From Durham Cathedral.
World Service analysis. ProducerMikePopham
In Praise of Cities. Fergal Keane explores the unique value of cities as places where people and ideas fuse and progress. Producer Ronni Davis Repeated 11.30pm
The topical farming programme. Producer Hugh O'Donnell
With Roger Bolton.
Series producer Amanda Hancox EMAIL: sunday@bbc.co.uk
An appeal on behalf of the World Cancer Research Fund. DONATIONS: [address removed] Credit-card donations: [number removed]
Producer Sally Flatman Repeated 10.56pm and Thursday 3.28pm
SolidRock....Shifting Sands. Nigel Lee starts the new year with hope in the face of uncertainty as he explores Paul's first letter to the Thessalonians, from
Myton Church, Warwick. Music director Andy Silver. Producer Philip Billson
With Alistair Cooke.
(Rptd from Fri)
A fresh approach to the news.
Omnibus edition.
Chairman Nicholas Parsons is in Canterbury with panellists Paul Merton , Ross Noble , Linda Smith and Clement Freud. Repeated from Monday
Pomegranates. Sheila Dillon celebrates this ancient fruit and examines the scientific claims being made for it as a modern super food".
Producer Dixi Stewart Extended repeat tomorrow at 4pm
With James Cox.
Travel writer William Dalrymple explores the history of walking in the second of two programmes. This week he investigates walking as a source of inspiration, talking to writers and poets such as Helen Dunmore and John Burnside.
Producer Caroline Barbour
Pippa Greenwood , Roy Lancaster and Tony Russell are guests of the Box Gardening Club in Wiltshire. And at the GQTgarden at Sparsholt College in Hampshire, Bob Flowerdew is busy with winter tasks in the greenhouse, Roy Lancaster is planting perennials foryear-round pleasure and Pippa Greenwood is potato shopping. The chairman is Eric Robson. Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened at 3pm
What happens when a natural-history hobby turns into a grand passion? Dylan Winter meets five very different people whose love for all sorts of creatures has gradually taken over their lives.
Dylan Winter visits a man who lives in bumblebee Utopia.
William Makepeace Thackeray's classic novel about the rise and fall of an 18th-century Irish adventurer. Dramatised in two parts by Don McCamphill.
Redmond Barry pursues and wins the widowed Lady Lyndon to take the title of Barry Lyndon and play the role of country squire. However, once arrived at the summit of his good fortune, his luck begins to change for the worse.
(Repeated on Saturday at 9pm)
Mariella Frostrup explores the best new travel writing, and talks to writers William Fiennes , Robert McFarlane , Sid Smith and RoseTremain. Producer Anne-Marie Cole RptdonThurs
Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests fortheirfavourite verse, including a Dorset dialect poem by William Barnes , a tale of the Australian outback by "Banjo" Paterson and Jenny Joseph 's evocation of new-found love.
To request a poem, write to BBC, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2LR or email poetry.please@bbc.co.uk Producer Paul Dodgson Repeated on Saturday
In the first of two programmes, Richard Hollingham asks what's going on behind the scenes of the GM food industry - and Why. Repeated from Tuesday
"I teach suffering, its origin, cessation and path. That's all I teach," said the Buddha. In the first of a series of talks exploring the basic beliefs of Buddhism - the four noble truths - Stephen Batchelor, writer and co-founder of the Sharpham College for Buddhist studies, describes the first noble truth - suffering. Producer Anthony Denselow Repeated on Saturday
Laurie Taylor presents his selection of extracts from BBC radio over the past seven days.
Producer Kate Murphy PHONE: [number removed] (24 hours) Fax: [number removed] Email: potw@bbc.co.uk
Will Brian cough up? Rptd tomorrow 2pm
Soap and flannel with Alison Graham : page 30
Barney Harwood finds out what life's like as a ballerina. It's not all pirouettes and pas-de-deux. If you want to spend your life balanced on your toes you'll need to be prepared for a tougher training schedule than a footballer. Plus, the second episode of Fall of Fergal by Philip Ardagh. Producer Jane Chambers EMAIL: gfi@bbc.co.uk
Another chance to hear Martin Jarvis in a five-part series of dazzling mystery stories by Grant Allen. 2: The Episode of the Man Downstairs
Will the new photographic system reveal the true identity of the chameleon Colonel Clay? Producer RosalindAyres
Roger Bolton airs listeners' views and opinions on BBC Radio programmes and policy. Write to: Feedback, PO Box 2100, London W1A 1QT
Fax: [number removed] Phone: [number removed] Email: feedback@bbc.co.uk
Producer Penny Vine Repeated from Friday
My Husband and I. Robert Lacey uncovers the Queen's English, while Miles Kington ponders the transitory nature of the language of humour. Repeated from Friday
Repeat of yesterday 12.04pm
Repeat of 7.55am
Poverty Profits. Peter Day reports on a new message from the distinguished management guru Professor CK Prahalad: companies can help the poor and their own profits by taking poverty seriously. Rptd from Thurs
Andrew Rawnsley takes a look at the politics of the next seven days. Including at: 10.45 A View from the Sidelines. The second in a series by Michael Shea , writer, diplomat and former press secretary to the Queen, relating his encounters with British prime ministers from Harold Wilson to Margaret Thatcher. Editor John Evans A View from the Sidelines: Rptd from Wednesday
Rosie Boycott and guests Dorothy Rowe and Felipe Fernandez-Armesto discuss three of their favourite paperbacks. Repeated from Tuesday
Repeated from 6.05am
Poet Lemn Sissay chooses the pieces of writing that reflect his extraordinary life story. The readers are James Quinn and Juliet Ellis. Repeated from Thursday
