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Eva Hoffman , author of Lost in Translation, appeals on behalf of Refugee Therapy Centre.
Donations: Freepost Radio 4 Appeal - Refugee Credri cards. [number removed]
Producer Sally Flatman Repeated at 9.26pm and on Thursday at 3.28pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Eva Hoffman
Producer:
Sally Flatman

Joy in the City. A service celebrating the opening of the first Gospel Arts centre in the UK at the Lighthouse, in Liverpool's inner-city Anfield. Pastors from Africa bring a multicultural focus to the service, with worship from the Love and Joy Gospel Choir and 3D. Preacher DrTani Omideyi. Producer Philip Billson

Contributors

Producer:
Philip Billson

Gerry Anderson , George Bain , Nuala McKeever and Anne Tannahill exchange quotations and anecdotes
Nigel Rees is in the chair and the reader is Sally Grace. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerry Anderson
Unknown:
George Bain
Unknown:
Nuala McKeever
Unknown:
Anne Tannahill
Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Unknown:
Sally Grace.

Sheila Dillon considers the art of pastry making and finds out what it takes to make an excellent pastry chef.
(Extended repeat tomorrow at 4pm)

[Photo caption] Shortcrust. hot water crust. flaky, suet, rough puff, choux, filo... Sheila Dillon explores the world of pastry

The Food Programme 12.30pm R4
Does it matter that we don't tend to make our own pastry any more is the theme behind this week's programme. The UK's market leaders for ready-prepared pastry, who invite the team into their HQ for a chat, are obviously delighted that even TV chefs are recommending we buy their time-saving products. Back in the studio, the WI are on hand to present the case for making your own pastry - it's tastier and healthier - with a masterclass to prove it's as easy as pie (sorry). Mouth-watering moment of the show comes from the annual pastry chefs' dinner when Sheila Dillon gets to sample a piece of white chocolate candied orange peel with silver leaf. The lengths that woman will go to! all to prove a pastry chef is an artist creating fine desserts and delicate sweets.

Contributors

Presenter:
Sheila Dillon
Producer:
Sarah Tempest

Mr B Premanand is India's leading guru-buster. His mission is to expose charlatans and to rid India of the superstitions blighting the country. Tanya Datta joins him as he investigates a faith healer who can diagnose colour hunger tries out meditation under a pyramid and Witnesses a Statue growing hair. Producer Tanya Datta

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr B Premanand
Unknown:
Tanya Datta
Producer:
Tanya Datta

Anne Swithinbank , Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Biggs are guests of the Friends of Exeter Cathedral for their
75th anniversary. In the GQT garden John Cushnie gives a guide to autumn lawn care, Matthew Biggs looks at how best to germinate sweet peas and Bunny Guinness discovers if over-wintering runner bean roots will produce earlier crops next year. Chaired by Eric Robson. And at 2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast.
BBC AUDIO- 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:
Anne Swithinbank
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Matthew Biggs
Unknown:
John Cushnie
Unknown:
Matthew Biggs
Unknown:
Eric Robson.

A portrait of renowned British sculptor, Josefina de Vasconcellos. Approaching her 100th birthday, she still works through the night on sculptures inspired by her surroundings and her Christian faith. Her most recent work was driven by events 60 years ago, when she found the remains of a British airman in the fells above her home in the Lake District. Producer Lesley curwen

Contributors

Producer:
Lesley Curwen

1/2 It's 1945 and an unexpected legacy means Roger Menheniot can fulfil his dream to buy back the family seat in Cornwall. But real life is to prove messier than fantasy. By Howard Spring, dramatised by D.J. Britton.

Contributors

Author:
Howard Spring
Dramatised by:
D.J. Britton
Roger:
Paul Copley
Henry:
James Greene
Tom:
Richard Mitchley
Kitty:
Manon Edwards
Annie:
Diana Berryman
Jim:
David Shaw
Phil:
Stuart McLoughlin
Bella:
Mali Harries

Maev Kennedy discusses historical fiction with two of its most prolific and best-selling practitioners, Bernard Cornwell and Philippa Gregory. What has been the impact of television history on ways of telling stories about the past, and does research really matter? Producer Erin Riley Repeated on Thursday at 4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Maev Kennedy
Unknown:
Bernard Cornwell
Unknown:
Philippa Gregory.
Producer:
Erin Riley

2/8. Curiosity about "the road less travelled" pervades this week's programme, as Roger McGough presents poems read by Miriam Margolyes and David Collins , including Virginia Graham 's Missed Opportunity, James Fenton 's The Skip and ASJ Tessimond's poem of loss and longing, Talk in the Night.
Producer Kate McAII Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm
BBC AUDIO: A newly released, special edition celebrating the 25th anniversary of Poetry Please! the Anniversary Edition is now available on CD from retail outlets or from www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger McGough
Read By:
Miriam Margolyes
Read By:
David Collins
Unknown:
Virginia Graham
Unknown:
James Fenton
Producer:
Kate McAii

1/10. Allan Urry investigates the explosion in counterfeit and substandard pharmaceutical drugs. Are the drug companies doing enough to combat it?
And why is there so little international regulation of the global market in Vital medicines? Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Allan Urry

2/3. Robert Rietti continues his tales of individual survivors of the Holocaust in his inspiring talks around the themes of love, peace and reconciliation. The three stories tonight are all linked by luck or fate.
Moshe Czernaski survived the Warsaw ghetto to make a new life in America, believing his wife and daughter were dead. A generation later, an impulse takes him to Israel, where all three are mysteriously reunited. Producer Nicola Barranger Repeated on Saturday at 5.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Rietti
Unknown:
Moshe Czernaski

Barney Harwood talks to Alan Titchmarsh , and Jacqueline Wilson reveals what she really gets up to when she's meant to be writing books. Today's story is taken from The Terrible Tudors by Terry Deary. Producer Jane Chambers

Contributors

Talks:
Barney Harwood
Unknown:
Alan Titchmarsh
Unknown:
Jacqueline Wilson
Unknown:
Terry Deary.

4/5. Casablanca. By Jason Webster. Journeying through North Africa, an Englishman strikes a bargain with a mysterious bookseller. Read by Nick Underwood. Producer Eilidh McCreadie

Contributors

Unknown:
Jason Webster.
Read By:
Nick Underwood.
Producer:
Eilidh McCreadie

3/11. 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

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton

5/9. Ms Boss. For years, women trying to climb the corporate ladder have been banging their head on the invisible "glass ceiling", Now Norway is about to use legislation to get women on company boards. Peter Day asks whether it ought to happen here. Rptd from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Ms Boss.

Andrew Rawnsley previews the week's political events.
10.45 Walden: Reminisces
2/3. Veteran journalist and former parliamentarian Brian Walden talks about his relationship with the Labour party and why he gave up his career as an MP. Editor Terry Dignan Walden : Reminisces repeated Wed 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley
Talks:
Brian Walden
Editor:
Terry Dignan Walden

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