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3/4. Woodland Butterflies. Brett Westwood goes to the woods on the trail of butterflies. In the warm woodland rides he finds clouds of silver wash fritillaries and keeps an eye out in the treetops for the most regal of woodland butterflies, the purple emperor and the smaller but equally beautiful purple hairstreak. producer sheena Duncan

Contributors

Unknown:
Brett Westwood
Producer:
Sheena Duncan

Baroness Kathleen Richardson appeals on behalf ot Methodist Homes forthe Aged.
Donations: Methodist Homes, Freepost 499, Derby DEI 9BR Credit cards: [number removed]
Producer Sally Flatman Repeated at 9.26pm and on Thursday at 3.28pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Baroness Kathleen Richardson
Producer:
Sally Flatman

From the Charles Wood Summer School, St Patrick's s
Cathedral, Armagh. Led by the Very Rev Herbert Cassidy.
Director of music Barry Rose , organist Nigel McClintock. Producer Bert Tosh

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Cassidy.
Organist:
Barry Rose
Organist:
Nigel McClintock.
Producer:
Bert Tosh

4/6. When Henry Vlll's Mary flosewas raised from the sea bed in 1982, it was a triumphant moment tor a dedicated team of marine archaeologists, divers and engineers. Sue MacGregor reunites some of the members ofthatteam, including actor and longbow expert Robert Hardy and project director Margaret Rule. Producer David Prest

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Hardy
Director:
Margaret Rule.
Producer:
David Prest

7/10. Nicholas Parsons chairs the panel game in Edinburgh, where panellists Paul Merton and Clement Freud are joined by two performers from the Fringe. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Clement Freud

Agricultural Workers. Sheila Dillon considers changing
Patterns of farm labour and assesses the extent to which ourfood system today relies on immigrant workers. Producer Rebecca Wells Extended repeat tomorrow at 4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila Dillon
Producer:
Rebecca Wells

John Cushnie , Bunny Guinness and Bob Flowerdew answer questions posed by gardeners in Cheshire. Eric Robson is in the chair. With GardeningWeather Forecast. Producer Trevor Taylor BBC RADIO COLLECTION: A specially recorded edition of Gardeners Question Time is available on audio cassette and CD from retail outlets orfromwww.bbcshop.com Call [number removed] Free spring bulbs offer: page 106

Contributors

Unknown:
John Cushnie
Unknown:
Bunny Guinness
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Eric Robson
Producer:
Trevor Taylor

5/5. Father and son Mike and James Hendy are
Passionate surfers. Their beach, St Agnes in Cornwall, is one of the best surfing beaches in Britain but has been threatened by raw sewage pumped into the sea. Producer Jane Greenwood

Contributors

Unknown:
James Hendy
Producer:
Jane Greenwood

Erin Riley talks to writer Margaret Drabble about her new book and celebrates the 20th anniversary of Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being with a look at Czech writing.
Producer Sally Spurring Repeated on Thursday at 4pm

Contributors

Talks:
Erin Riley
Unknown:
Margaret Drabble

3/6. Ian McMillan travels the length and breadth of the country, meeting people who turn to poetry for inspiration or solace at key moments in their lives.
Hindu Wedding. McMillan travels to Bhaktivedanta Manor in Hertfordshire (made famous in the 70s when George Harrison donated it to the Hare Krishna Movement) for a Hindu wedding. He talks to the newlyweds about the place of poetry in their lives and to a Hindu priest about the poetic nature Of Sanskrit. Producer Liz Leonard Rptd Sat 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian McMillan
Unknown:
George Harrison
Producer:
Liz Leonard Rptd

1/2. Over the last six years the war in the Democratic
Republic of Congo has claimed more lives than any other conflict since the Second World War, and the Nyankunde massacre is its worst documented atrocity. Ndrundo Timothe , a nurse who stayed to look afterthe patients on his ward during those events, tells his remarkable Story of Survival and hope. Producer Anna Fowler RptdonSat

Contributors

Unknown:
Ndrundo Timothe
Producer:
Anna Fowler

A look at the alpaca and howto save dolphins. Plus the third episode of The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot , read by Teresa Gallagher. Presented by David McFetridge. Producer Jane Chambers

Contributors

Unknown:
Meg Cabot
Read By:
Teresa Gallagher.
Presented By:
David McFetridge.

6/6. John Waite investigates cases in which police officers have been deliberately targeted and injured by people driving speeding cars, and the legal loophole that sees those responsible punished for a far less serious offence, such as dangerous driving. Shortened repeat from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
John Waite

8/9. Catch Them Young? Kenan Malik asks whether the scientific evidence is reliable enough to justify policymakers' preoccupation with catching children young to save society trouble later on. Rptd from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenan Malik

Andrew Rawnsley previews the week's political events.
10.45 Winning the Peace
1/2. Military historian John Keegan examines how the peace was won afterthe Second World War.
Producer Terry Dignan Editor John Evans Winning the Peace rptd Wed 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley
Unknown:
John Keegan
Producer:
Terry Dignan
Editor:
John Evans

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