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Courage and Cowardice. In conversation with Lieutenant-General Satish Nambiar of the Indian army, Mark Tully considers the borderline between fear and cowardice. Producer Nigel Acheson Repeated at 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
General Satish Nambiar
Unknown:
Mark Tully
Producer:
Nigel Acheson

Joys of Freedom. On Remembrance Sunday, from the International Church Music Festival, in Bern, Switzerland Led by the Rev Roger Hutchings , with David Willcocks and choirs from around the globe. Director of music Paul Leddington Wright. Producer Mark O'Brien

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Hutchings
Unknown:
David Willcocks
Music:
Paul Leddington Wright.
Producer:
Mark O'Brien

Fergal Keane sets the scene in London's Whitehall as the nation remembers the sacrifice made by so many in the wars. HM the Queen lays the first wreath. Including the March Past. The Last Post and two minutes' silence. With the memories of the veterans themselves. The Bishop of London leads a short service. Producer Stephen Shipley

Contributors

Producer:
Stephen Shipley

9/9. Swapping quotations are John Mortimer , Lynne Truss, Matthew Parris and Jeff Green. Hosted by Nigel Rees. The reader is William Franklyn. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
John Mortimer
Unknown:
Matthew Parris
Unknown:
Jeff Green.
Unknown:
Nigel Rees.
Unknown:
William Franklyn.

Mushrooms. It's the British wild mushroom season, and Sheila Dillon visits the UK's centre of commercial mushroom-production in Northern Ireland to find out why producers are under threat. Producer Paula McGinley Rptdtomorrow4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila Dillon
Producer:
Paula McGinley

Captain Leslie Skinner , a chaplain in the Second World War, saw his duty as never to have to report a soldier missing. Here, extracts from his diary - read by his daughter Annette and two serving chaplains - are interwoven with memories of the padre by three of his comrades. producer Alan Hall

Contributors

Unknown:
Captain Leslie Skinner
Producer:
Alan Hall

5/5. William G Stewart visits south London, where 200 years ago an extraordinary game of cricket took place between a team of one-armed men and a team, as The Times report put it, "with each a wooden leg". It attracted massive crowds and serious gambling, and caused a riot. Producer Tom Aiban

Contributors

Unknown:
William G Stewart
Producer:
Tom Aiban

2/2. "Faith is like love; it does not let itself be forced." As he grows up, lonely boy Edmund is torn between love for his charismatic father and the terrible secret in his heart.
Memoir by Edmund Gosse. Dramatised by Nick Warburton.
Other parts played by Delroy Brown , Nick Sayce , Ayesha Antoine , Sophie Roberts and members of the cast
Producer/Director Jonquil Panting Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Edmund Gosse.
Dramatised By:
Nick Warburton.
Played By:
Delroy Brown
Played By:
Nick Sayce
Played By:
Ayesha Antoine
Played By:
Sophie Roberts
Director:
Jonquil Panting
Edmund Gosse:
Derek Jacobi
Philip Henry Gosse:
Roger Allam
Young Edmund:
Steven Williams
Miss Marks:
Colleen Prendergast
Eliza:
Jane Whittenshaw
Brother Fawkes:
Gerard McDermott
Mrs Brown:
Ella Smith
Preacher:
Wayne Foskett
Teacher:
John Cummins

8/8. Roger McGough introduces requests for poems that remember the past, and past conflicts. Including poems by Wilfred Owen , Emily Bronte and Andrew Motion. The readers are Kate Littlewood and Bill Wallis.
Producer Mark Smalley Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm
BBC AUDIO: A 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

Introduces:
Roger McGough
Unknown:
Wilfred Owen
Unknown:
Emily Bronte
Unknown:
Andrew Motion.
Unknown:
Kate Littlewood
Unknown:
Bill Wallis.
Producer:
Mark Smalley

Every year, Kettlewell, Yorkshire, is overrun by scarecrows. Katherine Freeman takes a look. Plus another instalment of Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society by Adeline Yen Mah. Presented by Barney Harwood. Producers Rebecca Armstrong and Abi Awojobi

Contributors

Unknown:
Katherine Freeman
Unknown:
Adeline Yen Mah.
Presented By:
Barney Harwood.
Producers:
Rebecca Armstrong
Producers:
Abi Awojobi

- In the First World War 39 men from Hawkshaw near
Manchester lost their lives. Jonathan Ali visits the village, where a memorial listing the names of these men was erected, and asks whether the locals remember who the men were and why they died. Producer Neil George

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Ali
Producer:
Neil George

Andrew Rawnsley previews the week's political events.
10.45 Honest Politics 3/3. Who, or what. brings about decisive change in politics? Geoff Mulgan investigates.
Editor Terry Dignan Honest Politics is repeated on Wednesday at 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley
Unknown:
Geoff Mulgan
Editor:
Terry Dignan

1/2. "Rather a Motorious Letter". Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee look at the way motoring shaped Rudyard Kipling 's view of England and France in his writings. Reader David Haig. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Barnes
Unknown:
Hermione Lee
Unknown:
Rudyard Kipling
Reader:
David Haig.

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