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Mark Tully appeals on behalf of a charity that works in the world's poorest countries restoring sight to children and adults who are needlessly blind.
Producer Laurence Grissell.
DONATIONS: Sightsavers International, Freepost,[address removed] CREDIT CARDS: Freephone [number removed]. Repeated at 9.25pm and Thursday 3.27pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Tully
Producer:
Laurence Grissell
Unknown:
Haywards Heath

Church, Belfast. Conductor Rev
From St George's Church, Belfast. Conductor
Rev Brian Stewart Organist and masterofthe choristers Charles Harrison.
Producer Bert Tosh. E-MAIL: sunday.worship@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Conductor:
Rev Brian Stewart
Unknown:
Charles Harrison.
Producer:
Bert Tosh.

Panellists Graham Norton, Tony Hawks, Jenny Eclair and Tim Rice pit their wordy wits against each other under the watchful eye of chairman Nicholas Parsons. Repeated from Monday
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Volume 5 of Just a Minute is available on audio cassette from all good retailers and from www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Norton
Unknown:
Jenny Eclair
Unknown:
Tim Rice
Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons.

Oysters followed by lobster followed by chocolate pudding- a classic menu for lovers but can the contents of the kitchen help in the bedroom?
Today's programme considers aphrodisiac foods - do they deliver or is the link between what we eat and sexual prowess nothing more than a fallacy?
4pm

Contributors

Producer:
Paula McGinley

Another chance to hear the first of a three-part series in which Clive Anderson is given unprecedented access to the judiciary, including the controversial "mock trials" for trainees. Judges of every level talk about the sensitive issues of judicial appointments, training and practice.

Contributors

Presenter:
Clive Anderson
Producer:
Michael Waldman

John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew and Roy Lancaster are in the potting shed answering questions sent in by post. The chairman is Eric Robson.
Producer Trevor Taylor. 3pm.
Send your gardening questions to: Gardeners' Question Time, PO Box 100, Woodstock, 0X20 1XE

Contributors

Unknown:
John Cushnie
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Roy Lancaster
Unknown:
Eric Robson.
Producer:
Trevor Taylor.

In this new two-part series Michael Tickell explains the history and significance of the Border ballads. The Battle of Otterburn is one of the very earliest, relating how Harry Hotspur, Duke of Northumberland, took revenge on James Douglas of Scotland in 1388. Producer Lucy Lunt

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Tickell
Unknown:
Harry Hotspur
Unknown:
James Douglas
Producer:
Lucy Lunt

Rosamond Lehmann's novel, dramatised by Hattie Naylor. Olivia is living a faintly bohemian life in London in the early thirties. When she meets up again with Rollo, the handsome and unhappily married son of Lord and Lady Spencer, they embark on a passionate and secret affair.
With Paul Dodgson, Joshua Boyden and Olivia Crook
Repeated Saturday 9pm

Contributors

Author:
Rosamond Lehmann
Dramatised By:
Hattie Naylor
Kate's son:
Joshua Boyden
Kate's daughter:
Olivia Crook
Director:
Sara Davies
Olivia:
Eve Best
Rollo:
Jonathan Firth
Lady Spencer:
Diana Quick
Kate:
Jenny Coverack
Anna:
Dee Sadler
Simon:
Ben Tinniswood
Mrs Curtis:
Jacqueline Tong
Marigold:
Rachel Lewis

Charlie Lee-Pottertalks to the Whitbread shortlisted author Michel Faber about his new and darkly humorous novel The Courage Consort. Producer Sarah Johnson. Repeated Thursday 4pm
March's Bookclub: Music and Silence by Rose Tremain
April's Bookclub: The Remains of the Dayby Kazuo Ishiguro

Contributors

Unknown:
Charlie Lee-Pottertalks
Unknown:
Michel Faber
Producer:
Sarah Johnson.
Unknown:
Dayby Kazuo Ishiguro

Christopher Cook talks to the Nigerian poet and Nobel prize-winner WoleSoyinka, whose poetry addresses his experience of solitary confinement in prison. Producer Felicity Goodall. Repeated Saturday 11.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Christopher Cook
Producer:
Felicity Goodall.

The Sarah Payne murder case exposed major gaps in the way Britain deals with sex offenders. But, ten years after the Home Office recommended more treatment for those convicted, why is so little being done to try to reduce re-offending rates? With Julian O'Halloran.
(Repeated from Tuesday)

Contributors

Reporter:
Julian O'Halloran

This week Matt Smith announces the winners of the latest poetry competition to write a new year's resolutions poem. e-mail: gfi@bbc.co.uk
Producer Jo Daykin. Series producer Olivia Seligman

Contributors

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

Anna Massey narrates Christopher Lee 's series that explores the important role certain powerful families have played in British history. 2: The Godwins. The second look at this noble family whose ambition was fulfilled in Harold Godwinson. Producer Pete Atkin
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: This new series is now available on two volumes of audio cassettes and compact discs, and a hardback book to accompany the series has been published by BBC Books. Available from all good retailers and from www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed] Family fortunes: page 32

Contributors

Unknown:
Anna Massey
Unknown:
Christopher Lee
Unknown:
Harold Godwinson.
Producer:
Pete Atkin

Celebrities and those only briefly in the news are asserting new rights to privacy. Marcel Berlins asks if this finally spells the end of dubious stories that ruin lives and careers, orwhetherthe courts might be used to endangerthe freedom of the press and limit the public's right to know. Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Marcel Berlins

Andrew Rawnsley takes a look at the politics of the next seven days. Including at 10.45 Tales from the Cutting Room Enoch Powell. Michael Cockerell tells of his encounters with the controversial politician. Editor John Evans , rates from the Cutting Room: Producer Manisha Vadhia. Repeated Wednesday 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley
Unknown:
Enoch Powell.
Unknown:
Michael Cockerell
Editor:
John Evans
Producer:
Manisha Vadhia.

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