From Howden Minster, East Yorkshire.

News round-up and analysis from BBC World Service.

Cnses and Opportunities. Mike Wooldndge considers what it means to confront the onset of disability and the limitations and deteriorations of old age. Producer Eley McAinsh Repeated at 11.30pm

3/4. Eades Meadow. Hidden away on a small farm in Worcestershire is a jewel of a meadow almost untouched by time. With no ploughingor pesticides employed, it produces naturally an ever-shifting rainbow of colourful wildflowers from springto autumn. Brett Westwood visits the meadow, which was discovered just 60 years ago and is now a nature reserve. Producer Sheena Duncan

With Roger Bolton. Series producer Amanda Hancox

Timothy Bentinck appeals on behalf of counsel and Care, a charity that gives help and advice to older people.
Donations: Counsel and Care. [address removed]Credit cards: [number removed]
Producer Sally Flatman
Repeated at 8.27pm and on Thursday at 3.28pm

"Be transformed by the renewing of your mind." Canon
Dr Michael Green takes these words of St Paul as he examines the process of the Christian journey. Live from
Elmwood Church, Salford. Leader Becky Hams. Director Of music Andy Silver. producerPhiiipBiiison

Repeated from Friday

Fi Glover presents a fresh approach to the week's news. Editor Richard Clark

Omnibus edition.

EnglandvNewZealand
Commentary on the fourth day's play in the Third Test at Trent Bridge. At 12.35News and Call the Commentators,and at around 3.30pm At the Bookstall.
Producer Peter Baxter Approximate time

2/6 From the Orchard Theatre, Dartford, where Tony Hawks joins regulars Barry Cryer , Graeme Garden Tim Brooke-Taylor and Humphrey Lyttelton. Repeated from Monday BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Eight series and several collections of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue are available on audio cassette and CD from good retail outlets or from www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed] John Bird remembers the Establishment club: page 23

Sheila Dillon investigates the global sugar industry and explores the effects of sugar consumption on human health. Producer Sue Todd Extended repeattomorrowat 4pm

With James COX. Editor Richard Clark

3/4 Aida. As part of the BBC's Summer of Opera, Huw Edwardscontinuesto look at operatic masterpieces that reflect the social, cultural and political circumstances of their age. Today he examines Verdi's tragic love story set in ancient Egypt. Producer Deborah Preston

Bob Flowerdew , John Cushnie and Pippa Greenwood answer questions in East Sussex. With Gardening Weather Forecast. Eric Robson is in the chair, Producer Trevor Taylor BBC RADIO COLLECTION: A specially recorded edition of Gardeners Question Time, featuring regularteam members, is available on audio cassette and CD from retail outlets or from www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

4/5 The Cistercians are known fortheir life of silence and industriousness, and their removal from the world. Peter France goes on a tour of Mount St Bernard Abbey, where the monks grow their own food, and discovers the spiritual significance oftheirgarden. Producer MaryColwell

1/2. Molly Keane's novel is regarded as a classic Irish drama chronicling the lives of the aristocratic Anglo-Irish St Charles family. Adapted by Clare Boylan.

Aroon, the plain and self-conscious daughter of the family, must learn to cope with the trials of growing up amid the decaying grace and loose morals of her peculiar and dysfunctional family.

(Repeated on Saturday at 9pm)
(FM only)

Timothy O'Grady talks about his new book, Light, to Mariella Frostrup. And GezaVermes talks about the Dead Sea Scrolls. Producer Sally Spurring Repeated Thursday 4pm July Bookclub: Mort by Terry Pratchett See also Mort Tuesday llpm

6/6. Roger McGough presents poems that celebrate travel and the allure of life on the open road. Among the poets represented are John Masefield , Thorn Gunn and RL Stevenson. With readers Bonnie Hurren , David Collins and Pat Hughes. Producer Mark Smalley Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm

Julian O'Halloran examines the MoD's spending record and asks why major weapons projects are costing so much more than predicted. Repeated from Tuesday

1/3. What is life really like in British secondary schools today? Catherine Chanter , head of inclusion at a large British secondary school, tells a series of individual stories set against the details of contemporary school life.
Philip 's Story. Has Philip stopped coming to school because of how fat he has become, because he has been bullied or because his mother likes him to keep her company at home?
Producer Beaty Rubens Repeated on Saturday at 7.45pm

Marcel Berlins presents his selection of excerpts from BBC radio over the past seven days.
Phone: [number removed] Fax: [number removed] email: [address removed]

Ed gets a reality check. For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
Alison Graham's Soap & Flannel: page 36

Barney Harwood presents the children's magazine programme and visits a local school on Guernsey.
Dylan Williams reads the final part of The Snow Spider by Jenny Nimmo. Producer Jane Chambers

2/5. In a State of Nature. Ayoungwomanisleft rootless after her lover disappears mysteriously at a roadside petrol station in Tanzania. Written by Denise Mina and read byEmmaCurrie. Producer Lu Kemp

Roger Bolton with listeners' opinions and comments on BBC radio programmes and policy.
ADDRESS: Feedback, PO Box 2100, London W1A 1QT
Phone: [number removed] email: feedback@bbc.co.uk Rptd from Friday

Repeated from 7.55am

2/2. Mark Radcliffe explores the history of talent shows. Afterthe demise of Opportunity Knocks and New Faces in 1978 came a new, somewhat sillier breed of show. Yet the talent-spotting trend continues today. Producer Libby Cross

James Naughtie and Carolyn Quinn in London and Paul Henley in Brussels present comprehensive coverage of the results, with live declarations from all the UK regions and analysis of the implications of all the results as they come in from around the Continent. EditorGareth Butler

Libby Purves finds out what can be done to get girls back into PE. Repeated from Tuesday

Repeated from 6.05am

Menahem Pressler, Daniel Hope and Antonio Meneses talk about the Beaux Arts Trio, one of the best-known Chamber music ensembles. Producer Rachel Hopkin