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Each week Nick directs your questions and comments to the experts and policy makers. Lines open from 8.0 am

Double Toil and Trouble by MICHAEL A. PEARSON
Read by Timothy Kightley
'Can modern technology help the Fifth Form of Swanswell Comprehensive to get on Shakespeare's wavelength?' Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol

Advent Calendar
The Darkness of Evil nem, p 89; Thy kingdom come, 0 God (BBC HB 27); Gabriel's message does away (Oxford Book of Carols 102); Micah 3,
1-12; Lo, he comes with clouds descending (BBC HB 35) Stereo

Seven Ten Sunday Morning by KEITH WOOD
'I wonder what Caroline's doing now? Getting up maybe.
Already up, more like. I can't see her getting much of a lie in either. Not where she is.'
For a young man alone in a bedsit on the South Coast, another day of rest begins, and another day of dreams.
Directed by A. J. QUINN. Stereo
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 7.20pm)

The last of five programmes in which Ian Skidmore talks to five people about their lives. Today: Arthur McCann , retired Liverpool docker -
Roman Centurion reincarnate. Producer ANNE HOWELLS

Presented by Susan Rae

A musical panel game devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON
John Amis and Frank Muir challenge
Ian Wallace and Denis Norden In the Chair Steve Race
Questions compiled by STEVE RACE Producer PETE ATKIN. Stereo
(Re-broadcast on Thursday at 6. 30pm)

Presented by Gordon Clough

Today's story: King Jolly and the Christmas Tree Stereo

Introduced by Jenni Murray Christmas Presents Then and Now ...
Christmas shopping is big business these days - shops and stores devote considerable energy to buying in Christmas stock, and the choice is wide.
But what did our grandparents give each other? Anne Taylor takes a look at Christmas presents through the years. Eight Stories by Elizabeth Bowen 2: The Needlecase

The Making of Frankenstein by RAY HAMMOND
Bill, a writer new to television, is involved in the making of a dramatised documentary about Mary Shelley and her creation. But what kind of a monster emerges once television gets its hooks into his original conception?
Other parts played by STEVEN HARROLD. RICHARD
DURDEN STEPHEN HATTERSLEY , PAUL GREGORY Directed by BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol. Stereo

Braving the dangers and discomforts of travel in Victorian times Marianne North went alone to the remotest parts of the world to paint flowers in their native surroundings.
She even has five previously unknown plants named after her. Brian Gear tells the story of this remarkable traveller. Extracts from Miss North's memoirs read by Rosalie Crutchley
Producer JOHN HARRISON (R)

Presented by Robert Williams and Phil Longman continuedon VHFIFM5.50-5.55pm

with BRYAN MARTIN including Financial Report

by JIM ELDRIDGE
4: The Principle of the Thing
(School Secretary)
Eric Brown puts his foot through one of the sacred traditions of the staff room - and steps on a few sensibilities.
Stereo (R)
(Episode 5 next Monday)

(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1.40pm)

Reporter Roisin McAuley Producer BRENDAN MCCARTHY Editor BRIAN WALKER BBC Manchester
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 4.5pm)

What's new in medical science? How well are the doctors looking after us? Is our money being spent to best effect? Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care - from the research laboratory and the operating theatre to the dentist's chair and the GP's surgery.
Producer GEOFF DEEHAN
(Re-broadcast on Thursday at 10.0 am)

Opera.... on the Road
The stately homes of England play host to a touring company which is bringing opera back to the drawing-room.
Antony Hopkins invites you to join the hosts and the players as the opera company makes its 'Grand Tour'.
Producer ANNE HINDS
BBC Pebble Mill. Stereo
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'Dusk finds Siri alone on the porch, where the villagers expect him to be when they need the help of an educated man.' A chance meeting with Siri, a young teacher, drew
Dr Ray Barron into village life in Sri Lanka.
In the second of two talks he observes the headmaster's wider role in his home village. BBC Manchester (R)

Paul Allen presents tonight's edition.
Producer RICHARD BANNERMAN

Christmas with the Savages (2)

Presented by Alexander MacLeod

Radio 4's international business report; market trends

followed by an interlude