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Seeing Stars. What thoughts are provoked when we look up at the stars on a clear night? Mark Tully contemplates creation and infinitywith astronomer Jocelyn Bell Bunell. Producer Nigel Acheson Repeated 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Tully
Unknown:
Jocelyn Bell Bunell.
Producer:
Nigel Acheson

Alison Steadman appeals for Carers UK, a chanty that offers information and advice to people caring for a partner, relative or friend.
Donations: Carers UK, [address removed] Credit-card donations: Freephone [number removed]
Producer Kim Normanton
Repeated at 9.25pm and Thursday 3.28pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Alison Steadman
Producer:
Kim Normanton

Risk and Reconciliation. One year after the terror attacks in the USA, ministers of three different religions, the Rev Nicholas Holtam , Rabbi Mark
Winer and DrZaki Badawi, explore how faith might help us move from aggression to reconciliation. Producer Stephen Shipley E-mail: sunday.worship@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Holtam
Unknown:
Rabbi Mark
Producer:
Stephen Shipley

Olivia O'Leary talks to Nick Reynolds, son of the Great Train Robber Bruce Reynolds, and Amber Marks, daughter of the drug smuggler Howard Marks, about their lives as fugitive children and whether they see their fathers as cons or icons.
Producer Sera Lefroy-Owen

Contributors

Talks:
Olivia O'Leary
Unknown:
Nick Reynolds
Unknown:
Bruce Reynolds
Unknown:
Howard Marks

Sheila Dillon explores the role of food on and off stage. She talks to actors, directors and writers about food as a dramatic device, the perils of cooking and eating on stage, and whether prop food works in the spotlight. Producer Paula McGinley Extended repeat tomorrow 4pm

Contributors

Producer:
Paula McGinley

An investigation of the roots of spirituality in Britain. 3: A Long Way from Home. Roman missionaries to Anglo-Saxon England encountered a variety of pagan beliefs and practices. William Dalrymple discovers how the poetry and spirituality of the period reflects the fusion of Christian theology and Northern epic. Producer Rosemary Dawson

Contributors

Unknown:
William Dalrymple
Producer:
Rosemary Dawson

The Human Voice. We can all recognise dozens of famous or familiar voices but what makes each voice unique? In the first of a five-part series, Dr Gillian Rice discovers the emotional and physiological factors that affect the way we speak. Producer Joanne Stevens

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Gillian Rice
Producer:
Joanne Stevens

By George Gissing. Dramatised by Tony Ramsay in three parts.
Harold Pinter narrates the story of a group of struggling writers whose battles between artistic integrity and the dictates of the market place are fought out in pokey garrets during the 1880s.
(Repeated Saturday 9pm)

Contributors

Author:
George Gissing
Dramatised by:
Tony Ramsay
Music:
Mia Soteriou
Director:
Janet Whitaker
Narrator:
Harold Pinter
Edwin:
Jonathan Firth
Amy:
Emilia Fox
Jasper:
Jonathan Cake
Mr Yule:
Kenneth Cranham
Mrs Yule:
Ann Beach
Marian:
Tracy-Ann Oberman
Biffen:
Ian Masters
Dora:
Helen Longworth
Quarmby:
David Timson
Carter:
Martin Hyder
Bullen:
Carl Prekopp

New presenter Roger McGough launches the series with a selection of popular requests and poems by Jenny Joseph and Adrian Mitchell in response to
11 September. ProducerVivBeeby Repeated Saturday 11.30pm

Contributors

Presenter:
Roger McGough
Unknown:
Jenny Joseph
Unknown:
Adrian Mitchell

How does it feel to present news about your home country knowing yourfriends and family are listening and living through those events? Three BBC World Service presenters tell their own powerful stories. 2: Diloram Ibrahimova from Uzbekistan Producer Emily Kasriel Repeated Saturday 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Diloram Ibrahimova
Producer:
Emily Kasriel

Find out what it takes to produce two of our best-loved comics, The Beano and The Dandy. And Barney Harwood meets the cast of Byker Grove on set in Newcastle.
E-Mail: [email address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Barney Harwood
Producer:
Jane Chambers

1979: Prime Minister Thatcher and the IRA
Written by Christopher Lee , narrated by Anna Massey. 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]

Contributors

Written By:
Christopher Lee
Unknown:
Anna Massey.
Producer:
Pete Atkin

Will the Real Inspector Sands Please Step Forward? Michael Rosen attempts to find the real identity of London Underground's mysterious Inspector Sands. Producer Laurence Grissell Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Rosen
Producer:
Laurence Grissell

Good as New. Innovative ideas are all very well but how do you turn them into a business when the competition is established and entrenched?
Peter DayfindSOUt. Editor Stephen Chilcott RepeatofThursday8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Dayfindsout.
Editor:
Stephen Chilcott

Andrew Rawnsleytakes a look at the politics of the next seven days. Including at 10.45 How to Wina Referendum Huw Edwards explains how
James Callaghan lost a referendum and, in the process, lost power. Editor John Evans How to Win a Referendum: Producer Chris Bond Repeated Wednesday 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsleytakes
Unknown:
Huw Edwards
Unknown:
James Callaghan
Editor:
John Evans

Rosie Boycott is joined by actors Roger Lloyd Pack and Philip Franks to discuss theirfavourite paperbacks. Producer John Byrne Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosie Boycott
Unknown:
Roger Lloyd Pack
Unknown:
Philip Franks
Producer:
John Byrne

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