The Food Programme (BBC Radio 4, 12.30 to 1pm)
Sheila Dillon celebrates the history of the peach, from its wild origins in China to its cultivation in Britain, when peach trees were planted at the Tower of London in 1275.
Word on the Street (BBC Radio 4, 4 to 4.30pm)
Presenter Jackie Kay visits Bangor in Northern Ireland, home to many new and exciting poets. She visits the town's library, where a team of enthusiastic librarians have made it a 'poetry place' through a scheme run by the Poetry Society, and discovers how it has nurtured poets and encouraged interest in poetry.
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