HIGHLIGHT: Majesty and Mortar: Britain's great
palaces Dan Cruickshank tells the story of 1000 years of
palace-building.
BBC4 9pm Wednesday
TELEVISION
Sunday 5.25pm (BBC1) Songs of Praise
Claire McCollum presents a Father's Day edition from St Patrick's,
Jordanstown, Londonderry.
Monday 9pm (C5) Benefits Britain: Life on
the dole A look at what life is like for people living on
benefits.
Thursday 9pm (BBC2) Fostering and Me with
Lorraine Pascale The television cook, who was fostered as a
baby, examines the fostering crisis in Britain.
RADIO
Saturday 8pm (R4) Archive on 4: No
destination Satish Kumar relives an 8000-mile walk from 50
years ago as a protest against nuclear weapons.
Sunday 8.10am (R4) Sunday Worship A
service live from Worcester College, Oxford.
9.30am (World Service) Heart and Soul
Will Grant meets Padre Alberto Gauci - a priest for whom football
is more than just a game.
3pm (R3) A repeat of last week's choral vespers
from the London Oratory.
Wednesday 11am (R4) Hail Marys and
Miniskirts Some of the 250,000-plus Irish women who emigrated
to Britain in the 1950s tell their stories.
3.30pm (R3) Choral Evensong from
Guildford Cathedral.
10pm (R2) Walking With the Wind: America's
civil rights struggle Nile Rodgers looks at the 50th
anniversary of the signing of the American Civil Rights Act.
Thursday 9am (R4) In Our Time Melvyn
Bragg hosts a discussion on solitude.