Selby Abbey in North Yorkshire.
World Service analysis. Producer Mike Popham
Highlands and Islands. Sheena McDonald discovers how history, myth, folklore and faith combine to form the distinctive culture and psyche of Scotland's highlands and islands.
Producer Beverley McAinsh. Repeated at 11.30pm
Topical issues. Producer Hugh O'Donnell
Religious and ethical news with Roger Bolton. Series producer Amanda Hancox
Patricia Greene appeals on behalf of a charity which provides support and advice for parents whose children have fragile x, a genetic syndrome which causes learningdifficulties.
Producer Laurence Grissell. DONATIONS: The Fragile X Society. [address removed] CREDIT CARDS: Freephone [number removed]. Rptd at 9.25pm and Thursday 3.27pm
From the Venerable English College, Rome, with Monsignor Patrick Kilgarriff , Dr Judith Champ and a choir of 100 Radio 4 listeners on pilgrimage. The director of music is Gordon Stewart.
Producer Phillip Billson. Organist Jefrey Makinson E-MAIL: sunday.worship@bbc.co.uk
Repeated from Friday
Presented by Eddie Mair. Editor Kevin Marsh
Omnibus edition.
Soap and flannel: page 24
To mark the 20th anniversary of his series, Professor Anthony Clare recalls eight of his most memorable interviews. This week he follows up his interview with Professor Kay Redfield Jamison which has attracted more reaction from listeners than any other in the history of the programme.
ProducerMichael Ember.
Quiz. EMAIL quote.unquote@bbc.co.uk. Repeatedfrom Monday
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Sheila Dillon considers the latest evidence on how diet can reduce the risk of developing cancer. Producer Paula McGinley. Extended repeat tomorrow 4pm
With James Cox.
If 40 per cent of marriages end in divorce, then 60 per cent of marriages must stay intact. That means the majority of married people have succeeded, to a lesser or greater extent, in negotiating the pitfalls and rewards of the long-term partnership. In the first of two programmes, Edi Stark aims to explore, understand and celebrate this relationship.
Roy Lancaster , Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Biggs are guests of the Hatch End Horticultural Society. The team also discusses the best design for the fruit cage at the GQT garden at Sparsholt College in Hampshire. The chairman is Eric Robson.
Producer Trevor Taylor.
Afive-part series in which Chris Baines looks at domestic gardens from the point of view of wildlife and discovers gardeners are re-creating habitats for an increasing number of animals. 4: Pools Winners As country ponds are drained or polluted, a comfy pad in town seems the obvious answer for the up-and-coming urban amphibian, but living close to humans has its pitfalls too, as this look at why garden ponds are proving valuable for protecting frog and toad populations demonstrates.
Producer Brett Westwood WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/nature
Elizabeth Taylor 's novel is dramatised by Jennifer Howarth.
Kate, a well-heeled widow, causes a sensation in her conventional community in the late fifties when she falls for the charms of a younger man and marries him. She attracts both the envy and pity of her family and friends as they speculate whether her new-found happiness can last beyond one golden summer.
Producer Viv Beeby
Last in a series with Peggy Reynolds. 4: Ode on a Grecian Urn
by John Keats. Peggy Reynolds talks to classical scholars, artists, and scientists about the resonance and meaning of Keats's masterpiece about a Greek vase, beauty and truth.
Producer Sara Davies. Repeated Saturday 11.30pm
Repeated from Tuesday
The last of three programmes in which novelists introduce the life and work of an invented author and explain why they wish such a writer had really existed. The series reflects the writers' interest in literary hoaxes and jokes. This week, Adam Thorpe. Producer Rob Ketteridge. Repeated on Saturday
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BBC radio highlights presented by Peter White. Producer Neil George. PHONE: [number removed] FAX: [number removed]. E-MAIL: potw@bbc.co.uk WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/potw
Joe has to do lines. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Children's magazine. Gameswatch reviewers sample the latest computer games, author Meredith Hooper discusses her adventures on the frozen wastes of Antarctica and William Nicholson reads the first episode of his book The Windsinger. Presented by Matt Smith.
Producer Jo Daykin. Series producerOlivia Seligman E-MAIL: gfi@bbc.co.uk. WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/gfi
Anna Massey narrates Christopher Lee 's history of Britain. The reader is Robert Powell. Episode 25: 1940, Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain and the Evacuation. Producer Pete Atkin flewsed repeat
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Repeated from Friday
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The Sheriff and the Posse. Building coalitions became America's watchword in the wake of September's terrorist attacks. But Quentin Peel asks how far the horror has wrought lasting change in Washington's attitude to the world and what a newly engaged United States would mean. Repeated from Thursday
The politics of the next seven days, with Andrew Rawnsley. Including at 10.45 Man, Beast and Politics The second of three talks with Kenan Malik.
Editor John Evans. Man. Beast and Politics: ProducerMichael Blastland. Repeated on Wednesday at 8.45
Repeated from Tuesday
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A four-part series in which Dave Gelly explores unusual musical collaborations. 3: Two guitar virtuosi, John Williams and John Etheridge, speak to Dave Gelly about their latest collaboration The Magic Box. (R)
