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Connecting Heaven and Earth. How can we find a balance between heavenly aspiration and earthly reality, and avoid the charge of being so heavenly minded when we are no earthly use? With Eileen Campbell. Producer BeverleyMcAinsh. Repeated at 11. 30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Eileen Campbell.

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

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton
Producer:
Liz Leonard.

An appeal on behalf of a charity which represents people with a learning disability and a sensory impairment.
Producer Anne Downing. DONATIONS: CHANGE, [address removed]. CREDIT CARDS:
Freephone [number removed]. Rptd at 9.25pm and Thursday 3.27pm

Contributors

Producer:
Anne Downing.

PreparingforCitizenship. Presented by Judy Merry. With the Bishop of Bolton, the Rt Rev
David Gillett. From St Peter's Church, Halliwell, Bolton, with the choir of Canon Slade School, directed by Rob Wilding. On Education Sunday the service explores what that means for the sixth formers of Canon Slade Church of England High School,
Bolton, Lancashire, underthe themes: citizens locally, citizens globally, and citizens of heaven.

Contributors

Presented By:
Judy Merry.
Unknown:
David Gillett.
Directed By:
Rob Wilding.

Many foods improve with ageing, but what exactly happens to it, and when does maturing become going off? Derek Cooper meets the people who bring ourcheese, meat and fish to perfection. Producer Rebecca Moore. Extended repeat tomorrow 4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Cooper
Producer:
Rebecca Moore.

Russell Davies examines the stories behind the opening nights of well-known musicals.
The Boyfriend. It was originally conceived as a one-and-a-half-hour spot for the Players' Theatre Club's Late Joys as something to put on for just three weeks. The audience loved it and The
Boyfriend went on to have a record-breaking run when it transferred to the Wyndham Theatre in January 1954. It also launched the career of Anne Rogers. Davies hears from its creator,
Sandy Wilson and members o the original cast. Producer Sarah Taylor. Repeated Saturday 11pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Russell Davies
Unknown:
Anne Rogers.
Unknown:
Sandy Wilson
Producer:
Sarah Taylor.

Three programmes in which artist and textile designer Kaffe Fassett meets fellow craftsmen and women to talk about their work. Wirework
Kaffe visits the oldest wi reworks in London and talks to contemporary craftsman Michael Ball about the origins Of the craft. Producer Sera Lefroy-Owen

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Ball
Producer:
Sera Lefroy-Owen

The conclusion of Robertson Davies 's celebrated trilogy on the life and death of Francis Cornish , art expert and mysterious millionaire philanthropist. Dramatised by Roger Danes.
The Fool. The Rev Darcourt is drawing evercloserto uncoveringtheastonishingfinal secret of Cornish's past. Meanwhile, tempers are fraying and hearts are breaking as rehearsals begin for the premiere of ETA Hoffman's long-lost opera, Arthur of Britain.
Music David Dorward. Director Patrick Rayner. Rptd Saturday 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Robertson Davies
Unknown:
Francis Cornish
Dramatised By:
Roger Danes.
Unknown:
Rev Darcourt
Music:
David Dorward.
Director:
Patrick Rayner.
Francis:
William Hope
Simon:
Matt Zimmerman
Mamusia:
Elaine Claxton
DrDahl-Soot:
Buffy Davis
Maria:
Barbara Barnes
Singer:
Noel Mann
Hulda:
Rachel Atkins
Saraceni:
Nigel Anthony
Geraint:
David Holt
Arthur:
John Guerrasio
Zadok:
Gavin Muir

Charlie Lee Potter looks at the latest publications, including an interview with Heidi Julavits , author of The Mineral Palace, the story of a young woman tryingto start a new life in Colorado during the Great Depression.
Producer Fiona McLean. The next Bookclub on 4 March will be
Joe Simpson 's Touching the Void. Repeated Friday 4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Charlie Lee Potter
Unknown:
Heidi Julavits
Producer:
Fiona McLean.
Unknown:
Joe Simpson

n Christopher Cook with poetry and conversation, including guest poets Wendy Cope and Roger McGough who reveal their latest work.
Producer Susan Roberts. Repeated Saturday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Wendy Cope
Unknown:
Roger McGough
Producer:
Susan Roberts.

Concluding three programmes, Michael Rosen discovers what it is to be wrong, drawing on his own experience, expert analysis and the painfully honest confessions of ordinary people.

Has vengeance made a comeback and is this a cover-up for guilt? How to ask for forgiveness, how to know forgiveness and how to go on if forgiveness is denied.
(Repeated Saturday 7.45pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Rosen
Producer:
Jane Ray.

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

Contributors

Unknown:
John Waite
Producer:
Elaine Walker.

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

Vive 'Amour! In this concluding programme,
Kit Hesketh-Harvey sets out to prove that you do not have to be French to write chanson - or do you? Producers Ian Docherty and Lynsey Moyes (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Kit Hesketh-Harvey
Producers:
Ian Docherty
Producers:
Lynsey Moyes

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