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New series 1/4. Little Tern on the Beach.
Lionel Kelleway goes in search of Britain's rarest species of tern and finds them on the beach at Great Yarmouth.
With Mark Smart of the RSPB. Producer Stuart Reading

Contributors

Unknown:
Lionel Kelleway
Unknown:
Mark Smart

Allan Little appeals on behalf of International Alert, a charity that works to build sustainable peace in areas affected or threatened by violent conflict.
Donations: [address removed] marked IA 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:
Allan Little
Producer:
Sally Flatman

Marking Racial Justice Sunday, from St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow. Celebrant the Most Rev Idris Jones , Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church. Preacher the Rev Kelvin Holdsworth. With the Cathedral Choir directed by Frikki Walker. Organist Christopher Hampson

Contributors

Unknown:
Idris Jones
Unknown:
Kelvin Holdsworth.
Directed By:
Frikki Walker.
Organist:
Christopher Hampson

NatWest Series: England v Pakistan
The final game in the series from Edgbaston, Birmingham. With commentary by Jonathan Agnew , Christopher Martin-Jenkins and Henry Blofeld , who are joined by experts Angus Fraser and Vic Marks.
Producer Peter Baxter 'approximate time

Contributors

Commentary By:
Jonathan Agnew
Commentary By:
Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Commentary By:
Henry Blofeld
Unknown:
Angus Fraser
Unknown:
Vic Marks.
Producer:
Peter Baxter

10/11. Nicholas Parsons hosts the panel game from the Mermaid Theatre, London. With Graham Norton , Marcus Brigstocke , Clement Freud and Pam Ayres. Rptdfrom Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Graham Norton
Unknown:
Marcus Brigstocke
Unknown:
Clement Freud
Unknown:
Pam Ayres.

Community farms, market gardens and vegetable-box schemes have been shown to make us happier. Sheila Dillon visits a thriving horticultural enterprise at a formerly derelict allotment site in Sandwell, West Midlands. Producer Tamsin Hughes Repeated tomorrow at 4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila Dillon
Producer:
Tamsin Hughes

John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithinbank answer questions from gardeners in Shropshire. Eric Robson is in the chair. And at the GOT garden, Peter Gibbs meets Rosie Yeomans , who discloses the results of recent trials, including at 2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast. Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened at 3pm RT DIRECT: Gardeners' Question Time: The Four Seasons is available for £13.44 (rrp £15.99) on two CDs or E8.99 (rrp E10.99) on two audio cassettes. 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] Anne Swithinbank answers gardeners' questions in the October issue of Good Homes Magazine

Contributors

Unknown:
John Cushnie
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Anne Swithinbank
Unknown:
Eric Robson
Unknown:
Peter Gibbs
Unknown:
Rosie Yeomans
Producer:
Trevor Taylor
Unknown:
Anne Swithinbank

2/2. Graham Greene 's dark, wartime thriller about identity and redemption. A man wakes up in a clinic. He's a civilian casualty and has lost his memory. Apparently his name is Richard Digby. The doctors don't want him to leave. Why? Dramatised by Sean O'Brien. Producer/Director Gary Brown Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Greene
Unknown:
Richard Digby.
Dramatised By:
Sean O'Brien.
Director:
Gary Brown
Rowe:
Michael Feast
Willi:
James Nickerson
Anna:
Fiona Clarke
MrsBellairs:
Anne Rye
Maj Stone/Cost:
David Fleeshman
Poole/Prentice:
Malcolm Raeburn
Forrester:
Stuart Richman
Johns:
Lloyd Peters

Kathryn Hughes talks to Mark Haddon about his new novel, A Spot Of Bother. Producer Anne-Marie Cole Rptd on Thu at 4pm A Spot of Bother is next week's Book at Bedtime (18-22 September)

Contributors

Talks:
Kathryn Hughes
Unknown:
Mark Haddon
Producer:
Anne-Marie Cole Rptd

2/4. Timothy Winters. Peggy Reynolds studies Charles Causley 's poem about this "blitz of a boy" and visits the Cornish town of Launceston where Charles Causley lived all his life, teaching at the National School where he was once a pupil. With contributions from poet Dana Gioia and fond reminiscences of Causley's friends and colleagues. Producer Viv Beeby Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Timothy Winters.
Unknown:
Peggy Reynolds
Unknown:
Charles Causley
Unknown:
Charles Causley
Unknown:
Dana Gioia
Producer:
Viv Beeby

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

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarfraz Manzoor
Producer:
Tamsin Hughes

Andrew Rawnsley previews the week's political events.
10.45 The Gibbon Test
3/3. What lessons could Edward Gibbon 's iconic The
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire have for a multicultural Britain today? With Matthew Parris. Editor of The Westminster Hour Terry Dignan
The Gibbon Test is repeated on Wednesday at 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Rawnsley
Unknown:
Edward Gibbon
Unknown:
Matthew Parris.
Unknown:
Terry Dignan

Samantha Bond , who played James Bond 's put-upon secretary, Miss Moneypenny, in four films, turns her critical eye to one of the cornerstones of her day job as a classical actress: the right way to deliver Shakespeare's dramatic verse. She consults Peter Hall , Cicely Berry and Derek Jacobi , and fellow "Bond girl" Judi Dench. Repeated from Thu

Contributors

Unknown:
Samantha Bond
Unknown:
James Bond
Unknown:
Peter Hall
Unknown:
Cicely Berry
Unknown:
Derek Jacobi
Unknown:
Judi Dench.

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