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Patricia Hodge appeals for a charity which provides support, understanding and hope to those affected by an eating disorder. Producer Laurence Grissell.
DONATIONS: Eating Disorders Association, [address removed] CREDIT CARDS: Freephone [number removed] Repeated at 9.25pm and Thursday 3.27pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Patricia Hodge
Producer:
Laurence Grissell

The Rev Gethin Abraham Williams explores the theme of international relations in a service from All Saints Church, Oystermouth, Swansea, led by the Rev Keith Evans , with Swansea Bach Choir, director John Huw Thomas. Organist HuwTregelles Williams. Producer Roy Jenkins E-MAIL: sunday.worship@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Gethin Abraham Williams
Unknown:
Keith Evans
Organist:
John Huw Thomas.
Organist:
Huwtregelles Williams.
Producer:
Roy Jenkins

Matthew Biggs , Bunny Guinness and Anne Swithinbank answer questions posed by members of the Colyton and District Garden Society in Devon. The chairman is Eric Robson.
Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened 3pm.

Contributors

Unknown:
Matthew Biggs
Unknown:
Anne Swithinbank
Unknown:
Eric Robson.
Producer:
Trevor Taylor

By Stendhal. Dramatised in two episodes by Felicity Hayes-McCoy . Fourcharacters' search for happiness in post-Napoleonic Italy. 2: Imprisoned in the fortress of the Farnese Tower, Fabrice begins a love affair with the governor's daughter Clelia.
Original music composed by Sian Burns Director Lawrence Jackson Repeated Saturday 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Felicity Hayes-McCoy
Composed By:
Sian Burns
Composed By:
Lawrence Jackson
Gina:
Helen McCrory
Mosca:
Ciaran Hinds
Fabrice:
Andrew Scott
Clelia:
Emilia Fox
Blanes:
Richard Griffiths
' Prince/Ferrante:
Guy Henry
Grillo:
James Ellis
Rassi/Barbone:
Alan Ford
Gina's maid:
Anne-Marie Duff
Princess:
Sheila Mitchell
Ranuce-Ernest:
Paul Chahidi
Courtier/Gen Fontana:
Roger May
LadyGossip:
Shuna Snow

To mark the centenary of John Steinbeck 's birth, Charlie Lee-Potter looks at his literary legacy. 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:
John Steinbeck
Unknown:
Charlie Lee-Potter
Producer:
Sarah Johnson
Unknown:
Dayby Kazuo Ishiguro

Poetry and conversation with Christopher Cook.
Today two of the country's best-known performance poets, guests Benjamin Zephaniah and Joolz Denby , conjure the beat of the steets of London, Bradford and Venice, with parody, politics and passion. Producer Felicity Goodall Repeated Saturday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook.
Unknown:
Benjamin Zephaniah
Unknown:
Joolz Denby
Producer:
Felicity Goodall

Are people suffering from asbestos-related illnesses being unfairly penalised by a system which has allowed some companies to escape their liabilities? Presented by Mark Whitaker. Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Presented By:
Mark Whitaker.

Six programmes in which adherents of different faiths reflect on who Jesus was and is, for them.
2: Shaunaka Rishi Das, Hindu priest and director of the Oxford Centre for Vaishnava and Hindu Studies, responds to the challenges laid down by Jesus.
Producer Norman Winter
Repeated Saturday 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Shaunaka Rishi Das

Matt Smith goes back stage and meets the actors in Roald Dahl 's Big Friendly Giant, which is touring nationwide. Cromartythe space cat will be in and Teresa Gallagher reads the fourth episode of Because ofWinn Dixie by Kate Di Camillo. E-MAIL: gfi@bbc.co.uk
Producer Jane Chambers Series producer Olivia Seligman

Contributors

Unknown:
Matt Smith
Unknown:
Roald Dahl
Unknown:
Teresa Gallagher
Unknown:
Kate Di Camillo.
Producer:
Olivia Seligman

Anna Massey narrates Christopher Lee 's series that explores the roles certain powerful families have played in British history. 4: The Irish Dynasties. The story of how the MacMurroughs, the Rtzgeralds and the O'Neills are among the Irish families whose relationships with the English monarchs of their times were as turbulent and influential as any of the mainland dynasties. Producer PeteAtkin
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: This series is available on two volumes of audio cassettes and compact discs. A hardback book to accompany the series is published by BBC Books. All these items are available from good retail outlets or www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed].

Contributors

Unknown:
Anna Massey
Unknown:
Christopher Lee

Andrew Rawnsley takes a look at the politics of the next seven days.
Including at 10.45 On the Road
Dinah Lammiman follows the Transport, Regions and Local Government Select Committee on their quest to find solutions to the problem of empty homes. Editor John Evans On the Road: Editor Nicola Meyrick Repeated Wednesday 8.45pm

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Rawnsley
Editor:
John Evans
Editor:
Nicola Meyrick

In the last of two programmes, the RSC's artistic director Adrian Noble , director of theatre music at Shakespeare's Globe Claire van Kampen and composer Stephen Warbeck discuss with Humphrey Carpenterthe attraction Shakespeare's work holds for composers and musicians. Producer David Corser

Contributors

Director:
Adrian Noble
Unknown:
Claire van Kampen
Unknown:
Stephen Warbeck
Unknown:
Humphrey Carpenterthe
Producer:
David Corser

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