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Stages of Faith. Mark Tully considers how faith develops from infancy, through childhood, adolescence, and maturity. Is it a linear path with set milestones and cul-de-sacs, or is it a more fluid, meandering development much influenced by personality and Circumstance? Producer Eley McAinsh Rptdat11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Tully
Producer:
Eley McAinsh

Terry Wogan presents the annual appeal on behalf of BBC Children in Need.
Donations: BBC Children in Need, [address removed] or call [number removed] (local rate) or online via www.bbc.co.uk/radio4
Producer Sally Flatman
Repeated at 926pm, and on Thursday at 327pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Terry Wogan
Producer:
Sally Flatman

Come Ye Thankful People, Come. As Americans prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving Day on Thursday,
Father Andrew Mead leads a service from St Thomas Church
Fifth Avenue, New York City. Choir directed by John Scott. Organist Jeremy S Bruns. Producer Stephen Shipley

Contributors

Unknown:
Father Andrew Mead
Directed By:
John Scott.
Organist:
Jeremy S Bruns.
Producer:
Stephen Shipley

1/6. Humphrey Lyttelton chairs the famous antidote to panel games from the Southport Theatre, soliciting inspired nonsense and pointless revelry from regulars Barry Cryer , Graeme Garden , Tim Brooke-Taylor and guest Jeremy Hardy. Colin Sell is at the piano. Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Lyttelton
Unknown:
Barry Cryer
Unknown:
Graeme Garden
Unknown:
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Unknown:
Jeremy Hardy.
Unknown:
Colin Sell

Chris Beardshaw, John Cushnie and Bob Flowerdew answer questions from gardeners in south-west London. And Juliet Roberts of Gardens Illustrated and Tim Rumball of Amateur Gardening choose the best gardening books for Christmas. Anna Ford is in the chair. Including at 2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast. Producer Trevor Taylor Repeated on Wednesday at 3pm
RT DIRECT: Gardeners' Question Time: The Four Seasons is available for £13.44 (RRP E15.99) on two CDs or E8.99 (RRP £10.99) 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]

Contributors

Unknown:
John Cushnie
Unknown:
Bob Flowerdew
Unknown:
Juliet Roberts
Unknown:
Tim Rumball
Unknown:
Anna Ford
Producer:
Trevor Taylor

3/5. Hinduism. Series examining the relationship between faiths and the natural world as reflected in their gardens. Peter France visits the manor house that George Harrison gave to the Krishna Hindus in the 1980s. Producer Mary Colwell

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter France
Unknown:
George Harrison
Producer:
Mary Colwell

3/5. Following the violent encounter at the Karamazov home, Dmitri flees the town in search of Grushenka. By Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Dramatised for radio by Melissa Murray.
Music by David Pickvance ; Producer Marc Beeby ; Directors Marc Beeby and Colin Guthrie ; Musicians: the Virtuosos Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Unknown:
Melissa Murray.
Music By:
David Pickvance
Producer:
Marc Beeby
Directors:
Marc Beeby
Directors:
Colin Guthrie
Dmitri:
Paul Hilton
Grushenka:
Katy Cavanagh
Alyosha:
Carl Prekopp
Lise:
Emma Noakes
Mrs Khoklakova:
Rachel Atkins
Grigory:
Desmond McNamara
Makarov:
Mark Straker
Andrey:
Philip Fox
Trifon:
Paul Richard Biggin
Musialowicz:
Sam Dale
Constable:
Saikat Ahamed
Reveller:
Miranda Keeling
Reveller:
Bethan Walker

Kenneth Cranham discusses and performs his favourite poems from Rudyard Kipling 's 1892 collection, Barrack-Room Ballads, which were inspired by the stories of enlisted soldiers and drew on the rhythms and style of music-hall songs. He considers modern-day discomfort with the poems: though classics such as Mandalay, Gunga Din and Tommy are still well-loved, they are steeped in the language of British Imperialism and are often charged with jingoism, racism and sexism. Producer Tim Dee Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Cranham
Unknown:
Rudyard Kipling
Producer:
Tim Dee

7/10. Richard Watson investigates the extent of radicalisation among Britain's Muslim communities and asks if the security agencies and the Government are doing enough to tackle the problem. Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Watson

Elinor Goodman presents her selection of highlights 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:
Elinor Goodman
Producer:
Jacqueline Smith

Author Alexander McCall Smith gives Barney Harwood tips on what to do when you come face to face with a snake. Producers Vibeke Venema and Justine Willett

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexander McCall Smith
Unknown:
Barney Harwood
Producers:
Vibeke Venema
Producers:
Justine Willett

3/5. Detained. Stranded in a snowbound airport terminal, Clarissa kills time and finds that life is not all that it seems. By Heidi Amsinck , read by Lesley Manville. Producer Lisa Osborne

Contributors

Unknown:
Heidi Amsinck
Read By:
Lesley Manville.
Producer:
Lisa Osborne

2/8. Do Mention the War! In recent weeks, Western security services and generals have blamed Anglo-
American foreign policy for our failure to isolate extremist jihaidsts from moderates. Zareer Masani asks whether the West can ever get it right. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Zareer Masani

Probing analysis of the week's political causes.
10.45 Lost Causes 2/3. The campaign to restore the link between earnings and the state pension has been going on for more than 20 years. It looked like a lost cause, but now the major parties have promised to restore it. Carolyn Quinn reports.

Lost Causes is repeated on Wednesday at 8.45pm and on Sunday at 5.45am

Contributors

Reporter (Lost Causes):
Carolyn Quinn
Editor of The Westminster Hour:
Terry Dignan

New series 1/6. The Snip. The mere thought of vasectomy brings tears to Toby Young 's eyes - as it should, according to the already snipped Rory Clements. But agony aunt Anna Raeburn says that it's a rare chance for boys to take some responsibility. Father-of-f ive Dominic Arkwright attempts to keep control Of the hot debate. Producer Miles Warde

Contributors

Unknown:
Toby Young
Unknown:
Rory Clements.
Unknown:
Anna Raeburn
Unknown:
Dominic Arkwright
Producer:
Miles Warde

1/2. Behind the friendly, red-nosed image of the circus clown there lurks a hidden moral purpose. Stewart Lee goes to LA to meet a clown who assaults and ridicules his audiences, and witnesses the rituals of the Native American sacred clowns Of New Mexico.
Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Stewart Lee

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