From St Eadburgha's Church, Ebrinton in Gloucestershire.

News round-up and analysis.

Sweet Thought in Sadness. Mark Tully considers the benefits of sadness: sadness that's appropriate, healing and creative; and sadness that's meaningful and both deepens and heightens joy. producer EieyMcAinsn Rptdatiuopm

4/8. Meeting people who live the country life. Producer Benjamin Chesterton

Religious and ethical news, with Roger Bolton. Producer Amanda Hancox

Alexander McCall Smith appeals on behalf of the Tropical Health and Education Trust.
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Producer Sally Flatman Repeated at 9.26pm and on Thursday at 3.27pm

'Liturgy of the Word for Trinity Sunday from the Metropolitan
Cathedral of St David, Cardiff. Led by the dean,
Father Peter Collins. Preacher the Most Rev Peter Smith , Archbishop of Cardiff. Director of music David Neville. Producer Roy Jenkins

Repeated from Friday

The week's news stories, with Fi Glover. Editor Colin Hancock

Omnibus edition.

6/7. Exchanging favourite quotations and anecdotes this week are Germaine Greer , Andrew Davies ,
Richard Herring and Gervase Phinn. Hosted by Nigel Rees. The reader is William Franklyn. Repeated from Monday

Simon Parkes celebrates the pungent prince of spices - pepper. Producer Rebecca Wells Repeated on Monday at 4pm

News and analysis, with James Cox. Editor Colin Hancock

2/2. Polygamy -the Negatives. When Shagufta Yaquo got married, she decided that under the terms of her marriage contract, she would not preclude her husband from taking another wife. She talks to men and women in the UK ana
Pakistan, and questions whether polygamy is, as the Koran says, a divinely ordained right of men. producer Liz Leonard

Lord Heseltine talks to Roy Lancaster about the arboretum he has created in Northamptonshire. Pippa Greenwood. Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithindank answer questions sent in by listeners, and Eric Robson is in the chair. Including at 2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast. Producer Trevor Taylor
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] Lavender shrubs offer: page 142

3/4. British Intelligence controlled every German spy operating in Britain in the Second World War.
Michael Nicholson investigates the "double-cross system and the remarkable DuskO Popov. Producer Alison Vernon-Smith

7/9. The Towers of Silence. Barbie Batchelor ,
Mabel Layton 's companion, has to leave Rose Cottage following Mabel's death. it is the summer of 1945 and as the war comes to a close the days of the British Raj are numbered. By Paul Scott , dramatised by John Harvey.
Other parts played by Jason Chan. Robert Hastie , Rez Kempton , Stuart McLoughlin and Ndidi del Fatti
Producer/Director Jeremy Mortimer Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Christopher Hitchens gives advice in the reading clinic about tackling Orwell's 1984. And, to mark the centenary of HE Bates's birth, a trip to the Northamptonshire countryside that shaped much of the author's work. Producer Erin Riley Repeated on Thursday at 4pm

2/9. Roger McGough introduces poems of the mundane and the everyday in a programme that features requests for works that pinpoint the here and now, including poems by Billy Collins and Raymond Carver , among others. Producer Mark Smalley Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm

The Sins of Commission. Critics say that commission, which is at the heart of the financial services industry, has contributed to misselling and that it undermines our trust in the people who give us financial advice. Paul Lewis investigates the case for and against reform. Rptd from Tue

3/3. Wreckin' Wreathsand Tumblin ' Artefacts
"Casting a cold eye on the Northern Ireland of today, it seems that after thousands of deaths during the Troubles, people are materially better off than they were before but are more isolated and hate each other more than they ever did." Gerry Anderson concludes his reflection on the strangely paradoxical nature of life in the province.
Producer Simon Elmes Repeated on Saturday at 5.45am and 7.45pm

Edward Stourton presents his selection of excerpts from BBC radio over the past seven days. Producer Torquil MacLeod PHONE: [number removed]0400 Fax: [number removed]5693 email: potw@bbc.co.uk

Lilian seeks out the truth.
For cast see page 47 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm Soap & Flannel: page 46

Author Caroline Lawrence talks about her new book, The Colossus of Rhodes, which is the next exciting adventure in her Roman Mysteries series. producers Abi Awojobi and Rebecca Armstrong

3/5. A Sense of Place. Mythology surrounding the Croatian island of Brae gives new hope to a mother struggling to find her place in life. By Ruth Henderson , read by Anastasia Hille. A series of tales of travel abroad that shed light on life back home. Producer Gemma Jenkins

Roger Bolton , with listeners' opinions and comments on BBC radio programmes and policy. Repeated from Friday ADDRESS: Feedback, PO Box 2100, London W1A 10T
Phone: [number removed]0400 Fax: [number removed]email: feedback@bbc.co.uk

8/8. The words we use, where they come from and how we play with them. With Michael Rosen. Repeated from Friday

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3/9. Prize Giving. Offering prizes for scientific and technological innovation can be traced back to the 18th century. Today, large cash prizes are once again being offered to solve some of our most ambitious challenges - from affordable space travel to a cure for ageing. Peter Day reports. Repeated from Thursday

Andrew Rawnsley previews the week's political events.
10.45 Power Eating
3/3. A look at the Chequers dinner party at which Harold Wilson ordered the unions to take their tanks off his lawn. With Anne Perkins.
Editor Terry Dignan Power Eating is repeated on Wednesday at 8.45pm

1/9. The guide to the wide world of learning, with LibbyPurves. Repeated from Tuesday

Repeated from 6.05am

Former England cricket captain Michael Atherton , a great fan of Ernest Hemingway , pays tribute to his hero and talks to Hemingway scholars. Repeated from Thursday

The History of Tractors in Ukrainian (1/10) by Marina Lweycka. Vera and Nadezhda have not spoken to one another since their mother's funeral. When their eccentric octogenarian father wants to marry a 36-year-old woman from Ukraine it causes them to work out their differences. Read by Sian Thomas