From St Michael's. Whichford, Warwickshire.

News round-up and analysis.

Mark Tully considers the arguably vital importance of conversation: of talking in a way that is significantly different from discussion or debate. Producer Eley McAinsh
(Repeated at 11.30pm)

4/7. Meeting people who live the country life. Producer Benjamin Chesterton

Religious and ethical news, presented by Roger Bolton. Series producer Amanda Hancox

Susannah Harker appeals on behalf of of the Ataxia-Telangiectasia Society.
Donations: [address removed] - AT Credrt cards: [number removed]
Producer Sally Flatman
Repeated at 9.26pm and on Thursday at 3.28pm

Steadfast Faith. Monsignor Bill Nix leads a Eucharist from Brentwood Cathedral in which the Bishop ot
Brentwood, the Rt Rev Thomas McMahon , explores the meaning of faith in the context of this harvest season. Director of music Andrew Wright. Producer Janet McLarty

Repeated from Friday

Fi Glover with the week's news stories. Editor Peter Rippon

Omnibus edition.

1/10. Minette Walters , Julian Fellowes ,
Simon Fanshawe and Clive Aslet exchange favounte quotations and anecdotes. Nigel Rees is in the chair and the reader is Peter Jefferson. Repeated from Monday

Honey. Sheila Dillon studies the art of apiary.
Producer Dixi Stewart Extended repeat tomorrow at 4pm

Presented by James Cox. Editor Peter Rippon

When George Edwards , a profoundly deaf little boy struggling in a mainstream primary school, met new teaching assistant Michael Fowkes , both their lives were changed for ever. producer James Crawford

Matthew Biggs , John Cushnie and Bunny Guinness are atthe visitor attraction of Rheged the Upland Kingdom Discovery Centre, in Cumbria. At the GQT garden
Matthew Biggs explains how to create a habitat to overwinter beneficial wildlife, Bunny Guinness tests the theory and practice of using green manures and John Cushnie reveals how to get roses for free. Eric Robson is in the chair And at 2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast.
Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened
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 orfrom www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

5/5 Bomarzo The Garden of Monsters and Mystery at
Bomarzo is one of the most eccentric in Italy: part theme park, part literary fantasy and part pleasure garden. Susan Marling pays a visit. Producer Kate Bland

2/2 William Golding's powerful portrait of obsession continues Dean Jocelin forces up a towering 400ft folly - a new spire on his foundation-less cathedral - that brings him into conflict with those around him as every stone is raised. Dramatised by Gary Brown.
(Repeated on Saturday at 9pm)

To mark a quarter of a century in which Poetry Please has been responding to listeners' requests for favourite poetry, Roger McGough picks some highlights from the programme's unique archive of readings by actors and poets and looks at how the appetite for poetry has changed over the years.
Producer Sara Davies Shortened Keeping poetry alive: page 37

In the past five years the practice of gerrymandering
- redrawing electoral districts for political advantage-has run wild in America. It is now estimated that only five percent of Congressional seats are seriously competitive. Presenter James Silver looks at why this is happening and what it means for democracy in America. Repeated from Tuesday

New series 1/3. Robert Rietti recounts the tales of individual survivors of the Holocaust in his inspiring talks around the themes of love, peace and reconciliation. The first tells the story of Reuben, a gentle Jewish cap-maker and a German refugee, whose dreams of becoming a florist are thwarted by his wife. Producer Nicola Barranger Repeated on Saturday at 5.45am

Olivia O'Leary presents her selection of excerpts from
BBC radio over the past seven days. Producer Torquil MacLeod PHONE: [number removed] Fax: [number removed] email: potw@bbc.co.uk

Alistair plays the hero at Brookfield.
For cast see Friday Repeated tomorrow at 2pm Soap & Flannel: page 42

Barney Harwood goes back in time to a Victorian school in the East End of London. Plus a reading of Terry Deary 's Horrible Histories: The Vile Victorians. Producer Jane Chambers

3/5. The Prime of Joyce Emily Hammond
Ayoung runaway longs for a letter from her inspirational teacher as she waits in the blazing Seville sun. By Charlotte Hobson , read by Vicki Liddelle. Producer Eilidh McCreadie

2/11. 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

1/5. In the first of a series on comedy double acts, Stuart Maconie looks at the lives and careers of Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane, otherwise known as Old Mother Riley and Kitty. It's the tale of the tempestuous relationship between a Lincolnshire lad and his Irish beauty that spanned nearly 40 years.

Repeated from yesterday at 12.04pm

Repeated from 7.55am

4/9. When you join up the internet with phones, home computers and even household gadgets, the result is a new wired-up world. Then use wireless to take away the wires. Peter Day looks at what's happening as technologies converge. Repeated from Thursday

Andrew Rawnsley sets the scene at the Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth.
10.45 Walden: Reminisces
New series 1/3. The veteran journalist and Labour parliamentarian Brian Walden talks about the highs and lows of his political career. Tonight he focuses on race issues at the time of Enoch Powell 's "rivers of blood" speech. Editor Terry Dignan Walden : Reminisces rptd Wed 8.45pm

1/10. The intelligent guide to the wide world of learning with Libby Purves. Repeated from Tuesday

Repeated from 6.05am

1/4. Francine Stock investigates the appeal of celebrity and the effect that the obsession with stars has on the psyche and on culture. The first in a series reporting on the influence films have on all aspects of modern life. Producer Stephen Hughes