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Care Not Cure. Mark Tully explores the intimate relationship between "care" and "cure" that lies at the heart of the hospice movement. He talks to Harmala Gupta , one of the founders of Delhi's first home-based palliative care service, and discovers that, even when the medical prognosis is bleak, with compassionate, sensitive care many patients experience profound levels of healing. Producer Eley McAinsh Repeated at 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Tully
Unknown:
Harmala Gupta
Producer:
Eley McAinsh

Jo Brand appeals on behalf of the National Childbirth Trust. Donations: [address removed], marked NCT on the back of the envelope; Credit cards: Freephone [number removed] Producer Sally Flatman
Rptd at 9.26pm, and on Thu at 3.27pm

Contributors

Producer:
Sally Flatman

The Rev Philip Harbridge reflects on the struggle and isolation at the heart of true discipleship with members of Christ's College, Cambridge. Director of music
David Rowland : organist Alexandra Jobling. producer Stephen Shipley

Contributors

Unknown:
Philip Harbridge
Organist:
David Rowland
Organist:
Alexandra Jobling.
Producer:
Stephen Shipley

7/9. Exchanging favourite quotations and anecdotes this week are historian Fran Beauman, Clive Coleman, Professor John Sutherland and Alan Titchmarsh. Hosted by Nigel Rees, with reader William Franklyn.

(Repeated from Monday)

Contributors

Panellist:
Fran Beauman
Panellist:
Clive Coleman
Panellist:
Professor John Sutherland
Panellist:
Alan Titchmarsh
Chairman:
Nigel Rees
Reader:
William Franklyn

A rare and revealing glimpse into the brittle cliques of mums that form the Parent Teacher Associations at two very different schools - only a postcode apart - as they organise their Christmas bazaars. Will the seasoned olives arrive safely? Will the chocolate fountain gush? Will anyone turn up at all?

Contributors

Producer:
Sarah Bowen

Chris Beardshaw, Bob Flowerdew and Carol Klein answer questions posed by members of the Tutshill Women s
Institute near Chepstow in Monmouthshire. Eric Robson is in the chair. And at 2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast. Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened
RT DIRECT: Gardeners' Question Time: The Four Seasons is available on CD or audio cassette with free p&p. Two CDs cost £10.99 (rrp £12.99) or 2 cassettes E8.99 (rrp £10.99). To order call [number removed] and quotecodeRT45
Alan Titchmarsh : page 24 Free roses offer: page 140

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Carol Klein
Producer:
Trevor Taylor
Unknown:
Alan Titchmarsh

3/4. Socrates and His Friends. Aesop wrote more than 600 fables, but how do they stand up to modern moral dilemmas? Julie won more than a million on the lottery and yet, with almost aggressive normality, she leads her old life, living in a bog-standard semi and cooking for the local fire station. Fables read by Paul Ewing. Reporter Jo Morris. Producer Matt Thompson

Contributors

Read By:
Paul Ewing.
Reporter:
Jo Morris.
Producer:
Matt Thompson

1/2. By HG Wells. Raised in the respectable gloom of his uncle's shop and looking forward to a career of unremitting drapery, Kipps finds his life changed by an astonishing bit of luck after being hit by a bicycle. Dramatised by Mike Walker.
Producer/Director John Taylor Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Mike Walker.
Director:
John Taylor
Kipps:
Bryan Dick
Uncle:
Donald Sumpter
Aunt:
Deborah Findlay
Helen:
Lesley Vickerage
Shalford:
Jonathan Keeble
Chitterlow:
Robert Whitelock
Coote:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Young Arthur:
Myles Taylor
Young Sid:
Jordan Clarke
Young Ann:
Megan Jones

New series Roger McGough opens another series with a lucky dip into the listeners' poetry-request bag. The readers are Sean Barrett , Elizabeth Bell and Jim Findley. Producer Christine Hall 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
Unknown:
Sean Barrett
Unknown:
Elizabeth Bell
Unknown:
Jim Findley.
Producer:
Christine Hall

Fair Trade has become one of the most successful consumer labels of modern times. High-street stores and multinational companies want its brand on their products. Mark Ashurst travels to Mexico, where the campaign began in the late 1980s, and to the USA, its fastest-growing market. to find out who benefits from Fair Trade and how it has changed the lives of peasant farmers. Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Ashurst

Laurie Taylor presents his selection of highlights from
BBC radio over the past seven days. Producer Nicola Barranger PHONE: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) Fax: [number removed] email: potw@>bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurie Taylor
Producer:
Nicola Barranger

Barney Harwood presents the children's magazine with a lively mix of music and drama, comedy and competitions. This week, he speaks to an 11-year-old girl who recently gave Home Secretary Charles Clarke a run for his money when she interviewed him on BBC Radio Norfolk.
Producers Rebecca Armstrong and Abi Awojobi

Contributors

Unknown:
Barney Harwood
Unknown:
Charles Clarke
Producers:
Rebecca Armstrong
Producers:
Abi Awojobi

Andrew Rawnsley previews the week's political events
10.45 In the Think Tanks
1/3. Dennis Sewell explores think tanks concerned with the environment. Editor of The Westminster Hour Terry Dignan In the Think Tanks is repeated on Wed at 8.45pm and on Sun at 5.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley
Unknown:
Dennis Sewell
Unknown:
Terry Dignan

In the most ravishing corner of Provence on a magnificent spring day, author Michele Roberts and geologist lain Stewart scaled the ancient rocky layers of Mont Sainte
Victoire. They were following in the footsteps of Cezanne, who painted the mountain over and over again until his death 100 years ago. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Michele Roberts
Unknown:
Mont Sainte

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