6.55 Weather; travel; programme news
7.10 Sunday Papers
7.15 Apna HI Ghar
Samajhlye: for Asians BBC Birmingham
7.45 Bells
7.50 The Shape of God
FR EDWARD MATTHEWS With a meditation for the Sunday before Christmas. Luke 1, vv 26-38a 7.55 Weather; travel; programme news
8.10 Sunday Papers
Presenter Clive Jacobs Producer DAVID COOMES
St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Fund by THE REV PREBENDARY
AUSTEN WILLIAMS
Gifts in response to this annual appeal are distributed throughout the British Isles to people in need through illness or misfortune.
Donations, by cheque or PO, to: [address removed]
8.55 Weather; travel; programme news
9.10 Sunday Papers
by Alistair Cooke
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
Omnibus edition
Directed by PETER WINDOWS Producer
WILLIAM SMETHURST * Agricultural story editor ANTHONY PARKIN BBC Birmingham
Seven programmes about the future of radio and television.
3: Tuning In
George Scott chairs the second phone-in, this week on the BBC's music policy. Among those taking part: Derek Chinnery ,
Controller Radio 1: Robert Ponsonby , BBC Controller, Music and the man responsible for the Proms. The number to phone with your views is [number removed]and the lines are open from 10.15 am.
Producer JANE MARSHALL
Seasonal cheer as Derek Cooper and guest Jane MacQultty give their suggestions for Christmas Imbibing. A report from the island of Madeira, whose unique wine industry is struggling to regain its share of the drinks market.
Producer JOY HATWOOD
12.55 Weather; programme news
Presenter Gordon Clough Editor DEREK LEWIS
1.55 Shipping forecast long wave only
(Details: Wed 10.2 am)
by Christopher Fry
with Brian Cox as Henry II, Bernard Hepton as Becket, Barbara Leigh-Hunt as Eleanor and Norman Rodway as William Marshal
'Henry II was simple and royal (his nickname of Curtmantle derived from the plain short cloak he wore), direct and paradoxical, compassionate and hard, a man of intellect, a man of action, God-fearing, superstitious, blasphemous, far-seeing, short-sighted, affectionate, lustful, patient, volcanic, humble, overriding. It's difficult to think of any facet of man which at some time he didn't demonstrate, except chastity and sloth.'
(Brian Cox is a National Theatre player; Roger Allam is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company)
long wave only
(Details: Thurs 10.2 am) long wave only
(Details: Thurs 9.30 am) long wave only
followed by travel; programme news long wave only
Brian Johnston visits
Papworth, Cambridgeshire (Details: Mon 11.3 am) long wave only
5.50 Shipping forecast long wave only
5.55 Weather; programme news long wave only
With EUGENE FRASER
Margaret Percy with your comments and criticisms.
A series of six programmes on dialects and accents in England. 4:Who You Are and What You Say
Brian Redhead discovers influences on the way you speak.
Consultant MALCOLM PETYT Producers
CHRISTOPHER STONE. ARTHUR WOOD
7.0 Travel; programme news
A ' petrified dreadnought ', a ' profane cathedral ' - such were the descriptions of Broadcasting House when it opened 50 years ago. Inside and out it was a remarkable piece of architecture ... a palace of art deco.
Tonight Wynford Vaughan -Thomas. one of its first famous voices, takes us back in time - down the endless corridors of Broadcasting House in 1932 to investigate the many worlds of sound first created within this tower within a tower ' this Second Tower of Babel
Producer DILLY BARLOW
(Details: Thurs 4.10 pm)
Evening Service in preparation for the Christmas Festival from St Martin-in-the-Fields, London conducted by THE REV PREBENDARY AUSTEN WILLIAMS
With ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS CHAMBER CHOIR
Readings: Psalm 8 (BCP); Luke 2, vv 2-7 (AV); Philippians 2. vv 5-11 (av) Hymns (BBC HB): 0 come, 0 come, Immanuel (36); O little town of Bethlehem (56); It came upon the midnight clear (52); Hark! The herald angels sing (50)
Choir items: Adam lay ybounden (Boris Ord): I sing of a maiden (Patrick Hadley); In dulci jubilo (arr Pearsall); Hodie Christus Natus Est (Schutz)
On the eve of his retirement after 16 years as the BBC's voice from Israel, Michael Elkins looks back over a quarter-of-a-century of working asaforeigncorrespondent in Jerusalem.
by ANTHONY TROLLOPE (5) (Details. Thurs 3.2 pm)
Today Is Sir Ralph Richardson 's 80th birthday. J. B. Priestley called him ' the greatest Falstaff there ever was'. In this programme Garry O'Connor , whose biography of Sir Ralph has just been published, explores Richardson's many-layered personality and highlights aspects of a remarkable career which has spanned 60 years.
Among those taking part: EDNA BEST , FRANK DUNCAN SIR JOHN GIELGUD , NICKY HENSON , VIVIEN LEIGH MICHAEL MEYER ,
LORD OLIVIER , ROGER SMITH and SIR RALPH himself
Producer GRAHAM GAULD
A series of 13 programmes
The Rev Stanley Brlnkman reflects on his experience of private prayer. 9:The Desert
Producer ROGER HUTCHINGS BBC Manchester
Westminster committee* at work.
Presenter John Sargeant Producer PETER ROBINS
Weather report; forecast followed by an interlude
