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Actor Liam Neeson appeals on behalf of the Down's
Syndrome Association.
Donations: [address removed], marked DSA 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:
Liam Neeson
Producer:
Sally Flatman

'spirit of God. A celebration of Pentecost from Blackburn
Cathedral, featuring Bob Chilcotfs Little Jazz Mass. W ith the Renaissance Singers conducted by Richard Tanner.
Led by the Very Rev Christopher Armstrong. Preacner Canon Chris Chivers. Producer Simon Vivian

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Chilcotfs
Conducted By:
Richard Tanner.
Unknown:
Rev Christopher Armstrong.
Unknown:
Canon Chris Chivers.
Producer:
Simon Vivian

Food and Climate Change. Investigating the influence of climate change on food. Presented by Sheila Dillon. Next week, the effect of climate change on wine. Producer Paula McGinley Repeated tomorrow at 4pm

Contributors

Presented By:
Sheila Dillon.
Producer:
Paula McGinley

Matthew Biggs , John Cushnie and Bob Flowerdew answer gardeners' questions in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. With Enc Robson in the chair. Including at 2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast. Producer Trevor Taylor
Shortened repeat on Wed at 3pm
RT DIRECT: Gardeners' Question Time: The Four Seasons is available on CD or audio cassette. Two CDs cost £13.44 (rrp £15.99) or 2 audio cassettes cost £8.99 (rrp £10.99). Prices include p&p. To order, send a cheque payable to BBC Shop to: [address removed] or visit [web address removed], or by calling [number removed], quoting [number removed] Alan Titchmarsh 's tips: page 18

Contributors

Unknown:
Matthew Biggs
Unknown:
John Cushnie
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Producer:
Trevor Taylor
Unknown:
Alan Titchmarsh

1/2 In Franz Kafka's formative work, set in New York in 1911. Karl Rossmann has had to leave his family in Prague after an indiscretion with a girl. Now arriving in the New World he's filled with optimism. But will it last? Dramatised by Graham White. Rptd Sat 9pm

Contributors

Author:
Franz Kafka
Dramatised by:
Graham White.
Music:
Mark Springer
Producer/Director:
Peter Kavanagh
Karl:
Karl Prekopp
Uncle Jacob:
Conleth Hill
Mr Pollunder:
Ewan Bailey
Green:
Nathan Osgood
Robinson:
Nicholas Boulton
Hans:
Nick Sayce
Headcook:
Elizabeth Bell
Purser:
Kim Wall
Clara:
Tracy Wiles

5/9. Roger McGough introduces a broad selection of poems, many of which celebrate dialect and accents, including verse by Tony Harrison , Jackie Kay and Miss Lou. There are also poems about the joy of schooldays and a smattering of love poems. The readers are Adjoah Andoh , Valerie Bloom , Lewis Rae and Patrick Romer. Producer Sarah Langan Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm RT DIRECT: A special CD celebrating the 25th anniversary of Poetry Please is available from www.bbcshop.com, or by calling [number removed], quoting [number removed]

Contributors

Introduces:
Roger McGough
Unknown:
Tony Harrison
Unknown:
Jackie Kay
Unknown:
Adjoah Andoh
Unknown:
Valerie Bloom
Unknown:
Lewis Rae
Unknown:
Patrick Romer.
Producer:
Sarah Langan

2/11. With the NHS facing a massive cash crisis, the Government insists its multibillion-pound computer project is to press ahead despite widespread opposition from doctors. Has Whitehall got the prescription wrong? Gerry Northam reports. Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerry Northam

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

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Jefford
Producer:
Jo Coombs

Mike piles on the pressure. For cast see page 21 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm Soap & Flannel: page 20 RT DIRECT: The Archers Quiz Book is available for £8.45, including p&p, from www.bbcshop.com. or by calling [number removed], quoting [number removed]

The children's magazine programme. Including the penultimate part of the story Harvey Angell by Diana Hendry. Presented by Barney Harwood. Producers Rebecca Armstrong and Abi Awojobi

Contributors

Unknown:
Harvey Angell
Unknown:
Diana Hendry.
Presented By:
Barney Harwood.
Producers:
Rebecca Armstrong
Producers:
Abi Awojobi

4/5. Don Juan and the Lily. A young girl in her first job falls under the spell of an inscrutable colleague, the romantic Georgia Dellow . Read by Romola Garai. Series of stories by Frances Towers , abridged by Penny Leicester . Producer Emma Harding

Contributors

Unknown:
Don Juan
Unknown:
Georgia Dellow
Read By:
Romola Garai.
Stories By:
Frances Towers
Abridged By:
Penny Leicester
Producer:
Emma Harding

1/4. Housewives and Honeys. Characters who never make an appearance but who have fully formed characters are expored by Tony Hawks. Including Elizabeth Mainwaring from Dad's Army; Ma Glum from The Glums in Take It from Here; and, from Porridge, Mrs Barrowclough and Denise, Godber'S fiancee. Producer Angela Sherwin

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Mainwaring
Unknown:
Mrs Barrowclough
Producer:
Angela Sherwin

5/9. Hush Hush. The Silent Plane is just one of the projects being pursued by the transatlantic Cambridge-MIT Institute. Peter Day finds out what happens when you put two brainy institutions together. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Day

Andrew Rawnsley previews the week's political events.

10.45 The Way We Live Now
1/2. A look at the political insights of the Victorian novelist Anthony Trollope and their relevance to politics today. Douglas Hurd - with the help of John Major and others - focuses on the relationship between politics and the press.
The Way We Live Now is repeated on Wed at 8.45pm and on Sun at 5.45am
Hurd on Trollope: page 103

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Rawnsley
Presenter (The Way We Live Now):
Douglas Hurd
Interviewee:
John Major
Editor of The Westminster Hour:
Terry Dignan

The Brothers Grimm produced some of the best-loved fairy tales of all time. Michael Rosen investigates where some of the stories came from, and how a project that started as a serious scholarly endeavour turned into one of the biggest cultural phenomena ever. Repeated from Thursday
1.00 World Briefing 1.40 Analysis 1.50 Sports Round-up 2.00 News
2.05 Give Me Land (2/4) What land means to the millions who need it to survive 2.30 Heart and Soul 3.00 News
3.05 Faultlines (2/4) Exploring the reasons why some places are always "at war" in one way or another 3.30 Charlie Gillett 's World of Music 4.00 World Today 5.00 World Briefing

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Rosen
Unknown:
Charlie Gillett

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