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Window on the West. Canon Michael Bourdeaux visits St Petersburg on the 300th anniversary of its founding He leads a service of Orthodox matins in the Kazansky Cathedral.
Producer Stephen Shipiey EMAIL: sunday-worship@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Producer:
Stephen Shipiey

Joining Nigel Rees to exchange favourite quotations for the last time in the current series 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.

A portrait of Orkney's most northerly - and endangered - island, which is nearer to Oslo than to London. Clare Jenkins visits North Ronaldsay, home to 3,000 rare, seaweed-eating sheep and 60 islanders, to look at its unique traditions of sheep pundingand sheep courts. Producer Clare Jenkins

Contributors

Producer:
Clare Jenkins

Matthew Biggs , Bob Flowerdew and John Cushnie are guests of Otford Gardeners' Society in Kent. And Roy Lancaster and Bunny Guinness review the Chelsea Rower Show. Chaired by Julian Pettifer. Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened repeat on Wed 3pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Matthew Biggs
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
John Cushnie
Unknown:
Roy Lancaster
Unknown:
Julian Pettifer.
Producer:
Trevor Taylor

By FScott Fitzgerald , adapted for radio in two parts by Michael Hastings , and starring Michael Maloney. Conclusion of the story of the tragic entanglement of young actress Rosemary Hoyt and the stylish American couple Dick and Nicole Diver , set on the French Riviera in the late 1920s.
Producer Nicholas Newton Director Sebastian Graham-Jones Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Fscott Fitzgerald
Unknown:
Michael Hastings
Unknown:
Michael Maloney.
Unknown:
Rosemary Hoyt
Unknown:
Nicole Diver
Producer:
Nicholas Newton
Director:
Sebastian Graham-Jones
Rosemary:
Rebecca Hall
Mrs Speers:
Lorelei King
Mrs McKisco:
Lynne Miller
Abe:
Colin Stlnton
Actor:
Michael Maloney
Nicole:
Jennifer Lee Jellicorse
Tommy:
Andrew Scott
Mr McKisco:
Trevor Ray
Collis:
Dan Fredenburgh
Jules:
Joseph Mydell
Beth:
Kyra Williams

Mariella Frostrup explores the short stories of Guy de Maupassant with the writer Julian Barnes. Plus how to keep track of your reading. Producer Hilary Dunn Repeated on Thursday at 4pm June's Bookclub: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier July's Bookclub: The Tortilla Curtain by TCoraghessan Boyle

Contributors

Unknown:
Mariella Frostrup
Stories Of:
Guy De Maupassant
Unknown:
Julian Barnes.
Producer:
Hilary Dunn
Unknown:
Tcoraghessan Boyle

Roger McGough introduces excerpts from Longfellow's classic poem, The Songof Hiawatha. The reader is Nigel Anthony. Producer Kate McAII Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm

Contributors

Introduces:
Roger McGough
Unknown:
Songof Hiawatha.
Unknown:
Nigel Anthony.
Producer:
Kate McAii

The last programme from Phil Smith on the real world of gardening. 3: Nowlt's "Dung Man". The vegetable patch needs to be cleared for a compost heap but when one man goes to mow it seems a hover can be a bother. Producer Harry Parker Repeated on Saturday at 7.45

Contributors

Unknown:
Phil Smith
Producer:
Harry Parker

This week, Barney Harwood gets the low down on John Gribben 's book Big Numbers, and nature reporter Caroline Williams discovers that flowers aren'tjust a pretty face. Plus, the fourth episode of Brooksie by Neil Arskey , read by Ralph Little. Producer Jane Chambers EMAIL: gfi@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Barney Harwood
Unknown:
John Gribben
Reporter:
Caroline Williams
Unknown:
Neil Arskey
Read By:
Ralph Little.

Martin Jarvis reads the second of five
Richmal Crompton stories featuring the immortal schoolboy, William. 2: Aunt Florence and the Green
Woodpecker. How William's desire to reward the deserving and improve the lotofthedisadvantaged leads to a natural-history adventure beyond the dreams of David Attenborough. Producer Rosalind Ayres

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Jarvis
Unknown:
Richmal Crompton
Unknown:
David Attenborough.
Producer:
Rosalind Ayres

Roger Bolton with listeners' views and opinions on BBC radio programmes and policy. Repeated from Friday
LETTERS: Feedback, PO Box 2100, London Wla 1QT. Fax: [number removed]. Telephone: [number removed]. Email: feedback@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton

You Say Tomato. Michael Rosen chooses your best "Stars Bars and Blighty" linguistic confusions. John Wells says beware of "beware" and, in the 1920s, we acquired a new word- Deco, but what else? Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Rosen
Unknown:
John Wells

A look at the politics of the next seven days with Andrew Rawnsley. Including at 10.45 Strictly
Speaking. Christopher Silvester investigates the secret world of political speech writing and reveals the real stories behind key speeches of recenttimes. Editor John Evans Strictly Speaking repeated Wed 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley.
Unknown:
Christopher Silvester
Editor:
John Evans

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