Presented by Simon McCoy and Jules Botfield.
Prime Minister Tony Blair talks with David Frost. Including 9.00 News, plus weather later.
What does 2004 have in store? Kate Silverton begins a series of reports on predictions with the practice of paim reading.
Reporter John Simpson chats to Kate Sanderson , while Ross Kelly and Philippa Forrester chair another topical discussion. Executive producer Chris Loughlin
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John Craven and Michaela Strachan visit an Oxfordshire comprehensive with its own organic farm. Plus the vaccination that could stop future outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease.
Includes weather for the week. Series producer Sarah Eglin
Jeremy Vine and team present their unique view of politics. From 12.35, in-depth local stories, presented for viewers in London by Tim Donovan and in the South East by Peter Henley. Including at 12.00 News.
Hyacinth is eager to show off her new suite to the neighbours.
Omnibus edition.
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Cliff Richard , Gloria Gaynor and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir are just some of the artists featured as Aled Jones and Pam Rhodes recall performances for Songs of Praise at London's Royal Albert Hall. The BBC Concert Orchestra, the Trumpeters of Her Majesty's Life Guards with the Band of the Welsh Guards accompany the congregation in hymns that include All People That on Earth Do Dwell, Thine Be the Glory and Shine Jesus Shine. www.bbc.co.uk/religion HARDBACK BOOK: Songs of Praise: a Christmas Companion, price £9.99
2/4. Tonight's sitter, celebrity gardener Charlie Dimmock , is painted in three very different ways by Martyn Baldwin , Alfred Daniels and Wei Li Zhu. Rolf Harris reveals the completed works, but which one will Charlie choose to take home?
Director David Wheeler ; Series producer Robert Chandler Charlie Dimmock reports for Holiday 10 Best at 7.20pm
Michael Aspel pays a second visit to Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, where he takes a tour of the magnificent stately home of the Duke of Bedford. Previously unseen finds include a Tiffany inkwell, a pair of cow creamers and the smallest item ever valued - an engraved grain of rice. Inside Antiques follows at 7.20pm on BBC4.
Producer Michele Burgess ; Executive producer Christopher Lewis BBC HOMES & ANTIQUES MAGAZINE; price £2.95
8/10. Vacations with an environmentally friendly twist, as Ginny Buckley visits the new North Island in the Seychelles, one of the world's most luxurious eco-tourism projects. Plus Charlie Dimmock helps a conservation scheme in South Africa, Kate Thomton is at the Eden Project in Cornwall while Bill Oddie goes bird-watching around the Isles of Scilly. Series producer Maggi Gibson ; Executive producer John Comerford Feeling adventurous? See centre pages
2/8. Seeing Is Believing. Blamed for a tragedy at a local farm, Matt and Frankie pull togetherto save their business.
Writer Jane Hollowcod ; Producer Sharon Houlihan ; Director Simon Meyers
With Fiona Bruce. Weather with Helen Willetts.
Psychological thriller starring James Spader and featuring Keanu Reeves. Burned out by his attempts to catch serial killer David Allen Griffin , FBI agent Joel Campbell tries to recuperate. But when Griffin taunts him with photos of his next victims, Campbell resumes his quest. Review page 44. Director Joe Charbanic (2000.15)
Followed by Weathervlew
Sci-fi thriller, loosely based on the Stephen King short story, starring Jeff Fahey and Pierce Brosnan. Government scientist Lawrence Angelo discovers that he can enhance the intelligence of chimpanzees using drugs and computer technology. Review page 44.
Director Brett Leonard (1992.15)
