St. Peter's, Heswall-on-the-Wirral.
World Service analysis. Producer Mike Popham
Birthdays. Bonnie Greer explores our need for special days. From birthdays through bar mitzvahs to family holidays, we all need the opportunity to give certain days in the year particular significance. Is this simply a way of mapping our own personal calendar or does the desire to celebrate individual red-letter days run deeperthan that? Producer Frank Stirling. Repeated at 11.30pm
Topical issues. Producer Hugh O'Donnell
Religious and ethical news with Roger Bolton. Series producer Amanda Hancox
Evelyn Glennie appeals on behalf of a charity which provides help, support and advice for those caring for children and adults who have Rett Syndrome.
Producer Laurence Grissell. DONATIONS: Rett Syndrome Association UK, [address removed]. CREDIT CARDS:
Freephone [number removed]. Rptd at 9.25pm and Thursday 3.27pm
A service for Remembrance Sunday from St
Christopher's Church in the Paderborn Garrison of the British Army in Germany. Members of the community both military and civilian, British and German, join together to pay tribute to those who have suffered and continue to suffer as a result of war and terrorism. Hymns include For All the Saints, Be Still, My Soul and Soldiers of Christ, Arise! The anthem is the Agnus Dei from Faure's Requiem. Producer Maurice Maguire. Editor Denis Nowlan E-MAIL: sunday.worship@bbc.co.uk
Repeated from Friday
Omnibus edition.
Soap and flannel with Alison Graham : page 28
Nicholas Witchell sets the scene in London's
Whitehall as the nation remembers the lives lost in two world wars and other conflicts. Music of remembrance is played by massed bands and, after the Last Post and two minutes silence, the Queen lays the first wreath on behalf of the nation and commonwealth. The Bishop of London leads a short service of remembrance and veterans of the world's conflicts share their memories as they march past. Producer Stephen Shipley
Letters written from the front to
Colonel Lionel Messel provide a moving evocation of a soldier's life during the First World War. Producer Ronni Davis
Quiz. E-MAIL: quote.unquote@bbc.co.uk. Repeated from Monday
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Quote... Unquote is available on cassette at all good retailers and www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed]
A celebration of the hop harvest. Once condemned as a "vile, pernicious weed" and banned by ale-lover Henry VIII, hops are now a revered yet endangered ingredient of British beer and food. Producer Rebecca Wells. Extended repeat tomorrow 4pm
With James Cox.
In the last of two programmes, Edi Stark celebrates the long-term relationship and asks if a good sex life is an essential part of a good marriage.
John Cushnie , Anne Swithinbank and Carole Baxter answer questions posed by gardeners from the North West Highlands. And the team tackle the weeds in the GQT garden at Sparsholt College in Hampshire. The chairman is Eric Robson.
Producer Trevor Taylor.
Last in a series looking at domestic gardens from the point of view of wildlife.5: The Biggest Nature Reserve of All. Chris Baines explores the collective importance of gardens for wildlife and suggests considering them as habitats intheirown right. Producer Brett Westwood. WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/nature
Wilkie Collins 's Victorian thriller is dramatised in four episodes by Martyn Wade. 1: Walter Hartright meets a strange woman dressed in white as he returns home across Hampstead Heath late one night. He is about to travel north to take up a post as drawing masterto two young ladies. Little does he realise how this chance encounter and his new position are inextricably linked.
Director Cherry Cookson. Music Elizabeth Parker. Repeated Saturday BBC RADIO COLLECTION: The Woman in White is available on cassette at all good retailers and www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed]
Charlie Lee-Pottertalks to
John Mortimer about his latest Rumpole book, and Caryl Phillips and Margaret Busby reassess the work of writer James Baldwin. Producer Fiona McLean. Repeated Thursday 4pm.
Di Hope explores the beautiful, heart-rending and neglected women's poetry of the Second World War. With poems by Edith Sitwell , Anne Ridler ,
Naomi Mitchison , Sylvia Townsend Warner and Vita Sackville West. The readings are by Anne Marie Timoney. Producer Fiona Croall. Repeated Saturday 11.30pm
Repeated from Tuesday
Two programmes investigating the rewards of teaching. 1: Special Children, Special Needs. Peter Simpson and Sue Eaton recall single experiences which encapsulate their passion for the profession. Producer Beaty Rubens. Repeated on Saturday
Presented by Trixie Rawlinson.
Producer Neil George. PHONE: [number removed] FAX: [number removed]. E-MAIL: potw@bbc.co.uk WEBSITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/potw
William makes an Offering. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Featuring some of the young actors from the new film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and William Nicholson reading the second episode of his book The Windsinger. Presented by 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 26: 1941 - Morale, Propaganda, and the USA Producer Pete Atkin Revised 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].
Repeated from Friday
Repeated from Friday
BOX Repeated from yesterday 12 noon
Repeated from 7.55am
Lean, Mean and Past It? What is there to show for
20 years of efficiency drives in the public sector? Ian Christie asks if they've run out of steam, and examines some radical alternatives. Producer Michael Blastland
The politics of the next seven days, with Andrew Rawnsley. Including at 10.45 Man, Beast and Politics. The last of three talks with Kenan Malik. Editor John Evans. Man, Beast and Politics: Producer Michael Blastland. Repeated on Wednesday at 8.45
Repeated from 6,05am
Last in a series with Dave Gelly. 4:
Folk-rock musicians Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick recall performing in the Sixties and Seventies. Producer Anne Bristow (R)
