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The Rev Nicholas Holtam , vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, appeals on behalf of his church's social work in the capital and around the country.
Donations: St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal, [address removed] online: www.smitf.org/christmas; credit cards: [number removed] Producer Sally Flatman
Repeated at 9.26pm. and on Thursday at 3.27pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Holtam
Producer:
Sally Flatman

Advent - -the Four Last Things. The Rev Richard Cowles leads a service on the theme of death, at the 12th-century church of Horspath in Oxfordshire. With an address by Anne Atkins. Reading: John 11, vv1-37. Music director
David Langdon. Organist Myles Hartley. Producer Philip Bilison

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Cowles
Unknown:
Anne Atkins.
Organist:
David Langdon.
Organist:
Myles Hartley.
Producer:
Philip Bilison

For 80 years at Christmas, radio listeners have supported this appeal on behalf of the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, whose charity organisation - the Connection at St Martin's - helps homeless people of all ages. John Waite meets some of those who benefited from last year's appeal. Producer Sally Flatman Repeated at 5.40pm. and on Thursday at 3.45pm For details of how to make a donation, see Radio 4 Christmas Appeal at 7.55am

Contributors

Unknown:
John Waite
Producer:
Sally Flatman

Nigel Slater and Sheila Dillon meet the winner and runners-up in the Best Food Producer category of the BBC Radio Food and Farming Awards.
Producers Dilly Barlow and Rebecca Moore Repeated tomorrow at 4.00pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Slater
Unknown:
Sheila Dillon
Producers:
Dilly Barlow
Producers:
Rebecca Moore

John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithinbank answer gardening questions from the Friends of Camberley Theatre in Surrey. Peter Gibbs is in the chair. And Gill Pyrah meets horticultural photographers Andrew Lawson , Andrea Jones and Jonathan Buckley. Including at 2.25 Gardening
Weather Forecast. Producer Trevor Taylor Repeated on Wed at 3pm RT DIRECT: Gardeners' Question Time: The Four Seasons is available for £13.44 (RRP E15.99) on two CDs or £8.99 (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:
Anne Swithinbank
Unknown:
Gill Pyrah
Unknown:
Andrew Lawson
Unknown:
Andrea Jones
Unknown:
Jonathan Buckley.
Producer:
Trevor Taylor

5/5. Sikhism. Peter France visits the Khalsa Wood project, a piece of natural woodland near Nottingham that was designed and planted by local Sikhs as an example of their faith's stress on community and the need to care for all living things. Producer Mary Colwell

Contributors

Unknown:
Khalsa Wood
Producer:
Mary Colwell

5/5. Following Ivan's dramatic appearance at his brother's trial, Katerina prepares to deal Dmitri a fatal blow. By Fvodor Dostoyevsky. Dramatised by Melissa Murray. and Music by David Pickvance ; Producer Marc Beeby ; Directors Marc Beeby and Colin Guthrie Repeated on Saturday at 9pm

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Melissa Murray.
Music By:
David Pickvance
Producer:
Marc Beeby
Directors:
Marc Beeby
Directors:
Colin Guthrie
Dmitri:
Paul Hilton
Alyosha:
Carl Prekopp
Ivan:
Nicholas Boulton
Katerina:
Juliet Aubrey
Grushenka:
Katy Cavanagh
Lise:
Emma Noakes
Mrs Khoklakova:
Rachel Atkins
Grigory:
Desmond McNamara
Devil:
Sam Dale
Judge:
Ian Masters
Prosecutor:
Philip Fox
Fetyukovich:
Mark Straker
Bystanders:
Paul Richard Biggin
Bystanders:
Salkat Ahamed

1/2. Poet Shamshad Khan talks to Imtiaz Dharker and Tariq Latiff about how they celebrate and also challenge their faith through their poetry, and what it means to be a poet and a Muslim living in the UK.
Producer Carmel Lonergan Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Shamshad Khan
Unknown:
Imtiaz Dharker
Unknown:
Tariq Latiff
Producer:
Carmel Lonergan

9/10. A new superbug, more virulent than MRSA, is on the rise in Britain's hospitals. Allan Urry asks if the Government is doing enough to protect patients from hospital-acquired infections. Repeated from Tuesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Allan Urry

Barney Harwood goes underwater, finding out about the weird and wonderful Flanimals of the Deep with Ricky Gervais , and looks into mysterious shipwrecks around the coast. Producers Vibeke Venema and Justine Willett

Contributors

Unknown:
Barney Harwood
Unknown:
Ricky Gervais
Producers:
Vibeke Venema
Producers:
Justine Willett

5/5. Gerald Says. As she spends more time on site,
Elizabeth struggles to keep both building and marriage intact. By Sally Hinchcliffe , read by Siobhan Redmond. Producer Lisa Osborne

Contributors

Unknown:
Sally Hinchcliffe
Read By:
Siobhan Redmond.
Producer:
Lisa Osborne

Probing analysis of the week's political events.
10.45 Political Rhetoric New series 1/3. Former parliamentary sketchwriter Edward Pearce goes in search of the heart of successful political speaking.
Editor of The Westminster Hour Terry Dignan Political Rhetoric is repeated on Wednesday at 8.45pm and on Sunday at 5.45am

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Pearce
Unknown:
Terry Dignan

3/6. Letting the Cat Out of the Bag. Reporter
Fran Abrams , Popbitch editor Camilla Wright and stand-up comedian Simon Evans debate whether journalists are really just tell-tales and sneaks. From the chair, Dominic Arkwright attempts to keep order. Producer Miles Warde

Contributors

Reporter:
Fran Abrams
Editor:
Camilla Wright
Unknown:
Simon Evans
Unknown:
Dominic Arkwright
Producer:
Miles Warde

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