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Kabbalah. Mark Tully explores the ancient mystical
Jewish Kabbalah tradition. He consults Z'ev Ben Shimon Halevi, a renowned authority on the mysteries of Kabbalah, to explore its origins, principles and contemporary appeal. Producer Eley McAinsh Repeated at 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Ben Shimon
Producer:
Eley McAinsh

2/4. The Fulmars of Eynhallow. The uninhabited island of Enyhallow in the Orkneys is the favoured habitat of the fulmar. Lionel Kelleway gets a guided tour around the birds' Cliff-top home. Producer Julian Hector

Contributors

Unknown:
Lionel Kelleway
Producer:
Julian Hector

Rabbi Lionel Blue appeals on behalf of the Epilepsy Research Foundation.
Donations: [address removed]: Credit cards: Freephone [number removed]44
Producer Sally Flatman Repeated at 9.26pm and on Thursday at 3.27pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Lionel Blue
Producer:
Sally Flatman

Paul in Athens. Concluding a week of pilgrimage following
St Paul 's journey from Neapolis to Athens. From St Paul's s
Anglican Church, Athens. Led by Canon Malcolm Bradshaw , Clair Jaguiss and the Rev Roger Hutchings. Director of music Timothy Rhys-Evans . Producer Stephen Shipley

Contributors

Unknown:
St Paul
Unknown:
Canon Malcolm Bradshaw
Unknown:
Clair Jaguiss
Unknown:
Roger Hutchings.
Music:
Timothy Rhys-Evans
Producer:
Stephen Shipley

2/9. Exchanging favourite quotations and anecdotes are
Jeremy Beadle , Valerie Grove , Lisa Jardine and Christopher Brookmyre. The reader is William Franklyn. Hosted by Nigel Rees from the British Library. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy Beadle
Unknown:
Valerie Grove
Unknown:
Lisa Jardine
Unknown:
Christopher Brookmyre.
Unknown:
William Franklyn.
Unknown:
Nigel Rees

Why are millions of litres of French wine being turned into industrial alcohol? Andrew Jefford finds out why French vignerons are throwing dynamite through the windows or local council Offices. Producer Paula McGinley Rptd tomorrow at 4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Jefford
Producer:
Paula McGinley Rptd

Jean-Paul Sartre, the philosopher, novelist and Playwright, was a major player in the 20th century.
In Sartre's centenary year, Miles Kington explores Sartre s Paris from the Cafe de Flore to the cemetery in Montparnasse where he is buried with his life-long companion Simone de Beauvoir. Producer Merilyn Harris

Contributors

Unknown:
Simone de Beauvoir.
Producer:
Merilyn Harris

2/4. Artists. Landscape painters have found inspiration in the torrents of grey created by slate-waste spills above the quarries in north Wales. Sian Pari Huws also discovers the musical possibilities Of slate. Producer Jeremy Grange

Contributors

Unknown:
Sian Pari Huws
Producer:
Jeremy Grange

2/3. By Jane Austen. Catherine receives an invitation to stay at Northanger Abbey. She is delighted to leave Bath with Henry Tilney and his sister, Eleanor, but she is wary of their father, the terrifying General Tilney. Dramatised by Dominic Power.
Producer/Director Pam Fraser Solomon Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jane Austen.
Unknown:
Henry Tilney
Dramatised By:
Dominic Power.
Director:
Pam Fraser Solomon
Jane Austen:
Amanda Root
Catherine:
Emily Wachter
Henry:
David Harewood
General Tilney:
John Shrapnel
Eleanor:
Saskla Reeves
Isabella:
Claire Skinner
Mrs Allen:
Julia McKenzie
Mrs Thorpe:
Jenny Agutter
John:
Jonathan Keeble
james:
Shlv Grewal
Mr Allen:
John Rowe
Frederick:
Harry Myers

Bestselling author Anita Shreve talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new book, A Wedding in December - the story of seven school friends reuniting nearly 30 years after they last met. Plus advice on how to read quickly. Producer Nicola Holloway Repeated on Thursday at 4pm

Contributors

Talks:
Anita Shreve
Unknown:
Mariella Frostrup
Producer:
Nicola Holloway

New series 1/8. Roger McGough returns with more lively and varied selections of poems requested by listeners, many of which are read by the poets themselves. With readers Bill Wallis and Susan Jameson.
Producer Christine Hall Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm
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Contributors

Unknown:
Roger McGough
Readers:
Bill Wallis
Readers:
Susan Jameson.
Producer:
Christine Hall

A look back at the history of the British nuclear industry as it promises - some would say threatens - a return to favour. Denys Blakeway talks to the scientists who had the dream, the engineers who built the first nuclear reactors and the politicians who were seduced by the idea of limitless energy. Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Talks:
Denys Blakeway

2/15. Every week, an international writer reflects on the latest developments - political, cultural and social - in their part of the world. This week, Sarah McDonald offers her thoughts on events making waves in her native Australia. Repeated from yesterday at 5.45am and 7.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah McDonald

Miriam O'Reilly introduces her selection of excerpts from BBC radio programmes over the past seven days. Producer Torquil MacLeod
PHONE: [number removed]0400 Fax: [number removed]email: potw@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Introduces:
Miriam O'Reilly
Producer:
Torquil MacLeod

David McFetridge goes back to school when he visits the British Schools Museum in Hertfordshire. He gets a taste of classroom life for previous generations of children, and learns how to pay attention in class to avoid punishment. Producers Rebecca Armstrong and Abi Awojobi

Contributors

Unknown:
David McFetridge
Producers:
Rebecca Armstrong
Producers:
Abi Awojobi

10/10. Comedian, broadcaster and RT columnist
Phill Jupitus and the writer Candace Allen join Sue MacGregor to discuss their three favourite paperbacks. Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Phill Jupitus
Unknown:
Candace Allen
Unknown:
Sue MacGregor

1/3. Tenors Robert Tear and John Graham Hall reflect on love and lust, megalomania and marriage as they discuss their approaches to the role of Herod in Richard Strauss 's opera Salome. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
John Graham Hall
Unknown:
Richard Strauss

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