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An appeal by Joanna Trollope on behalf of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF).
Donations: [address removed]Credit cards: [number removed] Producer Sally Flatman Repeated at 9.26pm and on Thursday at 3.28pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Joanna Trollope
Producer:
Sally Flatman

The Gospel in the Market Place. This Palm Sunday, Christians converge on Skegness for their annual Spring Harvest conference. They are joined by singer/songwriter Graham Kendrick. Leader Elaine Duncan ; preacher Mark Greene ; directors of music Steve James and Andy Silver. producer Philip Billson

Contributors

Leader:
Graham Kendrick.
Leader:
Elaine Duncan
Unknown:
Mark Greene
Music:
Steve James
Music:
Andy Silver.
Producer:
Philip Billson

Exchanging favourite quotations are Gervase Phinn , George Layton , Louise Doughty and Kathryn Rett. The reader is Peter Jefferson. With Nigel Rees.
Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Gervase Phinn
Unknown:
George Layton
Unknown:
Louise Doughty
Unknown:
Kathryn Rett.
Unknown:
Peter Jefferson.
Unknown:
Nigel Rees.

William Dalrymple looks at the roots of spirituality in Britain. First broadcast last year.
2/6. God and the Air Pump. Dalrymple gets to grips with a piece of 17th-century experimental machinery and assesses the impact of the New Science on the belief in fairies, the philosopher's stone and a miracle-working God. Producer Rosemary Dawson

Contributors

Unknown:
William Dalrymple
Producer:
Rosemary Dawson

Anne Swithinbank , Pippa Greenwood and Bob Rowerdew answer questions sent in by post. Eric Robsonisinthechair.
Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: A specially recorded edition of Gardeners' Question Time is available on audio cassette and CDfrom good retail outlets or from vmw.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Anne Swithinbank
Unknown:
Pippa Greenwood
Unknown:
Bob Rowerdew
Unknown:
Eric Robsonisinthechair.
Producer:
Trevor Taylor

5/5. Tony Russell explains why poor quarantine procedures in France allowed an aggressive
Japanese seaweed, Sargassum muticum, to cross the Channel and invade waterways from the Solent to the Norwegian fjords. Producer Trevor Taylor

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Russell
Producer:
Trevor Taylor

11/12. By Anthony Trollope , dramatised by Martyn Wade.

Mary has fallen in love with a man who has neither fame nor fortune.
(Rptd Sat 9pm)

Contributors

Author:
Anthony Trollope
Dramatised by:
Martyn Wade
Music:
Elizabeth Parker
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Trollope:
David Trougtrton
Palliser:
Ben Miles
Glencora:
Sophie Thompson
Mme Goesler:
Stella Gonet
Silverbridge:
Nicholas Boulton
Mary:
Rachael Stirling
Mabel:
Lydia Leonard
Lady Cantrip:
Frances Jeater
Frank:
Chris Moran
Isabel:
Madeleine Potter
Popplecourt:
Crispin Bonham-Carter
Major Tifto:
Philip Fox
Mrs Jones:
Rachel Atkins

Roger McGough introduces a special edition in which Wole Soyinka , the Nobel Prize-winning novelist and dramatist, and this year's Reith Lecturer , reads some of his poetry and talks about what inspires him. Producer Kate McAII Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm

Contributors

Introduces:
Roger McGough
Unknown:
Wole Soyinka
Unknown:
Reith Lecturer
Producer:
Kate McAii

Twenty years after reporting on the miners' strike, Triona Holden returns to Brampton in south
Yorkshire, where the dispute first began. She finds out what happened to those involved, looks at how lives have been rebuilt and asks whether it was worth fighting to save the pit communities and if old enemies have been forgiven. Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Triona Holden

Andrew Rawnsley previews the new week's political events. Including at 10.45 The Party'sOver.
New series 1/3. Shaun Ley considers short-lived but forceful political parties, beginning with the Common Wealth party.
Editor John Evans The Party's Over repeated Wednesday 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley
Unknown:
Shaun Ley
Editor:
John Evans

2/4. DexterGordon. Former chancellor Ken Clarke talks to Norway's leadingjazz singer, Karin Krog , about tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon who, despite his huge talent, failed to fulfil his rightful place in jazz history. Producer Paul Evans

Contributors

Talks:
Ken Clarke
Singer:
Karin Krog
Unknown:
Dexter Gordon
Producer:
Paul Evans

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