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Orthodoxy. Mark Tully considers the meaning, value and dangers of orthodoxy. Is it true, as GK Chesterton asserted, that "truths turn into dogmas the moment they aredisputed". And how can the creeds of ancient faiths retain credibility in a changing world?
Producer Beverley McAinsh. Repeated at 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Tully
Unknown:
Gk Chesterton
Producer:
Beverley McAinsh.

Roger Bolton with the religious and ethical news of the week, moral arguments and perspectivies on stories, familiar and unfamiliar. Producer Norman Winter
E-MAIL: sunday@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton
Producer:
Norman Winter

Terry Wogan speaks on behalf of a charity which supports disadvantaged children.
Producer Anne Downing. DONATIONS: BBC Children in Need, [address removed]. CREDIT CARDS: [number removed] Repeated at 9.25pm and Thursday 3.27pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Terry Wogan
Producer:
Anne Downing.

Tough Love. On Prison's Sunday, the Rev
Bob Payne , assistant chaplain general of HM Prisons, explores the Christian response to those in prison and what happens when they are released. With Lichfield Cathedral Chamber Choir directed by Nigel Argust.

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Payne
Directed By:
Nigel Argust.

Sandi Toksvig joins regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and chairman Humphrey Lyttelton at the Pavilion Theatre in Bournemouth for the antidote to panel games. With Colin Sell at the piano. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Sandi Toksvig
Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Humphrey Lyttelton

David Owen Norris concludes a four-part series which evokes a decade in the past through its songs.
Norris is joined by countertenor Nicholas Clapton to capture the flavour of the 1680s.

Contributors

Presenter:
David Owen Norris
Counter-tenor:
Nicholas Clapton
Producer:
Virginia Crompton

This week Balding walks in Sir Edward Elgar 's footsteps as she takes to the Malvern Hills, a source of constant inspiration and delight to the composer, In the company of Sue Adeney, one of the area's conservators, she discovers why this part of Worcestershire has been so popular with walkers for centuries. The route can be found on OS Explorer 190.
WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 PHONE: [number removed] Producer Lucy Lunt

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Edward Elgar
Producer:
Lucy Lunt

Islwyn Ffowc Elis 's popular Welsh-language novel set in postwar Wales is dramatised by Sion Eirian. Harri rejects his father's traditional attitudes and is instead tempted by the vision of a socialist future preached by his passionate comrade, Gwylan.
Director Alison Hindell. Repeated Saturday 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Ffowc Elis
Dramatised By:
Sion Eirian.
Director:
Alison Hindell.
Harri:
Christian Patterson
Edward:
Willam Thomas
Greta:
Tonya Smith
Margaret:
Christine Pritchard
Gwylan:
Alys Thomas
Robert:
Rhodri Hugh
Marged:
Anwen Carlisle
Karl:
Richard Elfyn
Paul:
David Middleton
Wi:
Gwyn Vaughan Jones
Aerwennydd:
Ray Llewellyn

Charlie Lee Potterfinds out what is happening in the world of books.
Producer Fiona McLean. Repeated Friday 4pm
The next Bookclubon 3 December will be Graham Swift 's Wateriand

Contributors

Unknown:
Charlie Lee Potterfinds
Producer:
Fiona McLean.
Unknown:
Graham Swift

A series exploring the background, effect and lasting appeal of some of our best-loved and most familiar poems.
5: Morning Songby Sylvia Plath. Peggy Reynolds explores the background, impact and associations of Plath's poem about birth and loss through the poet's own writing and with other poets, mothers, midwives and her biographer. Producer Sara Davies. Repeated Saturday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Peggy Reynolds
Producer:
Sara Davies.

Michael Rosen presents his selection of extracts from BBC radio over the past seven days. Producer Neil George. PHONE: [number removed] FAX: [number removed]. E-MAIL: potw@bbc.co.uk WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/potw

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Rosen
Producer:
Neil George.

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

Next week's political headlines with Andrew Rawnsley. Including It's a Funny Old World
Simon Hoggart presents a light-hearted look at the political week. Editor John Evans
It 's a Funny Old World repeated Wednesday 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley.
Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Editor:
John Evans

Dorothy Rowe , author of A Guide to Life and many other popular psychology manuals, introduces some of the poetry and prose which has enriched her own life. Readers Suzie Brann and Sean Barrett. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Dorothy Rowe
Readers:
Suzie Brann
Readers:
Sean Barrett.

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