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Martyn Lewis speaks on behalf of a charity which supports the 230 or so local hospices throughout the UK. Producer Anne Downing
DONATIONS: Helpthe Hospices, [address removed]
9JG. CREDIT CARDS: [number removed]. Repeated Thursday 3.28pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Martyn Lewis
Producer:
Anne Downing

From St Madog's Church, Llanbadoc,
Monmouthshire, led by the Rev Andrew Morton.
With the Welsh Chamber Singers. Director of music Avril Harding. Organist Andrew Wilson-Dickson . Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies; When All Thy Mercies, 0 My God; All Hail the Power of Jesus's Name; I Will Love Thee; Rejoice, 0 Nations of the Earth (Mendelssohn); Kyrie; Holy, Holy, Holy.

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Morton.
Organist:
Avril Harding.
Organist:
Andrew Wilson-Dickson

Mary Allen talks to musical experts who attempt to convince her of the finest example of a particular genre of music. 4: The Greatest Hymn Producers Karen Sanders Young and Bruce Hyman Repeated Saturday llpm

Contributors

Talks:
Mary Allen
Talks:
Bruce Hyman

Bob Flowerdew , Anne Swithinbank and Nigel Colborn answer questions posed by members of the Lustleigh Horticultural Society in Devon. With chairman Eric Robson. Producer Trevor Taylor. Repeated Wednesday 3pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Anne Swithinbank
Unknown:
Nigel Colborn
Unknown:
Eric Robson.
Producer:
Trevor Taylor.

The last in a four-part look at a year in the life of countryman and riding master Christopher Barker. Winter. Christopher and Ronnie go lamping- hunting at night - but a freak accident ends Sadie's hunting Career. Producer Lucy Lunt

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Barker.
Producer:
Lucy Lunt

By Henry Wordsworth Longfellow , abridged by Tom Holland. Timothy West tells the legendary story of Native American hero Hiawatha. Music composed and performed by Mia Soteriou, with William Lyons on pipes. Chorus Tom Espiner and Chris Grimes Producers Viv Beeby and Jeremy Howe. Repeated Saturday 9pm Programme of the Week: page 119

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Wordsworth Longfellow
Abridged By:
Tom Holland.
Abridged By:
Timothy West
Unknown:
William Lyons
Unknown:
Tom Espiner
Unknown:
Chris Grimes
Producers:
Viv Beeby
Producers:
Jeremy Howe.
Hiawatha:
Chris Garner
Gitche:
Burt Caesar
Little Hiawatha:
Sam Fry
lagoo:
Chris Harris
Chibiabos:
Peter Polycarpou
Actor:
Pau-Puk-Keewis Garysharkey
Mudjekeewis:
Bill Wallis
Nokomis:
Mia Soteriou
Minnehaha:
Nicole Arumugam

Nick Revell talks to Michelle Roberts about her latest novel The Looking Glass, and Quentin Blake discusses his role as Children's Laureate. Producer Fiona McLean. Repeated Friday 4pm

Contributors

Talks:
Nick Revell
Unknown:
Michelle Roberts
Unknown:
Quentin Blake
Producer:
Fiona McLean.

The last in the series in which undertaker and poet Thomas Lynch presents lyrical and humane essays about the emotions that underpin daily life. In Defence of Poetry and Funerals. This week he extols the sensuous and acoustic pleasures Of poetry. Producer Kate McAII. Repeated Saturday 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Lynch
Producer:
Kate McAii.

Six social entrepreneurs - creative people using theirtalents to rejuvenate their local communities -tell their stories.
4: The Doctor and the Nightingale. When DrTiarks first moved to the small isles off the west coast of Scotland, he knew he had a problem on his hands. His patients were spread out on the four islands of Rum, Muck, Canna and Eigg. How was he going to reach them? Dilly Barlow investigates. Producer Sara Jane Hall

Contributors

Unknown:
Dilly Barlow
Producer:
Sara Jane Hall

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