with the Rev Peter Read Stereo

with Peter Hobday and Sue MacGregor.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Rt Rev Richard Harries
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Four talks in which David Bean traverses the island following the route marked out 70 years earlier by D.H. Lawrence.

with BBC correspondents at home and abroad.
Producers Carole Lacey and Howard Rogers

The Slumber King from British Folk Tales written by Kevin Crossley-Holland . Read by Andy Hockley.
Producer Nigel Bryant

with the choir of St Andrew 's School, Senderwood, South Africa, directed by Barbara Toms.
John 1, vv 1-13;
Ntsikama's Hymn (arr
Kumalo); In Bethlehem - Geboren; Inkosi Jesu (E M Bosman). Stereo

Joanna Buchan presents compelling stories of the lives people lead. Producer Cathy Drysdale Stereo

Presented by John Howard

Christmas in Sweden starts when Santa Lucia arrives at factories, offices, schools and churches all over the country. Derek Cooper samples the fare traditional to this ancient feast - and finds out the changes taking place in the way food and drink are produced. Producers Sheila Dillon and Marie Helly

Presented by Nick Clarke

from Bristol.
Presented by Jenni Mills. Short story:
Night in Paris by Patrice Chaplin.
'For Christmas 1950, when Lucy was 11,
Aunt Ethel sent her a bottle of perfume. It was called Night in Paris.'
Read by Brenda Blethyn. Abridged by Pat McLoughlin

by John Galsworthy. Stereo

The last programme of the series in which
Patrick Hannan and his guests reflect on the week's events.
Producer Richard Thomas

Tim Marlow visits
Liverpool to report on new developments at the Walker Art Gallery; and the guitarist
Chet Atkins visits the studio. Producer Anthony Denselow Stereo

Presented by Valerie Singleton

and Financial Report

The transport magazine programme presented by Jonathan Marcus.
This week: fancy buying an aeroplane for
Christmas? Your guide on what to look for. Producer Jill Thomas

Written by Simon Frith

with Margaret Howard Producer Mark Savage

The panel includes:
Diane Abbott , MP; the Hon Lynda Chalker , MP, Minister for
Overseas Development; and the Rt Hon Shirley Williams , Professor of Electoral Politics at
Harvard University. They tackle the issues raised in Buxton, Derbyshire. Chairman
Jonathan Dimbleby. Producer Anna Carragher

Sheena MacDonald presents a personal look at the week's press. Producer Andrew Denwood

The Mayor of Los Angeles' attempt to eliminate gender-specific terminology, Betty Friedan’s 'The Feminine Mystique' and the conclusion of the trial of Michael Milken.

In the Faroes
For the winter solstice, Paul Allen goes north to the darkness of the Faroe Islands, and finds that the 18 islands to the north of Shetland between Norway and Iceland are far more than a reference for weather forecasters. The
48,000 inhabitants have reclaimed their language and reasserted their
Nordic heritage of painting, music and writing - with the Nordic House in the capital
Torshavn as the central example of this revival. Producer Julian May. Stereo

by Alistair Cooke

with Richard Kershaw Stereo

In My Wildest Dreams by Leslie Thomas. Part 7.

with Bill Wallis , David Tate and Sally Grace
Producer Sarah Smith. Stereo

with Heather Payton Stereo

The first of three programmes in which climatologist Mick Kelly reassesses sound-archive recordings on the British and their weather.
Today: the surge of 1953 in East Anglia. Producer Beaty Rubens (R)