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Let the Healing Fountain Start. Mark Tully considers the symbolism of fountains- beauty, energy, purity, healing power-and journalist SaeedNaqvi explains why fountains are so important in Islam. Producer Nigel Acheson Repeated 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
mark tully
Producer:
nigel acheson

For Candlemas, the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. Led by the Rev John McLuckie with the choir of St John the Evangelist, Princes
Street, Edinburgh, in StCuthbert's Parish Church. Reading: Luke 2, w22-38. Anthem: Hail,
Gladdening Light (Wood) Director of music Stephen Doughty. Organist Peter Horsfal. producer Philip Biiison

Contributors

Unknown:
john mcLuckie
Unknown:
st john
Organist:
stephen doughty.
Organist:
peter horsfal.
Producer:
philip biiison

Chairman Nicholas Parsons hosts the pernickety panel game from Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, andisjoinedbyPaulMerton, Kit Hesketh-Harvey, ROSS Noble and Steve Frost. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
nicholas parsons
Unknown:
ross noble
Unknown:
steve frost.

Food Waste. Sheila Dillon climbs the British food waste mountain to find out who's throwing food away and why. She investigates the truth behind sell-by dates, and discovers what happens to the unwanted food from shops and restaurants. Producer Rebecca Wells Extended repeat tomorrow at 4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
sheila dillon
Producer:
rebecca wells

David Aaronovitch explores how the Roman Empire dealt with centralised power, ethnic diversity, cultural assimilation and entertainments. 3: Filling the Day How Rome's wealthy lived - and what daily life was like for everyone else. Producer Rebecca Nicholson

Contributors

Unknown:
david aaronovitch
Producer:
rebecca nicholson

John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew and Bunny Guinness answer some of the questions posed by gardeners in Suffolk. And Matthew Biggs reports from Singapore on a fruit that's been described as like eating custard in a sewer. The chairman is Eric Robson. Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened at 3pm
The plant that keeps cats away - RT Shop: page 41

Contributors

Unknown:
john cushnie
Unknown:
bob flowerdew
Unknown:
matthew biggs
Unknown:
eric robson.
Producer:
trevor taylor

The first of four programmes following the work of bee inspector David Kempthrough the seasons. 1: Spring. Checking how well bee colonies have survived the winter and looking for the first signs of disease. Including a trip to Hodsock Priory , home to some working Victorian beehives. Producer Mike Haiiy

Contributors

Unknown:
david kempthrough
Unknown:
hodsock priory
Producer:
mike haiiy

CP Snow's epic novel sequence about the English
Establishment. Dramatised in five parts by Jonathan Holloway. 3: The Masters. Lewis Eliot is teaching in a Cambridge college when an election is called for a new Master.
Director Sally Avens and Jeremy Howe Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
jonathan holloway.
Unknown:
lewis eliot
Director:
sally avens
Director:
jeremy howe
Lewis:
Adam Godley
Narrator:
David Haig
Getliffe:
Andy Taylor
Winslow:
Clive Merrison
Brown:
Philip Franks
Calvert:
Adam Levy
Jago:
David Calder
Nightingale:
Jeremy Child
Chrystal:
Matthew Marsh
Crawford:
Hugh Quarshie
MrsJago:
Joanna Monro
SirHorace:
Ian Hogg

Celebrating a new month and the coming season.
Poems include A February Morning by Leslie Norris and February- a Thaw by John Clare. Presented by Roger McGough with readers Imogen Stubbs , Andrew Sachs and Sean Barratt.
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

Contributors

Unknown:
leslie norris
Unknown:
john clare.
Presented By:
roger mcGough
Readers:
imogen stubbs
Readers:
andrew sachs
Readers:
sean barratt.
Producer:
paul dodgson

"I teach suffering, its origin, cessation and path.
That's all teach", said the Buddha. In the last of a series exploring the Four Noble Truths, the basic tenets of Buddhism, Ajahn Sucitto , abbot of the Chithurst monastery in Sussex, explores the path to the cessation of suffering.
Producer Anthony Denselow Repeated on Saturday

Contributors

Unknown:
ajahn sucitto
Producer:
anthony denselow

This week, author Philip Ardagh talks about his Eddie Dickens series and The FallofFergal. Plus a visit to Coventry Transport Museum to check out their new exhibition -the Spirit of Speed. Presented by Barney HarwOOd. Producer Jane Chambers EMAIL: gfi@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Talks:
philip ardagh
Unknown:
eddie dickens
Presented By:
barney harwood.

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

Contributors

Unknown:
roger bolton

Professor Alison Oddey present the first in a series in which she talks to successful actresses and comedians about what makes them tick. This week Meera Syal explains why performing is important to her. Producer Claire Jones

Contributors

Unknown:
professor Alison oddey
Unknown:
meera syal
Producer:
claire jones

Too Much Stuff. The wealthy countries of the world no longer suffer scarcity as far as manufactured goods are concerned. Peter Day examines the challenges this poses to companies who want to Survive in the 21st century. Repeated from Thursday

A look at the politics of the next seven days with Andrew Rawnsley. Including at 10.45 They Fought and Lost. In a series about politicians who have suffered electoral defeat, Steve Richards talks to PeterTatchell.
Editor John Evans They Fought and Lost rptd on Wednesday at 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
andrew rawnsley.
Talks:
steve richards
Editor:
john evans

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