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Harvesting and Hoarding. As squirrels hoard conkers forthe winter, Mark Tully looks at the preparations we make to survive lean times. Including a conversation with John McCarthy. Producer Nigel Acheson Rptd at 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Tully
Unknown:
John McCarthy.
Producer:
Nigel Acheson Rptd

Prunella Scales appeals on behalf of a charity that supports people with learning difficulties who have experienced abuse, and also their families and carers.
DONATIONS: [address removed] Voice UK
Credit-card donations: Freephone [number removed]
Producer Anne-Marie Cole
Repeated 9.25pm and Thursday 3.28pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Prunella Scales

A service for Black History Month, from Liverpool Parish Church, with music led by the Love and Joy Gospel Choir. The preacher is the Rt Rev James Jones , Bishop of Liverpool.
Producer Noel Vincent E-mail: [Address Removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
James Jones
Producer:
Noel Vincent

Nigel Rees exchanges favourite quotations with Christopher Brookmyre, Louise Doughty, Miranda Hart and Chris Neill. The reader is William Franklyn.
(Repeated from Monday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Christopher Brookmyre
Unknown:
Louise Doughty
Unknown:
Miranda Hart
Unknown:
Chris Neill.
Unknown:
William Franklyn.

Grapes. Sheila Dillon celebrates this essential fruit which has been a source of food and wine since antiquity, and witnesses the annual competition between the Dukes of Marlborough and Devonshire to decide whose hothouses produce the finest bunch. Producers Rebecca Moore and Lucinda Montifiore Extended repeat tomorrow at 4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila Dillon
Producers:
Rebecca Moore
Producers:
Lucinda Montifiore

Sarojini Ariyanayagam , an Asian woman, talks to
Dr Gillian Rice about how she came to terms with the skin condition vitiligo, which eventually caused her to lose the pigment over her entire body, effectively leaving her a white person, Producer Sarah Blunt

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarojini Ariyanayagam
Unknown:
Dr Gillian Rice

Matthew Biggs , Bob Flowerdew and Roy Lancaster answer questions posed by members of the West
Bridgford and Rushcliffe District Horticultural Society near Nottingham. And in the GQTgarden at Sparsholt College in Hampshire, Bunny Guinness explains the benefits of taking quince cuttings, Bob Flowerdew is building bird boxes and John Cushnie is lifting and storing dahlias. The chairman is Eric Robson.
Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened at 3pm

Contributors

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

1: Does the Loon Bird Sing? Isabel Cloutergoes on an epic quest around the globe in search of disappearing sounds, starting in Canada with sound guru Murray Schafer. Can she find the loon bird's cry? Producer Sarah Taylor
Protecting the acoustic environment: pagel33

Contributors

Unknown:
Isabel Cloutergoes
Unknown:
Murray Schafer.
Producer:
Sarah Taylor

By George MacDonald Fraser. Dramatised in two episodes by the author. 1: Renowned cad, bounder, liar, lecher, blackguard and coward Sir Harry Flashman
VC is sent by bad luck and Prince Albert to the Crimea.
Director Patrick Rayner Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
George MacDonald Fraser.
Unknown:
Sir Harry Flashman
Director:
Patrick Rayner
Old Flashman:
Joss Ackland
Young Flashman:
Angus Wright
Elspeth:
Jayne McKenna
Aunt Sara:
Tracy Ann OBErman
Lord Cardigan:
Nigel Anthony
Count Ignatieff:
David Holt
Lord Raglan:
David Bannerman
Scud:
Peter Kenny

Rosie Goldsmith explores the world of books. Producer Fiona McLean Repeated on Thursday at 4pm
November's Bookclub: The Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilson

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosie Goldsmith
Producer:
Fiona McLean
Unknown:
Jacqueline Wilson

As world attention focuses on the USA and Iraq, Gerry Northam investigates the continuing allegations of financial wrongdoing against senior members of the Bush administration. Can investors have confidence in corporate America when so many politicians are still undera a cloud? Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerry Northam

Former US astronaut Jerry Linenger reads another selection of letters he wrote to his 14-month-old baby son during a six-month period of working on the Mirspace station. He shares his experiences, memories and hopes with his son, so that one day he might be forgiven for his six-month absence. Producer Anne Bristow Repeated on Saturday at 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jerry Linenger
Producer:
Anne Bristow

Barney Harwood and the gang take part in the Big Draw, a campaign encouraging people to draw. Plenty of artists and cartoonists are on hand for ideas and inspiration. Plus bags more fun and games. Producer Jane Chambers E-MAIL: gfi@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Barney Harwood

1985-6: The Anglo-Irish Agreement, Chernobyl and the Westland Affair. Written by Christopher 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. WRITETO: 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.
2: Phyllis Diller. The woman with the dirtiest laugh in showbusiness started as a gossip columnist and made it to Carnegie Hall within five years on the back Of that laugh and her brash Style. Producer Dave Batchelor

Contributors

Unknown:
Greg Proops
Unknown:
Phyllis Diller.
Producer:
Dave Batchelor

Net Bet. Two years after the great dot-com bomb, the internet has not gone away. But companies are still trying to discover how to turn the web into a sustainable business. Peter Day asks where net profits wil I eventual ly come from. Repeated from Thursday

Andrew Rawnsley takes a look at the politics of the next seven days.

Including at 10.45 Siberia UK
Four former Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland discuss their experiences.
Mo Mowlam (1997-9) was in charge of the delicate negotiations which eventual bore fruit with the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. Last programme in the series.
Editor John Evans Siberia UK: Producer Owen McFadden (Rpt of Wed)

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley
Unknown:
Mo Mowlam
Producer:
Owen McFadden

Emily Buchanan invites foreign correspondents to remember the music that provided the soundtracks to the events they reported to the world.
3: Jane Standley , former BBC Africa correspondent. Producer Simon Elmes

Contributors

Unknown:
Emily Buchanan
Unknown:
Jane Standley
Producer:
Simon Elmes

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