From Howden Minster, East Yorkshire.
Part of the Man. From Plato to Bertrand Russell , philosophers have struggled to define the purpose of community. This week Fergal Keane examines the conflicting ideas of the disintegration of traditional society and the growth of a global village. Is there still a spiritual imperative to belong? Producer Frank Stirling. Repeated at 11.30pm
Another topical episode of the farming programme.
Roger Bolton with the religious and ethical news of the week, moral arguments and perspectives on stories, familiar and unfamiliar.
Producer Liz Leonard. E-MAIL: sunday@bbc.co.uk
Lesley Joseph speaks on behalf of a charity which supports the families and friends of drug users.
Producer Anne Downing. DONATIONS: Adfam National, [address removed]. CREDIT CARDS: [number removed]
Repeated at 9.25pm and Thursday 3.27pm
From the Chapel of King's College, Aberdeen. With the Rev Easter Smart and the Very Rev Professor Alan Main. With the chapel choir directed by RogerWilliams.
Comment, context and colour from the United
States, with veteran commentator Alistair Cooke. Repeated from Friday
Jeremy Vine presents a fresh approach to news, with conversation about the big stories of the week. Editor Kevin Marsh
Nicholas Parsons chairs the panel game where celebrities speak without hesitation, repetition or deviation on a given topic. He is joined by Clement Freud , Paul Merton, Graham Norton and Sue Perkins. Repeated from Monday
As part of the On the Edge season, the programme investigates the relationship between what we eat and what we feel.
Producer Sheila Dillon
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With James Cox.
The conclusion of the series about music that makes the hairs stand up on the back of our necks. You Never Walk Alone. Composer Carl Davis examines the power of the Rodgers and Hammerstein show stopper. Gerry Marsden recalls how his recording turned it into a football anthem and how the Hillsborough disaster made it one of our favourite hymns. producer Lucy Lunt
John Cushnie , Pippa Greenwood and Roy Lancaster answer questions sent in by post. With chairman Eric Robson.
Producer Trevor Taylor. Shortened 3pm
Colin Dexter and guests examine and explain the key elements of the crossword puzzle. The examples used to illustrate this are drawn from crosswords from the previous week's broadsheets. Producer Felix Riley
By Sam Hanna Bell , dramatised in two parts by Carlo Gebler. Servant girl Sarah Gomartin comes to work on Andrew Echlin 's farm in the puritanical community of 19th-century rural Ulster. Sarah's relationship with Andrew's two sons, Frank and Hamilton, has dramatic consequences. Part 1.
Bagpipes Robert Watt. Director Roland Jaquarello Repeated Saturday 9pm
Charlie Lee Potter looks at the world of books, while Maggie O'Farrell picks the best paperbacks. Producer Anne-Marie Cole. The next Bookctubon 4 Februarywill be Margaret Drabble 's The Witch ofExmoor. Repeated Fnday 4pm
Frank Delaney presents poetry requests on the theme of hospitals, including Crabbit Old Woman by Phyllis McCormack. Readers Sally Cookson , Barbara Flynn and Don Warrington.
Producer Kate McAll. Repeated Saturday 11.30pm
Edi Stark talks to surgeons, physicians and other consultants working in hospitals in Britain about the pressures of their jobs.
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Cinderella. A tale of romance? A childhood fantasy? No, a parable of consumerism with Cinders herself as a lesson in brand management. The second of Bridget Rosewell 's reworkings of popular fairytales forthe pantomime season. Producer Michael Blastland. Repeated Saturday 7.45pm
Liz Barclay presents her selection of extracts from BBC radio over the past seven days.
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Roy plays the diplomat. Repeated tomorrow 2pm Alison Graham 's soap and flannel: page 33
Phil Hammond presents the discussion programme, looking at perceptions of various industries. This week Michael Day of the New
Scientist, Rob Newman , Dr Sheila Ochugboju and Professor Heinz Wolff discuss the science community. Producer Alison Vernon-Smith
Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy. Repeated from Friday
Michael Rosen presents the programme about words and the way we speak. Repeated from Thursday
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What Austerity Does for You. In an age of plenty, most of us can consume more food, resources and luxury goods than ever before. But is all this indulgence a bad thing? Frances Cairncross asks whether we would benefit from a bit more austerity. Repeated from Thursday
Next week's political headlines with Andrew Rawnsley. Including 10.45 It's a Nation Thing Patrick Hannan investigates how the disputes, scandals and controversies at the National
Assembly for Wales in Cardiff will have a big impact on middle England. Editor John Evans
Louise Doughty and guests, novelist
Candida Clark and literary editor of The Observer,
Robert McCrum , discuss three books. Repeated from Tuesday
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Peter Stead explores how music is used in our best-loved novels. When EM Forster gives Lucy Honeychurch Beethoven 's opus 111 piano sonata to play in A Room with a View, he is setting her apart - emotionally and socially - from her fellowtourists in Florence. Reader Louise Breckon-Richards . Producer Paul Evans (R)
