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Spirit and Form. Mark Tully explores the relationship between spirit and form. Does spirit need form to give it a value beyond the private experience of individuals? Can formal religion retain a living spirituality at its heart? Producer Eley McAinsh Repeated at 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Tully
Producer:
Eley McAinsh

Trevor McDonald appeals on behalf of Asylum Aid.
Donations: [address removed] BBC Radio 4 Appeal, marked Asylum Aid on the back of the envelope; Credit cards: Freephone [number removed]
Producer Sally Flatman Repeated at 9.26pm, and on Thursday at 3.27pm

Contributors

Producer:
Sally Flatman

From Taize. In this week of Prayer for Christian Unity,
Bishop Nigel McCullough and Dr Michael Ford celebrate the life and vision of Brother Roger Schutz , murdered last August at the ecumenical community he founded in France. Producer Philip Billson

Contributors

Unknown:
Bishop Nigel McCullough
Unknown:
Dr Michael Ford
Unknown:
Roger Schutz
Producer:
Philip Billson

Chris Beardshaw, Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithinbank answer questions from gardeners in Wiltshire. Chaired by Eric Robson. Plus a look at plants that thrive in boggy conditions, with Anne Swithinbank. Including at
2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast.
Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened
RT DIRECT: Gardeners' Question Time: Techniques and Tips for Gardeners is available for E22.50 (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.rtdirecUparkledirect.com. Prices include p&p. UK delivery only.

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Anne Swithinbank
Unknown:
Eric Robson.
Unknown:
Anne Swithinbank.
Producer:
Trevor Taylor

2/6. Rebecca West 's trilogy, dramatised by Robin Brooks. Rose and her siblings are learning to grow up in a home threatened by poverty and disgrace, thanks to the actions of their improvident father.
Music by David Pickvance ; Producers Claire Grove and Cherry Cookson ; Director Martin Jenkins Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Rebecca West
Dramatised By:
Robin Brooks.
Music By:
David Pickvance
Producers:
Claire Grove
Producers:
Cherry Cookson
Director:
Martin Jenkins
Rose:
Emma Fielding
Mama:
Stella Gonet
Papa:
Dermot Crowley
Young Rose:
Tessa Montague
Lily:
Lindsey Coulson
Kate:
Liza Sadovy
Miss Beevor:
Liza Sadovy
Queenie Phillips:
Carolyn Pickles
Mr Phillips:
Gerard McDermott
Nancy:
Ella Smith
Cordelia:
Clare Corbett
Mary:
Sophie Roberts
Rosamund:
Ayesha Antoine
George:
John Cummins
Pennington:
John Cummins

Historian Stella Tillyard talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new history exploring the secret lives of George Ill 's siblings in A Royal Affair.
Producer Hilary Dunn Repeated on Thursday at 4pm February Bookclub: Holidays in Hell by PJ O'Rourke

Contributors

Talks:
Stella Tillyard
Unknown:
Mariella Frostrup
Unknown:
George Ill
Producer:
Hilary Dunn

4/8. An edition devoted to verse by the Romantic poets, including Frost at Midnight by Coleridge, Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey by Wordsworth and Ode on Melancholy by Keats. 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 CD from all good retail outlets or from www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed]

Contributors

Presented By:
Roger McGough.
Producer:
Paul Dodgson

Richard Uridge 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

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Uridge
Producer:
Torquil MacLeod

The children's magazine programme, hosted by Barney Harwood and featuring the first part of a new story,
Fiddlesticks by Alan Fraser , read byJonathan Howard. Producers Rebecca Armstrong and Abi Awojobi

Contributors

Unknown:
Barney Harwood
Unknown:
Alan Fraser
Read By:
Jonathan Howard.
Producers:
Rebecca Armstrong
Producers:
Abi Awojobi

1/5. Lynne Truss presents five original stories each celebrating the life of an important woman in Brighton's history, recorded at the town's new Jubilee Library.
Looking Out to Sea. Judy Cornwell reads the story of the 18th-century Brighton "dipper" Martha Gunn. Producer Celiade Wolff

Contributors

Unknown:
Martha Gunn.
Producer:
Celiade Wolff

1/11. Roger Bolton selects listeners' comments, queries and criticisms, redirecting them towards BBC radio programme and policy makers. Repeated from Friday ADDRESS: Feedback, PO Box 2100, London W1A 10T
Phone: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) Fax: [number removed] email: feedback@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Bolton

3/8. Down with Hierarchies. Feel jaded? Job getting you down? Perhaps it's not you, but the organisation you work for. Gerard Fairtlough is a very experienced business leader who thinks the traditional hierarchies of command and control are dysfunctional. He tells Peter Day about some better ways of getting things done. Repeated from Thu

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerard Fairtlough
Unknown:
Peter Day

Andrew Rawnsley previews the week's political events.
10.45 Mr Ambassador
1/2. John Bruton , former Taoiseach of Ireland, describes what it is like to represent 25 countries as Europe's ambassador to the United States - a job he refers to as "more telephone than megaphone".
Editor Terry Dignan Mr Ambassador is repeated on Wednesday at 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley
Unknown:
John Bruton
Editor:
Terry Dignan

2/5. Children's author Dick King-Smith entertains an audience with the writing that has inspired him in life.
His choices include Tarka the Otter, The Jungle Book and The Tale of Samuel Whiskers. Excerpts read by Bill Wallis , Jenny Coverack and John Telfer. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Dick King-Smith
Unknown:
Samuel Whiskers.
Read By:
Bill Wallis
Read By:
Jenny Coverack
Read By:
John Telfer.

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