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Archbishop Desmond Tutu presents an appeal on behalf of the Bishop Simeon Trust.
Donations: [address removed] Credit-Cards: [number removed] Producer Sally Flatman
Repeated at 9.26pm and on Thursday at 3.28pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Desmond Tutu
Unknown:
Simeon Trust.
Unknown:
Desmond Tutu
Producer:
Sally Flatman

Tikkun Olam - Repairing the World. To mark
Holocaust Memorial Day on Tuesday, a meditation from the West London Synagogue led by Rabbi Mark WinerwithanaddressgivenbytheBishopof London, the Rt Rev Richard Chartres. With the West
London Synagogue and the Sylvia Young Children's s
Choirs Organist Christopher Bowers-Broadbent .
Director of music Sydney Rxman. Producer Philip Billson See also The Blood Libel at 8pm on Monday
We Want the Light: the Jews and German Music is on BBC2 at 7pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Rabbi Mark
Organist:
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent
Producer:
Philip Billson

Clement Freud , Paul Merton , Linda Smith and Graham Norton join Nicholas Parsons in Southwold. Repeated from Monday
Great audio offers: page 6

Contributors

Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Linda Smith
Unknown:
Graham Norton
Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons

1/12. A dramatisation by Martyn Wade of Anthony Trollope's political novels involving intrigue, love affairs, financial dealings and murder. The saga begins with the story of Lady Glencora and her search for romance and happiness.
Music by Elizabeth Parker Director Cherry Cookson Rptd on Sat See also Trollope on Trollope on Thursday at 11.30am A Trollope's view of marriage: page 109

Contributors

Music By:
Elizabeth Parker
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Trollope:
David Troughton
Plantagenent Palliser:
Ben Miles
Lady Glencora:
Sophie Thompson
Alice:
Anastasia Hille
George:
Adrian Lukis
LadyMonk:
Frances Jeater
John:
Mark Bazeley
Burgo:
Bertie Carvel
Scruby:
Chris Moran

Mariella Frostrup talks to Owen Sheers about his first novel, an evocation of the life of an obscure relative, a missionary in Africa. Plus a guide to the work Of John Updike. Producer Erin Riley Repeated Thursday

Contributors

Talks:
Mariella Frostrup
Unknown:
Owen Sheers
Unknown:
John Updike.
Producer:
Erin Riley

From a teashop in Bath through a snowy London to a high tide on the coast of Lincolnshire, Roger McGough introduces a selection of poems inspired by place. With readers Harriet Walter and Tim Pigott-Smith . Producer Paul Dodgson Repeated on Saturday

Contributors

Introduces:
Roger McGough
Readers:
Harriet Walter
Readers:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Producer:
Paul Dodgson

2/2. "Kyoto is dead," according to some environment watchers. International attempts to protect the climate and stop global warming, which took place in the Japanese city, seemed scuppered when the White House declined to take part. But George W Bush is becoming irrelevant, according to one analyst, as the rest of the world and many of the US states take their own action. Reporter Gerry Northam. Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
George W Bush
Reporter:
Gerry Northam.

Children's magazine programme with Barney Harwood , including the second episode of Is There Life in Other Heads? by Michael Lawrence , featuring Keith Allen , Morwenna Banks and Nigel Greaves. Producer Johnny Leagas

Contributors

Unknown:
Barney Harwood
Unknown:
Michael Lawrence
Unknown:
Keith Allen
Unknown:
Nigel Greaves.
Producer:
Johnny Leagas

Another chance to hear a short story by Brian Gallagher. Two years on from his wife's discovery of his last affair, should Michael risk succumbing to Lorraine Garvey 's obvious charms? Read by Liam Cunningham. Producer Heather Brennon

Contributors

Story By:
Brian Gallagher.
Unknown:
Lorraine Garvey
Read By:
Liam Cunningham.
Producer:
Heather Brennon

Roger Bolton with listeners' views and opinions on BBC radio programmes and policy.
ADDRESS: Feedback, PO Box 2100, London W1A 1QT Fax: [number removed]. Phone: [number removed] email: feedback@bbc.co.uk Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton

8/8. Listeners will be on tenterhooks wondering who has won the body-part metaphors competition. And Michael Rosen travels to Bradford to discover the warp and weft of weaving language and how it has woven itself into everyday speech: ie being on tenterhooks.
(Repeated from Friday)

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Rosen

Life Coach. They claim they can tackle any problem from lack of promotion to a failed diet. But can looking at your life in the round really bring happiness and success? Critics say life coaches are over-hyped, undertrained and out of their depth. Peter Day gets his own coach to find out the truth. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Day

Andrew Rawnsley previews the new week's political events. Including at 10.45 In the Think-Tanks. 2/3. Dennis Sewell explores the world of think-tanks that focus on Europe.
Editor John Evans In the Think-Tanks Repeated Wednesday 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley
Unknown:
Dennis Sewell
Editor:
John Evans

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