From St. Anne's, London.
World Service analysis. Producer Mike Popham
Feet of Clay. This phrase has always implied weakness and fallibility. Yet spiritual writer John O'Donohue finds in clay a positive and creative image of our humanity. With Sheena McDonald. Producer Beverley McAinsh. Postponed from 16 September. Repeated at 11.30pm
Nature documentary series. 4: Bats.
Lionel Kelleway spends a chilly summer night at a disused stone mine near Bath, home to nine of the sixteen species of British bats. Hundreds of bats swarm to the mine. But why they do it is a mystery. Producer Joanne Stevens. E-MAIL: nature@bbc.co.uk WEBSITE: www.bbb.co.uk/nature/programmes/radio
Religious and ethical news with Roger Bolton. Series producer Amanda Hancox
Marguerite Patten appeals on behalf of a charity which produces a free monthly magazine on audio cassette for the blind and partially sighted.
Producer Mohini Patel. DONATIONS: Soundaround,[address removed]. CREDIT CARDS: Freephone [number removed]. Repeated at 9.25pm and Thursday 3.27pm
From the Venerable English College in Rome, the oldest British institution overseas. With the Radio 4 Rome Pilgrims Choir, directed by Gordon Stewart. Producer Philip Billson. Organist Jeffrey Makinson E-MAIL: sunday.worship@bbc.co.uk
With Alistair Cooke. Repeated from Friday
Presented by Eddie Mair. Editor Kevin Marsh
Omnibus edition.
Soap and flannel: page 32
Professor Anthony Clare recalls eight of his most memorable interviews. He follows up his encounter of 1985 with crime novelist PD James. Producer Michael Ember. Repeated on Friday at 9am
Quiz. EMAIL quote.unquote@bbc.co.uk. Repeatedfrom Monday
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Immediately after his election victory in June, Tony Blairdisbandedthe Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and replaced it with the new Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Derek Cooper charts the history of MAFF from its beginnings in the 19th century to its eventual demise, and considers the changing relationship between ourgovernment and thefood we eat. Producer Adam Fowler. Extended repeat tomorrow 4pm
With James Cox at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton.
Charles Wheeler presents the first of five programmes looking at the history and impact of national service. This week, call-up papers are received and new recruits considerthe life ahead of them. Contributors include inventor Trevor Baylis , and art critic Brian Sewell. Producer David Prest (R)
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Roy Lancaster, Pippa Greenwood and Bob Flowerdew answer questions posed by gardeners from Loose, near Maidstone. Meanwhile, at the GQT garden, Bunny Guinness and Bob Flowerdew improve the soil in the vegetable bed. Chairman Eric Robson.
The third of four programmes exploring the legacy of the dinosaurs that once lived in what we now know as England's commuter belt. The skeleton of the baryonyx has been assembled, but its jaws and claws are not what the experts expected. Jessica Holm explores how paleontologists piece together the lifestyles of long-extinct dinosaurs.
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Edmund Spenser's Elizabethan epic poem is dramatised in two parts as a swashbuckler by Philip Palmer. Book One is based on the story of St George and the Dragon, mixing comedic storytelling with moments of vivid poetry as Spenser fights to control this reworking of his tale of adventure.
Director Toby Swift. Repeated Saturday 9pm
Charlie Lee-Potter looks at what's happening in books and Pete Davies picks the week's best paperbacks Producer Fiona McLean. Repeated Thursday 4pm. October's Bookclub is Making Cocoa tor Kingsley Amis and Serious Concerns by Wendy Cope. November's Bookclub is We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates.
Frank Delaney presents a selection of listener's requests on the theme of office life, including poems by John Betjeman and Gavin Ewart. Producer Paul Dodgson. Repeated Saturday 11.30pm
In the first of a new series of the current affairs documentary series, Gerry Northam investigates allegations that black and Asian police officers who have campaigned on issues of race are now being victimised within theirforces. Repeated from Tuesday
Three programmes in which Lynne Truss cheerfully confirms the prejudices of those who have never been tempted to attend a great sporting occasion.
1: A Great Day Out.... if you like cold, rain, pies, idiots, crowds, queues, absence of information, traffic jams, jobsworths ... Producer Kate McAII. Repeated on Saturday Lynne Truss: Sport, page 13
Highlights from BBC radio presented by Sue Cook. Producer Neil George. PHONE: [number removed] FAX: [number removed]. E-MAIL: potw@bbc.co.uk WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/potw
The Carters have to wait. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Children's magazine. Author Penelope Lively marks Children's Book Week by recommending some of herfavourites and Jan Francis reads the fourth part of The Indian in the Cupboard. With Matt Smith. Producer Jo Daykin. Series producer Olivia Seligman E-MAIL: gfi@bbc.co.uk. WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/gfi
Anna Massey narrates Christopher Lee 's series of the history of Britain. The reader is Robert Powell. Episode 20: 1934-35 - The German Threat Grows and Ramsay MacDonald Resigns. Producer Pete Atkin. Revised repeat
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Andrew Rawnsley reports live from the Labour Party conference in Brighton. Including at 10.45 It's a Funny Old World. Simon Hoggart takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the Liberal Democrats' conference. Producer John Evans. Editor Sheila Cook.
It's a Funny Old World: Producers Sarah Harrison and AnneTyerman. Repeated on Wednesday at 8.45
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Concl uding the series about the wives of famous composers. 4: Harmony Twichell. Jan Swafford ,
James Sinclair and Sylvia Warren chart the life and influence of Charles Ives 's wife. Producer Rosie Boulton
