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Terry Wogan appeals on behalf of Children in Need.
DONATIONS: BBC Children in Need Appeal, [address removed] Credit-card donations: Freephone [number removed]
Producer Sally Flatman
Repeated 9.25pm and Thursday 3.28pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Terry Wogan
Producer:
Sally Flatman

Joining Nigel Rees to exchange favourite quotations in the last of this series are 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.

Food and Ageing. We're living longerthan ever before. What can food do to make the later years of our life healthier, brighter and more enjoyable? Sheila Dillon examines the role diet plays in the ageing process. Producer Rebecca Wells Extended repeat tomorrow at 4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila Dillon
Producer:
Rebecca Wells

A drama-documentary series exploring the life of the British soldier over the centuries. 1: 1645. By Paul B Davies Sergeant Driscoll (Matthew Thomas) is a member of Cromwell 's New Model Army accused of blasphemy. Historians Ronald Hutton and Elaine Hobby provide background evidence and expertise.
Producer Sara Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul B Davies
Unknown:
Matthew Thomas
Unknown:
Ronald Hutton
Producer:
Sara Davies

Matthew Biggs , John Cushnie and Roy Lancaster answer questions posed by gardeners in Lancashire. And Pippa Greenwood explains how to protect plants against the winter elements, while John Cushnie forces rhubarb at the GQfgarden at Sparsholt
College in Hampshire. The chairman is Eric Robson.
Producer Trevor Taylor

Contributors

Unknown:
Matthew Biggs
Unknown:
John Cushnie
Unknown:
Roy Lancaster
Unknown:
Pippa Greenwood
Unknown:
John Cushnie
Unknown:
Eric Robson.
Producer:
Trevor Taylor

The award-winning series returns with garden historian Caroline Holmes sifting through 2000 years of handy horticultural advice from garden writers of the past.

Boiling water, dandelion hooks and moral zeal - before the advent of chemical weedkillers, gardeners had to rely on their wits to rid the garden of weeds.
Gay Search on garden advice: page 41

Contributors

Presenter:
Caroline Holmes
Producer:
Mikti Jain Campion

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Dramatised in four parts by Melissa Murray.
Nastasya is determined to marry the prince, which is heartbreaking news for Aglaya who really loves him. The prince's health is on a knife edge, and he begins to fear for his life.
Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Contributors

Author:
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Dramatised by:
Melissa Murray
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Prince Myshkin:
Paul Rhys
Ganya:
Alex Jennings
Rogozhin:
Roger Allam
Nastasya:
Lia Williams
Gen Yepanchin:
David Swift
Lebedev:
Gerard McDermott
Mrs Yepanchin:
Paula Jacobs
Aglaya:
Tracy-Ann Oberman
Kolya:
Carl Prekopp
Varya:
Jemma Churchill
Footman:
Martin Hyder

Another series of the poetry programmes in which Peggy Reynolds explores the background, effect and lasting appeal of our best-known poems.
1: On His Blindness by John Milton. A Home
Secretary, a poet, an eye surgeon and others discuss the poem, and reflect on the meaning of Milton's famous line: "They also serve who only stand and wait."
Producer Frances Byrnes

Contributors

Unknown:
Peggy Reynolds
Producer:
Frances Byrnes

Allan Urry investigates problems faced by children and staff at schools rebuilt under the Government's flagship Private Finance Initiative. Why, when the builders move in, are there so many claims of spiralling costs and classroom chaos. Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Allan Urry

In a series of three talks, Alan Whicker revisits some of the people, places and events that have made a particular impression on him during 60 years of globetrotting.2: The Power of Goodness.
Alan Whicker was awarded the rare privilege of spending a week within a convent of the enclosed Order of Poor Clares.
Producer Clare Csonka

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Whicker
Unknown:
Alan Whicker
Producer:
Clare Csonka

Food is the main ingredient this week. The poet
Roger McGough talks about his book, Good Enough to Eat. And presenter Barney Harwood travels to Norton Priory to find out about making meals that are fit for a king. Plus the third episode of our story Dial Ghost by Eva Ibbotson.
Producer Jane Chambers E-MAIL:gfi@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Talks:
Roger McGough
Presenter:
Barney Harwood
Unknown:
Norton Priory
Producer:
Jane Chambers

1991: John Major and Warwith Iraq. 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:
John Major
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

Russell Davies look back at the early careers of our most popular performers before they were famous. 2: Patricia Hayes. Read by Jon Glover and Sally Grace. Producer Richard Edis

Contributors

Unknown:
Russell Davies
Unknown:
Patricia Hayes.
Read By:
Jon Glover
Read By:
Sally Grace.
Producer:
Richard Edis

What about the Children? Following a series of murders of children and teenagers, public anxiety about how we protect the young has reached fever pitch. David Walker analyses the place of children in society and asks whether we can ever treat them in an unambiguous and consistent way. Rptd from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
David Walker

Andrew Rawnsley takes a look at the politics of the next seven days. Including at: 10.45 In the Think-tanks Dennis Sewell visits the leading think-tanks in London and Washington to find out what makes the policy experts, or "wonks", tick.
Editor John Evans In the Think -tanks: Producer Zillah Watson
Repeated on Wednesday 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley
Unknown:
Dennis Sewell
Editor:
John Evans
Producer:
Zillah Watson

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