(Shown yesterday at 10.35pm)

David Frost interviews the newsmakers. Including at 8.30 News; plus weather.

The second of four services from Lichfield
Cathedral, celebrating the season of Advent and reflecting on the cathedral's symbolism. Music includes The Lord Will Come and Not Be Slow and Christ Is the World's True Light

FindingPartners. How male birds employ extraordinary displays to attract mates.
Shown last Wednesday The Demands of the Egg can be seen on Wednesday at 8pm Subtitled.

Just Desserts. Stealing on the outside, that's work. But stealing from one's fellow inmates, that's a real crime.
Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
Repeat Subtitled.

Rural and agricultural issues, with John Craven. Including weather for the week ahead at 11.55am.

John Humphrys interviews the politicians in the news. Including at 12.00 News.
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Omnibus edition.
(Subtitled)

Cartoon fun................................

Reports from the tenth annual Clothes Show Live, the world's largest fashion and beauty event, held at Birmingham's NEC. Will MacDonald looks at what's on offer for men, Sara Cox does some shopping, and Jayne Middlemiss goes behind the scenes......................

Fourth of a six-part adaptation of Captain Marryat's novel. The children are now completely alone in the forest, and Edward decides to seek Oswald Partridge's help.
Dramatised by Richard Cooper and Peter Tabem

In a special Advent celebration of hope, Michael Buerk meets people whose hope has sustained them through terrible times.
Hymns come from St Bamabas's church, Dulwich, south-east
London, now rebuilt after being burned down six years ago, and include All My Hope on God is Founded and Amazing Grace. Producer Michael Wakelin ; Editor
Hugh Faupel

The Thing in Wesley's Shed
Wesley prepares to unleash a secret creation upon the world.
Written by RoyClarke; Director/Producer
Alan JW Bell Repeat Subtitled.

At Ickworth House in Suffolk once more, Hugh Scully discovers the fine portrait collection and looks back at unseen finds from previous editions, including sedan chair with a family history. Producer Michele Burgess ; Executive producer Christopher Lewis

Piranhas. A look at how the vicious red bellied piranha has earned a bad name for alspecies of this mainly harmless South American fish. Narrated by David Attenborough.
Producer Dan Freeman ; Series producer
KeithScholey Repeat

Strange goings on in the stratosphere attract a ufologist.
Last in the current series. The series returns next year.

(See today's choices)
(The experts' view: page 143)

Those of you who have been making regular weekly visits to the charming Irish village over the past few weeks will be disappointed to realise that this is the end of the series. Fear not, however, as a fifth series of the popular drama is in the pipeline and will be on the air next year. But make sure you savour this final episode, to keep you going through the long winter months.
Veteran actor James Ellis, perhaps best known for "Z Cars", makes a guest appearance as Uncle Minto, a UFO hunter. He has been attracted to the area by a storm that has been brewing, creating the most peculiar of atmospheres. A man of taste and discernment, he enlists Donal and Liam to help him in his quest.

An outdoors-indoors luxury barbecue sounds complicated - and so it proves.
Written by Roy Clarke ; Director/Producer
Harold Snoad Repeat Subtitled...

Every year thousands of children lose a parent. Everyman tells the story of some of them. Charlotte was just nine when her mother died of cancer, a year after her father, but is now coming to terms with her loss; five-year-old Alistair is obsessed by illness after his father died of a brain tumour; and following his mother's suicide Ben is being encouraged to share his feelings.
Information: see Ceefax page

Oscar-winning comedy drama, starring
Dennis Christopher
A group of high-school graduates, unsure what to do with their lives, find purpose in bicycle racing.
Director Peter Yates (1979, PG)
♦ See Films: pages 63-72
Followed by Weather