell.
Raising the bell from the lake required almost supernatural strength, and Dora is determined to continue playing the witch in the holy community of Imber. Final part.
(Repeated Saturday 9pm)
David Stenhouse is joined by ex-Python and writer Terry Jones, writer and reviewer Philip Pullman and children's editor of The Bookseller Caroline Horn to recommend children's fiction and non-fiction for Christmas.
(Rptd Friday 4pm)
Poetry and conversation with Christopher Cook whose guests this week are the popular Scottish poets Liz Lochhead and Robert Crawford. Both have drawn on nationality and gender and an acute sense of place in their poems.
Producer Lindsay Leonard. Repeated Saturday 11.30pm
Reports on major issues. Repeated from Tuesday
Michael Rosen presents a series of talks on the process of divorce and its aftermath, drawing on his own experience and eye-witness accounts from estate agents, grandparents, lawyers and counsellors. 2: The Phoney Peace. The warring couple tries to patch things up. Relatives worry about what to write in the Christmas cards.
Producer Jane Ray. Repeated Wednesday 8.45pm
John Humphrys presents his selection from the past week on BBC radio. Producer Bob Carter PHONE: [number removed]. FAX: [number removed]
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Lynda gets her man. Repeated tomorrow 2pm Soap and flannel: page 45
Laurie Taylor and guests suggest ways to improve mind, body and soul.
Producer Chris Wilson. WRITE TO: Room for Improvement, BBC Broadcasting House, London, WlA 1AA.
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With Roger Bolton. Repeated from Friday
Presented by Marcel Berlins. Repeated from Thursday
Professor Anthony Clare discusses the psychological phenomenon of burnout in sport. Producer Charlie Taylor
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Doctors, teachers and civil servants are under attack as "forces of conservatism". Tony Blair wants them to be more like the private sector.
David Walker asks if the public is at risk of losing its servants' prized professionalism. Repeated from Thursday
Andrew Rawnsleywith next week's political headlines. Including 10.45 On the Road An
Education Select Committee asks if children are receiving a sufficiently healthy diet. Editor John Evans
The guide to the world of learning. Rptd from Tuesday
Repeated from 6.05am
Repeated from yesterday 7.45pm
By Pippa Gladhill, read by Christian Rodska. Once there was a couple, Jane and John, who one day, quite unintentionally, broke the time barrier. Producer Paul Dodgson (R)