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Aphorisms of Love. Mark Tully talks to Lance Dane about his lavish new version of the Kama Sutra, exploring the relationship between the sensual and the sacred, one that has been almost completely denied in most strands of Christianity. Producer Beverley McAinsh Repeated at 11.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Mark Tully
Unknown:
Lance Dane
Producer:
Beverley McAinsh

Michael Parkinson presents an appeal on behalf of Marie Curie Cancer Care.
DONATIONS: [address removed] Credit-card donations: [number removed]
Producer Sally Flatman Repeated 9.26pm and Thursday 3.28pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Parkinson
Unknown:
Albert Embankment
Producer:
Sally Flatman

From St Martin's Church, Belfast. Presented by the Rt Rev Dr James Mehaffey with Renaissance, directed by Brian Hunter.
Producer Rev Bert Tosh EMAIL: sunday.worship@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr James Mehaffey
Directed By:
Brian Hunter.
Producer:
Rev Bert Tosh

Nigel Rees 's guests this week are Susan Greenfield ,
Paul Heiney , Simon Fanshawe and Charles Collingwood. The reader is William Franklyn. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Susan Greenfield
Unknown:
Paul Heiney
Unknown:
Simon Fanshawe
Unknown:
Charles Collingwood.
Unknown:
William Franklyn.

Two years ago, the Cornish playwright Nick Darke suffered a stroke that deprived him of the ability to read, write or speak. Now he is working on his first play since failing ill. In a remarkable audio diary, Nick charts his painful, painstaking and, at times, hilarious path to the recovery of his dramatic voice. Producer Simon Elmes

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Darke
Producer:
Simon Elmes

John Cushnie , Matthew Biggs and Bob Flowerdew answer questions posed by visitors to the Harrogate Spring Rower Show. Chaired by Eric Robson. Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened rpt on Wed 3pm

Contributors

Unknown:
John Cushnie
Unknown:
Matthew Biggs
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Eric Robson.
Producer:
Trevor Taylor

By Henry James. Dramatised in two parts by Michael Bakewell. 2: Maisie is assured that she is loved but her chief function seemsto be to confer respectability upon adulterous liaisons. With David Calderas Henry James.
Director Celiade Wolff Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry James.
Unknown:
Michael Bakewell.
Unknown:
Henry James.
Director:
Celiade Wolff
HenryJames:
David Calder
Maisie:
Rebecca Padley
Beale:
Nicholas Farrell
MrsWix:
Deborah Findlay
Ida:
Lizzie McLnnemy
Miss Overmore:
Susannah Harker
Sir Claude:
Adam Godley
Countess:
Frances Jeater
Susan:
Teresa Gallagher

Mariella Frostrup talks to the writer Mark Haddon about his fictional creation, a 15-year-old detective with Asperger's syndrome. Plus, the Open Book guide to the fiction and poetry of Margaret Atwood. Producer Erin Riley Repeated on Thursday at 4pm May's Bookclub: Original Sin byPD James

Contributors

Talks:
Mariella Frostrup
Unknown:
Mark Haddon
Unknown:
Margaret Atwood.
Producer:
Erin Riley

In the start of a new series. Roger McGough celebrates Shakespeare's 439th birthday and there are requests for various popular poems by, among others, Jean "Binta" Breeze, Pablo Neruda and Elizabeth Jennings. The poems are read by Philip Franks , Peter Marinka and Claire Skinner. Producer Mark Smalley Repeated Saturday

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger McGough
Unknown:
Pablo Neruda
Unknown:
Elizabeth Jennings.
Read By:
Philip Franks
Read By:
Peter Marinka
Read By:
Claire Skinner.
Producer:
Mark Smalley

The Price of Advice. After all the misselling scandals, who can you trust for good financial advice? The programme's undercover reporters have been trawling the high street, testing the advice of banks, building societies and independent financial advisors to reveal the tricks of the trade. Repeated from Tuesday

Kevin Connolly sets out from Calais to see who would stop to give him a lift, how far he could get in the course of a week and what the journey would tell us about modern Europe and the way we travel.
2: Connolly realises that his dream of hitch-hiking to the shores of the Black Sea may have been a little overambitious. Producer Tony Grant Repeated on Saturday

Contributors

Unknown:
Kevin Connolly

This week Barney Harwood 's off to Lincoln to meet Terry Deary , author of The Horrible Histories, and nature reporter Caroline Williams is tracking down bats in Bristol.
Producer Jane Chambers EMAIL: gfi@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Barney Harwood
Unknown:
Terry Deary
Reporter:
Caroline Williams

Fourtales of magic, miracles, mystery, romance and humour. 2: My Daughter, the Fox. By Jackie Kay , read by Siobhan Redmond. When a woman gives birth on the stroke of midnight to a baby fox the midwife screams. Jackie Kay 's story explores a maternal love that surpasses all obstacles and the struggle all mothers must eventually face when the time comes to let their child out into the world. Producer Katherine Beacon

Contributors

Unknown:
Jackie Kay
Read By:
Siobhan Redmond.
Unknown:
Jackie Kay
Producer:
Katherine Beacon

Roger Bolton presents a special edition of the programme to give listeners a chance to comment on the BBC's coverage of the war in Iraq.
WRITE to: Feedback, PO Box 2100, London, W1A 1QT Fax: [number removed] Phone: [number removed] Email: feedback@bbc.co.uk
Producer Margaret Budy Repeated from Friday 1.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton
Producer:
Margaret Budy

Neurotic Nation. Is our mental health getting worse? Felipe Fernandez-Armesto asks whether modern life is driving us crazy or whether we're just becoming a nation Of neurotics. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

A look at the politics of the next seven days with Andrew Rawnsley. Including at 10.45 Power.
A series of lectures recorded in the early 1960s by AJP Taylor on the changing power of the prime minister. 3: Disraeli.A profile of the novelist and politician. Editor John Evans Power repeated Wednesday8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley.
Editor:
John Evans

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