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John Humphrys appeals on behalf of Action on Elder Abuse. DONATIONS: Action on Elder Abuse, [address removed] Credit-card donations: Freephone [number removed]
Producer Sally Flatman
Repeated 9.25pm and Thursday 3.28pm

Contributors

Unknown:
John Humphrys
Producer:
Sally Flatman

Led by Rev Dr John Weaver from Albany Road Baptist Church, Cardiff. Music from Cambrensis. Conductor Kelvin Thomas, with accompanists Jeffrey Howard and Jonathan Davies.

Contributors

Conductor:
Kelvin Thomas
Accompanists:
Jeffrey Howard
Accompanists:
Jonathan Davies.
Producer:
Roy Jenkins

Matthew Biggs , Bob Flowerdew and Roy Lancaster answer questions posed by gardeners in Nottinghamshire. And atthe GQTgarden John Cushnie demonstrates how to take hardwood cuttings, Pippa Greenwood plants raspberries and Roy Lancaster reveals some special plants. Chaired by Eric Robson. Producer Trevor Taylor

Contributors

Unknown:
Matthew Biggs
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Roy Lancaster
Unknown:
John Cushnie
Unknown:
Pippa Greenwood
Unknown:
Roy Lancaster
Unknown:
Eric Robson.

A delightful retelling of Rudyard Kipling 's ingenious tales of how the world was made. Find out how the elephant got its trunk, how the camel got its hump and the havoc that can be caused when two butterflies argue. Dramatised by Nandita Ghose.
Other parts played by members of the cast

(Rptd Saturday 9pm)

Contributors

Author:
Rudyard Kipling
Dramatised by:
Nandita Ghose
Music:
Ansell Broderick
Director:
Geni Hall-Kenny
Kipling:
James Fleet
Josephine:
Alice Ford
Carrie/Ayah/Balkis:
Sakuntala Ramanee
Magician/Crocodile/Tegumai:
Trevor Laird
Djinn/Man.Sulieman:
Paul Sharma
Camel/Crab/Snake/Butterfly:
Iestyn Jones
Elephant's Child/Butterfly:
Elry Thomas

The last of three talks in which Alan Whicker revisits some of the people, places and events that have made a particular impression on him during 60 years of globetrotting. 3: A Better Sort of Make-believe. Alan Whicker infiltrates the exclusive community of Palm Beach, Florida, home to the unimaginably rich. ProducerClareCsonka Repeated Saturday 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Whicker
Unknown:
Alan Whicker

This week Barney Harwood goes up the wall - a climbing wall at the Welsh International Climbing Centre. Then he gets back to nature when he visits the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Llanelli. Plus the fourth part of Dial a Ghost by Eva Ibbotson.
Email: [email address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Barney Harwood
Producer:
Jane Chambers
Author (Dial a Ghost):
Eva Ibbotson

1992: Oldies, Speculators and Labour Falls Again 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. 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

As a new Archbishop of Canterbury takes up office, Anglicans have hopes of revived prestige for the established church. And the Church of England still intends to exert an influence in many areas of politics and society. But the institution Rowan Williams will lead faces paralysing disputes over sexual morality and biblical authority.
Andrew Brown asks whether the church can rise above them and continue to matter in our national life.
(Repeated from Thursday)

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Brown

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.

(Repeated Wednesday 8.45pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Rawnsley
Unknown:
Dennis Sewell
Editor:
John Evans
Producer In the Think-tanks):
Zillah Watson

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