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As the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields in London prepares to face major building work and restructuring, Canon Eric James reflects on how we face change and can find God in a changed situation. The service is led by the Rev Nick Holtam with the Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields directed by Nicholas Danks.

Contributors

Speaker:
Canon Eric James
Service led by:
The Rev Nick Holtam
Singers:
Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Directed by:
Nicholas Danks
Organist:
David Hirst
Producer:
Mark O'Brien

Nicholas Parsons takes the show to Dundee, where the panellists are Gyles Brandreth , Maria McErlane , Nick Revell and Fred McAulay. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Gyles Brandreth
Unknown:
Maria McErlane
Unknown:
Nick Revell
Unknown:
Fred McAulay.

Matthew Biggs Bob Flowerdew and Bunny Guinness are guests of the Paulerspury Horticultural Society, nearTowcester. The chairman is Eric Robson.
Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened at 3pm
BBC RADIO COLLECTION- A specially recorded edition of Gardeners Question Time is available on audio cassette and CD from good retail outlets or from www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Robson.
Producer:
Trevor Taylor

3/12. Dramatised by Martyn Wade from the novels of Anthony Trollope. Having turned her back on Burgo forever, Lady Glencora has committed herself fully to her marriage and is expecting a baby, which
Plantagenet hopes will be a son and heir. Lady Laura has disappointed Phineas by accepting Kennedy's proposal, and John Grey continues to pursue Alice.
Music by Elizabeth Parker Director Cherry Cookson Rptd on Saturday

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Martyn Wade
Unknown:
Anthony Trollope.
Unknown:
John Grey
Music By:
Elizabeth Parker
Trollope:
David Troughton
Plantagenet Palliser:
Ben Miles
Lady Glencora:
Sophie Thompson
Laura:
Juliet Stevenson
Alice:
Anastasia Hille
Phineas:
Conleth Hill
Chiltern:
Scott Handy
Kennedy:
Kevin McMonagle
Duke of Omnium:
Robert Lang
John:
Mark Bazeley
Burgo:
Bertie Carvel
Brentford:
John Rowe
Violet:
Jaimi Barbakoff
Slide:
Damian Lynch
Sir Omicron Pie:
Jonathan Keeble
Sir Lamda Mewnew:
Stephen Critchlow

Mariella Frostrup finds out about airports in fiction, and Ursula Le Guin explains why she wrote her new novel on a plane. Plus a look at how to write a maths book for the general reader.
Producer Erin Ritey Repeated on Thursday
March Bookclub: Ftngersmith by Sarah Waters

Contributors

Unknown:
Mariella Frostrup
Unknown:
Ursula Le Guin
Producer:
Erin Ritey
Unknown:
Sarah Waters

As Valentine's Day approaches, Roger McGough introduces a selection of listeners' requests on a theme that has inspired poets throughout the ages-love. Producer Paul Dodgson Repeated on Saturday

Contributors

Introduces:
Roger McGough
Producer:
Paul Dodgson

1/3. Three talks by Gerry Anderson in which he discovers the little details that make life in Northern Ireland a very particular puzzle.
The Mothership. "Is it any wonder our pol iticians have an inflated sense of their own importance... ?" Producer Simon Elmes Repeated on Saturday

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerry Anderson
Producer:
Simon Elmes

Barney Harwood presents the children's magazine programme from the indoor snow slope at
Milton Keynes and goes snowboardingwith two listeners. Plus the fourth part of Michael Lawrence 's Is There Life in Other Heads? Producer JohnnyLeagas

Contributors

Unknown:
Barney Harwood
Unknown:
Milton Keynes
Unknown:
Michael Lawrence

By Pearse Elliott. A petty thief persuades his hapless gang to rob a bank in orderto fund his girlfriend's breast enlargement treatment. However, things don't go exactly to plan. Read by Kerry Shale . Producer Susan Carson

Contributors

Unknown:
Pearse Elliott.
Read By:
Kerry Shale
Producer:
Susan Carson

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

2/3. Mark Little continues his three-part history of Australian comedy. He analyses the Aussie comedy stereotype, the cork-hat-wearing, beer-swilling man, saluting the sketch shows that have held a merciless mirror up to the Australian character since the 1960s. Producer Vicky Shepherd

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Little
Producer:
Vicky Shepherd

Andrew Rawnsley previews the new week's political events. Including at 10.45 Yes, Minister. Why should being born the son of a Church of Scotland minister be the perfect preparation for a life in politics? Colin Bell examines at the Eric Liddle effect.
Yes, Minister repeated on Wednesday at 8.45pm

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Rawnsley
Reporter:
Colin Bell
Editor:
John Evans

1/4. Deborah Bull dances herwaythrough four centuries, from the Renaissance to Romanticism. Love 's Proper Exercise. Today she learns some dances of the 15th century from three great dancing masters- Domenico, Cornazano and Ebreo. Producer Kate McAll

Contributors

Unknown:
Deborah Bull
Producer:
Kate McAll

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