From St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, London.

News round-up and analysis.

Speaking of Praise. Mark Tully 's theme is praise. Why is praise important, in both the spiritual and the secular realms? What damage is done when praise is withheld or inflated? Producer Eley McAinsh Repeated at 11.30pm

2/10. A visit to a Norfolk cattle herd. Producer Fran Barnes

Religious news, with Roger Bolton. producer Amanda Hancox

Michal Rosen appeals on behalf of the Meningitis Research Foundation.
Donations: [address removed] BBC Radio 4 Appeal, marked MRF on the back of the envelope: Credit cards: Freephone [number removed]
Producer Sally Flatman Repeated at 9.26pm, and on Thursday at 3.27pm

An ecumenical service from Brunswick Methodist Church, Swansea, led by the Rev Alf Austin , with the Swansea Philharmonic Choir. Conductor Clive John. Organist Howard Cook. Preacher the Rev Dr Noel Davies.
Psalm 139; John 1, vv29-34, 43-51. Producer Roy Jenkins

Repeated from Friday

A fresh look at the week's news with Matthew Bannister.
Editor Peter Rippon

Omnibus edition.

2/11. Clement Freud , Paul Merton , Stephen Fry and Tim Rice join chairman Nicholas Parsons in London. Repeated from Monday

Garlic. Simon Parkes investigates our love/hate relationship with garlic.
Producer Margaret Collins Repeated tomorrow at 4pm

With Brian Hanrahan. Editors Nick Sutton and Juliette Dwyer

1/3. In the carnage that accompanied the partition of India in 1947, women were the most vulnerable. As the Punjab fragmented along religious lines, women were abducted in their thousands. Linda Pressly hears the moving stories of those who survived. Producer Tanya Datta

John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood answer questions posed by gardeners in Kent. Chaired by Gill Pyrah. And Anne Swithinbank starts the first of a new series in which she looks to nature to discover how to choose plants that will flourish. Including at 2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast, producer Trevor Taylor Shortened at 3pm
RT DIRECT- Gardeners' Question Time: Techniques and Tips for Gardeners is available for P22.50 (RRP E25.00). Send a cheque payable to RT Direct Book Offers to [address removed] call [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) or visit www.rtdirect.sparkledirect.com. Prices include p&p. UK delivery only.

2/5. Weapons for War. From the soft metal lances used by Roman soldiers to the hardness of a Samurai sword, artist/blacksmith David Petersen explores one of the blacksmith's main roles in early history - the making of Weapons. Producer Martin Kurzik

1/6. Rebecca West 's story of childhood, seen through the eyes of Rose, a girl with a bankrupt father and a highly strung mother. Dramatised by Robin Brooks.
Music by David Pickvance ; Producers Claire Grove and Cherry Cookson : Director Martin Jenkins Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Mariella Frostrup speaks to author Martin Rawson. Producer Nicola Holloway Repeated on Thursday at 4pm February Bookclub: Holidays in Hell by PJ O'Rourke

3/8. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Trevor Peacock reads Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's epic story of a nightmare voyage as told by the Ancient Mariner, whose killing of an albatross, a bird of good omen, brings misfortune on the ship and all its crew. Presented by Roger McGough. Producer Paul Dodgson Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm
BBC AUDIO: A special edition celebrating 25 years of Poetry Please is available on CDfrom all good retail outlets or from www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed]

1/2. Is there such a thing as a black middle class in Britain today? If so, who are its members and how do they feel about their status? Connie St Louis goes in search of an elusive group Of people. Repeated from Tuesday

Repeated from yesterday at 7pm

Gerry Anderson presents his selection of excerpts from
BBC radio over the past seven days. Producer Torquil MacLeod PHONE: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) Fax: [number removed] email: potw@bbc.co.uk

David gets a frosty reception.
For cast see page 27 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm Soap & Flannel: page 26

David McFetridge greets the New Year with gusto in the Ochildren's magazine programme. The new story, read by Jonathan Howard , is Fiddlesticks by Alan Fraser. Producers Rebecca Armstrong and Abi Awojobi

5/5. The Dream Bearer. A new story by leading Albanian writer, Ismail Kadare , translated by Guido Waldman. producer Emma Harding

6/6. Rosie Goldsmith tunes in to the best radio from around the world. This week, she listens to radio about child-rearing, infertility and adoption. Repeated from Friday

7/9. Michael Rosen presents the programme that takes a close look at words, where they come from and how people play with them. Repeated from Friday

Repeated from yesterday at 12.04pm

Michal Rosen appeals on behalf of the Meningitis Research Foundation. Repeated from 7.55am

2/8. Reshaping the World. The 21st century is going to see huge changes in the way the world's economy works. But with countries such as India and China on the rise (not to mention Russia and Brazil) what will happen to the current top nations? Peter Day asks the people who know - rich and poor. Repeated from Thursday

Andrew Rawnsley previews the week's political events.
10.45 Movies with a Message
3/3. Film producer David Puttnam continues a series on political films with a look at Ken Loach's Hidden Agenda. Editor Terry Dignan Movies with a Message repeated Wednesday 8.45pm

6/10. Art critic and presenter Andrew Graham-Dixon and actor Tim Bentinck (David in The Archers) join Sue MacGregor to talk about the books they love. Repeated from Tuesday

Speaking of Praise. Mark Tully asks why praise is important, in both the spiritual and the secular realms. Rptd from 6.05am

1/5. Master of all things inventive, the writer and broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis entertains his audience with stories about his life and favourite writing. Charles Darwin on earthworms, Henry Moule on earth closets, and Robert Hooke on the flea are brought to life by readers Bill Wallis , Jenny Coverack and John Telfer.
Repeated from Thursday

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The Laws of Evening (1/5) -
Seed Short stories by Mary Yukari Waters exploring Japanese society as it emerges from the Second World War. Read by Noriko Aida