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Kevin Whately appeals on behalf of APT Enterprise Development in the developing world.
Donations: [address removed], marked APT 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:
Kevin Whately
Producer:
Sally Flatman

From the Memorial Chapel, University of Glasgow. The
Rev Johnston McKay reflects on the Gospel story about the two friends of Jesus and their strange encounter on the road to Emmaus. With the Rev Jennifer Macrae and the University Chapel Choir, musical director James Grossmith. Producer Mo McCullough

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev Johnston McKay
Unknown:
Jennifer MacRae
Director:
James Grossmith.
Producer:
Mo McCullough

5/5 Sue MacGregor reunites some of the organisers of the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981: the Queen's press secretary at the time,
Sir Micnaei Shea ; the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, the Rt Rev
Alan Webster ; dress designer Elizabeth Emanuel ; Lt Col Sir
John Johnston ; photographer Arthur Edwards , and the musical director of the wedding, Sir David Willcocks. Producers Chris Green and David Prest

Contributors

Unknown:
Lady Diana Spencer
Unknown:
Sir Micnaei Shea
Unknown:
Alan Webster
Designer:
Elizabeth Emanuel
Designer:
Lt Col Sir
Unknown:
John Johnston
Unknown:
Arthur Edwards
Unknown:
Sir David Willcocks.
Unknown:
David Prest

6/9. Exchanging favourite quotations and anecdotes are Celia Haddon , Natalie Haynes , Ruth Padel and Brian Sewell. Hosted by Nigel Rees , with reader William Franklyn. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Celia Haddon
Unknown:
Natalie Haynes
Unknown:
Ruth Padel
Unknown:
Brian Sewell.
Unknown:
Nigel Rees
Reader:
William Franklyn.

Pippa Greenwood Bob Flowerdew and Carol Klein answer questions from gardeners in Berkshire. Peter Gibbs is in the chair. Carol Klein explains how to take basal cuttings from perennial plants and Pippa Greenwood tells why biological controls are so effective for eradicating red-spider mite and whitefly. Including at
2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast, producer Trevor Taylor
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Contributors

Unknown:
Pippa Greenwood
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Carol Klein
Unknown:
Peter Gibbs
Unknown:
Carol Klein
Unknown:
Pippa Greenwood
Producer:
Trevor Taylor

2/4. The Young Man and the Lady of the Night. Norman was fleeced by a woman he loved, but he has no regrets. Is he a fool? An adaptation of a fable attributed to Aesop to test how it stands up to a modern moral dilemma. Reader Paul Ewing , plus interviews, conducted by Jo Morris , with people whose lives are just like fables. Producer Matt Thompson

Contributors

Reader:
Paul Ewing
Conducted By:
Jo Morris
Producer:
Matt Thompson

2/2. In disgrace, Chichikov is arrested but escapes to another part of Russia. He's determined to become an honest man. However, his past is about to catch up with him. A comic tour de force about human folly, and one of the jewels of Russian literature, written by Nikolai Gogol , and dramatised by Dan Rebellato , starring Michael Palin and Mark Heap.
Producer/Director Polly Thomas Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Contributors

Written By:
Nikolai Gogol
Dramatised By:
Dan Rebellato
Unknown:
Michael Palin
Unknown:
Mark Heap.
Director:
Polly Thomas
Narrator:
Michael Palin
Chichikov:
Mark Heap
Tenteknikov:
Toby Hadoke
Kostanzhoglo:
David Fleeshman
Koshkaryov:
Wyllie Lonqmore
Selifan:
Graeme Hawley
Korabochka:
Judith Davis
Ulinka:
Rina Mahoney

Mariella Frostrup talks to author Michael Collins about his latest book, a story of literary intrigues, warring novelists and hidden manuscripts set on a US college campus. producer Nicola Holloway Repeated on Thursday at 4pm

Contributors

Talks:
Mariella Frostrup
Unknown:
Michael Collins

2/2. President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela is attempting to build alliances to curtail the role of the USA in South America by tapping into anti-US sentiment in parts of Latin America. Emilio San Pedro visits the region and the USA to see if Washington is losing influence in what it historically considered to be "the backyard". Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugo Chavez
Unknown:
Emilio San Pedro

Edward Stourton presents his selection of excerpts from BBC radio over the past seven days. Producer Ian Willox
PHONE: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) Fax: [number removed] emaitpotw@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Stourton
Producer:
Ian Willox

Barney Harwood presents the children's magazine programme. Plus a new story, Harvey Angell by Diana Hendry. Producers Rebecca Armstrong and AbiAwojobi

Contributors

Unknown:
Barney Harwood
Unknown:
Harvey Angell
Unknown:
Diana Hendry.
Producers:
Rebecca Armstrong

4/5. Pirates. What is it about the ear-and-brain mechanism that makes us react to music in the way we do? And how does music affect those with synaesthesia, for whom every note has its own vibrant colour? Continuing the series celebrating the diversity of contemporary British fiction. Producer Elizabeth Allard

Contributors

Producer:
Elizabeth Allard

9/9. Wasted on the Young? From disrespect to the anarchic use of technology and the fetishism of brands,
British youth today maintains the honourable tradition of alarming, perplexing and disappointing its elders. But just how wide is the generational gap when the whole family attends the same gig? And who's narrowing it? Richard Weight asks if the middle-aged and even older are shamelessly colonising youth culture. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Weight

Andrew Rawnsley previews the week's political events.
10.45 The Lloyd George Papers
2/2. Trevor Fishlock examines the private letters and journals of the great political leader. Editor Terry Dignan ;
The Lloyd George Papers repeated Wed 8.45pm and Sunday at 5.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley
Unknown:
Trevor Fishlock
Editor:
Terry Dignan

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