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An Exacting Joy. For Remembrance Sunday Mark Tully talks to Dame Cicely Saunders, pioneer of the modern hospice movement, about the possibility of discovering hope in the depths of suffering and grief. Producer Bevertey McAinsh. Repeated at 11.30pm

Contributors

Talksto:
Mark Tully
Unknown:
Dame Cicely
Producer:
Bevertey McAinsh.

Mark Tully speaks on behalf of acharily which supports those from the Indian subcontinent, Africa and the West Indies who served in the two World Wars. Producer Anne Downing. DONATIONS: Memorial Gates Trust. [address removed] CREDIT CARDS:
[number removed]. Repeated at 9.25pm and Thursday 3.27pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Tully
Producer:
Anne Downing.

Colin Semper reflects on deep remembering. A group of old soldiers waiting forthe Queen
Mother at the Garden of Remembrance showed each other photos and medals. Oneofthemsaid, "It's only when we get home and sit by the fire that we do the real remembering!" With
Winchester Cathedral Choir, directed by David Hill.

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Semper
Directed By:
David Hill.

Nicholas Witchell sets the scene from the Cenotaph in Whitehall for one of the most solemn moments in our national life. You can hear all the traditional music of Remembrance, from Rule Britannia and Heart of Oak, to Nimrod, the Supreme Sacrifice and, afterthe chimes of Big Ben, the Last Post. The March Pastfollows, during which former BBC Defence Correspondent Christopher Lee shares with those who fought in the Battle of Britain, memories of friends who did not return. Producer Philip Billson

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Witchell
Unknown:
Christopher Lee
Producer:
Philip Billson

In 1916, on the Western Front, army chaplain David Railton came across a simple grave marked with a white cross bearing the inscription: "An unknown British soldier." It planted in his mind an idea that led, on 11 November 1920, to the burial of an unknown soldier in Westminster Abbey. This is the story of the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior on its 80th anniversary.

Contributors

Unknown:
David Railton
Unknown:
Westminster Abbey.

David Owen Norris presents a four-part series which evokes a decade in the past through its songs.

Norris looks at the decade which saw victory at Waterloo and disgrace at Peterloo. With guests Ruth Richardson and Rachel Cowgill. Singer Catherine Bott. Producer Virginia Crompton

Contributors

Unknown:
David Owen Norris
Unknown:
Ruth Richardson
Singer:
Rachel Cowgill.
Singer:
Catherine Bott.
Producer:
Virginia Crompton

Artists Ways. Clare Balding explores the routes that have been the source of inspiration for painters, writers and composers. Buttermere. Wordsworth's biographer Hunter Davies describes the impact Lakeland has had on artists of all generations. The route can be found on OS Outdoor Leisure 4.
WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4. PHONE: [number removed] Producer Lucy Lunt

Contributors

Unknown:
Hunter Davies
Producer:
Lucy Lunt

The conclusion of Mike Walker 's three-part dramatisation of JGFarrell's classic. As the Japanese invasion of Singapore grows closer, the attention of the heirto the island's huge rubber industry is on the two beautiful women in his life.
Music Felix Jay. Director Peter Kavanagh Repeated Saturday 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Walker
Music:
Felix Jay.
Director:
Peter Kavanagh
JGFarrell:
Robert Glenister
Matthew:
Jonathan Cake
Joan:
Samantha Spiro
Vera:
Su-Un Looi
Major Archer:
John Rowe
Walter:
Timothy Bateson
Percival:
Barry Foster
Jim:
Kenny Blyth
Mr Smith:
David Thorpe
ADC:
Thomas Arnold

Charlie Lee Potter looks at what is happening in the world of children's books with Julia Eccleshare , children's fiction editor of The Guardian. Producer Fiona McLean. Repeated Friday 4pm
The next Bookclubon 3 December will be Graham Swift 's Wateriand

Contributors

Unknown:
Charlie Lee Potter
Unknown:
Julia Eccleshare
Producer:
Fiona McLean.
Unknown:
Graham Swift

A six-part series exploring the background, effect and lasting appeal of some of our best-loved and most familiar poems. 4: The Sunne Risingby John Donne. Peggy Reynolds enlists writers, poets, schoolboys, Shakespeare, the ancient
Greeks and the caretaker of a very contemporary garden in an exploration of the impact of Donne's sexually charged masterpiece. Producer Sara Davies
Repeated Saturday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Peggy Reynolds
Producer:
Sara Davies

Chris Stewart , author of the bestselling Driving Over Lemons, reads the third of four specially written stories about his sheep-filled existence from life on El Valero , his mountain farm in Spain. Producer Sara Jane Hall. Repeated Saturday 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Stewart
Unknown:
El Valero
Producer:
Sara Jane Hall.

Libby Purves presents her selection of extracts from BBC radio over the past seven days. Editor Richard Bannerman. PHONE: [number removed] FAX: [number removed]. E-MAIL: potw@bbc.co.uk WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/potw

Contributors

Unknown:
Libby Purves
Editor:
Richard Bannerman.

The series which offers you the perfect way to become a better and wiser human being. Laurie Taylor and guests consider different ways of enriching the mind, body and spirit.
Producers Rebecca Nicholson and Jane O'Rourke

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurie Taylor
Producers:
Rebecca Nicholson
Producers:
Jane O'Rourke

Award-winningjournalist Fergal Keane presents some of his favourite pieces of prose and poetry - choices which reflect his wide-ranging travels as BBC special correspondent. Readers Eleanor Bron and Christian Rodska. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Fergal Keane
Readers:
Eleanor Bron
Readers:
Christian Rodska.

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