For the last three editions in this series, Robert Robinson presents a selection from the year's programmes. This week:

Alberto Moravia talks about his last book of short stories and other works at his home near Rome.

Studs Terkel, American journalist and broadcaster, talks to a stonemason at St Paul's Cathedral about his attitude to his job, and compares notes with the American counterpart in his book Working.

Celia Johnson reads from the letters of Queen Victoria to her grand-daughter Princess Victoria of Hesse.

Ben Bradlee, now executive editor of The Washington Post and author of Conversations with Kennedy, talks about his friendship with John F. Kennedy.

Also Edna Everage reports from Australia on what her countrymen have been reading.