Music and dancing from the sumptuous ballrooms of Vienna's Hofburg
Palace. Waltzes, polkas, mazurkas and galops by the Strauss family are performed on period instruments by the Wiener Akademie. The traditional New Year's Day concert from Vienna will be shown on BBC2

The release of Disney's 101 Dalmations in made the author Dodie Smith a household name. However, in the 30s she was a successful dramatist and in the next decade she produced her masterpiece I Capture the Castle. So why is she all but forgotten?

Cultural headlines, including the theft of Munch's Scream and the warehouse fire that decimated
British contemporary art.

Tracing the soul superstar's personal and professional life, from his 1930s gospel roots in the Mississippi delta through to his R&B pop career, his contributions to the civil rights struggle and his untimely death in 1964. Interviewees include Aretha Franklin and Bobby Womack.
Jools Holland narrates.

Stevie Wonder, BB King and Quincy Jones are among those contributing to a profile of the timeless crooner. See Christmas Eve choice.

Ruth Rendell dramatisation by Claude Miller. An author and a waitress are linked by the death of their sons. In French with English subtitles