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Dr Miriam Stoppard appeals on behalf of the Family Planning Association's Speakeasy campaign.
Donations: [address removed]: Credit cards: Freephone [number removed]44
Producer Sally Flatman Repeated at 9.26pm and on Thursday at 3.27pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Miriam Stoppard
Producer:
Sally Flatman

Through the words of John Wesley 's diaries, Pauline Webb and Leslie Griffiths lead a service exploring the impact of age in encounters with God and each other. From Wesley's Chapel in London. Producer Mark O'Brien

Contributors

Unknown:
John Wesley
Unknown:
Pauline Webb
Unknown:
Leslie Griffiths
Producer:
Mark O'Brien

7/7. Exchanging quotations and anecdotes are Alistair Beaton , Sue MacGregor , Andrew Mueller and Simon Munnery. Hosted by Nigel Rees. Reader William Franklyn. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Alistair Beaton
Unknown:
Sue MacGregor
Unknown:
Andrew Mueller
Unknown:
Simon Munnery.
Reader:
Nigel Rees.
Reader:
William Franklyn.

Matthew Biggs , Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithmbank answer questions put by members of the Pulborough Garden Society. Eric Robson is in the chair. Including at
2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast. Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened at 3pm 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] Alan Titchmarsh : page 41

Contributors

Unknown:
Matthew Biggs
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Anne Swithmbank
Unknown:
Eric Robson
Producer:
Trevor Taylor
Unknown:
Alan Titchmarsh

8/9. A Division of the Spoils. The Layton family are reunited on Colonel Layton's release from prison but divided by Susan's decision to remarry. By Paul Scott , dramatised by Shelley Silas. Producer/Director Sally Avens Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Scott
Dramatised By:
Shelley Silas.
Sarah:
Lia Williams
Guy:
Jeremy Northam
Count Bronowski:
Gary Waldhorn
Ahmed:
Shiv Grewal
Ronald:
Mark Bazeley
Colonel Layton:
Hugh Dickson
Edward:
Matthew Thomas-Davies
Susan:
Alex Tregear
Nigel:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Mak:
Sam Dastor
Sergeant:
Stuart McLoughlin

In this special about parenting, John O'Farrell joins Mariella Frostrup to talk about his new book May Contain Nuts, a comic look at devoted parents whose lives are dominated by their offspring. Plus the battle of the baby-Care manuals. Producer Erin Riley Rptd Thu4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
John O'Farrell
Unknown:
Mariella Frostrup
Producer:
Erin Riley Rptd

3/9. Poems that sensuously celebrate objects of desire - from the fleshy and amorous to the distinctly avaricious - introduced by Roger McGough. Including poems by Michael Ondaatje , Byron and Yevtushenko. Producer Mark Smalley Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm BBC AUDIO: A newly released special edition celebrating 25 years of Poetry Please is available on CD from all good retail outlets or from www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed]

Contributors

Introduced By:
Roger McGough.
Unknown:
Michael Ondaatje
Producer:
Mark Smalley

In 1999 Grant Ferrett , former BBC correspondent in Harare, interviewed three Zimbabwean farmers - two white, one black - as they faced pressure to give up their farms under Robert Mugabe 's policy of land redistribution. He returns to find out what has happened to them. Rptd from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Grant Ferrett
Unknown:
Robert Mugabe

New series 1/3. Three talks celebrating the 250th anniversary of Samuel Johnson 's dictionary, which defined, reported on and shaped the English language as well as giving the meaning of "lexicographer" as "a harmless drudge". Simon Winchester , author of two books on the Oxford English Dictionary, reflects on Johnson's nine years of labour and 40,000 words.
Producer Tim Dee Repeated on Saturday at 5.45am and 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Samuel Johnson
Unknown:
Simon Winchester
Producer:
Tim Dee

If you and your family are going to Greece this year, there is a travel guide, written by children for children, that will prove invaluable. The programme meets its compilers. Producers Abi Awojobi and Rebecca Armstrong

Contributors

Producers:
Abi Awojobi

4/5. The Eclipse. Paris on the eve of the eclipse: a young woman searches for the lost romance of her marriage by revisiting old haunts. By Amanthi Harris , read by Mina Anwar. A series of tales of travel abroad that shed light on life back home. Producer Joanne Reardon

Contributors

Unknown:
Amanthi Harris
Read By:
Mina Anwar.
Producer:
Joanne Reardon

Roger Bolton , with listeners' opinions and comments on BBC radio programmes and policy. Repeated from Friday ADDRESS: Feedback, PO Box 2100, London W1A IOT
Phone: [number removed]0400 Fax: [number removed]email: feedback@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton

Andrew Rawnsley previews the week's political events.
10.45 The Letters Pages
New series 1/3. A look at how certain key letters, published in the British press, have changed policy or influenced debate.
Editor Terry Dignan The Letters Pages repeated on Wednesday at 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley
Editor:
Terry Dignan

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