BBC Wales. Stereo

with John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor
9.00am News

Dr Ray Barron explores the hill country of southern India.
Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester

Producers CAROLE LACEY and ADAM RAPHAEL

Hunting the Woolly Mammoth by TATYANA TOLSTAYA. Read by Sarah Jones. Producer PAM BRIGHTON BBC Northern Ireland

Hills of the north, rejoice (Little Cornard) (BBC HB 33); Reading: Romans 8, vv 18-25; Carol: Come, thou
Redeemer of the earth (trad, arr D. Willcocks ); Come, thou long-expected Jesus (Cross of Jesus) (AMNS 31)
Director of Music
JONATHAN RENNERT Stereo

with Michael Rosen.
'So the shepherds washed their socks and went to see the baby cheeses.'
Whether or not their families are religious, children do need some grounding in the Bible. But how appealing are modern retellings of the stories?
Julia Eccleshare and David Self examine some recent versions. Producer JILL BURRIDGE

Presenter John Howard

with Derek Cooper Producer SHEILA DILLON

Presenter Nick Clarke

Michael Rosen reads The Fantastic Feats of Doctor Boox. Stereo

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Adapted in two episodes by Bert Coules
2: The Great Agra Treasure
'I wouldn't tell her too much. Women are never to be entirely trusted - not the best of them.'

The British Library's newspaper collection at Colindale's is without rival. On 18 miles of shelving, it holds over half a million fat volumes of old newspapers, dating from around 1800. It's tricky getting a seat in the stylish 1930s reading rooms - they fill soon after the doors open, then silence, as the back numbers, old issues and final editions cast their spell.
Compiled and produced by ANDREW PARFITT Stereo

Stereo
(Details as Thursday 9. 15pm)

with Robert Williams and Frances Coverdale

and Financial Report

Clive Jacobs discovers what's new and what's happening in the world of transport on land, sea and in the air.
Producer JILL THOMAS

with Margaret Howard. Producer JULIAN HALE Stereo

Rosie Barnes. MP
David Plunkett , MP Dr Rosalind Miles , writer and broadcaster and The Rt Hon
Cecil Parkinson , MP,
Secretary of State for Transport.
From Congleton, Cheshire.
Chairman
Jonathan Dimbleby.
Producer ANNA CARRAGHER BBC Bristol

with Nick Clarke.
Producer ANDREW DENWOOD

Vice-President Dan Quayle's wariness of the Soviet Union, the aftermath of the earthquake in California and the rise of the shopping mall, as discussed by Alistair Cooke.

Spot the Ball!
Football, say some commentators, is 'poetry in motion'. That's a matter of opinion, but soccer has inspired playwrights, singers, a wave of fanzines and now Middlesbrough FC has an artist-in-residence.
Paul Allen ties up his boots, tucks in his shin-pads and goes out to tackle them ...
Producer JOHN GOUDIE. Stereo

by Alistair Cooke

with Richard Kershaw Stereo

The Initials in the Heart The final episode. Stereo

with Bill Wallis , David Tate and Sally Grace. Written by BARRY ATKINS. PETER HAYNHAM.
MARK BRISENDEN. SIMON UULLIV ANT. MIKE COLEMAN. MICHAEL DINES. MAX HANDLEY.
ROBERT LINFORD. BILL MATTHEWS.
GED PARSONS. OLEH STEPANIUK. PETER HICKEY and others. Producer BILL dare. Stereo

with Vincent Duggleby