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Professor John Hall presents the Radio 4 appeal on behalf of the charity AbilityNet.
Donations: [address removed]; Credit cards: Freephone [number removed]44
Producer Sally Flatman Repeated at 9.26pm and on Thursday at 3.27pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor John Hall
Producer:
Sally Flatman

From the 20th World Youth Day in Cologne, Fr James Hanvey leads a meditation starting at the shrine of the Magi in Cologne Cathedral. travelling through the city to the fields of the main festival site. Producer Mark o'Brien

Contributors

Unknown:
Fr James

5/8. Sue MacGregor reunites the team, assembled by Eddie Shah , that launched Today, Britain's first colour newspaper, in 1985. Producers David Prest and Eve Streeter Repeated on Friday at 9am

Contributors

Unknown:
Eddie Shah
Producers:
David Prest

6/9. Joining chairman Nicholas Parsons at the Clwyd
Theatr Cymru for today's show are Sheila Hancock , Clement Freud , Victor Spinetti and Tony Hawks. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Sheila Hancock
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Victor Spinetti

Pippa Greenwood , Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Biggs answer questions posed by gardeners in Cambridgeshire, and Roy Lancaster is in conversation with Peter Seabrook. Gill Pyrah is in the chair. Including at
2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast.
Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened at 3pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Pippa Greenwood
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Matthew Biggs
Unknown:
Roy Lancaster
Unknown:
Peter Seabrook.
Unknown:
Gill Pyrah
Producer:
Trevor Taylor

1/2. Alain-Fournier's novel of adolescent love and longing is adapted in two parts by Jennifer Howarth.
Simon Russell Beale narrates the story, set in rural France at the turn of the 20th century, of Augustin Meaulnes , a new arrival at the village school run by Francois Seurel 's parents. Meaulnes's adventure that winter unfolds in the mysterious, magical land between childhood and adulthood.
With Peter Nolan , Caroline Hunt , Pameli Benham , Chris Donelly and David Collins Producer/Director Sara Davies Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jennifer Howarth.
Unknown:
Simon Russell Beale
Unknown:
Augustin Meaulnes
Unknown:
Francois Seurel
Unknown:
Peter Nolan
Unknown:
Caroline Hunt
Unknown:
Pameli Benham
Unknown:
Chris Donelly
Unknown:
David Collins
Director:
Sara Davies
Young Francois:
Oliver Hembrouqh
Augustin:
Stuart McLoughlin
Yvonne:
Sophie Ladds
Frantz:
Arran Glass
jasmin:
Fraser Burrows
M Seurel:
Jonathan Nibbs
Millie:
Jenny Coverack

Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Maggie Gee about her new book My Cleaner, which explores the relationship between a white middle-class woman and her Ugandan cleaning lady. Also, the secret world of lost books - works that were burnt, destroyed or planned and never actually written. Producer Nicola Holloway Repeated on Thursday at 4pm

Contributors

Talks:
Mariella Frostrup
Producer:
Nicola Holloway

Attila the Stockbrocker 25 Years On. In 1980 he exchanged the Exchange for the stage and began ranting political punk poetry at the nation. He's still at it. Ian McMillan pays his respects to Attila the Stockbroker, who once, in a bar in Tirana, brought punk poetry to Communist Albania. Producer Julian May Rptd on Saturday at 11.30pm See also Off the Page on Friday at llpm

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian McMillan

Michael Crick explores the aggressive techniques used by political-party activists to win elections, from secret recordings and organised heckling to cybersquatting and dressing people up as chickens. Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Crick

3/3. Egyptologist John Romer says TV is the ideal medium for Ancient Egypt, with its ability to dwell lovingly on the most delicate and intricate of objects. So why have so many modern-day archaeology programmes shifted the focus onto a vulgarised version of the ancient past, where there are "clues" to be found and "problems" to be solved, all in the space of an hour or two? producer Libby Cross Repeated on Saturday at 5.45am and 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
John Romer

Barney Harwood meets that master of modern myths, author Philip Ridley. Together they go on a tour of east London, the inspiration for many of his books, and talk about his magical new creation, Zips Apollo. Producers Rebecca Armstrong and Abi Awojobi

Contributors

Unknown:
Barney Harwood
Unknown:
Philip Ridley.
Producers:
Rebecca Armstrong
Producers:
Abi Awojobi

1/5. Arthur Snatchfold. Stories marking stages in lesbian and gay experience. Simon Russell Beale reads one of the most powerful stories on homosexual themes by one of England's greatest authors, EM Forster. Caution is thrown to the winds when the tedium of a country visit is enlivened for businessman Sir Richard Conway by the presence of a young man. Abridged by Cathy Stewart. Director Richard Wortley

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Snatchfold.
Unknown:
Simon Russell Beale
Unknown:
Em Forster.
Unknown:
Sir Richard Conway
Abridged By:
Cathy Stewart.
Director:
Richard Wortley

5/6. In one year south Lincolnshire police investigated two murders and an organised heroin ring. But millions of pounds of tax-payers' money was wasted as each case collapsed because of police wrongdoing. A programme examining the world of covert surveillance. Rptd from Friday

7/9. The Asset Effect. All 21-year-olds should get £50,000 from the Government: so says one of the gurus of the new philosophy of asset-based welfare. Stephanie Flanders asks whether giving people lump-sum handouts really is the key to creating social justice. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephanie Flanders

Shaun Ley looks ahead to the week's big political events.

10.45 The House of Ladies: Moving House
3/3. Julia Langdon celebrates the contribution of women members of the House of Lords and talks to peeresses who started their careers as MPs in the "other place": Betty Boothroyd, Shirley Williams and Helene Hayman.
(Rptd on Wednesday at 8.45pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Shaun Ley
Unknown:
Julia Langdon
Unknown:
Betty Boothroyd
Unknown:
Shirley Williams
Unknown:
Helene Hayman
Editor:
Terry Dignan

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