From St David 's Church, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire.
News round-up and analysis.
The Meaning of Mantras. What are the techniques and benefits of meditation and why is there, in some of the traditional churchs, an enduring suspicion of the practice? Mark Tully explores the use of mantras and meditation. Producer Eley McAinsh Repeated at 11.30pm
6/8. A look at country life. Producer Benjamin Chesterton
Religious and ethical news, presented by Roger Bolton. Producer Amanda Hancox
Terry Wogan appeals on behalf of Children in Need. Donations: [address removed]Phone: [number removed] Producer Sally Flatman Repeated at 9.26pm and on Thursday at 327pm
Laughter in Heaven. Ken Dodd joins Canon Noel Vincent and the Manchester Chamber Choir to celebrate the Feast of Christ the King from Emmanuel Church, Didsbury. Ken explores laughter and humour in the Bible and in everyday life. Director of music Christopher Stokes. Producer Claire Campbell Smith
Repeated from Friday
A fresh look at the week's news stories. Editor Peter Rippon
Omnibus edition.
L Wonly Omnibus edition.
1/7. The famous "antidote to panel games" returns for its 46th series, from the London Palladium. Jeremy Hardy joins regulars Barry Cryer , Graeme Garden , Tim Brooke -Taylor and chairman Humphrey Lyttelton. Regular listeners will know to expect inspired nonsense, pointless revelry and Colin Sell at the piano. Repeated from Monday
Soup. Sheila Dillon tucks in to the great tradition of the British SOUp. Producer Margaret Collins Repeated tomorrow 4pm
News and analysis. Editor Colin Hancock
1/2. What goes on behind the black door at Number 10? Steve Richards talks to former advisers to Tony Blair about their time in Downing Street. Producer Peter Mulligan
Anne Swithinbank , Bob Flowerdew and Carol Klein answer questions put by gardeners in east Devon. The chairman is Peter Gibbs. A guide to the best gardening books. Including at 2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast. Producer Trevor Taylor
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Alan Titchmarsh solves your problems: page 42
New series 1/5. Elgar's Caractacus. Elgar wrote
Caractacus when his mother gave him the idea while they were walking in the Malverns. Simon Halsey visits British Camp to discover the story behind the piece and whether we can hear the landscape in the music. Producer Sara Conkey See also Imagine at 10.40pm and Elgar: Piano Concerto at 11.35pm on Wednesday on BBC1
New series 1/4. Frederic Raphael adapts and narrates his own novel that follows the fortunes of a group of friends at Cambridge during the early 1950s.
Director Pete Atkin Repeated on Saturday at 9pm
Jeremy Mercer talks to Kate Mosse about his memoir of living and working in an eccentric Parisian bookshop. Plus a visit to Canterbury Cathedral to explore the history of the rose window.
Producer Nicola Holloway Repeated on Thursday at 4pm
New series 1/6. Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Peggy Reynolds returns with the series that explores a well-known poem. She begins with Shelley's early
19th-century poem about the ruins of empires and the transience of power. Contributors include Shelley biographer Richard Holmes and BBC foreign correspondent Rageh Omar. Producer Frances Byrnes Repeated Saturday at 11.30pm
6/10. After the controversy over the breast cancer drug Herceptin, Gerry Northam examines the way in which
Britain approves new drugs for use in the NHS and asks whether patients' lives are being put at risk by needless bureaucracy. Repeated from Tuesday
10/15. This weekend journalist Vinod Mehta reflects on political, social and cultural events in Asia. Repeated from Saturday at 5.45am and 7.45pm
Ned Sherrin presents his selection of excerpts from BBC radio over the past Seven days. Producer Torquil MacLeod
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Emma makes contingency plans.
For cast see page 49 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm Soap & Flannel: page 47
Featuring more of Adeline Yen Mah 's Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society. Presented by Barney Harwood. Producers Rebecca Armstrong and Abi Awojobi
3/5. Of White Hairs and Cricket. A 14-year-old boy realises for the first time that his father may not live for ever.
By Rohinton Mistry , read by Nitin Ganatra and abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths . Producer VivBeeby
With Roger Bolton. Repeated from Friday
2/2. Simon Fanshawe revisits South Africa's comedy circuits to chart how the death of apartheid had dramatic effects on the comedy scene. Producer Julian Mayers
Repeated from Saturday at 12.04pm
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1/7. The Colour-Coded Prescription. The American authorities have just licensed a drug to be used solely on African-Americans. Kenan Malik asks what the medical and social consequences will be. Repeated from Thursday
Andrew Rawnsley previews the week's political events.
New series 1/3. How much do we know about the regulators who watch over our daily lives?
Kirsten Lass meets David Bell who heads Ofsted, the body that regulates state schools.
Editor Terry Dignan The New Powers That Be is repeated Wed 8.45pm
Repeated from Tuesday
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2/2. "Their Name Liveth for Evermore". After the First
World War, Rudyard Kipling became an inspector of war cemeteries in France. He had a personal interest because his son was buried there. With Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee. Readings by David Haig. Repeated from Thursday
A A Suitable Boy (11/20) by Vikram Seth
