with the Rev
Gethin Abraham-Williams . Stereo

with John Humphrys and Chris Lowe.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Rev Dr
Donald English
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament

Four excursions by Peter Tinniswood.
2: A Night on the Town
Producer Pete Atkin. Stereo

BBC correspondents at home and abroad report on one of the main British or foreign topics in this week's news.
Producers Howard Rogers and Veronica Mulley

An Academic Matter by Maeve Kennedy.
Enquiries after a missing medieval manuscript put a professor in a tight spot.
Read by Barry McGovern. Producer Eom OCallaghan

Introit: Hallelujah, My Father; Praise to the Holiest in the Height
(Gerontius, BBC HB 88); Isaiah 53, vv 1-12; The Servant (Ae Fond Kiss); Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne and Thy Kingly Crown (Margaret). Director of Music
Noel Tredinnick.

Tim Malyon and John Crook witness a great monastic Festival in Ladakh, a snow-bound enclave of Tibetan culture in north-west India. Two specially-trained Buddhist monks - blindfolded, in trance, with wrathful faces painted on their bodies - are transformed into Gods of the Mountains.
Producer John Theocharis. Stereo

Six chuckles in the company of folk who enjoy themselves.
5: That's Entertainment
Producer Les Woodland. Stereo

with Debbie Thrower

A look at the British butty and the French baguette. Presenter Derek Cooper Producers Sheila Dillon and Marie Helly

with Nick Clarke

from Edinburgh. Ruth
Wishart looks at schemes to help young women follow in the footsteps of success. Serial: Lost for Words (12)

Final part.
Stereo

3: Nutcracker and the Mouse King
At midnight, on Christmas Eve, Godfather
Drosselmeyer's toys come alive and a great battle is fought with the evil seven-headed Mouse King.
With music - inspired by the story - by Tchaikovsky. Dramatised by Christopher Cook Producer John Powell. Stereo

Tim Marlow is at the new exhibition of Russian Art at the Hayward Gallery; John Bratby describes the art of portrait painting; and playwright Bill Nicholson unwraps a Map of the Heart.
Producer Kate Wilkinson. Stereo

Presented by Frank Partridge and Hugh Sykes

and Financial Report

The transport magazine programme presented by Janet Trewin.
Producer Jill Thomas

Written by Brendan Martin

Margaret Howard presents her selection of extracts from BBC radio and television over the past seven days.
Producer Hamish Mykura. Stereo

This week's panel includes David Blunkett , MP, Labour Party
Spokesman on Local
Government; the Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke ,
QC, MP, Secretary of State for Education and Science; and Baroness Wamock, Mistress of Girton
College, Cambridge. From Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. Chairman
Jonathan Dimbleby. Producer Anna Carragher

The last of the present series in which
Marcel Berlins looks at developments in the law and how they affect our lives.
Producer Andrew Denwood

The Gulf War (1990-91) is over and President Bush Snr basks in its glory, but Cooke reflects on the fickle nature of opinion polls and whether public approval will be sustainable.

Stereo

by Alistair Cooke

Presented by David Sells. Stereo

The Secret Pilgrim. by John le Carré. Final part.

A look back at the week's news.
With Bill Wallis , Sally Grace and David Tate. Producer Armando lannucci
Stereo

Presented by Heather Payton. Stereo