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With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton.
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News With Garry Richardson.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Dr Jeevan Singh Deol.

Contributors

Unknown:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Edward Stourton.
Unknown:
Garry Richardson.
Unknown:
Dr Jeevan Singh Deol.

Coverage of the third day's play in the Third Test at Trent
Bridge, with commentary by Jonathan Agnew ,
Henry Blofeld , Christopher Martin-Jenkins and Bryan Waddle , and expert comments from Vic Marks Angus Fraser and Jeremy Coney. At 12.35 News and A View from the Boundary, with guest Rageh Omaar. ✻imatetlme
Producer Peter Baxter

Contributors

Commentary By:
Jonathan Agnew
Commentary By:
Henry Blofeld
Commentary By:
Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Commentary By:
Bryan Waddle
Unknown:
Vic Marks
Unknown:
Angus Fraser
Unknown:
Jeremy Coney.
Unknown:
Rageh Omaar.
Producer:
Peter Baxter

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the discussion at the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, west London. The pane lists include Margaret Beckett , the secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs; Liam Fox , the Conservative Party co-chairman; Ed Davey , the Liberal Democrat spokesman for the office of the deputy prime minister; and the author PD James. Repeated from yesterday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Dimbleby
Unknown:
Margaret Beckett
Unknown:
Liam Fox
Unknown:
Ed Davey
Unknown:
Pd James.

A love story to commemorate the centenary of Bloomsday, the day on which James Joyce and Nora Barnacle first went walking at Ringsend and which Joyce later immortalised in his novel Ulysses- 16 June 1904. Written by Edel Brosnan. _ Producer Heather Larmour See also Twenty Minutes on Wednesday at 8.20pm on Radio 3

Contributors

Unknown:
James Joyce
Unknown:
Nora Barnacle
Written By:
Edel Brosnan.
Producer:
Heather Larmour
James Joyce:
Michael Colgan
Nora:
Nora-Jane Noone
Cosgrave:
Jason Barry
Kitty:
Elaine Symons
Stannie:
Michael Legge
Poppie:
Nuala O'Neill
John:
John Hewitt
McKernan:
Mark Lambert
Pawnbroker:
Pat Laffan

Alan Titchmarsh celebrates the Royal Horticultural Society's bicentenary by looking back through its history and discovering the impact its work has had on British gardens and gardening.

Alan Titchmarsh on the future of the RHS: page 34

For the Glory of the Garden
3.30pm R4 FM The Royal Horticultural Society is a lot more than just the organisation behind the Chelsea Flower Show. Alan Titchmarsh celebrates the bicentenary of the ultimate gardeners' club with this affectionate history that nibbles at the controversies that have flared up almost from the start. Even involving itself in flower shows at all drew accusations of "pandering to the sickly appetites of the fashionable world" - and that was in 1827. Yet the society has been transformed from a posh club catering for the landed gentry (and their gardeners) into an organisation that caters for suburban gardeners as much as anyone. And behind the scenes, the RHS plant hunters have found, imported and nurtured huge quantities of plants from all over the globe. So much so, says Roy Lancaster, a regular on Gardener's Question Time, that more than three-quarters of the plants in a typical garden are non-native. He and other contributors join Titchmarsh to wave the RHS flag in a programme that makes a perfect al fresco diversion. Read Alan Titchmarsh on p34. (Geoff Ellis)

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Titchmarsh
Producer:
Lucy Lunt

With the remake of The Stepford Wives just on release, Matthew Sweet looks at the original version, now nearly 25 years old, to determine why it has become a cult movie. And controversial French director Patrice Leconte talks about his latest film, Intimate Strangers. Producer Anne-Marie Cole

Contributors

Talks:
Patrice Leconte
Producer:
Anne-Marie Cole

3/3. Why should a love affair with pop ever end? One of the most celebrated observers of the pop scene explains why he can't help falling in love. The concluding part of Nik Cohn 's series.
Bouncing in New Orleans. As a white man in his late 50s, Cohn is astonished to find himself in a new role producing hop records in the Big Easy. Producer Owen McFadden Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nik Cohn
Producer:
Owen McFadden

Launched in February 1969, Zapple was the spoken-word division of the Beatles' Apple Records, intended to "pioneer a new area for the recording industry equivalent to what the paperback revolution did for book publishing". Label manager Barry Miles travelled across America recording such counterculture heroes as Allen Ginsberg , Charles Bukowski and Lawrence Ferlinghetti for the first batch of Zapple releases, while back home John Lennon and George Harrison were recording their own work for the label. But with the demise of the Beatles, Zapple folded and many of these recordings have remained unheard. In unearthing his archive for the first time, Barry Miles tells the story of the Zapple experience and gives an insider's account of life at the centre of the Beatles' crumbling empire. Producer Owen McFadden

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Miles
Unknown:
Allen Ginsberg
Unknown:
Charles Bukowski
Unknown:
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Unknown:
John Lennon
Unknown:
George Harrison
Unknown:
Barry Miles
Producer:
Owen McFadden

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Timothy West tells the legendary story of native American hero, Hiawatha. Abridged by Tom Holland.
Music by Mia Soteriou and William Lyons (pipes)
Producers Vib Beeby and Jeremy Howe

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Unknown:
Timothy West
Abridged By:
Tom Holland.
Unknown:
William Lyons
Producers:
Vib Beeby
Producers:
Jeremy Howe
Storyteller:
Timothy West
Hiawatha:
Chris Gamer
Gitche Manito:
Burt Caesar
Little Hiawatha:
Sam Fry
lagoo:
Chris Harris
Chibiabos:
Peter Polycarpou
Pau-Puk Keewis:
Gary Sharkey
Mudjekeewis:
Bill Wallis
Nokomis:
Mla Soteriou
Minnehaha:
Nicole Arumugam
Chorus:
Tom Espiner
Chorus:
Chris Grimes

Michael Buerk chairs a debate in which Melanie Phillips , Claire Fox , Professor Steven Rose and Michael Gove cross-examine individuals who hold conflicting views on the moral complexities behind one of the week's newsstories. Repeated from Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Buerk
Unknown:
Melanie Phillips
Unknown:
Claire Fox
Unknown:
Professor Steven Rose
Unknown:
Michael Gove

Roger McGough introduces requests for poems reflecting the wartime experience of life away from the battlefields, including work by well-known figures such as Noël Coward and Edith Sitwell , and powerful, descriptive verse by less well-known young women poets of the day whose work sheds a revealing light on the realities of life on the home front. The readers are Pat Hughes , David Collins and Bonnie Hurren. Repeated from Sunday

Contributors

Introduces:
Roger McGough
Introduces:
Edith Sitwell
Unknown:
Pat Hughes
Unknown:
David Collins
Unknown:
Bonnie Hurren.

5/5. 50-50. The last in a series of stories by women that take a short, hard look at men. First broadcast in January last year. Written by Victoria Rothwell and read byShireen Shah. Producer Peter Everett

Contributors

Written By:
Victoria Rothwell
Read By:
Shireen Shah.
Producer:
Peter Everett

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