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Maureen Lipman appeals on behalf of Contact the Elderly, a charity that runs a network of support groups across the country.
DONATIONS: [address removed]Credit-card donations: [number removed]
Producer Sally Flatman Repeated 9.26pm and Thursday 3.28pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Maureen Lipman
Producer:
Sally Flatman

Helping to Change the World. A service from
Lichfield Cathedral at the beginning of Christian Aid Week. Led by Canon Charles Taylor.
Producer Stephen Shipley EMAIL: sunday.worship@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Canon Charles Taylor.
Producer:
Stephen Shipley

Joining Nigel Rees this week are Nick Higham ,
Julian Fellowes , Matthew Parris and Lynne Truss. The reader is Peter Jefferson. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Nick Higham
Unknown:
Julian Fellowes
Unknown:
Matthew Parris
Unknown:
Peter Jefferson.

Mary Webb's heart-rending love story, set in Shropshire in the early 19th century, dramatised in two parts by Beatrice Colin.

Prue Sarn has formed a deep but unrequited attachment to Kester Woodseaves. She continues to work on the family farm in pursuit of her brother's ambitions.

(Repeated on Saturday at 9pm)

Contributors

Author:
Mary Webb
Dramatised by:
Beatrice Colin
Music:
Kate Rusby
Music:
John McCusker
Director:
Gaynor MacFarlane
Jancis:
Louise Breckon-Richards
Tivvy:
Laura Doddington
Kester:
Owen Teale
Prue:
Julia Ford
Gideon:
Tom Goodman-Hill
Mrs Beguildy:
Helen Schlesinger
Mother:
Maggie Steed
Beguildy:
Nigel Terry
Grimble:
Timothy Watson

Mariella Frostrup talks to celebrated crime writer Val McDermid and considers whether computer games represent a new form of storytelling. Producer Hilary Dunn Repeated on Thursday at 4pm
June's Bookclub: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and Rebecca's Tale by Sally Beauman
July's Bookclub: The Tortilla CurtainbyTCoraghessan Boyle

Contributors

Talks:
Mariella Frostrup
Unknown:
Val McDermid
Producer:
Hilary Dunn
Unknown:
Sally Beauman

As part of the Poetry Library's 50th anniversary celebrations, Roger McGough visits its home at the Royal Festival Hall, London, and takes requests for poems. He also reveals the results of a poll conducted by the Poetry Library and the Poetry Book Society indicating the favourite poems and poets of the last half-century.
Producer Mark Smalley Repeated on Saturday

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger McGough
Producer:
Mark Smalley

John Wilson investigates the state of the classical music industry. Can it overcome the challenges facing it: ageing concert audiences, increased competition from other musical forms and a growing number of younger, educated consumers who seem uninterested? Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
John Wilson

In contrast to the world of garden makeover shows,
Phil Smith returns with three more talks on the reality ofturningawildernessintoagarden. 1: "It's leaf mould man ". With his garden looking as if it has been trampled by a herd of wildebeest, Phil Smith goes in search of enrichment forthe soil and finds enlightenment for the soul.
Producer Harry Parker Repeated on Saturday at 7.45

Contributors

Unknown:
Phil Smith
Unknown:
Phil Smith
Producer:
Harry Parker

This week Barney Harwood is in the studio finding out about The Street, a new website that directs you to the best in world music around the UK, and Go 4 listeners from Nigeria, Turkey and Brazil tell him about the music they like. Plus the second part of Brooksie by Neil Arksey , read by Ralph Little. Producer Jane Chambers EMAIL: gfi@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Barney Harwood
Unknown:
Neil Arksey
Read By:
Ralph Little.

Another chance to hear four tales of magic, miracles, mystery, romance and humour.
4: Diva. By Isla Dewar. Read by Amanda Root. Tilly dreams of being an opera singer when she grows up, but she falls pregnant and has to leave school. While her friends go on to university and careers Tilly still harbours her girlhood ambition. Producer Katherine Beacon

Contributors

Unknown:
Isla Dewar.
Read By:
Amanda Root.
Producer:
Katherine Beacon

Tea and Sandwiches. In today's programme about words and the way we speak Michael Rosen explores the language of the sandwich from the Romans to the present day, and washes it down with the perfect brew. Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Rosen

A look at the politics of the next seven days with Andrew Rawnsley. Including at 10.45 Writing Down the House. Nick Utechin charts the 200-year history of Hansard parliamentary reports. Part 2.
Editor John Evans Writing Down the House repeated Wed 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley.
Unknown:
Nick Utechin
Editor:
John Evans

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