From Rochester Cathedral in Kent.
World Service colour and analysis from BBC correspondents worldwide. Producer Mike Popham
The World as One. Humankind has long reflected upon its place in a vast universe. Simon Mundy considers our world, with readings from, among others, Arthur C Clarke and Odia Ofeimun , and music byJohnTavenerand Shostakovich. Producer Alan Hall. Repeated at 11.30pm
Woodland Ghosts. Traversing the landscape like ghosts from the past, ancient hedgerows remain in some parts of the country as relics of former woodlands. Brett Westwood joins George Peterken in the Wye Valley to explore the woodlands and hedgerow plants that survive and thrive today. Producer Sarah Blunt. E-MAIL: nature@bbc.co.uk
Roger Bolton with the religious and ethical news of the week. Series producer Liz Leonard
Imogen Stubbs speaks on behalf of a charity which supports people who sufferfrom anxiety illnesses. Producer JayneEgerton. DONATIONS: No Panic. [address removed]. CREDIT CARDS: Freephone [number removed] Repeated at 9.25pm and Thursday 3.27pm
Let All the World in Every Corner Sing. From the 18th International Festival of Church Music in Bern, Switzerland. Led by the Rev Roger Hutchings , preacher the Rev Terry MacArthur. Choirs from North America, Africa, and eastern Europe celebrate the richness and cultural diversity of contemporary music for worship. E-MAIL: sunday.worship@bbc.co.uk
Presented byAlistairCooke. Repeated from Friday
Conversation about the big stories of the week, presented by Eddie Mair. Editor Kevin Marsh
Omnibus edition.
The antidote to panel games, with Linda Smith joining regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor , Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden. With chairman Humphrey Lyttelton. Repeated from Monday
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: There are now six different audio casettes of this series available from all good retail outlets and www.bbcshop.com.Call [number removed].
Sheila Dillon looks at the global delicacies made from the best of British ingredients - pastrami from Berkshire, Cumbrian salami and Scottish curries. Producer Rebecca Wells. Extended 4pm
With James Cox.
Baroness Mary Warnock and Kit and the Widow's Richard Sisson consider crimes committed in the name of music by Mozart, Debussy and the recorder. With Petroc Trelawny. Producer Martin smith
Highlights from the BBC Gardeners' World Live exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham, with Nigel Colborn , John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew ,
Pippa Greenwood , Bunny Guinness , Roy Lancaster , Anne Swithinbank and chairman Eric Robson.
Producer Trevor Taylor. Shortened 3pm
The Storm. This week Rosie has her bark slowed down by a bat detector before a dramatic storm confines the team to the caravan, where Henry dispels some myths. Reader Vanessa Redgrave. Producer Cheryl Gabriel (R)
During a trip to Italy in 1838, Robert Browning visited Ferrara, home of the Dukes of Este. Inspired by a fresco portrait he saw there and what he learned of the Este family, he wrote his poetic masterpiece, My Last Duchess. The duke's first wife, whose portrait the poem vividly described, died young in suspicious circumstances in 1561. Martyn Wade's dramatisation attempts to solve the mystery of the poem - what happened to the duchess and who did the deed?
(Repeated Saturday 9pm)
Actress, journalist and novelist Elaine Dundy talks about her autobiography, Life Itself. With Charl ie Lee Potter. Producer Dymphna Flynn. The next Bookclubon 1 July will be Amy Tan 's The Kitchen God's Wife. Repeated Friday 4pm
American poet and undertaker Thomas Lynch presents poetry inspired by Michigan's water, forests and capital Detroit. With fellow poet Michael Heffeman. Producer Kate McAII. Repeated Saturday 11.30pm
Mark Whitaker examines the growth in student poverty and asks whether escalating debts are affecting the numbers of students from disadvantaged backgrounds attending university. Repeated from Tuesday
A three-part story of how the most unlikely, and sometimes infamous, people have graced the pages of great newspapers. Presented by Ian Christie.
Thank God! The British Journalist. British writers and politicians were among the first to realise how newspapers could make them world celebrities. Shaw, Wells and Kipling had shown the way that Churchill and Lloyd George would follow -with William Randolph Hearst willing to pay top dollar. Producer Clare Csonka. Repeated Saturday 7.45pm
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The week's BBC radio highlights with Wendy Austin. Producer Neil George. PHONE: [number removed] FAX: [number removed]. E-MAIL: potw@bbc.co.uk WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/potw
Matt oi Is over to Home Farm. Repeated tomorrow 2pm Soap and Flannel with Alison Graham : page 28
Matt Smith looks at Allan Ahlberg's new football poetry book Friendly Matches; tennis tips from top player Jamie Delgado; and Sam George reads the first episode of Kensuke's Kingdom, a new story by Michael Morpurgo. Plus jokes and competitions. E-mail: [email address removed] Website: [web address removed]
Anna Massey narrates Christopher Lee 's history series of the story of Britain. Reader Robert Powell. 1908-9. Asquith, Lloyd George , Pensions and the Balkans. Producer Pete Atkin Revised repeat
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: This series is available on a series of individual audio casettes and compact discs, as well as superb box sets. Two books to accompany the series have been published by BBC Books, www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed].
With Roger Bolton. Repeated from Friday
With Marcel Berlins. Rptd from Thursday
Repeated from yesterday 12 noon
Repeated from 7.55am
Talent Wars. Peter Day finds out why the battle for talent is disrupting the working world. Rptd from Thursday
Next week's political headlines with Andrew Rawnsley. Including 10.45 It's a Funny Old World.
Editor John Evans. It's a Funny Old World repeated Wednesday 8.45pm
Presented by LibbyPurves. Repeated from Tuesday
Repeated from 6.05am
Gerard McBurney visits Boston to explore the life of Serge Koussevitzky , a conductor and double bass virtuoso whose zeal resulted in the creation of the Tanglewood Music Centre. Producer Thomas Morris (R)
