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Roger Bolton with the religious and ethical news of the week, moral arguments and perspectives on stories, familiar and unfamiliar.
Series producer Liz Leonard. E-MAIL: sunday@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton
Producer:
Liz Leonard.

Juliet Stevenson speaks on behalf of acharity which funds research into the root causes of world poverty. Producer Anne Downing. DONATIONS: World Development Movement Trust, [address removed]CREDIT CARDS: Freephone [number removed] Repeated at 9.25pm and Thursday 3.27pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Juliet Stevenson
Producer:
Anne Downing.

Acelebration of the life of Cardinal Newman , one of the greatest Christian thinkers of modern times, marking the bicentenary of his birth. From the Oratory, Birmingham, led by Father Guy Nicholls and Dr Judith Champ. With extracts from Newman's writings read by Anthony Hyde. Including hymn settings of Newman's poems: Praise to the Holiest and Lead, Kindly Light. Firmly I Believe and Truly (from Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius); Exsultate Deo (Palestrina). Tenor Adrian Thompson.
Organist Meirion Wynn Jones. Director of music Judith PendroUS. E-MAIL: sunday.worship@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Cardinal Newman
Unknown:
Father Guy Nicholls
Unknown:
Dr Judith Champ.
Read By:
Anthony Hyde.
Tenor:
Adrian Thompson.
Organist:
Meirion Wynn Jones.
Music:
Judith Pendrous.

Russell Davies examines the stories behind the opening nights of well-known musicals.
Blood Brothers. Barbara Dickson had no acting experience when she was cast to lead Blood Brothers, the musical that had to save the Liverpool Playhouse. In this concluding programme, Davies is joined by Willy Russell , Bill Kenwright and members of the original cast to look at why this local Liverpool drama continues today to get audiences springing to their feet.
Producer Sarah Bowen.
Repeated Saturday 11pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Russell Davies
Unknown:
Barbara Dickson
Unknown:
Willy Russell
Unknown:
Bill Kenwright
Producer:
Sarah Bowen.

Nigel Colborn , John Cushnie and Bob Rowerdew answer questions posed by gardeners from
Sutton Bonington. With chairman Eric Robson. Producer Trevor Taylor. 3pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Colborn
Unknown:
John Cushnie
Unknown:
Bob Rowerdew
Unknown:
Sutton Bonington.
Unknown:
Eric Robson.
Producer:
Trevor Taylor.

Malpelo. The sea surroundingthe remote island of Malpelo, off the Columbian coast, is a magnet for hundreds of sharks as wildlife film-maker John Ruthven discovers when he goes in search of what draws them there -the elusive baitball.
Producer Sheena Duncan (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Ruthven
Producer:
Sheena Duncan

The concluding episode of Simon Armitage and Jeff Young's six-part oral dramatisation of the Bayeux Tapestry.

On the ground, there is expectation and fear as the signs of war creep ever closer. Ordinary men on both sides prepare for battle as William and Harold line up on opposite sides.

Contributors

Writer:
Simon Armitage
Writer:
Jeff Young
Producer/Director:
Kate Rowland
Associate Producer:
Kate Valentine
Music:
Harvey Brough
Harold:
Christopher Eccleston
William:
Stephen Dillane
Reporter:
Kirsty Wark
Messenger:
Andrew Tiernan
Horseman:
Sean McKenzie
Father:
Stephen Boxer
Boy:
Philip Dowling
French sailor:
Treva Etienne
Woman:
Rosie Cavaliero
French soldier:
Kevin McMonagle
Cook:
Andy Wear
English soldier:
Thomas Arnold
Baker:
Terence Edmond
Slaughterman:
Alex Trinder

Charlie Lee Potter and Suzi Feay look at the latest books, including Justin Hill's first novel, The Drink and Dream Teahouse, set in modern China.

(The next Bookclub on 4 March will be Joe Simpson's Touching the Void) (Repeated Friday 4pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Charlie Lee Potter
Presenter:
Suzi Feay
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn

Tell Me a Story. Christopher Cook with poetry and conversation, including guest poets Valerie Bloom and Adrian Mitchell.
Producer Susan Roberts. Repeated Saturday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Adrian Mitchell.
Producer:
Susan Roberts.

Chris Bigsby introduces a mix of fresh talent and established names - writers of fiction and fact - who have been commissioned to write and talk about the ideas and preoccupations of our times. Ageing. Is it a good idea? With Victoria Glendinning , Linda Grant and Jeremy Lewis , Producer Tim Dee

Contributors

Introduces:
Chris Bigsby
Unknown:
Victoria Glendinning
Unknown:
Linda Grant
Unknown:
Jeremy Lewis
Producer:
Tim Dee

Valentine Cunningham looks at how music and musicians were manipulated to further the political aims of Hitler's Nazi regime. Non-Aryan musicians either emigrated and re-established themselves in their adoptive countries or found that their future lay in Hitler's death camps. Cunningham talks to cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch who survived the death camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau and Belsen.
(R)

Contributors

Presenter:
Valentine Cunningham
Interviewee:
Anita Lasker
Producer:
Paul Evans

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