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Joanna Lumley appeals on behalf of Ataxia UK.
Donations: [address removed], marked Ataxia UK 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

Unknown:
Joanna Lumley
Producer:
Sally Flatman

Pilgrims who recently followed in St Paul's footsteps to
Greece reunite to share Holy Communion in Bath Abbey.
Preacher the Rev Edward Mason. Director of music Timothy Rhys-Evans . Producer Clair Jaquiss

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Mason.
Music:
Timothy Rhys-Evans
Producer:
Clair Jaquiss

6/11. With Paul Merton , Graham Norton , Gyles Brandreth and Sue Perkins at the Mermaid Theatre in London. Nicholas Parsons is in the chair. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Graham Norton
Unknown:
Gyles Brandreth
Unknown:
Sue Perkins

School PE - something everybody has to do but not everybody loves. Fi Glover explores the reputation of physical education, uncovering a surprising history of political interference, military muscle and moral panics about Children's health. Producer Beaty Rubens

Contributors

Unknown:
Fi Glover
Producer:
Beaty Rubens

John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew and Card Klein are guests of the Friends of Chipping Norton Theatre in Oxfordshire, with Eric Robson in the chair. Anne Swithinbank looks at hedgerows. Including at 2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast.
Producer Trevor Taylor
RT DIRECT: Gardeners' Question Time: Techniques and Tips for
Gardeners is available for £22.50 (RRP F25.00). 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.
Alan Titchmarsh solves your gardening problems: p26

Contributors

Unknown:
John Cushnie
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Card Klein
Unknown:
Eric Robson
Unknown:
Anne Swithinbank
Producer:
Trevor Taylor
Unknown:
Alan Titchmarsh

5/6. Cousin Rosamund. Rose and Mary are now professional musicians, their brother Richard Quinn is at the Front, and their cousin Rosamund is working as a nurse. The two sisters are concerned about their mother, who is growing increasingly frail. Rebecca West trilogy, dramatised by Robin Brooks. Music by David Pickvance : Producers Claire Grove and Cherry Cookson : Director Martin Jenkins Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Quinn
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
Mary:
Sophie Roberts
Nancy:
Ella Smith
Lily:
Lindsey Coulson
Mr Morpurgo:
Roger May
Kate/Miss Beevor:
Liza Sadovy
Oueenie:
Carolyn Pickles
Rosamund:
Ayesha Antoine
Ramponetti:
Jonathan Keeble
Nestor:
Geoffrey Beevers
Catterock:
Delroy Brown
Oswald:
John Cummins
Doctor/Mr Bates:
Crawford Logan

Bestselling novelist Scott Turow , famous for legal thrillers, talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel Ordinary Heroes, set in the Second World War. Producer Nicola Holloway Repeated on Thursday at 4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Scott Turow
Unknown:
Mariella Frostrup
Producer:
Nicola Holloway

7/8. Relaxing and invigorating verse, selected by Roger McGough. Including works by Eilean Ni'Chuilleanain,
Michael Longley, Jon Stallworthy, Sylvia Plath and others. Read by John Mackay , Fiona Shaw and Catherine Harvey. Producer Frances Byrnes 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

Unknown:
Roger McGough.
Read By:
John MacKay

2/9. The public are supposed to be protected from dangerous criminals released from prison. But recent cases of brutal murder reveal serious flaws in the system. Gerry Northam reports. Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerry Northam

Ernie Rea 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:
Ernie Rea
Producer:
Torquil MacLeod

Barney Harwood interviews some British children who have recently visited the countries their families originally came from, including Morocco, Bulgaria and West India.
Plus, the fourth part of Fiddlesticks by Alan Fraser , read by Jonathan Howard. Producers Rebecca Armstrong and Abi Awojobi

Contributors

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

As well as being one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, Arthur Miller was also an accomplished woodworker. A decade ago, as he put the finishing touches to a bench he was building for the back porch of his Connecticut home, Arthur Miller reflected on his lifelong love of wood, and the connection between carpentry and writing. Producer Julian May (Revised repeat)

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Miller
Unknown:
Arthur Miller

2/4. Celebrating the best and worst of musical theatre.
Nichola McAuliffe spills the beans on Murderous Instincts, and Henry VIII 's wives sing before they lose their heads in Rex. All this and a smattering of vampires. Producer Elizabeth Freestone

Contributors

Unknown:
Nichola McAuliffe
Unknown:
Henry Viii
Producer:
Elizabeth Freestone

Andrew Rawnsley previews the week's political events.
10.45 The Party's Over
2/3. The series on short-lived political parties continues with a look at Vanguard in Northern Ireland during the 1970s. Shaun Ley tells the story with contributions from former Vanguard member, David Trimble.
Editor Terry Dignan The Party's Over repeated on Wednesday at 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley
Unknown:
Shaun Ley
Unknown:
David Trimble.
Editor:
Terry Dignan

5/5. Former Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow Oona King presents a selection of writing that has influenced her life and thinking, including Alan Clarke 's diaries, Vanity Fair and Arthur Miller 's autobiography. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Clarke
Unknown:
Arthur Miller

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