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From St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow. Led by the Rev Johnston McKay and Anna Magnusson , with the Cathedral Choir directed by Fridrik Walker. Producer Mo McCullough

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev Johnston McKay
Unknown:
Anna Magnusson
Directed By:
Fridrik Walker.
Producer:
Mo McCullough

9/9. Clement Freud , Paul Merton , Rhod Gilbert and John Sergeant try not to hesitate, deviate or repeat when they talk for a minute on a subject chosen by host Nicholas Parsons. This edition comes from Edinburgh. Rptd from Mon

Contributors

Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Rhod Gilbert
Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons.

Sufi Food. What does a Whirling Dervish eat? Claudia Roden and Turkish cook and author Nevin Halici join Sheila Dillon to explore the food culture of the mystical sect. Producer Rebecca Wells Repeated tomorrow at 4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Claudia Roden
Unknown:
Nevin Halici
Unknown:
Sheila Dillon
Producer:
Rebecca Wells

John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithinbank answer questions from gardeners in Cheshire, and Roy Lancaster talks to Carol Klein. Eric Robson is in the chair. Including at 2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast. Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened Secateur set offer: page30

Contributors

Unknown:
John Cushnie
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Anne Swithinbank
Talks:
Roy Lancaster
Unknown:
Carol Klein.
Unknown:
Eric Robson
Producer:
Trevor Taylor Shortened

2/2. Journalist John Dyson is relieved to find that his TV appearance was deemed a success - mainly because almost no-one had seen it. Now a death in the office creates a vacancy for an ambitious young graduate. Michael Frayn's comic Fleet Street 1967 novel, dramatised by Robert Shearman.
(Repeated on Saturday at 9pm)

Contributors

Author:
Michael Frayn
Dramatised by:
Robert Shearman
Director:
Martin Jarvis
John:
James Wilby
Bob:
Martin Freeman
Jannie:
Serena Evans
Erskine:
Tom Ellis
Tessa:
Finty Williams
Reg:
Clive Francis
Mrs Mounce:
Rosalind Ayres
Samantha:
Jane Goddard
Lake/Receptionist:
Alexandra Mannion
Starfield/The editor:
Kenneth Danziger
Norman:
Nigel Anthony
Floor manager:
John Hudson

Fay Weldon talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel She May Not Leave, which explores questions of marriage and motherhood through the story of a young couple and their new au pair. Producer Nicola Holloway Rptd Thursday 4pm

Contributors

Talks:
Fay Weldon
Unknown:
Mariella Frostrup
Producer:
Nicola Holloway Rptd

2/3 The diverse riches of Jamaican poetry are explored through a tropical journey as writer and presenter Valerie Bloom makes a literary pilgrimage to the island of her birth The lush, fertile landscape has inspired her work, but Valerie is keen to know what part it has played in the imagination of her fellow poets. Producer Faith Lawrence Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm

Contributors

Presenter:
Valerie Bloom

3/3. Death Comes to the Young Curate. Poet and funeral director of Milford, Michigan, Thomas Lynch reads his account of the death of his great-uncle,
Father Thomas Lynch , who died at the age of 31, serving in his New Mexico parish. From Lynch's collection of essays: Booking Passage - We Irish and Americans. producer Kate McAII Repeated on Saturday at 5.45am and 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Lynch
Unknown:
Father Thomas Lynch
Producer:
Kate McAii

Another record gets flushed away in Dump the Disc and there's more drama in episode 4 of Michelle Paver 's Wolf Brother. Hosted by Barney Harwood. Producers Rebecca Armstrong and Abi Awojobi

Contributors

Unknown:
Michelle Paver
Unknown:
Wolf Brother.
Unknown:
Barney Harwood.
Producers:
Rebecca Armstrong
Producers:
Abi Awojobi

4/5. A Country Dance. An account of a nightmarish instance of rural homophobia when two women attend a local dance. By Mary Dorcey , read by Clare Cathcart.
Another in a series of stories exploring lesbian and gay experiences. Director Richard Wortley

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Dorcey
Read By:
Clare Cathcart.
Director:
Richard Wortley

6/7. Religion is this week's theme as Rosie Goldsmith finds out how to download a sermon from Down Under on to your iPod, how you can serve as an imam in the US army and brush up on your Latin verbs with the Vatican's Latin master. Repeated from Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosie Goldsmith

1/9. But Wait, There's More! A look at the wonderful world of infomercials, those compelling sales pitches disguised as television shows. Peter Day hears from the pioneers who invented the industry 20 years ago, an industry now worth more than$200 billion. Repeated from Thursday

Andrew Rawnsley previews the week's political events. Editor Terry Dignan
10.45 The Brandreth Rules: Party Conferences
3/3. Put two politicians together and there's bound to be a plot. Gyles Brandreth offers up the benefit of his experience of plotting at conference time.
The Brandreth Rules: Party Conferences repeated on Wednesday 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley
Editor:
Terry Dignan
Unknown:
Gyles Brandreth

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