From St Mary's, Lamberhurst, in Kent.

News and analysis from BBC World Service.

Mark Tully considers the archetypal figure of The
Promised One, which appears in many faiths and myths, and in stories and real life. Why do we continue to dream of the one who will transform our lives and fortunes? Producer EleyMcAinsh Repeated at 11.30pm

A Canadian student gives her perspective on life on a Midlands farm. Producer Moira Hickey

Religious and ethical news with Roger Bolton. Series producer Amanda Hancox

George Aiagiah appeals on behalf ofthe Association of Minority Rights Group International.
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Producer Sally Flatman Repeated at 9.26pm and on Thursday at 3.28pm

From StAnne's Cathedral, Belfast, focusing on reconcilation as South Africa celebrates the tenth anniversary of democratic elections. Presented by the Dean of Belfast, the Very Rev Dr Houston McKelvey. Director Of music Philip Stopford. ProducerBertTosh

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R Glover presents a fresh approach to the news. Editor Richard Clark

Omnibus edition.

Joining Nigel Rees are Mark Lawson , Joanne Harris , Sheena McDonald and Robert Hewison. The reader is William Franklyn. Repeated from Monday

EatingHorse. A particularly British food taboo. Producer Rebecca Wells Extended repeat tomorrow at 4pm Ramsay's on a rant: page 32 Eat out for £5: page 26

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5/6. Darwin's book The Origin of Species contributed to a general crisis of faith in Victorian Britain. William Dalrymple finds out how the Victorians turned to both technology and the seance to answer the question that dominated their age - are we apes, angels or apparitions?

Anne Swithinbank , Matthew Biggs and Bob Flowerdew are guests of the Lambley Wl near Nottingham. Eric Robsonisinthechair.
Producer Trevor Taylor
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1/4. Garden historian Caroline Holmes sifts through 2,000 years of handy horticultural advice.
Weeding: a Fascinating Employment? Boiling water, dandelion hooks and moral zeal - before the advent of chemical weedkillers, gardeners had to rely on theirwits to rid the garden Of weeds. Producer Mukti Jain Campion

2/2. A great dystopian Russian novel, written by Yevgeni Zamyatin and adapted by Sean O'Brien.
D-503 becomes increasingly infatuated by the beautiful I-330, though he suspects she is a revolutionary. The key to his fate seems to lie in the hands of the mysterious S - but who is S? D's ordered world unravels as the storv hurtles towards its conclusion.
Director Jim Poyser Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

PD James talks to Mariella Frostrup about the republication of novels by Dorothy L Sayers. Producer Sally Spurring Repeated on Thursday at 4pm May Bookclub: Nice Work by David Lodge

1/2. Asian poet Roshan Doug visits China to look at the story of Chinese poetry. This week he concentrates on the 20th century. He charts a literary scene that navigates and reflects the end of Imperialism; China under Chairman Mao; the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre; and a new period of opening up and optimism. He interviews key poets such as Mang Ke, godfather of the Obscure movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and modern-day poet Crystal.

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2/2. The Price of Poverty. For most people, getting credit is easy and cheap. But not if you are on a low income. Paul Lewis investigates the high cost of borrowing for people that banks and credit-card companies don't want to know, and asks what can be done to make lending fairer. Repeated from Tuesday

3/3. Jim Crumley visits three landscapes that are part of his belief system.
Crackaigon Mull. "They were instinctive stonemasons rather than architects. They built matter of factly with what was to hand -an organic process, buildings as landscape. But the island folk were cleared to this clifftop from the fertile valleys to make way for sheep." Producer Dave Batchelor Repeated on Saturday at 7.45pm

Sheila Dillon presents her 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

Will reaches out to a friend in need.
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Barney Harwood hosts the children's magazine programme. Including the sixth episode of Whump! by Susie Day, read by Rob Brydon. Producer johnny Leagas

5/5. Out of the Burning House by Marina Warner. "My dear, you know that burning-house dilemma, when you have to choose what you would take out of it? There's no doubt in my mind ..." Read by David Collins.

4/6. Rosie Goldsmith tunes in to the best and most surprising sports radio around the globe. Rptdfrom Fri

4/8. Cockney or Mockney. With their gentle satire on class in postwar Britain, the Ealing Comedies secured an abiding place in the national consciousness. Butjust how accurate was the speech ofthe union officials in The Man with the White Suit or the working-class
Londoners in Passport to Pimlico? Repeated from Friday

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Fear and Voting. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto asks how Western democracies can combat a terrorist threat that appears to have no negotiable ends, without eroding their own fundamental values. Repeated from Thursday

Andrew Rawnsley previews the new week's political events. Including at 10.45 Brave New Europe.
Newseries 1/3. Poland. MishaGlenny reflects on the conflicts ended and the opportunities opened up with the addition often new members to the European Union. Editor Terry Dignan Brave New Europe repeated on Wednesday at 8.45pm

Writers Monica Ali and Kevin Crossley-Holland talk to Sue MacGregor about theirfavourite books. Repeated from Tuesday

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Fiona Talkington follows composers Matthew King and Nye Parry as they tackle an opera based on the life of Isambard Kingdom Brunei. Producer Lyndon Jones