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Sister Frances Dominica speaks on behalf of a charity which aims to improve the quality of life for terminally ill children and theirfamilies.
Producer Jayne Egerton. DONATIONS: REACT, [address removed] CREDIT CARDS: Freephone [number removed] Repeated at 9.25pm and Thursday 3.27pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Frances Dominica
Producer:
Jayne Egerton.

Presented by Tom Fleming , with the choir of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow, directed by Fridrik Walker. Organist John Gormley. E-MAIL: sunday.worship@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Presented By:
Tom Fleming
Directed By:
Fridrik Walker.
Organist:
John Gormley.

The antidote to panel games comes from the Hexagon Theatre in Reading with Jeremy Hardy joining regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor , Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden. Chairman Humphrey Lyttelton. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy Hardy
Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Unknown:
Graeme Garden.
Unknown:
Humphrey Lyttelton.

John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew and Bunny Guinness answer questions posed by gardeners from West Norfolk, and there is a progress report on the Gardeners' Question Time garden at Sparsholt College, Hampshire. With chairman Eric Robson. Producer Trevor Taylor

Contributors

Unknown:
John Cushnie
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Eric Robson.
Producer:
Trevor Taylor

The Bat's Haircut. The Bechstein's bat is one of the rarest British mammals and the subject of a study by bat expert Dr Henry Schofield. In four programmes, Schofield, in the company of his long-suffering canine companion Rosie, prepares for a bat-hunt by radio tagging a bat after first giving it a haircut. Producer Cheryl Gabriel (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Henry Schofield.
Producer:
Cheryl Gabriel

Thomas Hughes 's novel, a paean to the English public school, is dramatised in two parts by Joe Dunlop. 1: Autumn, 1835. Twelve-year old Tom Brown arrives at Rugby school eagerto take part in school life. But Flashman and his cronies have other ideas. with Matthew Hardcastle , Alex Livingstone , Peter Marinker , Ed Southcott and Robert Wilson. Director Chris Wallis. Producer Jill Waters Repeated Saturday 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Hughes
Unknown:
Joe Dunlop.
Unknown:
Tom Brown
Unknown:
Matthew Hardcastle
Unknown:
Alex Livingstone
Unknown:
Peter Marinker
Unknown:
Ed Southcott
Unknown:
Robert Wilson.
Director:
Chris Wallis.
Tom:
Robert Hardy
Young Tom:
Tom Huntingford
East:
Henry Peters
Flashman:
Jordan Copeland
Squire Brown:
Nick Collett
Mrs Brown:
Liz Bagley
Coach guard:
Rod Arthur
Coachman:
Joe Dunlop
Pater Brooke:
Richard New
Tadpole:
Jack Howell
Boots:
Will Best
Cooney:
Ben Crowe
Landlord:
James Fearn
Driver:
Bob Drennan
Whales:
Tom Cartlidge
Young boy:
David Miller
Waiter:
Rollo Hillbery
Warner:
James Kerr

One of the most original and distinctive writers at work in Britain, Magnus Mills, talks to Charlie Lee Potter about his latest novel, Three to See the King. Producer Dymphna Flynn. The next Bookclubon 1 July will be Amy Tan 's The Kitchen God's Wife. Repeated Friday 4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Charlie Lee
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn.
Unknown:
Amy Tan

The poems of Joyce Grenfell , read by Maureen Lipman and introduced by Janie Hampton. Song of Gladness Producer Jonathan James-Moore . Repeated Saturday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Joyce Grenfell
Read By:
Maureen Lipman
Introduced By:
Janie Hampton.
Producer:
Jonathan James-Moore

Trampling Flat the Frontiers. H is wartime encounters with a French and a German teacher, both unwilling soldiers, made Eric Hawkins determined that children should learn to co-operate across national frontiers. He saw the foreign-language classroom as the place to Start. Producer Marya Burgess. Repeated Saturday 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Hawkins
Producer:
Marya Burgess.

This week on the children's programme a lucky listener helps prepare the Queen's horses for Trooping the Colour, Matt Smith reports on the latest computer games, author Judith Kerristhe Go 4 It book club guest, 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 Olivia Seligman

Contributors

Unknown:
Matt Smith
Unknown:
Judith Kerristhe
Unknown:
Anne Fine
Producer:
Jo Daykin.
Producer:
Olivia Seligman

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