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The Fisherman's Dream. Fergal Keane reflects upon the symbolism of the fisherman, drawing upon the writings ofWB Yeats, Mark Kurlanski and Hemingway and the music of Britten, Schubert, Dick Gaughan and Ali FarkaTbure. Producer Alan Hall Repeated 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Fergal Keane
Unknown:
Mark Kurlanski
Unknown:
Dick Gaughan
Unknown:
Ali Farkatbure.
Producer:
Alan Hall

John McCarthy appeals on behalf of a charity that supports libraries and supplies books to the developing world.
DONATIONS: Book Aid International, [address removed]
Credit-card donations: Freephone [number removed]
Producers Roger Mahony and Rona Couper
Repeated 9.25pm and Thursday 3.28pm

Contributors

Unknown:
John McCarthy
Producer:
Roger Mahony
Producer:
Fiona Couper

Led by the Reverend David Clark , with the choir of the West Kirk of Helensburgh directed by Walter Blair. Organist John Langdon.
Producer Mo McCullough E-mail: sunday.worship@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
David Clark
Organist:
Walter Blair.
Organist:
John Langdon.
Producer:
Mo McCullough

Nigel Rees exchanges quotations with Wendy Holden , Dominic Holland , Ben Moor and Andrew Mueller. The reader is Tim Gudgin. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Wendy Holden
Unknown:
Dominic Holland
Unknown:
Ben Moor
Unknown:
Andrew Mueller.
Unknown:
Tim Gudgin.

Sheila Dillon explores the twilight world of illegal food What drives people to break the law to eat a certain cheese, and is it the same impulse that sustains the outlawed trade in bushmeat?
Producer Paula McGinley Extended repeat tomorrow at 4pm

Contributors

Producer:
Paula McGinley

Matthew Biggs , John Cushnie and Roy Lancaster answer questions posed by staff and students at Myerscough College near Preston. In the GQT garden at Sparsholt College, Hampshire, Bunny
Guinness trials a revolutionary compost technique, while Bob Flowerdew and John Cushnie take a dip in the pool. The chairman is Eric Robson.
Producer Trevor Taylor

Contributors

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

By Richard Adams. Dramatised by Neville Teller in two parts. 2: Our rabbit heroes have to use all their cony cunning to rescue some females from the neighbouring warren, ruled by the iron rod of General Woundwort, in orderto establish their own new dynasty.
Music arranged and played by Chris Leslie Director Peter Leslie Wild Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Adams.
Dramatised By:
Neville Teller
Played By:
Chris Leslie
Director:
Peter Leslie Wild
Hazel:
Simon Chandler
Fiver:
Tom George
Bigwig:
Stephen Tomlin
Kehaar:
Christian Rodska
Stranger:
Christian Rodska
Woundwort:
Robert Lister
Holly:
Robert Lister
Campion:
Ben Crowe
Blackberry:
Ian Brooker
Dandelion:
Peter Meakin
Silver:
Sean Connolly
Haystack:
Susan Jeffrey
Thethuthinnang:
Susan Jeffrey
Hyzenthlay:
Alison Belbln
Bugloss:
Graham Padden
Dr Adams:
Graham Padden
Nelthilta:
Felicity Jones
Lucy:
Jones Jones

Roger McGough presents a seasonal journey though the poetry of autumn, including verse by John Clare , Ted Hughes and Edward Thomas.
Producer Paul Dodgson Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger McGough
Unknown:
John Clare
Unknown:
Ted Hughes
Unknown:
Edward Thomas.
Producer:
Paul Dodgson

Former US astronaut Jerry Linenger reads the first of two selections of letters he wrote to his 14-month-olc baby son during a six-month period of working on the Mir space station. He shares his experiences, memories and hopes with his son.
Producer Anne Bristow Repeated on Saturday at 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jerry Linenger
Producer:
Anne Bristow

To celebrate National Poetry Week, John Hegley talks about his first collection of children's poems, My Dog Is a Carrot. Plus a review of Hollywood's latest blockbuster, Lilo and Stitch.
Producer Jane Chambers E-MAIL: gfi@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Talks:
John Hegley

1984: The Miners' Strike and the Brighton Bomb. Written byChristopher Lee. 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.
Producer:
Pete Atkin

Roger Bolton rifles through BBC Radio's mailbag.
WRITE TO: Feedback. PO Box 2100, London W1A 1QT, Phone: [number removed]. Fax: [number removed], or Email: feedback@bbc.co.uk Repeated from Friday 1.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton

Greg Proops is our guide to the time when listening to comedy records at parties was hip.
1: Bob Newhart. The man who brought stand-up comedy out of obscure clubs and into every American's living room. Producer Dave Batchelor

Contributors

Unknown:
Greg Proops
Unknown:
Bob Newhart.
Producer:
Dave Batchelor

Andrew Rawnsley looks ahead to the Conservative Party conference. Including at
10.45 Siberia UK Four former Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland discuss their experiences. 3: Peter Brooke (1989-92). Editor John Evans Siberia UK: Producer Owen McFadden

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley
Unknown:
Peter Brooke
Producer:
Owen McFadden

Emily Buchanan invites foreign correspondents to remember the music that provided the soundtracks to the events they reported to the world.
2: John Simpson, BBC World Affairs editor, recalls listening to Louis Armstrong on a wind-up gramophone in Baghdad, South African apartheid victim Steve Biko commemorated in song, and the tuneful Marx Brothers.
Producer Simon Elmes

Contributors

Unknown:
Emily Buchanan
Unknown:
John Simpson
Unknown:
Louis Armstrong
Unknown:
Steve Biko
Producer:
Simon Elmes

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