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Remembrance of Love. Whether romantic or familial, remembered love can easily differ from what actually existed. With the help of music and literature,
Fergal Keane explores the memories of love we carry within us. Producer Eley McAinsh Repeated at 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Fergal Keane
Producer:
Eley McAinsh

Edwina Currie appeals on behalf of the charity, Clubs for Young People.
Donations: Freepost Radio 4 Appeal-Clubs Credit cards: [number removed]
Producer Sally Fiatman Repeated at 9.26pm and on Thursday at 3.28pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Edwina Currie
Producer:
Sally Fiatman

The Long Road to Heaven. In the baroque magnificence of Santiago's cathedral. At the end of a week-long journey to Santiago de Compostela the Rev Dr Ian Bradley, Clair Jaquiss and Manuel Mallo Dorado reflect on the spiritual dimension of pilgrimage and look at the motives and aspirations of pilgrims over the ages. Director of music Marcus Farnsworth.

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Ian Bradley
Unknown:
Clair Jaquiss
Unknown:
Manuel Mallo Dorado
Music:
Marcus Farnsworth.
Producer:
Stephen Shipley

10/10. With Paul Merton , Clement Freud , Liza Tarbuck and Julian Clary. The show comes from London and Nicholas Parsons is in the chair. Repeated from Monday
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Manyselections of Just a Minute are available on audio cassette from good retail outlets or from www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Liza Tarbuck
Unknown:
Julian Clary.
Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons

4/4. Paul Roseby concludes his trawl through musical theatre's glorious failures with the unbelievably bad taste of Out of the Blue, a musical about the bombing of Nagasaki; Fields of Ambrosia, the hilarious tale of a travelling executioner; and the sad story behind
Leonardo, a musical funded by the island of Nauru, the entire economy of which is based on the guano industry. Producer Elizabeth Freestone

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Roseby
Producer:
Elizabeth Freestone

John Cushnie , Bunny Guinness and Matthew Biggs are guests of Whalton in Bloom, Northumberland. In the GQT garden, Matthew sets up a trial to find the best method of storing tomatoes, Bunny is sowing winter salad crops and John reveals how to get free pelargoniums for next year. Eric Robson is in the chair.
Including at 2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast.
Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened at 3pm
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: A specially recorded edition of Gardeners Question Time, featuring regular team members, is available on audio cassette and CD from retail outlets or from www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
John Cushnie
Unknown:
Matthew Biggs
Unknown:
Eric Robson
Producer:
Trevor Taylor

1/2. William Golding 's novel portrays the struggle between one man and his ambition. Dean Jocelin has set himself an impossible task: to add a 400ft stone spire to his foundationless cathedral, regardless of the conseauences. Dramatised by Gary Brown.
Producer/Director Susan Roberts Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
William Golding
Unknown:
Dean Jocelin
Dramatised By:
Gary Brown.
Director:
Susan Roberts
Jocelin:
Oliver Cotton
Roger:
John McArdle
Rachel:
Kathryn Hunt
Actor:
Goody/angeldeborah McAndrew
Pangall:
Russell Dixon
Jehan/Demon:
Deka Walmsley
Father Anselm:
David Reeshman
Chansellor/Commissioner/Gilbert:
Rob Pickavance
FatherAdam:
Lloyd Peters
Lady Alison/Woman:
Bright Forsyth
Young Goody:
Rosie Fleeshman

New series 1/6. Roger McGough presents a selection of favourite poems inspired by the animal kingdom, including the winners of the BBC Wildlife Magazine Poetry Competition 2004. The readers are Miriam Margolyes and David Collins.
(Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Roger McGough
Reader:
Miriam Margolyes
Reader:
David Collins
Producer:
Kate McAll

The Government is promising a revolution in policing, with local communities being granted the powerto set priorities fortheir local bobbies. But can we really expect the police to hand over decision-making powers to lay people? Former BBC home affairs correspondent Jon Silverman asks who will end up giving the orders. Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jon Silverman

This week, a meeting with one of the rising stars of big-band swing- Neville Skelly - and the final episode of The Princess Diaries by Theresa Gallagher. Presented by Barney Harwood. Producer JaneChambers

Contributors

Unknown:
Neville Skelly
Unknown:
Theresa Gallagher.
Presented By:
Barney Harwood.

2/5. Letters from the Rich Cradle. When Nancy moves to a village in Mongolia, it is the letters from her boyfriend in Africa that sustain her. Written by Louisa Waugh and read byTamara Kennedy. Producer Gaynor Macfarlane

Contributors

Written By:
Louisa Waugh
Unknown:
Bytamara Kennedy.
Producer:
Gaynor MacFarlane

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

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton

Andrew Rawnsley sets the scene at the Labour Party conference in Brighton.
10.45 The New Powers That Be
3/3. Dinah Lammiman meets the Nice (National
Institute for Clinical Excellence) guys, who make critical decisions on drugs and treatment prescribed by the NHS. Editor Terry Dignan The New Powers That Be repeated Wednesday 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley
Unknown:
Dinah Lammiman
Editor:
Terry Dignan

The Sultan of Oman has created a private symphony orchestra in a country that has transformed itself from a medieval backwater in just 30 years. It's the world's last surviving court orchestra. Bill Lloyd reports from Muscat on an epic musical experiment.

Contributors

Producer:
Bill Lloyd

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