From St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
News round-up and analysis from BBC World Service.
Kindred Spirits. Mark Tully celebrates those special people with whom we have a particular connection that is more than friendship and different from love. Producer Eley McAinsh Repeated at 11.30pm
2/4. The Snowdrop. Brett Westwood looks attnis emblem Of the early Spring. Producer Sheena Duncan
Religious and ethical news with Edward Stourton. Series producer Amanda Hancox
Michael Frayn appeals on behalf of the Occupational and Environmental Diseases Association (OEDA). Donations: [address removed] Credit cards: [number removed]
Producer Sally Flatman Repeated at 9.26pm and on Thu at 3.28pm
From the Chapel of Dominican Convent Falls Road, Belfast with Cappella Caeciliana. Led by Bishop Donal McKeown. Producer the Rev Bert Tosh
Selected broadcasts by Alistair Cooke. RptdfromFriday
Fi Glover presents a fresh approach to the news. Editor Richard Clark
Omnibus edition.
Clement Freud , Ross Noble , Graham Norton and Linda Smith join chairman Nicholas Parsons in Warwick for the panel game. Repeated from Monday
Ships' Food. Sheila Dillon explores cruise-ship catering past and present, and charts the influence of our seafaring heritage on the national diet.
Producer Rebecca Wells Extended repeat tomorrow at 4pm
With James COX. Editor Richard Clark
At the age of 78, Nancy Kershaw set sail on her final attempt to reach the grave of her son Giles, a pioneering Antarctic pilot killed in a flying accident. Dilly Barlow accompanies her to Mount Kershaw, named in his honour, on the inaccessible Jones ice shelf on Blakelock Island, about 600 miles down the Antarctic Peninsula.
Bob Rowerdew , Matthew Biggs and Pippa Greenwood answer questions posed by gardeners in Hampshire. And Matthew Biggs is in search of a man who has been called the most important botanist of the 19th century-Joseph Dalton Hooker.
Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened at 3pm
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2/5. Tony Russell reports on the invasion of the pond weed Crassula helmsii. Producer Trevor Taylor
Alan Titchmarsh wages war on weeds: page 38
8/12. By Anthony Trollope , dramatised by Martyn Wade. Glencora decides on a potentially disastrous course of action. And as Palliser's domestic arrangements become more difficult, so do those of Mr Wharton and his daughter Emily.
Music by Elizabeth Parker Director Marc Beeby Repeated saturdayapm
Austin Clarke , winner of the Commonwealth
Writers' Prize, talks to Mariella Frostrup about his book, The Polished Hoe. Plus a report on the world of the political diary.
Producer Sally Spurring Repeated on Thursday at 4pm April Bookclub: Falling by Elizabeth Jane Howard
4/6. Poet and novelist Jackie Kay travels to Leeds, where she meets local poet Ian Duhig for a visit to the city centre, and Sophie Hannah , the city's poet-in-residence 2003. Producer Polly Thomas Rptd Sat 11.30pm
Each year, scores of killings are carried out by people with a history of mental illness, some of them patients released from secure wards against the advice of doctors. Foryears, both Tory and Labour ministers have pledged new measures to cut the death toll. So why has so little been done? Julian O'Halloran reports. Repeated from Tuesday
3/6. "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise." The novelist Anne Atkins considers the promise of instant redemption made to a dying thief in this series of talks for Lent.
Producer Norman Winter Repeated on Saturday at 7.45pm
A selection of extracts from BBC radio over the past seven days.
Producer Kate Murphy PHONE: [number removed] Fax: [number removed] email: potw@bbc.co.uk
Susan faces a tough decision.
For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
Alison Graham's Soap & Flannel: page 40
In this week's children's magazine show, Barney Harwood is joined by Ian Macmillan fora poetry workshop. Plus a Paul Jennings story, Ringing Wet, read by Kirsten O'Brien. Producer Johnny Leagas
4/5. A High Profile Case by Nick Walker. Read by William Hootkins. On a cold night in New York City a virgin writer listens to his story on the radio. It's his 15 minutes Of fame.... Producer Lisa Osborne
Listeners' views on BBC radio, with Roger Bolton. ADDRESS: Feedback, PO Box 2100. London W1A 1QT Fax: [number removed]. Phone: [number removed] email: feedback@bbc.co.uk Repeated from Friday
3/3. Tony Hawks concludes his look at the celebrated comedy circuit in the Catskill Mountains. Hawks talks to Jackie Mason and Robert Klein and revisits the Concord, once the world's largest hotel, now a bankrupt shell. Producer David Prest
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2/4. Diane Coyle asks if politicians are losing control of public finances. Repeated from Thursday
Andrew Rawnsley previews the new week's political events. Including at 10.45 The World According to Letts. Quentin Letts presents a humorous take on the political week.
Editor John Evans The World Accordingto Letts rptd Wed 8.45pm
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The Woody Guthrie Archive in New York holds his writings - in notebooks, even paper bags and cigarette packets. In this programme his daughter and protector of his work, Nora, presents her latest project, which brings together Woody's most intimate diaries and an unlikely group of famous musicians and artists. Producer Kay Ritchie
