From Winchester Cathedral.
News round-up and analysis.
The Power of Song. Mark Tully talks to Joan Taylor of the Can't Sing Choir, Morley College, London, to find out what he has missed. Producer Nigel Acheson Repeated at 11.30pm
New series 1/4. Woodland Moths. Armed with a stove, a saucepan, several bottles of beer, a head torch and some sugar and treacle, Lionel Kelleway joins Richard Fox and Mark Parsons of Butterfly Conservation on a night safari in Devon in search of woodland moths. Producer Sarah Blunt
Moral arguments and perspectives on the week's religious and ethical news, with Jane Little. producer Amanda Hancox
Countess Mountbatten of Burma appeals on behalf of The Compassionate Friends.
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Producer Sally Flatman Repeated at 9.26pm. and on Thursday at 3.27pm
Release to the Captives. The third in a series of services for Advent. From Conway Road Methodist Church Cardiff.
With the Welsh Chamber Singers. Conductor
Avril Harding. Led by the Rev Louise Gough. The preacher is the Rev Stephen Wigley. Producer Roy Jenkins
Repeated from Friday
With Matthew Bannister. Editor Peter Rippon
Omnibus edition.
4/7. Jack Dee joins regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor ,
Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer , with chairman
Humphrey Lyttelton. From the Brighton Dome. Repeated from Monday
The year's best cookbooks are discussed by Sheila Dillon and guests. Producer Alice Feinstein Repeated tomorrow at 4pm
News and analysis, with Shaun Ley. Editor Colin Hancock
Simon Cox investigates the hidden world of Opus Dei - an exclusive and mysterious club. A secretive elite, orjust good Catholics? Producer Richard Vaden
Chris Beardshaw, Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithinbank answer questions from members of the Purton and District Gardeners' Guild. Eric Robson is in the chair. Including at 2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast.
Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened at 3pm
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Anne Swithinbank answers readers' questions on houseplants in the January issue of BBC Good Homes, on sale now
4/5 Holst's Egdon Heath. In 1927 Thomas Hardy took
Gustav Hoist to the heathland behind the author's childhood cottage in Dorset, known in his novels as Edgon Heath.
Simon Halsey discovers what inspired Hoist and how we can hear the landscape in the music. Producer Sara conkey
4/4 Frederic Raphael adapts and narrates his own novel. Although Adam has become an established literary figure by the 1970s, he is still capable of being surprised by his old friends, and by his own insecurities.
Producer/Director Pete Atkin Repeated on Saturday at 9pm
4/6. Donal Og. This Irish song, translated by Lady
Augusta Gregory of Coole Park, is a ballad that speaks of love and loss. With poets and dreamers, and an old man who met WB Yeats and Lady Gregory as they gathered Kiltartan stories from the Irish speakers of Galway and Aran. Presented by Peggy Reynolds.
Producer Frances Byrnes Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm
9/10. As the countries that back the Kyoto global-warming treaty meet in Montreal, Julian O'Halloran asks if Britain's efforts to curb emissions have failed. Repeated from Tuesday
13/16. Each week an international writer reflects on developments in their part of the world. This week, Trinidadian newspaper editor Therese Mills writes from the Caribbean. Repeated from Saturday at 7.45pm
David Aaronovitch presents his selection of excerpts from BBC radio over the past seven days. Producer Torquil MacLeod PHONE: [number removed]0400 (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) Fax: [number removed]email: potw@bbc.co.uk
Betty has a close call.
For cast see page 34 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm Soap & Flannel: page 33
Children's magazine programme, with Barney Harwood. Producers Rebecca Armstrong and Abi Awojobi
1/5. Shadows. An acclaimed writer arrives in Loznica to give a reading of his work in the local library. He unwillingly agrees to a meeting with a mysterious young man. The first story in a series by east European writers is by Serbian author David Albaharai , translated by Ellen Elias -Bursca, read by Sladjana Vujovic. Producer Emma Harding
1/6. Rosie Goldsmith looks at how radio helps people who have been forced to migrate, and explores the plethora of radio stations broadcasting to dispersed communities around the world. Repeated from Friday
2/9. Michael Rosen takes a close look at words, where they come from, and how they can be manipulated in language. Repeated from Friday
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4/7. Planning against Panic. Epidemics, natural disasters, terrorism - government emergency planning has never seemed more urgent. But in a real crisis, how could
Whitehall seize practical and psychological control of an individualistic society? With David Walker. Rptd from Thu
Andrew Rawnsley previews the week's political events.
New series 1/3. Clive Anderson looks at the dramatic 1972 trial of Peter Hain for disrupting all-white South African sporting tours. Hain, now a cabinet minister, talks about his commitment to direct action. Editor Terry Dignan Politically Charged is repeated Wed8.45pm
Crime writer PD James and novelist Julie Myerson join Sue MacGregor to talk about their favourite paperbacks at the Ways with Words Festival, Southwold. Repeated from Tuesday
The Power of Song. At school Mark Tully was told that he wouldn't be able to join the school choir. Many others have been told the same thing. What have they missed out on? To find out. Mark talks to Joan Taylor of the Can't Sing Choir at Morley College, London. Repeated from 6.05am
Firing a pot is a necessary evil for some potters, for others it is a mystical, magical experience. Here, a wide range of potters talk about firing their work and about their Successes and disasters. Repeated from Thursday
Olga's Story (1/5) by Stephanie Williams
