From the Cathedral of the Transfiguration, Archangel, Russia.
World Service analysis. Producer Mike Popham
The LearningCurve. Sheena McDonald considers the key purpose of education in an age characterised by information overload, technological complexity and moral confusion. Producer BeverleyMcAinsh. Rptat 11.30pm
The topical farming programme.
Roger Bolton with the religious and ethical news of the week.
Fiona Shaw appeals on behalf of a charity that works to protect and promote freedom of expression in all its forms.
Producer Laurence Grissell.
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An Arctic Monastery Reborn.
Canon Michael Bourdeaux accompanies Roy and Elizabeth Lambert to Solovki, the most northern monastery in the world, which the Soviet regime turned into a death-camp for Orthodox priests. During the Liturgy the travellers return icons rescued by Elizabeth Lambert s grandfather, a British naval chaplain, in 1918.
Producer Stephen Shipley.
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With Alistair Cooke. Repeated from Friday
Sunday morning's fresh approach to news, with conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Jeremy Vine.
Omnibus edition.
Soap and flannel with Alison Graham : page 28
Nicholas Parsons and panellists Paul Merton , Kit
Hesketh-Harvey, Linda Smith and Chris Neill attempt to talk non-stop in Winchester. Repeated from Monday
As winter draws on Derek Cooper celebrates some of the tastiest traditional means of keeping warm: delicious dripping, succulent suet and steaming hot puddings. Producer Rebecca Wells. Extended rpt Mon 4pm
With James Cox.
Another chance to hear Steve Bradshaw's moving portrait of the Rwandan who saved thousands of lives by turning his five-star hotel into a sanctuary against genocide.
Bob Flowerdew , Roy Lancaster and Pippa Greenwood answer questions posed by gardeners from Bedford. And in the GQT garden at Sparsholt College in Hampshire the team are choosing a site for compost bins, looking for hibernating snails and discussing different ways of warmingupthe soil for early planting. The chairman is Eric Robson. Producer Trevor Taylor. Shortened
Lars Tharp puts antiques and collectibles into their context. 4: Blue and White. Ceramics that revolutionised the Staffordshire pottery industry and put paid to Chinese imports. Experts and collectors scrutinise the rich legacy of blue and White transfer ware. Producer Lindsay Leonard
A new three-part adaptation by Judith Adams of Sir Walter Scott 's thrilling tale of adventure, heroism and love, set during the Jacobite rising of 1715. 1: Moving Northwards. Francis Osbaldistone , the son of a rich London merchant, is banished to his family seat in the north of England. He meets and is befriended by the enigmatic Scot, Robert Campbell , and first encounters the beautiful and high-spirited Diana Vernon and also his malignant cousin Rashleigh.
Director Gaynor Macfarlane. Repeated Saturday 9pm
Charlie Lee-Potter looks at what's happening in the world of books, including an interview with Michael Dibdin about his new book And Then You Die. Producer Fiona McLean. Repeated Thursday 4pm.
February's Bookclub: Empire of the Sun by JG Ballard. March's Bookclub: Music and Silence by Rose Tremain.
Hannah Gordon and Julian Glover join Frank Delaney with a miscellany of listeners' requests, including
Robert Burns 's ToaMouse and Norman MacCaig 's Wind in the City.
Producer Geni Hall-Kenny . Repeated Saturday 11.30pm
Alan Whitehouse has exclusive access to research which reveals the depth of the crisis facing Britain's train companies. Producer David Lewis. Repeated from Tuesday
3: Ex BBC correspondent Tim Sebastian looks back at his years in the Eastern Bloc and asks why so many of the events were misunderstood at the time. Producer Liz Barclay.
Edward Stourton presents his selection of highlights from BBC radio over the last seven days.
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Mike is looking forajob. Rptdtomorrow2pm
This week Matt Smith is in Belfast, visiting the sites, checking out the latest kids' crazes and dropping in on a bookclub to talk about the books of CS Lewis. There'll be loads of jokes and dastardly competitions, and another of Ted Hughes's creation stories.
Producer Jo Daykin.
Series producer OIMa Seligman.
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Anna Massey narrates Christopher Lee 's history of Britain. The reader is Robert Powell. Episode 36: 1951. The Return Of Churchill. 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]
With Roger Bolton. Repeated from Friday
7: Mouth Watering. Michael Rosen investigates the Use Of idioms. Repeated from Friday
Repeat of yesterday 12 noon
Repeated from 7.55am
Up in the Air. With the airline business in turmoil, the "bigtwo" plane makers, Boeing and Airbus, disagree about the future. Peter Day asks who's right. Producer Neil Koenig. Repeated from Thursday
Andrew Rawnsley previews the politics of the next seven days. Including at 10.45 PM Power Stanley
Baldwin. Peter Clarke unearths recordings of historian AJP Taylor 's lectures on the former prime minister. Editor John Evans.
PM Power: Producer Matt Thompson. Repeated Wednesday 8.45pm
Matthew Parris is joined by Bianca Jagger and Mariella Frostrup to talk about three favourite paperbacks.
(Repeated from Tuesday)
Repeated from 6.05am
Dr Zaki Badawi chooses his favourite poetry and prose. Repeated from Thursday
