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Lord Winston appeals on behalf of the Association of Children's Hospices. Please note a change of telephone number: Freephone [number removed]. Donations: [address removed] BBC Radio 4 Appeal, marked ACH 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

Making Connections. A look at Jesus's mysterious title "Lamb of God", as part of a Lent series that explores paradoxes of faith in John's Gospel. Live from St Paul's Cathedral, with Precentor Canon Lucy Winkett and Succentor Canon Simon Reynolds. Director of music Malcolm Archer. Producer Philip Billson

Contributors

Unknown:
Canon Lucy Winkett
Unknown:
Succentor Canon Simon Reynolds.
Music:
Malcolm Archer.
Producer:
Philip Billson

9/11. Clement Freud , Paul Merton and Tony Hawks are among this week's panellists. Chaired by Nicholas Parsons. From the Northcott Theatre, Exeter. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons.

How difficult is it for immigrant populations to keep their food culture alive? Sheila Dillon , joined by Latvians in Northern Ireland and Poles in London, explores a world ot new tastes from eastern Europe. Producer Margaret Collins Repeated tomorrow at 4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila Dillon
Producer:
Margaret Collins

John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew and Carol Klein answer questions put by gardeners in Oxfordshire. Anne
Swithinbank shows how to grow gerberas. Chaired by Eric Robson. Including at 2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast.
RT DIRECT: Gardeners' Question Time: Techniques and Tips for Gardeners is available for E22.50 (RRP £25.00). 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 Beautiful begonias: page 140

Contributors

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

4/5. The Most Dangerous Place in Britain. Visiting the eerie Wistman's Wood and the bleak tors of Dartmoor,
Mike Dilger unearths the links between the landscape and the legends it engenders, producer Brett Westwood

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Dilger
Producer:
Brett Westwood

2/2. A delicious satire based on Oscar Wilde's short story, dramatised by Mike Walker.

Lord Arthur sets about concocting the intricacies of a murder. But it's not as straightforward as he initially hoped.

(Repeated on Saturday at 9pm)

Contributors

Author:
Oscar Wilde
Dramatised by:
Mike Walker
Producer/Director:
Gemma McMullan
Lord Arthur:
Rupert Penry-Jones
Sybil:
Gillian Kearney
Podgers:
David Bamber
Willet:
David Bradley
The General:
Patrick Ryecart
Aigy:
Patrick Kennedy
Archdeacon:
Clive Swift
Lady Clementina:
Doreen Mantle
Rouveloff:
Christopher Rozycki
Lane:
Michael Kilgarriff
Policeman:
David Holt

Simon Fanshawe 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:
Simon Fanshawe
Producer:
Torquil MacLeod

An affectionate look at the life and career of pioneering radio comedy actress Mabel Constanduros whose irascible character, Grandma Buggins, taught the nation how to cook their rations with a smile.

Contributors

Grandma Buggins:
Mabel Constanduros
Mr Buggins:
Michael Hogan
Producer:
Emily Williams

1/9. Feeling Whose Collars? Told to catch more criminals the police face unprecedented pressure to improve their performance. David Walker asks what the limits are to police action in tackling criminality and if greater police efficiency comes COSt-free. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
David Walker

Andrew Rawnsley previews the week's political events.
10.45 The SDP Diaspora
2/2. Mark D'Arcy examines how "refugees" from a defunct political party of the 1980s, which started out as an attempt to replace Labour, ended up as key advisers in Tony Blair 's Downing Street. Producer Mark D'Arcy ; Editor Terry Dignan

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley
Unknown:
Mark D'Arcy
Unknown:
Tony Blair
Producer:
Mark D'Arcy
Editor:
Terry Dignan

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