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ZoeWanamaker appeals for a charity which supports those suffering from prostate cancer.
DONATIONS: The Prostate Cancer Charity, [address removed] Credit-card donations: Freephone [number removed]
Producer Sally Flatman
Repeated 9.25pm and Thur 3.28pm

Contributors

Producer:
Sally Flatman

Fergal Keane sets the scene in London's Whitehall for the ceremony when the nation remembers the lives lost in the two world wars and other conflicts. Music of remembrance is played by massed bands and, after the LastPostand two minutes' silence, the Queen lays the first wreath on behalf of the nation and Commonwealth. The Bishop of London leads a short service of remembrance and veterans of the world's conflicts share their memories as they march past. Producer Stephen Shipley

Contributors

Producer:
Stephen Shipley

Martin Bell tells the story of Norman Winchester and the extraordinary musical journey he made at the age of 88. Sixty years after he fought in the crucial battle to gain Sicily for the Allies in July 1943, he was at last able to confront his traumatic war experiences by creating his first composition. Producer Helen Weinstein

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Bell
Unknown:
Norman Winchester
Producer:
Helen Weinstein

The special guests joining Nigel Rees to exchange favourite quotations and anecdotes this week are Wendy Holden , Dominic Holland , Ben Moor and Andrew Mueller. The reader is Tim Gudgin. Producer Carol Smith Repeated from Monday

Contributors

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

Small Birds. Sheila Dillon celebrates small game birds: pheasant, partridge, grouse and quail, and chef Gerard Baker joins her in the studio to make a raised game pie. Producer Rebecca Moore Extnd repeat tmw 4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila Dillon
Unknown:
Gerard Baker
Producer:
Rebecca Moore Extnd

Anthony Buckeridge 's Jennings stories have become children's comic classics, but his own childhood was irrevocably scarred by the death of his father in the Great War. He explores the emotional and creative links between the children's writer in old age and the young father whose poems and letters he inherited. The reader is David Bannerman. Music composed and performed byCorin Buckeridge Producer Peter Hutchings

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Buckeridge
Unknown:
David Bannerman.
Producer:
Peter Hutchings

Matthew Biggs , Bob Flowerdew and Roy Lancaster answer some of the questions posed by gardeners in Leicestershire. The chairman is Eric Robson. Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened rpt on Wednesday at 3pm

Contributors

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

By Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Dramatised in four parts by Melissa Murray. Part 3.
Director Cherry Cookson Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Contributors

Writer:
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Dramatist:
Melissa Murray
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Prince Myshkin:
Paul Rhys
Rogozhin:
Roger Allam
Ganya:
Alex Jennings
Nastasya:
Lia Williams
Gen Ivolgin:
Stephen Moore
Lebedev:
Gerard McDermott
Mrs Yepanchin:
Paula Jacobs
Aglaya:
Tracy-Ann Oberman
Kolya:
Carl Prekopp
Varya:
Jemma Churchill
Man:
Jonathan Keeble

Mariella Frostrup discusses writing about old age with the author of The Corrections,
Jonathan Franzen , Producer Erin Riley Repeated on Thursday at 4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mariella Frostrup
Unknown:
Jonathan Franzen
Producer:
Erin Riley

The first of a two-part programme in which poet Roshan Doug returns to Jalandhar, India, his birthplace. He records a poetic testimony and asks some of the region's poets whether, as he states in one of his poems, it remains "a land of ghosts, dreams and goblins". Producer Julian Mayers Rptd Sat at 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Roshan Doug
Producer:
Julian Mayers Rptd

When the Taliban were ousted a year ago, the international community pledged to rebuild
Afghanistan but only half the promised aid has arrived. Jenny Cuffe asks why, despite all the promises, there's been SO little progress? Producer Sarah Lewthwaite Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenny Cuffe
Producer:
Sarah Lewthwaite

As the Top 40 celebrates its 50th anniversary, Barney Harwood talks to S Club about how they feel listening in to find out if they are number one on a Sunday night. Email: [email address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Barney Harwood
Producer:
Jane Chambers

1990: The Poll Tax, the ERM, and Exit
Margaret Thatcher. 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

Unknown:
Margaret Thatcher.
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

The Last Resort. In the devolved, globalised multiculture of shifting cultural tastes and reforming institutions that is Britain today, what kind of patriotism, if any, is possible? Presented by Felipe Fernandez ArmestO. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Presented By:
Felipe Fernandez Armesto.

Andrew Rawnsleytakes a look at the politics of the next seven days. Including at:
10.45 Hoggart's Week Simon Hoggart presents a behind-the-scenes review of the week's political events. Editor John Evans Hoggan 's Week. Producer Jane Ashley Rptd on Wed

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsleytakes
Unknown:
Simon Hoggart
Editor:
John Evans Hoggan
Producer:
Jane Ashley Rptd

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