From St Helen's Church, Sefton, Liverpool.
1/3. Repeated from Sunday
A Perfect Pleasure. Is pleasure, as Epicurus suggested, the beginning and the end of a life of happiness? Mark Tully explores the double-edged nature of pleasure. Producer Eley McAinsh Repeated at 11.30pm
4/8. Meeting people who live the country life. Producer Fran Barnes
Religious news, with Roger Bolton. ProducerAmanda Hancox
An appeal on behalf of Deafblind UK.
Donations: [address removed] marked Deafblind on the back of the envelope; Credit cards: Freephone [number removed]
Producer Sally Flatman
Repeated at 9.26pm, and on Thursday at 3.27pm
From St Andrew 's Church, Ballingan, County Down. Led by the Rev John Bowley. Preacher Canon Noel Battye , with the Balligan Consort directed by David McKnight. Producer Bert Tosh
Professor Lisa Jardine reflects on a topical issue.
Repeated from Friday
The week's news. With Paddy O'Connell. Editor Peter Rippon
Omnibus edition.
Omnibus edition.
England v Sri Lanka
Live coverage of the fourth day's play in the First Test.
Producer Peter Baxter *approximate time
8/9. Exchanging favourite quotations and anecdotes this week are Anna Ford , The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's s Arthur Dent , otherwise known as actor Simon Jones , Welsh poet Gwyneth Lewis and comedian Mark Steel. Hosted by Nigel Rees , with reader William Franklyn. Repeated from Monday
Exploring the food issues of the day. Presented by Sheila Dillon. Producer Alice Feinstein Repeated tomorrow at 4pm
Global news, with Brian Hanrahan. Editor coim Hancock
Archaeologist and broadcaster Francis Pryor explores the remarkable story of young archaeology graduate Stuart Wilson, who has bought a field for a considerable sum of money, convinced that he has just discovered a lost medieval town.
Producer Martin Kurzik
Chris Beardshaw, Bob Flowerdew and Carol Klein answer questions at a garden centre in Whitminster near Stroud in Gloucestershire. With Eric Robson in the chair. And at the GOT garden, Bob Flowerdew explains why now is an ideal time to grow pineapples, Pippa Greenwood sets up a trial to see which compost for patio containers gives the best results and Carol Klein reveals how scented plants can be used in patio containers to provide evening fragrance.
Including at 2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast.
Shortened at 3pm
Alan Titchmarsh: page 32
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4/4. The Gnat and the Bull. Aesop wrote more than 600 fables, but how do they stand up to modern moral dilemmas? Retirement can be like living in Siberia - there are no landmarks as far as the eye can see. Fables read by Paul Ewina. Reporter Jo Morris. producer Matt Thompson
2/2. By HG Wells. For the sake of Helen, Kipps tries to adapt himself to the baffling ritual of a Folkestone tea, where the middle-class residents play an anagram parlour game, and where an unexpected encounter shatters everything. Dramatised by Mike Walker. Producer/Director John Taylor Repeated on Saturday at 9pm
Bernard MacLaverty , author of Grace Notes, talks to Mariella Frostrup about his fifth volume of short stories. And historians Alison Weir and Jason Goodwin discuss why they've given up on facts to write fiction. Producer Nicola Holloway Repeated on Thursday at 4pm
2/9. In the company of poets William Cowper , Robert Browning and CP Cavafy, Roger McGough travels hopefully and arrives at some interesting poetry destinations. Producer Christine Hall Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm BBC AUDIO: A special CD celebrating the 25th anniversary of Poetry Please is available from www.bbcshop.com and from all good retail outlets, or by calling [number removed]
Last year more than a hundred architects entered a competition to redesign Morecambe's seafront. The judging meetings produced much argument about what constitutes good design. John Wilson eavesdropped on the selection process and interviewed local residents.
(Repeated from Tuesday)
(Repeated from yesterday 7pm)
Quentin Cooper presents his selection of highlights from BBC radio over the past seven days.
Phone: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) Fax: [number removed] Email: [email address removed]
Lynda hits on a good idea. For cast see page 37 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm Soap & Flannel: page 35
Children's magazine presented by Barney Harwood.
Featuring the next instalment of Diana Hendry 's story Harvey Angell. Producers Rebecca Armstrong and Abi Awojobi
1/5. Violet. The Titmus family's new maid appears to have an uncanny knack for predicting the future. By Frances
Towers, read by Susannah Harker and abridged by Penny Leicester. Producer Emma Harding
1/12. Roger Bolton selects listeners' comments and queries and redirects them towards BBC radio programme and policy makers. Repeated from Friday
6/8. 1 a science fiction special, Michael Rosen takes a crash course in Klingon, hears from a comic book novelist, and learns the art of talking to aliens both in galaxies far far away and a little closer to home. Repeated from Tuesday
Repeated from yesterday at 12.04pm
Repeated from 7.55am
2/9. Opportunity Knocks. What is life like for the immigrants for whom Britain seems to be a land of opportunity? Peter Day investigates. Repeated from Thursday
Andrew Rawnsley previews the week's political events.
10.45 In the Think Tanks 2/3. Dennis Sewell looks at the work of think tanks concerned with the environment.
Editor of The Westminster Hour Terry Dignan
In the Think Tanks is repeated on Wed at 8.45pm andonSunat 5.45am
Matthew Bannister celebrates the life stories of the recently deceased. Repeated from Friday
The story of Paolo Fazioli , who 25 years ago redesigned the grand piano, creating what some say is the finest instrument in the world. Presented by Philip Pope. Repeated from Thursday
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The Buddhist
Monks of Drepung
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