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Evelyn Glennie speaks on behalf of a charity which supports those suffering from repetitive strain injury.

Donations: RSI Association,[address removed] Credit cards: [number removed].
(Repeated Thursday 3.28pm)

Contributors

Speaker:
Evelyn Glennie
Producer:
Anne Downing

Joining Nigel Rees to exchange quotations and anecdotes this week are Richard Griffiths, Royce Mills, Christopher Matthew and Michael Wood.
Reader William Franklyn.

(Repeated from Monday)

Contributors

Presenter:
Nigel Rees
Panellist:
Richard Griffiths
Panellist:
Royce Mills
Panellist:
Christopher Matthew
Panellist:
Michael Wood
Reader:
William Franklyn

A new four-part look at a year in the life of countryman and riding master Christopher Barker, whose family has run the riding school and livery stables in Helmsley for over 200 years.

Christopher wants another litter of lurcher puppies, but does his bitch Sadie like her chosen mate? And will Lambkin grow into the sheepdog she needs to be?

(Programme of the Week: page 119)

Contributors

Subject:
Christopher Barker
Producer:
Lucy Lunt

By James Hogg, dramatised in three parts by Don Taylor.

Lady Dalcastle's two sons could not be more different: the amiable George and the intense Robert have an uneasy, and occasionally violent, relationship. It is a relationship which is questioned when one of them is brutally murdered.

(Repeated Saturday 9pm)

Contributors

Author:
James Hogg
Dramatised by/Director:
Don Taylor
Editor:
Edward Petherbridge
Dalcastle:
James Cosmo
Lady Dalcastle:
Stella Gonet
Wringhim:
Struan Rodger
Baillie/Onlooker/Innkeeper/Judge/Sheriff:
Stuart McGugan
Bell Calvert/Martha:
Phyllis Logan
Mrs Logan/Jeannie:
Maev Alexander
Drummond/Officer:
Russell Barr
Adam/Man/Guard/Waters:
Harry Ward
Robert:
Cal MacAninch
George:
Tom Smith
Kilpatrick/Reveller/Voice:
Ruaraidh Murray
Whore/Girl:
Elaine Collins

Poems were vital in the war against the Gestapo, and the Bedouin use them to teach children hospitality. As more and more people turn to verse to mark the milestones of experience - births, deaths and marriages - Judith Palmer reveals the secret life of poetry.
(Repeated Saturday 11.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Judith Palmer
Producer:
Julian May

In four programmes undertaker and poet Thomas Lynch presents lyrical and humane essays about the emotions that underpin daily life. He reflects on the disease that has afflicted generations of the Lynch family and now threatens his teenage son - alcoholism.

(Repeated Saturday 7.45pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Thomas Lynch
Producer:
Kate McAll

Six social entrepreneurs tell their stories.

Felicity Finch discovers how the Rev Andrew Mawson used the talents of the multi-cultural community to turn his near derelict church into a thriving Healthy Living Centre, ending the isolation of many living in one of the most deprived areas of Britain.
(R)

Contributors

Presenter:
Felicity Finch
Interviewee:
Andrew Mawson
Producer:
Cathy Drysdale

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