From Tewkesbury Abbey in Gloucestershire.
News round-up and analysis.
A Hundred Years a Forest. Writer and storyteller
Vayu Naidu reflects on spring, fertility and the natural cycles of our changing bodies. Producer Kim Normanton Repeated at 11.30pm
2/4. Hibernating Ladybirds. With the arrival of spring,
Lionel Kelleway grubs about in the undergrowth in search of the seven-spot and other hibernating ladybirds in Thetford Forest. Producer Stuart Reading
Religious and ethical news, with Edward Stourton. Producer Amanda Hancox
Aled Jones appeals on behalf of Brainwave, a charity that offers rehabilitation for children with special needs. Donations: [address removed], marked Brainwave on the back of the envelope Credit cards: Freephone [number removed]
Producer Sally Flatman Repeated at 9.26pm and on Thursday at 3.27pm
From the Memorial Chapel, University of Glasgow, with the Rev Johnston McKay and the chapel choir. Musical director John Butt. Producer Mo McCullough
Repeated from Friday
The week's news stories, with Fi Glover. Editor Peter Rippon
Omnibus edition.
11/11. Who has the biggest gift of the gab? Nicholas Parsons chairs the game in which panellists battle it out. From the Rex Cinema in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.
Repeated from Monday
5/6. Oz Clarke and Andrew Jefford celebrate the pleasures of the grape and invite listeners to join them for an interactive tasting. Extended repeat from Monday
News and analysis, with James Cox. Editor coim Hancock
The Sins of the Fathers. In 1952 Albert Speer 15-year-old daughter Hilde won a scholarship to a school near New York.
While she was there she was fostered by a Quaker family, the Days. Seven years earlier, the same family had fostered three Jewish girls who had been in Belsen. Hilde Speer meets, for the first time, one of the Jewish women,
Miriam Wiener , to compare experiences. Producer Dav.d Perry
Bob Flowerdew , Anne Swithinbank and Matthew Biggs answer questions sent in by post. Eric Robson is in the chair. Including at 2.25 GardeningWeatherForecast.
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B.BC AUDIO: A specially recorded edition of Gardeners'Question
Time, featuring regular team members, is available onaudio cassette and CD from retail outlets or from www.bbcshop.com. Call The 30-Minute Gardener: page 38
2/5. Serre de la Madonne. On the French Riviera,
Susan Marling explores Lawrence Johnston lush winter garden near the town of Menton. Johnston is already well known for the companion garden he created at Hidcote in Gloucestershire. Producer Kate Bland
1/9. The Jewel in the Crown. Daphne Manners arrives in Mayapore and meets two men who are to chanqe her life. Four novels chartinq the last days of the British Raj in India as the Second World War leads
Inevitably towards independence, written by Paul Scott and dramatised by John Harvey.
Other parts played by Helen Longworth , RODen Hastie ,
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Music by Raiomond Mirza ; Producer/Director Sally Avens Rptd Sat 9pm
Geraldine James returns to
India: page 119
Crime writer Denise Mina talks to Mariella Frostrup about her latest book, which is based on two real crimes. Plus a visit to Broadstairs in Kent, to the site that inspired John Buchan to write The Thirty-Nine Steps. Producer Erin Riley Repeated on Thursday at 4pm
8/12 Flatlands. What inspiration is there in all that sky?
Can flat places have as much character as hills or coasts? And do poets crouch or stand tall? Andrew Motion continues his exploration of the landscapes of British poetry with contributions from John Barrell and Richard Mabey and poems by John Clare , John Keats , WH Auden, Philip Larkin and Lavinia Greenlaw. The reader is Tom Courtenay. producer Tim Dee Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm
1/2 Robert Stevens follows Lord Falconer through the ODeninq salvos of his 18-month battle with Law Lords, judges and politicians as he attempts to become the last Lord Chancellor. Repeated from Tuesday
1/2 Michael Blastland describes scenes from the life of his severely disabled, autistic son Joe, whose behaviour has moved him to anger, exasperation and laughter - and to ask the shocking question: "Is it possible that Joe isn't one Of US?" Producer Innes Bowen Rptd Sat 5.45am
Sheila Dillon presents her selection of excerpts from BBC radio over the past week. Producer Maire Devine
PHONE: [number removed]0400 Fax: [number removed]email: potw@bbc.co.uk
The new arrival settles in at Casa Neuva.
For cast see page 44 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm Soap & Flannel: page 43
Author Cat Weatherill talks about the unusual story surrounding her first novel, Barkbelly, and how children from a Welsh writing squad helped her in the writing and editing process. Producers Abi Awojobi and Rebecca Armstrong
2/5. The Passenger. A woman whose whole demeanour speaks of loneliness and failure is on the train travelling back to the countryside. Written by Sally Cline and read by Janeena Sims. Continuing the series of stories by writers for whom being East Anglian is important. Producer Ivan Howlett
2/6. An audio examination of the relationship between the Earth, man and the radio. From the radio sounds emitted by planet Earth to an update on regional broadcasters and the Asian tsunami, the programme samples global radio delights. Repeated from Friday
2/8. The series that takes a close look at the words we use, where they come from and how we play with them. With Michael Rosen. Repeated from Friday
Repeated from yesterday at 12.04pm
Repeated from 7.55am
6/9. Empire Strikes Back. For more than half a century, "empire" has been a dirty word, associated with exploitation, racism and war. Zareer Masani asks whether it's possible to free the concept of empire from its unequal past and reinvent it as a benevolent, pluralistic and cosmopolitan form Of government. Repeated from Thursday
Andrew Rawnsley previews the week's political events.
Editor Terry Dignan
1/6. Carmen Callil , founder of Virago publishing house, and philosopher Simon Blackburn join Sue MacGregor to diSCUSS their favourite books. Repeated from Tuesday
Repeated from 6.05am
Taking his guitar, a few funny stories and a basic knowledge of Swahili, the poet Rory Motion goes to the remotest shores of Lake Malawi in his attempt to entertain the locals in their own language, and to make them laugh. Repeated from Thursday
Ripley's Game (6/10)
Crime drama by Patricia Highsmith , abridged by Neville Teller and read by Stanley Tucci
