Celebrities state the case for the final three books as the search for the nation's best-loved novel draws to a close.
The results will be announced next week.
9.00 Driven by passion for Leo Tolstoy 's historical epic
War and Peace, Simon Schama visits Moscow.
9.30 Louisa May Alcott 's classic story of growing up,
Little Women, is championed by Sandi Toksvig.
10.00 The real story behind Charlotte Bronte's
Jane Eyre is revealed by Lorraine Kelly.
Votes can be cast on [number removed] (calls cost 15p), by texting 86200 (maximum 12p) or via the website www.bbc.co.uk/bigread. Digital satellite/cable viewers can vote via the remote control. Hosted by Clive Anderson. Directors Georgina Harvey. James Runcie and Merryn Threadgould
Series producers Michael Poole and Mary Sackville West (S) The Big Read: Battle of the Books is on Friday at 9pm on BBC4
RTSHOP: The Big Read Book of Books, £11.99 inc p&p. To ordertelephone [number removed] (calls charged at national rate) Reading glasses offer: page 8