From the St George's Church, Dunster, Somerset.

World Service analysis. Producer Mike Popham

True Blue. Drawing on the words of Sylv Plath ,
AE Houseman and DH Lawrence , Fergal Keane considers the significance of the word blue . Producer Ronni Davis Repeated at 11.30pm

The programme that gets to the heart of country life.
Producer Adrian Holloway

With Roger Bolton , Series producer Liz Leonard

Richard Baker appeals on behalf of a charity that provides entertainment for children in hospital.
DONATIONS: Pod Charitable Trust [address removed] CREDIT CARDS: Freephone [number removed] and Thursday 3.28pm
Producer Laurence Grissell
Repeated at 9.25pm and Thursday 3.28pm

Festival Eucharist from St John 's Church, Buxton,
Buxton Madrigal Singers and soloists from the Buxton Festival Conducted by Michael Williams.
Producer Stephen Shipley E-MAIL: sunday.worship@bbc.co.uk

With AlistairCooke. Rptfrom Fri

With Eddie Mair. Editor Kevin Marsh

Omnibus edition.

Astronauts Story Musgrave and Claudie Haignere explain how the life of a space traveller has changed from the heady days of the Cold War space race to modern living aboard the International Space Station. Producer Sera Lefroy Owen
Repeated Friday 9am

Chairman Nicholas Parsons takes the most pernickety of panel games to Bradford where the players are Gyles Brandreth , Jenny Eclair , Clement Freud and Chris Neill.

Pasta is the peasant food that became a world staple yet remains as Italian asVespaor Fel im.
Sheila Dillon explores the history of this healthy, delicious and ancient food.
Producer Lucinda Montefiore Extended repeat tomorrow 4pm

With Sheena McDonald.

The moving story of writer Hsiao-ying Tseng sjourney of a lifetime from Shropshire to south China to visrune two sisters she has never met- part of the human legacy left by the Communist victory of 1949 in China, when thousands of Chinese fled to Taiwan, leaving loved ones behind forever. producer Chris Eldon Lee

John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood answer questions posed by gardeners in Berkshire and Pippa Greenwood and Matthew Biggs visit Roy Lancaster 's garden. The chairman is Eric Robson. Producer Trevor Taylor

Martin Stott goes on a subversive ramble across
Britain lookingforthe places people go to find God. 3: New Ways of Death. Dying is becoming a more personal experience, as church and graveyard give way to the woodland burial. Producer Norman Winter

By Charlotte Bronte. Dramatised by Jane Rogers.
3: In the concluding episode, Caroline lies ill, pining for Robert Moore and her absent mother. Mrs Pryor comes to nurse her and brings news. Shirley has rejected several proposals, when Louis Moore begins to showtender feelings for her. Then one night, when riding on the moor, Robert meets an unwelcome visitor
Music composed by Oily Fox Director Susan Roberts Rptd Sat 9pm

What are people really reading on the beach? And is it worth trying to read books where they're set?
Charlie Lee-Potter presents a summer books special, Producer Anne-Marie Cole Repeated Thursday 4pm
August's Bookclub: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou September's Bookclub: From The Holy Mountain by William Dalrymple October's Bookclub: ADarkAdapted Eye by Barbara Vine

Poetry and conversation, with Christopher Cook, who is joined by award-winning Irish poet Eavan Boland and distinguished Caribbean poet Lorna Goodison.
(Rptd Saturday 11.30pm)

In 1999, members of the European Commission resigned en masse after being criticised over waste and financial mismanagement. Three years on, Fran Abrams asks why so little seems to have improved. Editor David Ross Repeated from Tuesday

A new three-part series in which Mark Doyle , the BBC's West Africa correspondent, travels through Liberia, the Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone, and considers the circumstances in which law and order and democracy can collapse only to be replaced by anarchy, violence and totalitarianism. 1: Liberia.ProducerTony Grant Repeated Saturday 7.45pm

John Wilson presents his selection of extracts from BBC radio over the past seven days.
Producer Fiona Couper PHONE: [number removed] (24 hours) FAX: [number removed] E-MAIL: potw@bbc.co.uk

A disco with a difference. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Soap and flannel with Rupert Smith : page 37

Is kissingthe best way to keep fish alive? How would you cope with luminous teeth? The Australian writer Paul Jennings talks about his new collection of short stories, Tongue-Tied!
Producer Jane Chambers E-MAIL: gfi@bbc.co.uk

1968: Revolution in Paris and Spring in Prague. Written by Christopher Lee and narrated by Anna Masseywith additional readings by Robert Powell. Producer Pete Atkin
BBC RADIO COLLECTION:This series is available on a series of individual audio cassettes and compact discs, as well as superb boxed sets. Two books to accompany the series have been published by BBC Books, www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed]

Roger Bolton dips into the mailbag and airs yourviews and opinions on BBC Radio programmes and policy. Send your comments and questions to: Feedback, PO Box 2100, London W1A 1QT PHONE: [number removed] FAX: [number removed] E-MAIL: feedback@bbc.co.uk Repeated from Friday

Big and small legal issues tackled. Repeated from Friday

John Waite investigates a dangerous chemical leak which threatens hundreds of workers, as well as the environment. Repeated from Friday 12.30pm

Repeated from 7.55am

Cells, Souls and Scientists. Some biotechnologists claim techniques such as cloning will allow them to create better and healthier individuals. Their opponents say that scientists threaten the essence of human identity. Kenan Malik assesses the extent Of the biotechnological revolution. Repeated from Thursday

Andrew Rawnsleytakes a look at the politics of the next seven days. Including at 10.45 Speaking for
Ourselves Three novelists whose work is firmly rooted in their nations' capital cities reflect on the effects of devolution. 1: Boomtown Cardiff. Editor John Evans Speaking for Ourselves: Producer Owen McFadden Repeated Wednesday8.45pm

With Diana Madill. Rptd from Tue

Repeated from 6.05am

5: The German for "Ostrich
Peter Ainsworth examines the ideological and moral dilemmas faced by Richard Strauss (whose name means "ostrich") and other composers under the Third Reich. Producer Simon Crow