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A Vision for Today. From Emmanuel Church, Didsbury
The Rev Roy Jenkins explores the significance of the "new heaven and new earth" promised in the Book of Revelation. Gordon Stewart directs a choir of Radio 4 listeners. Organist Jeffrey Makinson.
Producer Philip Billson. E-MAIL: [email address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Jenkins
Unknown:
Gordon Stewart
Organist:
Jeffrey Makinson.
Producer:
Philip Billson.

Chairman Nicholas Parsons attempts to keep control over the most devious of panel games, this week featuring the verbal dexterity of Paul Merton , Stephen Fry , Liza Tarbuck and Clement Freud. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Stephen Fry
Unknown:
Liza Tarbuck
Unknown:
Clement Freud.

Bob Flowerdew , Roy Lancaster and Matthew Biggs answerquestions posed by gardeners from Middlesex. Plus a report from the Gardeners' Question Time garden at Sparsholt College, Hampshire, where Bob Flowerdew and Bunny Guinness have been removing a section of leylandii hedge, while Pippa Greenwood and Roy Lancastervisit a local nursery to choose shrubs. The chairman is Eric Robson. Producer Trevor Taylor. 3pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Roy Lancaster
Unknown:
Matthew Biggs
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Pippa Greenwood
Unknown:
Roy Lancastervisit
Unknown:
Eric Robson.
Producer:
Trevor Taylor.

Lars Tharp puts antiques and collectibles into their context. 3: The Writing Box. An antique that symbolised the age of letter-writing and travel.
Jane Austen 's writing box comes under scrutiny as experts muse on its function as an ancestor of the lap-top computer. Producer Lindsay Leonard

Contributors

Unknown:
Lars Tharp
Unknown:
Jane Austen
Producer:
Lindsay Leonard

The final episode of John Steinbeck 's harrowing novel, dramatised by Steve Chambers.
3: The Promised Land. The Joads are still hard-pressed to find work, and Rosasharn's baby is on the way.
Director Marion Nancarrow. Repeated Saturday 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
John Steinbeck
Dramatised By:
Steve Chambers.
Director:
Marion Nancarrow.
Tom:
John Schwab
Ma:
Pat Starr
Casy:
Bob Sherman
Pa:
William Roberts
Rasasharn:
Teresa Gallagher
Ruthie:
Teresa Gallagher
Al:
Ryan McClusky
Uncle John:
Bill Bailey
Wilson:
Jonathan Keeble
Lisbeth:
Briony Glassco
Willy:
Dillan Smith
Boy:
Martin Sherman
Winfield:
Martin Sherman
Rawley:
Colin Stinton

Charlie Lee-Potter with news from the world of books and Pete Davies picks the week's best paperbacks. Producer Anne-Marie Cole. Repeated Thursday 4pm February's Bookclub: Empire of the Sun by JG Ballard March's Bookclub: Music and Silence by Rose Tremain

Contributors

Unknown:
Charlie Lee-Potter
Unknown:
Pete Davies
Producer:
Anne-Marie Cole.
Unknown:
Rose Tremain

Frank Delaney presents a programme of poetry written to be performed, including Seamus Heaney reading his translation of Beowulf, the drama of Milton and Ben Jonson , and present-day performance poets Jean "Binta" Breeze and Zena Edwards. Producer Geni Hall-Kenny . Repeated Saturday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Delaney
Unknown:
Seamus Heaney
Unknown:
Ben Jonson
Unknown:
Zena Edwards.
Producer:
Geni Hall-Kenny

When former BBC correspondent Mark Brayne trained recently as a psychotherapist, he began to wonder what were the human factors underpinning the extraordinary political and diplomatic manoeuvres as the Iron Curtain melted a decade ago. He asks some of the main players at the time - US Secretary of State James Baker , Hungarian Prime Minister Miklos Nemeth and British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd. Producer Simon Elmes. Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Brayne
Unknown:
James Baker
Unknown:
Miklos Nemeth
Unknown:
Douglas Hurd.
Producer:
Simon Elmes.

This week Matt Smith is in Belfast checking out the latest kids' crazes and dropping in on a bookclub. Plusjokes and competitions, and another of Ted Hughes 's creation stories. e-mail gfi@bbc.co.uk Producer Jo Daykin. Series producer Olivia Seligman

Contributors

Unknown:
Matt Smith
Unknown:
Ted Hughes
Producer:
Jo Daykin.
Producer:
Olivia Seligman

Anna Massey narrates Christopher Lee 's history of Britain. The reader is Robert Powell. Episode 35: 1950. War in Korea and the European Debate. 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]

Contributors

Unknown:
Anna Massey
Unknown:
Christopher Lee
Unknown:
Robert Powell.
Producer:
Pete Atkin.

Nick Robinson takes a look at the politics of the next seven days. Including at 10.45 Power David Lloyd George. Professor Peter Clarke unearths recordings of historian AJP Taylor 's lectures on the former prime minister. Editor John Evans
Power: Producer Matt Thompson. Rptd Wednesday 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Robinson
Unknown:
David Lloyd George.
Unknown:
Professor Peter Clarke
Unknown:
Ajp Taylor
Editor:
John Evans
Producer:
Matt Thompson.

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