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The Pleasure of Work. In a society that defines people by what they do, those who enjoy their job are fortunate indeed. Mark Tully considers the pleasures of working, whether it be digging the garden or writing a script. Producer Nigel Acheson Repeated at 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Tully
Producer:
Nigel Acheson

Gervaise Phinn appeals on behalf of the charity ClearVision. Donations: [address removed] marked ClearVision 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

Unknown:
Gervaise Phinn
Producer:
Sally Flatman

This year's service from the Keswick Convention in the Lake
District focuses on the renewing power of the Holy Spirit.
Service leader the Rev Steve James. Preacher the Rev ur
Chris Wright. Directors of music Ray Monk and Andy Silver. Producer Simon Vivian

Contributors

Unknown:
Steve James.
Unknown:
Chris Wright.
Unknown:
Andy Silver.
Producer:
Simon Vivian

4/11. Nicholas Parsons hosts the devious panel game. This week's panellists are Paul Merton , Sue Perkins , Charles Collingwood and Tony Hawks. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Paul Merton
Unknown:
Sue Perkins
Unknown:
Charles Collingwood

John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithinbank answer questions posed by members of the Port Sunlight Residents and Conservation Society, Wirral. Chaired by Eric Robson. 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. Two CDs cost £13.44 (rrp £15.99) or 2 audio cassettes cost E8.99 (rrp £10.99). Prices include p&p. To order, send a cheque payable to BBC Shop to: [address removed]visit www.bbcshop.com. or call [number removed], quoting [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
John Cushnie
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Anne Swithinbank
Unknown:
Eric Robson.
Producer:
Trevor Taylor

by Charles Dickens.
Dramatised by Martyn Wade.
1/3 Young Pip is an orphan living with his shrewish sister and her kindly blacksmith husband. One Christmas Eve he is surprised by a convict and forced to steal for him.
This single good deed of Pip's leads him to the pursuit of expectations of wealth, a better position in life, and happiness; but he has many hard lessons to learn before he achieves that.
(Rpd Sat 9pm)

Contributors

Author:
Charles Dickens
Dramatised by:
Martyn Wade
Music:
Harvey Brough
Producer/Director:
Marilyn Imrie
Pip:
Oliver Milburn
Young Pip:
Angus Imrie
Joe:
Jim Carter
Mrs Joe:
Pam Ferris
Biddy:
Robin Weaver
Magwitch:
Ken Campbell
Miss Havisham:
Janet Suzman
Young Estella:
Ellie Beaven
Young Herbert:
Milo Clare
Jaggers:
Roger Allam
Pumblechook:
Christopher Benjamin
Orlick:
Ben Crowe
Compeyson:
Harry Myers

Mariella Frostrup talks to Jon McGregor about his new book, So Many Ways to Begin, and, 50 years after its publication, she considers Sam Selvon's patois novel The Lonely Londoners.

(Repeated on Thursday at 4pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Mariella Frostrup
Guest:
Jon McGregor
Producer:
Hilary Dunn

2/4. The Gujarati Writers Forum. As part of a series looking at groups that meet to celebrate their love of poetry, Judith Palmer goes to Batley, West Yorkshire, to join in a lively meeting of Gujarati poets who love to celebrate their literary heritage but want to make it relevant for the younger generation. Producer VivBeeby Repeated Saturday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Judith Palmer

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

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris Serle
Producer:
Jacqueline Smith

Clarrie shows some restraint. For cast see page 29 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm Soap & Flannel: page 28 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]

To celebrate the launch of the Secret Agent Exhibition in Leeds, Barney Harwood speaks to writer
Anthony Horowitz about his literary teenage super-spy Alex Rider. And the story Kingdom of the Golden Dragon by Isabel Allende continues. Producers Rebecca Armstrong and Abi Awojobi

Contributors

Unknown:
Barney Harwood
Unknown:
Anthony Horowitz
Unknown:
Alex Rider.
Unknown:
Isabel Allende
Producers:
Rebecca Armstrong
Producers:
Abi Awojobi

2/5. Lucy Wildhair. Girls of the All-Island Hairdressing Club fall for a shipwrecked man. By Annamaria Murphy. Read by Mary Woodvine. Producer Claire Grove

Contributors

Unknown:
Lucy Wildhair.
Unknown:
Annamaria Murphy.
Read By:
Mary Woodvine.
Producer:
Claire Grove

2/2. An extreme brand of free-market ideology called libertarianism took over the Conservative Party's student wing in the mid-1980s. The Times columnist Tim Hames investigates how an insatiable desire to shock and irritate senior figures in the party led to the radicals' downfall. Editor of The Westminster Hour Terry Dignan
A Burst of Freedom is repeated on Wednesday at 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Hames
Unknown:
Terry Dignan

3/7. Schadenfreude. Envy has one sweet consequence, and that's schadenfreude - the joy of seeing your rivals fail. Joining presenter Dominic Arkwright are agony aunt
Anna Raeburn , economist Andrew Oswald , and stand-up comedian Simon Evans , who claims: "sex and drugs and schadenfreude, that's all my body needs". Producer Miles warde

Contributors

Presenter:
Dominic Arkwright
Unknown:
Anna Raeburn
Unknown:
Andrew Oswald
Unknown:
Simon Evans

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