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The Religious Requirement. Mark Tully considers a recent remark by the Chief Rabbi, Dr Jonathan Sacks , that "the great religions are more than spirituality." Producer Nigel Acheson Repeated 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Tully
Unknown:
Dr Jonathan Sacks
Producer:
Nigel Acheson

In the first of a new series, Lionel Kelleway visits the stoats that live in the ruins of Mount Grace Priory in North Yorkshire. He is joined by the custodian Becky Wright and stoat expert Robbie MacDonald.

Contributors

Presenter:
Lionel Kelleway
Custodian, Mount Grace Priory:
Becky Wright
Expert:
Robbie MacDonald
Producer:
Joanne Stevens

Dominic the Preacher. Live from the Church of Our
Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge. Presented by Father Thomas McCarthy. With the choir of Gonville and Caius College, directed by Geoffrey Webber. Producer Philip Billson

Contributors

Presented By:
Father Thomas McCarthy.
Directed By:
Geoffrey Webber.
Producer:
Philip Billson

Bones. Sheila Dillon celebrates the art of cooking with bones and considers the relationship between diet and bone health.
Producer Paula McGinley Extended repeat tomorrow at 4pm Making the most of bones: page 39

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila Dillon
Producer:
Paula McGinley

By Evelyn Waugh. A four-part adaptation for radio by Jeremy Front to mark the centenary of the author's birth.

Midway through the Second World War disillusioned Captain Charles Ryder finds himself posted to Brideshead Castle, scene of the happiest years of his young, impressionable life and the beginnings of his friendship with Sebastian Flyte.
(Repeated on Saturday)

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In the footsteps of a classic: page 123

Contributors

Author:
Evelyn Waugh.
Adapted by:
Jeremy Front
Director:
Marion Nancarrow
Charles:
Ben Miles
Sebastian:
Jamie Bamber
Mr Ryder:
Benjamin Whitrow
Julia:
Anne-Marie Duff
Anthony:
Geoffrey Streatfeild
Boy Mulcaster:
Tom Smith
Nanny Hawkins:
Ann Beach
Hooper/Wilcox:
Andrew Wincott
Brideshead:
Toby Jones
Jasper/Lunt/Hayter:
Martin Hyder
Collins/Jorkins:
Scott Brooksbank
Cordelia:
Abby Ford

Poet Jackie Kay presents the third in her series on poetry and place. She meets two poets, Mimi Kalvati and Choman Hardi , who have both moved to London from Iran and Iraq. They discuss the effect displacement has had on theirwork. Producer Sue Roberts Repeated on Saturday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jackie Kay
Unknown:
Mimi Kalvati
Unknown:
Choman Hardi

1:The Human Face of God."The question is not whether God has a human face, but whetherwe do." Six perspectives of the most distinctive and controversial claim of Christianity-God's humanity. The first speaker in this series of talks for Lent exploring a central theme of Christian belief is the writer and theologian Jane Williams , who is married to Rowan Williams , the Archbishop of Canterbury. Producer Norman Winter Repeated on Saturday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jane Williams
Unknown:
Rowan Williams

In Go 4 It's first outside broadcast John Hegley conducts a workshop at a school in Coventry. Also in today's programme, Andrew Cooney , who at 24, has just become the youngest person ever to get to the South Pole. Presented by Barney Harwood. Producer Jane Chambers EMAIL: gfi@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
John Hegley
Unknown:
Andrew Cooney
Presented By:
Barney Harwood.

The final story in a series about the English outlaw. 6: Maid Marian's Story by Sara Maitland. Marian looks back on her life with Robin and tries to reconcile her memories of the man she knew with the legend he has become. Read by Anna Massey.

Contributors

Author:
Sara Maitland
Reader:
Anna Massey
Producer:
Gemma Jenkins

Interesting Times. Once, politicians and the public had a clear idea of what constituted Britain's national interest. But what is the national interest nowadays? In the first of a new series David Walker asks if the notion has any validity in ourglobalised, US-dominated world. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
David Walker

A look at the politics of the next seven days with Andrew Rawnsley. Including at 10.45 Him Next Door. Former chancellor Kenneth Clarke talks to anotherformer chancellor, Lord Healey, about
Labour relations and asks whether the Brown/Blair partnership will end in tears.
Editor John Evans Him Next Door Repeated on Wednesday at 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley.
Talks:
Kenneth Clarke
Editor:
John Evans

Russell Davies looks at the stories behind the opening nights of well known musicals. 4: Expresso Bongo. First performed at the Saville theatre on 23 April 1958, this rock and roll musical broke new ground With its grittty Storyline. Producer Neil George

Contributors

Unknown:
Russell Davies
Producer:
Neil George

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