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Jenni Murray speaks on behalf of a charity which seeks to provide advice, advocacy, support and education to enhance understanding of adoption.

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(Repeated Thursday 3.28pm)

Contributors

Speaker:
Jenni Murray
Producer:
Anne Downing

The Sirenian Singers, winners of the Llangollen International Eisteddfod Choir of the World competition, join the congregation of All Saints Church, Gresford, near Wrexham. Led by the Rev David Griffiths. Preacher Rev Philip Crowe.

Contributors

Celebrant:
Rev. David Griffiths
Preacher:
Rev. Philip Crowe
Director of Music:
Jean Stanley Jones
Singers:
Sirenian Singers

In the last of the current series, Nicholas Parsons is joined at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, by Clement Freud, Linda Smith, Simon Williams and Julian Clary for radio's most devious panel game.
(Repeated from Monday)

Contributors

Presenter:
Nicholas Parsons
Panellist:
Clement Freud
Panellist:
Linda Smith
Panellist:
Simon Williams
Panellist:
Julian Clary

People in Britain are increasingly obsessed with food and with being thin, while the number of overweight people increases every year. At the same time fewer of us eat together, and hardly any of us cook. Sarah Parker documents these contradictions in a programme which mixes fly-on-the-wall recordings with the diaries of a teenager.

(Repeated tomorrow 4pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Sarah Parker
Producer:
Sheila Dillon

Stephanie Hughes presents a six-part series exploring the mysteries and mechanics of writing music.

David Arnold, the man behind the music for the latest Bond film, talks with Colin Matthews, associate composer of the London Symphony Orchestra and occasional ghost composer of film scores.

(Repeated Saturday 11pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephanie Hughes
Interviewer:
David Arnold
Interviewee:
Colin Matthews
Producer:
Alan Hall

John Cushnie, Bob Flowerdew and Bunny Guinness answer questions posed by members of the Holton Village Hall Committee. With chairman Eric Robson.

(Repeated Wednesday 3pm)

Contributors

Chairman:
Eric Robson
Panellist:
John Cushnie
Panellist:
Bob Flowerdew
Panellist:
Bunny Guinness
Producer:
Trevor Taylor

Six programmes for people who are at last free to do what they have always wanted to do. Presented by Edward Enfield.

Pat Ashcroft recalls the details of her slow ride to Oxford; Edward learns the best way to maintain a long-distance bicycle; and Frank Goodman goes flying with the birds.
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Contributors

Presenter:
Edward Enfield
Speaker:
Pat Ashcroft
Speaker:
Frank Goodman
Producer:
Nicola Banning
Producer:
Lucy Willmore

By John Steinbeck, dramatised in three parts by Shaun McKenna.

Adam Trask thinks he can escape the painful memories of life in the army when he discovers the beautiful Cathy Ames on his Connecticut farm. But this is only the beginning of a story of sibling rivalry, love, adultery and revenge which will span two generations.

(Repeated Saturday 9pm)

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Contributors

Author:
John Steinbeck
Dramatised by:
Shaun McKenna
Director:
Marion Nancarrow
Adam:
Henry Goodman
Sam:
Tony Doyle
Steinbeck:
William Roberts
Cathy:
Lorelei King
Lee:
David Yip
Charles:
William Hope
Cyrus:
Bob Sherman
Edwards:
Stuart Milligan
Young Adam:
Walter Lewis
Young Charles:
Zohren Weiss
Doctor:
Peter Marinker

Nick Revell finds out what's happening in the world of books and Carol Shields reveals her enduring passion for Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie.
(Repeated Friday 4pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Nick Revell
Speaker:
Carol Shields
Producer:
Fiona McLean

Frank Delaney introduces listeners' requests for poems about marriage - from the first flush of romance to the final parting. Readers Douglas Hodge, Kerry Shale, Patricia Brake and Brian Gear.

(Repeated Saturday 11.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Frank Delaney
Reader:
Douglas Hodge
Reader:
Kerry Shale
Reader:
Brian Gear
Producer:
Viv Beeby

Stuart Maconie hosts an entertaining discussion looking at what effect the big stories of today will have on all our tomorrows. And how is now different from the future we were told to expect?

Contributors

Presenter:
Stuart Maconie
Producer:
Andrea Davidson

Andrew Rawnsley with next week's political headlines.

Including 10.45 Meet the Mayors
Dinah Lammiman meets mayors from across the United States to discover what they believe to be the keys to success for elected mayors in the UK.

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Rawnsley
Presenter (Meet the Mayors):
Dinah Lammiman
Editor:
John Evans

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