Small Mercies. Tom is stranded in the Bush with an asthmatic boy and a sick woman. Repeat Stereo Subtitled ....
Handling difficult situations.
David Frost interviews the news makers. Including at 8.30 News; plus the weather.
The third service for Advent comes from Blackburn Cathedral and is led by the Provost, the Very Rev David Frayne. Music includes Hark, What a Sound, On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry and This Is the Record of John (Orlando Gibbons). With Jeff Cuttell.
(Stereo)
Featuring updates on the fortunes of deaf round-the-world yachstman
Paul Hebblethwaite. With signing and subtitles. Repeated Tuesday 12 noon BBC2 Stereo........
Drama introducing German. With English subtitles on page 888. Complementary radio series at 8pm on Radio 4 LW
Featuring viewers who learn to sing gospel and a man who wants water divining to be an Olympic sport. Hosted by Cheryl Baker , Gordon Kennedy and Toby Anstis.
Producer Carmel Perry : Editor Fiona Thompson
GUIDELINE: ring [number removed]. Lines open llamto 2pm
Rural issues with John Craven. Plus the week's weather at 12.25pm. Stereo...
John Humphrys interviews another senior politician. Including at 12.30 News.
Editor Oavid Jordan
Omnibus edition. (Stereo) (Subtitled)
A behind-the-scenes preview of Michael Flatley 's show priorto its spectacular opening in Dublin. Stereo Subtitled..
The BBC's right-of-reply programme, with Diana Madill. Viewers can write in with comments to Biteback, [address removed], phone [number removed], or e-mail: [email address removed]
This week Griff Rhys Jones is in Wales to find out why author
Bernard Cornwell depicts KingArthur as a brutal warlord. Delia Smith ,
Alastair Little and Antony Worrall Thompson pick their favourite cookbooks for Christmas.
See today's choices. Stereo * Griff's Christmas gifts: page 33
Last of the drama, adapted from Mark Twain 's novel.
Edward and Miles are anxious to get to London before Tom Canty is crowned king of England. See today's choices.
Adapted and produced by Julian Fellowes ; Director
AndrewMorgan Stereo * Build your own Tudor city: page 13
With Jennie Bond.
Weather David Lee Subtitled.....
A gospel Christmas from the City
Temple in London, with guests including the pop group Eternal, Bloomsbury
International Ensemble, Baroque Brass and London Adventist Chorale. Hymns are Joy to the World; Oh Come, Oh
Come, Emmanuel; The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy; Sweet Little Jesus Boy ; Mary's Boy Child; The First Nowell: Christmas Spirit and Oh Holy Night. Producer Roy Francis ; Editor Helen Alexander
Have You Got a Light? Clegg has to buy a present for Howard's ladyfriend.
Compo BILL OWEN. Clegg PETER SALLIS. Foggy BRIAN
WILDE, Ivy JANE FREEMAN. Nora KATHY STAFF . Edie
THORA HIRD , Auntie Wainwright JEAN ALEXANDER. MarinaJEAN FERGUSSON. Howard ROBERT FYFE
Written by Roy Clarke : Director/Producer Alan JW Bell Repeat Stereo
Join a star-studded audience forthe annual review of the year's sporting achievements which culminates with the announcement of the BBC Sports
Personality of the Year. Introduced from London's Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre by Desmond Lynam. Steve Rider and Sue Barker. See today's choices. Executive producer Martin Hopkins
Editor Dave Gordon
♦ Sporting heroes: page 23
With Michael Buerk.
Weather David Lee
Actor Roger Moore talks to
Clive Anderson in another of his irreverent interviews.
Producer Anne Marie Thorogood ; Series producer
Dan Patterson Repeated on Thursday at 11.55pm
Third of four programmes in which Mark Tully sets out on a journey to reassess the life of Jesus for the next millennium.
Jesus the Rebel. A look at the life of Jesus as an unwilling subject of the Roman empire. See today's choices. Producer Christopher Salt: Series producer
AngelaTilby Stereo See also Seeds of Faith at 11.45pm on Radio 4
STUDY GUIDE: available at the end of the series by sending a cheque for £4.00, payable to BBC, to [address removed]
Mark Tully examines Jesus's relationship with the Roman Empire and his position as an unwilling Roman subject.
Football's Coming Home
Is football a monument to masculinity where violence is part of the culture and bullies are heroes? Joan Bakewell chairs a debate on sport and morality and asks whether violence is the inevitable consequence of competitive sport. Series editor Anne Reevell ; Executive producer
JohnDrury
Drama series set in a magistrates' court. Mukesh. Only Vijay's evidence can save his brother Mukesh who appears in court charged with common assault. But Vijay is being intimidated.
Jenny Roach FRANCESGREY, Liz Walton BEVERLEY
HILLS. Janet Walsh JANE MERROW. Jocelyn Halliday PEGGY SINCLAIR. Paul Harper LLOYD JOHNSTON.
Gerry Harrison DAVID TELFER. JackVincent
NICHOLAS BAILEY. Dee Yearwood MARLENE SIDAWAY. Mukesh
Gupta PAULSHARMA. Vijay Gupta AMEET CHANNA Written by Maurice Bessman ; Producer Diana Kyle
Director Jo Johnson
Thriller starring James Garner
Gayle Hunnicutt
For private investigator
Philip Marlowe an apparently fruitless missing person's case reveals a trail of murder and blackmail centring on a gangster and his TV star mistress. Philip Marlowe
JAMES GARNER , Mavis Wald GAYLE HUNNICUTT.
Lt Christy French CARROLLO'CONNOR. Dolores Gonzales
RITA MORENO. Orfamay Quest
SHARON FARRELL. Winslow Wong BRUCE LEE
Director Paul Bogart (1969) ................... + See Films: pages 59-68 ****