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Rula Lenska speaks on behalf of a charity which helps children around the world who are facing extreme hardship.
Producer Anne Downing.
DONATIONS: Children in Crisis, [address removed].
CREDIT CARDS: Freephone [number removed].
Rptd at 9.25pm and Thursday 3.27pm

A reflection marking the first Holocaust Memorial Day from St Jude's on the Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, led by the Rt Rev Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford and Chair of the Council of Christians and Jews. The Chief Rabbi, Dr Jonathan Sacks, visits the holocaust exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in the company of Sister Margaret Shepherd, and reflects on the holocaust victims of many different races and cultures. Music is by the Zemel Choir, accompanied by the Bochmann String Quartet.

Contributors

Service led by:
The Rt Rev Bishop Richard Harries
Unknown:
Rabbi Dr Jonathan Sacks
Unknown:
Sister Margaret Shepherd
Singers:
The Zemel Choir
Musicians:
Bochmann String Quartet

As part of Radio 4's Victoria Season the programme asks if the Industrial Revolution and the Victorian age of progress broke England's hard-won relationship with food production and the land.
Action Line: [number removed]
(Extended repeat tomorrow 4pm)

Contributors

Producer:
Rebecca Wells.

Russell Davies examines the stories behind the opening nights of well-known musicals.

Hastily assembled to fill a gap at the Bristol Old Vic, the opening night of Salad Days came at a rush, but the audience was captivated. Propelled on to the West End stage, the magic piano captured the hearts of 1954 theatregoers. Davies talks to Sheridan Morley and members of the original cast to discover how this simple end-of-term romp became the longest running musical of its time.
(Repeated Saturday 11pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Russell Davies
Interviewee:
Sheridan Morley
Producer:
Sarah Bowen

John Cushnie, Pippa Greenwood and Roy Lancaster are guests of gardening clubs in Gloucestershire, while chairman Eric Robson discovers how the invention of the lawn mower revolutionised Victorian gardening.
(Shortened 3pm)
Alan Titchmarsh: page 37

Contributors

Chairman:
Eric Robson
Panellist:
John Cushnie
Panellist:
Pippa Greenwood
Panellist:
Roy Lancaster
Producer:
Trevor Taylor

Colin Dexter and guests, novelist Vikram Seth and Don Manley, crossword setter for The Observer, examine and explain the key elements of the crossword puzzle. Examples used are drawn from the previous week's broadsheets.

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Dexter
Unknown:
Don Manley
Producer:
Felix Riley

Robertson Davies's celebrated trilogy on the life and death of Francis Cornish, international art expert and mysterious millionaire philanthropist, is dramatised in three parts by Roger Danes.

As Cornish looks down from Limbo, nervously awaiting whatever Fate has in store for his not entirely spotless soul, his family and colleagues in Toronto begin to oversee the disposal of his vast, priceless, but perhaps slightly dubious art collection.
(Repeated Saturday 9pm)

Contributors

Author:
Robertson Davies
Dramatised by:
Roger Danes
Music:
David Dorward
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Francis:
William Hope
Simon:
Matt Zimmerman
Mamusia:
Elaine Claxton
Mary-Jim:
Buffy Davis
Maria:
Barbara Barnes
Senator McRory:
Nigel Anthony
Urquhart:
David Holt
Arthur:
John Guerrasio
Zadok:
Gavin Muir

Frank Delaney presents a selection of poems inspired by cats, including verse by DH Lawrence, TS Eliot and Stevie Smith. Readers Susie Brann , Stephen Moore , Tim Piggot Smith and Bill Wallis. Producer Paul Dodgson. Repeated Saturday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Delaney
Unknown:
Ts Eliot
Readers:
Stevie Smith.
Readers:
Susie Brann
Readers:
Stephen Moore
Readers:
Tim Piggot Smith
Readers:
Bill Wallis.
Producer:
Paul Dodgson.

Drawing on his own experience, expert analysis and the confessions of ordinary people, Michael Rosen examines what it is to be wrong.
The Ancient Mariner Principle. He shot the albatross but why all the fuss? What is shame, when is it a good thing and when is it not? Rosen looks at why some people will never admit they are wrong and what that does to society. Producer Jane Ray. Repeated Saturday 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Rosen
Producer:
Jane Ray.

Phil Hammond presents the discussion programme, looking at perceptions of various industries. Comedy comes underthe spotlight this week as Hammond quizzes Barry Cryer , John Sessions , Caroline Raphael (Radio 4's commissioning editor for comedy) and Richard Al len Turner from Avalon. Producer Alison Vernon-Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Phil Hammond
Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Unknown:
John Sessions
Unknown:
Caroline Raphael
Unknown:
Richard Al Len Turner
Producer:
Alison Vernon-Smith

Next week's political headlines with Andrew Rawnsley. Including 10.45 Hacks from the Sticks Max Pearson follows a day in the life of a regional lobby correspondent. Editor John Evans
Hacks from the Sticks repeated Wednesday 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley.
Unknown:
Max Pearson
Editor:
John Evans

In his novel Grace Notes, Bernard MacLaverty paints the portrait of a young Belfast composer struggling to come to terms with her background, motherhood and artistry. Peter Stead explores this world with author Frances Hendron and composer DeirdreGribbin. Producer Paul Evans (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard MacLaverty
Artistry:
Peter Stead
Unknown:
Frances Hendron
Producer:
Paul Evans

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