From St Nicholas, Durweston, in Dorset.
World Service colour and analysis from BBC correspondents worldwide. Producer Mike Popham
Bad Stars. This week a look at what happens physically, psychologically and spiritually in the wake of a natural disaster such as the recent Gujurat earthquake. Presented byMarkTully. Producer Alan Hall. Repeated at 11.30pm
The Hen Harrier. Once common, the hen harrier is today among our rarest breeding birds of prey. Brett Westwood and ornithologist lolo Williams travel to Wales in search of this spectacular raptor. Producer Sarah Blunt. E-MAIL: nature@bbc.co.uk WESITE: www.bbc.co.uk/nature
Trevor Barnes with the religious and ethical news of the week. Series producer Liz Leonard
Ben Kingsley speaks on behalf of a charity which supports the care of pregnant women and newborn babies throughout the United Kingdom.
Producer Mohini Patel. DONATIONS: Baby Lifeline Ltd, [address removed] CREDIT CARDS: Freephone [number removed]. Repeated at 9.25pm and Thursday 3.27pm
A seaside service with the congregation of St John 's Methodist Church, Llandudno, and the Llandudno Festival Singers, led by the Rev Keith Garner. Director of music Nigel Shaw. Organist J Meirion Davies. Psalm 121; Mark 1, wl4-20. 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.
Soap and Flannel with Alison Graham : page 26
Comedy panel game from the Theatre Royal, Norwich, with Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and a special guest. With chairman Humphrey Lyttelton and Colin Sell on the piano. Repeated from Monday
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: There are six different I'm Sorry I Haven't 't a Clue audio cassettes available now from all good retail outlets and www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed].
Why is drinking water so rare in schools when vending machines supply soft drinks? And should that water be fluoridated? Sheila Dillon investigates. Producer Paul Kobrak. Extended 4pm
With James Cox.
Two leading cultural figures discuss music they just cannot bear. This week former director of the Royal Opera House, Mary Allen , and writer
Philip Hensher , consider crimes committed in the name Of music. With PetrOCTrelawny. Producer Martin Smith
This week there is a preview of the Hampton Court Flower Show, and Nigel Colborn , John Cushnie and Roy Lancaster are guests of Rhuddlan Castle
Women's Institute. With chairman Eric Robson.
Producer Trevor Taylor. Shortened 3pm
Lights inXhe Night Sky. Henry puts tiny lights on the bats so he can see where they are in the dark. On the final day of the study will Henry and Rosie find the bat they have lost? Producer Cheryl Gabriel (R)
Gerald Durrell 's comic classic about his eccentric upper-class English family whose antics persistently disrupt his enthralling natural history escapades on the sunny Greek island of Corfu in the thirties. Dramatised in two parts by Janys Chambers. 1: Meet the Family.... plus a Few Animals
Director Polly Thomas. Repeated Saturday 9pm
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: My Family and Other Animals is available now from retail outlets and www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed].
Poetry and conversation with Paul Muldoon , Oxford Professor of Poetry, who looks back over his writing as he reaches his 50th birthday. With Christopher Cook. Producer Susan Roberts. Repeated Saturday 11.30pm
Major issues, changing attitudes and important events at home and abroad, presented by Julian O'Halloran. Repeated from Tuesday
The conclusion of three programmes about how the most unlikely people graced the pages of great newspapers. Presented by Ian Christie. Writing the Reich. William Randolph Hearst had a long history of standing up for Germany. He opposed the Versailles Settlement so vehemently that this became an obsession, and helps to explain why he published Hitler and Goering in his flagship newspaper. Producer Clare Csonka. Repeated Saturday 7.45pm
The week's BBC radio highlights with MarkWhittaker. Producer Neil George. PHONE: [number removed] FAX: [number removed]. E-MAIL: potw@bbc.co.uk WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/potw
MeetGingerthe hen. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
This week on the children's programme Matt Smith visits the new National Space Centre in Leicester; there's a look at two new films, Shrek and Pokemon 3; and Sam George reads from Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo. Plusjokes and competitions. E-MAIL: gfi@bbc.co.uk. WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/gfi Producer Jo Daykin. Series producerOlivia Seligman
Anna Massey narrates Christopher Lee 's history series of the story of Britain. Reader Robert Powell. 1910-11. A New King, Commons Versus Lords and Industrial Unrest. Producer Pete Atkinflewsed repeat
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: This series is available on a series of individual audio cassettes 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
It's a Giveaway. Peter Day investigates the rules of the new philanthropy. Repeated 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 on Wed at 8.45pm
Presented by Libby Purves. Repeated from Tuesday
Repeated from 6.05am
Sound Investment. The final programme in the series considers the patrons of new music in Britain today such as the Sound Investors who buy L100 shares in new pieces of music which are then performed by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group.
Presented by Gerard McBurney. Producer Frances Byrnes (R)
