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Michael Parkinson appeals on behalf Addaction.
Donations: [address removed] BBC Radio 4 Appeal, marked Addaction 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:
Michael Parkinson
Producer:
Sally Flatman

The House of the Lord. Exploring the meaning and purpose of religious buildings and their use in the wider community. From St Martin-in-the-Fields, London. Led by the Rev Nicholas Holtam. Preacher the Rev Liz Griffiths. Director of music Nicholas Danks. Producer Simon Vivian

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Holtam.
Unknown:
Liz Griffiths.
Music:
Nicholas Danks.
Producer:
Simon Vivian

John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew and Carol Klein are in Birmingham. Anne Swithinbank explains how a field can be transformed into a wild-flower meadow. Chaired by Eric Robson. And at 2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast. Producer Trevor Taylor
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The apple of Alan Titchmarsh 's eye: page 32

Contributors

Unknown:
John Cushnie
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Carol Klein
Unknown:
Eric Robson.
Producer:
Trevor Taylor
Unknown:
Alan Titchmarsh

2/5. Phoenix Trees. in his search for Britain's s oldest tree, Mike Dilger soon discovers that appearance isn't everything. From ancient woodland in Gloucestershire to river cliffs in Worcestershire, his journey changes his views on how trees grow and age. Producer Brett westwood

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Dilger

6/6. Cousin Rosamund. Rebecca West's trilogy, dramatised by Robin Brooks. Rose, now a professional musician, is collaborating with a young composer, Oliver, about whom she harbours conflicting feelings.
Music by David Pickvance ; Producers Claire Grove and Cherry Cookson ; Director Jonquil Panting Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Robin Brooks.
Music By:
David Pickvance
Producers:
Claire Grove
Producers:
Cherry Cookson
Director:
Jonquil Panting
Rose:
Emma Fielding
Mama:
Stella Gonet
Lily:
Lindsey Coulson
Mr Morpurgo:
Roger May
Oliver:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Kate:
Liza Sadovy
Avis:
Elaine Claxton
Lady Mortlake/Phyllida:
Jemma Churchill
Lord Sarasen:
Jonathan Keeble
Oueenie:
Carolyn Pickles
Richard Ouinn:
Steven Geller
Mary:
Sophie Roberts
Rosamund:
Ayesha Antoine
Nancy:
Ella Smith
Mr Bates:
Crawford Logan
Martin/Wiggins:
Geoffrey Beevers

Novelist Tim Parks joins Mariella Frostrup to discuss his new book Cleaver, the story of a successful journalist who flees London's heady media world and holes up in a remote Italian Village. Producer Nicola Holloway Rptd on Thursday at 4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Parks
Unknown:
Mariella Frostrup
Producer:
Nicola Holloway

8/8 Roger McGough celebrates the work of the Dorset dialect poet William Barnes. The readers are Alan Chedzoy , Ray Sargent and Devina Symes.
Producer Sarah Langan Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm
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Contributors

Unknown:
Roger McGough
Unknown:
William Barnes.
Unknown:
Alan Chedzoy
Unknown:
Ray Sargent
Unknown:
Devina Symes.
Producer:
Sarah Langan

3/9. Oil industry chiefs claimed that the gigantic
Buncef ield fire was a one-off and that safety in sites around the UK is excellent. But Julian O'Halloran reveals that Britain has been lucky to escape heavy casualties in a series of blasts and near misses at hazardous sites over the past few years. Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian O'Halloran

Chris Serle presents his selection of excerpts from BBC radio over the past seven days. Producer Torquil MacLeod
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Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Serle
Producer:
Torquil MacLeod

it's codes and code breaking this week as Barney Harwood meets Claire Ellis , who demystifies the Enigma machine used by the Germans during the Second World War to keep their communications secret. Plus part five of Fiddlesticks by Alan Fraser , read by Jonathan Howard. Producers Rebecca Armstrong and Abi Awojobi

Contributors

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

4/5. Thoroughbred Minds. An insight into the fascinating life of journalist, poet and playwright Enid Bagnold. By Cathy Feeny. Read by Judy Parfitt and presented by Lynne Truss. Producer Celia de Wolff

Contributors

Unknown:
Enid Bagnold.
Unknown:
Cathy Feeny.
Read By:
Judy Parfitt
Presented By:
Lynne Truss.
Producer:
Celia de Wolff

3/4. Celebrating the best and worst of musical theatre, with the focus on Broadway. This week's theme centres on God: cringe at In My Life, a show about a boy with Tourette's in which God appears as a jingle writer; disbelieve in Fire Angel, Ray Cooney 's musical based on The Merchant of Venice; cover your ears at Wilde, the Mike Read flop that crashed and burned; and delight in the look at
Stephen Sondheim , the God of musicals, the genius composer who just can't get a hit on Broadway. Producer Elizabeth Freestone

Contributors

Unknown:
Ray Cooney
Unknown:
Stephen Sondheim
Producer:
Elizabeth Freestone

Andrew Rawnsley previews the week's political events.
10.45 The Party's Over
3/3. The series on short-lived political parties concludes with a look at the Trotskyite Militant Tendency, which operated as a party within the Labour Party until its members were dramatically expelled in the 1980s. Shaun Ley hears from former Labour leader Lord Kinnock , Baroness Boothroyd, Derek Hatton and Peter Taaffe.
Editor Terry Dignan The Party's Over repeated on Wednesday at 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley
Unknown:
Shaun Ley
Leader:
Lord Kinnock
Unknown:
Derek Hatton
Unknown:
Peter Taaffe.
Editor:
Terry Dignan

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