From St Chad's Church, Farndon in Chester.
World Service colour and analysis from BBC correspondents worldwide. Producer Mike Popham
The Sea, the Sea. This week, Sheena McDonald considers why the sea is such a vital element in our lives. Producer Ronni Davis. Repeated at 11.30pm
Another topical episode of the farming programme. Producer Hugh O'Donnell
Trevor Barnes with the religious and ethical news of the week, moral arguments and perspectives on stories, familiar and unfamiliar. Series producer Liz Leonard
Gemma Craven speaks on behalf of a charity which supports those with progressive supranuclear palsy. Producer Anne Downing
DONATIONS: PSP Association. [address removed]CREDIT CARDS: Freephone [number removed] Repeated at 9.25pm and Thursday 3.27pm
MUSIC LIVE
Praise, People and Proclamation
From the Salvation Army Citadel in York. John Young reflects on the key aspects of Salvation Army life and how it inspires Christian discipleship. With Captain Drew McCombe, and the York Corps Band and Songsters directed by Robert Huey and Neil Smith. E-MAIL: sunday.worship@bbc.co.uk
Comment, context and colourfrom the United
States, with veteran commentator Alistair Cooke. Repeated from Friday
Conversation about the big stories of the week, presented by Eddie Mair. Editor Kevin Marsh
Omnibus edition.
Radio's first quality weekend newspaper, complete with living pull-out sections, features Alexander Armstrong , Alice Arnold , Ewan Bailey , Rebecca Front, Simon Greenall , Melanie Hudson , Emma Kennedy , Chris Langham , Thierry Lawson , Tracy-Ann Oberman , Vicki Pepperdine and Andy Taylor. Producer Paul Schiesinger (R)
Breakfast clubs, free fruit and subsidised milk ... Derek Cooper investigates nutrition in schools. Producer Paul Kobrak
With James Cox , including a party election broadcast by Labour.
John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew and Bunny Guinness are guests of gardeners from Upwell near
Wisbech,Cambridgeshire, and there is a report on progress on the Gardeners' Question Time garden at Sparsholt College, Hampshire. With chairman Eric RobSOn. Producer Trevor Taylor. Shortened rpt Wed 3pm
Unusual gardening tips from the past 2,000 years. Seeds Should Be Tried like Witches.
Caroline Holmes meets seed biologist Dr Robin Probert of the Millennium Seedbank Project to discuss seed-growing advice. Producer Mukti Jain Campion
Henry Green's novel, set in England just after the Second World War, is dramatised in two parts by Peter Tegel.
1944. Confused Charley Summers, back from a prisoner-of-war camp, is haunted by his former sweetheart, Rose. He cannot grasp the fact that she is dead.
(Repeated Saturday 9pm)
The Classic Serial: Back depicts the life of a former prisoner of war haunted by the memory of his first love
Classic Serial: Back 3.00pm R4
You do not often hear of modem captains of industry or dot-com entrepreneurs rushing home after work to knock off a novel but Henry Vincent York used to do just that while running the family business in the Midlands. He wrote under the name Henry Green, producing eight novels about the human condition that demonstrated a terrific ear for dialogue and great insight. Back, which comes to radio starring Jamie Glover and Becky Hindley, was first published in 1946 and is about the legacy of war. A young man, Charley Summers, returns home, having had a leg amputated. But Charley's greater scar is psychological, for he is haunted by the death of a young girlfriend, Rose. The situation becomes disturbing when Charley starts to imagine that his half-sister is, in fact, his lost love.
Bernard Cornwell discusses his latest novel, Sharpe's Prey, a story of espionage, sea battles and a broken heart, and Brendan Kennelly talks about Glimpses, his new collection of poems. With Charlie Lee-Potter . Producer Dymphna Flynn. The next Bookclub on 3 June will be E Annie Proulx 's The Shipping News. Repeated Friday 4pm
A broadcast from the stage of the Alhambra studio theatre in Bradford, where Frank Delaney isjoined by readers Gerard Benson , Carole Boyd and Michael Elwyn to present requests forfavourite poems on a musical theme. Producer Sara Davies. Rptd Saturday 11.30pm
Britain's treatment of mentally-ill offenders is facing fundamental challenges under new European human-rights legislation. Jenny Cuffe examines the implications. Repeated from Tuesday
The Journey Begins. Pioneer of language teaching, Professor Eric Hawkins recounts how his "journey into language" began - at primary school in twenties Liverpool, with the help of a six-penny pocket mirror from Woolworths and the redoubtable Miss Makins. Producer Marya Burgess. Repeated Saturday 7.45pm
Presented by Jenni Murray.
EditorRichard Bannerman. PHONE: [number removed] FAX: [number removed]. E-MAIL: potw@bbc.co.uk
Who's going to be in the movies? Repeated tomorrow 2pm Soap and Flannel with Alison Graham : page 29
This week children's writer Margaret Mahyjudges a poetry competition; Matt Smith reports on Conkers, a new interactive attraction; and Anne Fine 's Bad Dreams continues. Plus jokes and competitions. E-MAIL: gfi@bbc.co.uk. WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/gfi Producer Jo Daykin. Series producer 01 iviaSeligman
Anna Massey narrates Christopher Lee 's history series of the story of Britain. Reader Robert Powell. 1902 - Balfour, Education and Free Trade Producer Pete Atkin. Revised repeat
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: This Sceptred Isle: the 20th Centuryis available as individual audio cassettes and CDs. as well as in boxed-set format from all good retail outlets and www.bbcshop.com. BBC BOOKS also publish two books to accompanythe series.
Your views and opinions on BBC radio programmes, presented by Roger Bolton.
Producer Penny Vine. WRITE TO: Feedback. PO Box 2100, London, W1A 1QT. FAX: [number removed]. PHONE: [number removed] E-MAIL: feedback@bbc.co.uk
With Marcel Berlins. Rptd from Thursday
Repeated from yesterday 12 noon
Repeated from 7.55am
Shell Shocked. Mark Moody-Stuart , chairman of Royal Dutch Shell, one of the world's biggest oil companies, tells Peter Day about his career in the company and about the changes he has been trying to make in the face of large and public pressures. Editor Stephen Chiicott
Next week's political headlines with Andrew Rawnsley. Editor John Evans
The natural history quiz, hosted by Lionel Kelleway , returns for another series on the hunt for the "wildbrain Of Britain". Producer Sheena Duncan
Repeated from 6.05am
A series examining the role of music and musicians in sea journeys across the ages, presented by Sue Cook. Producer Clare Csonka (R)
