with the Rev Jim Davis.
Dennis Potter talks to
Rosemary Hartill. Producer David Coomes Stereo
with Sue MacGregor and Peter Hobday.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with the Rt Rev Richard Harries.
A return to
Bentley, Hants, for six more real-life stories. With Nigel Farrell. 1: A Christmas party at Glade Farm.
Producer Chris Paling
Chronicles. Part 2.
"Historic archive material" from the first series.
Producers Armando lannucci and Chns Moms
The Hobbit or There and Back Again. Part 3
3: Claire Rayner has some major decisions to make about her future. Stereo
(Alan Titchmarsh. Monday 12noon)
Patrick Hannan attempts to keep control as Julian Critchley , Austin Mitchell, Robin Cook and Sir David Steel run amok.
Producer Diane Messias. Stereo
with Susannah Simons.
Pinero's comedy is set in a girls' boarding school at the turn of the century. Mischief and mayhem abound when the principal, Miss Dyott, assumes a false identity to perform an opera on the London stage.
Stereo
("The Shaughraun", Sunday 2.30pm)
DRAMA: page 8
Last of three programmes. The Ever-Decreasing Circle
The Perfect Lady In the last of three portraits, Lady Barnett is profiled by June Knox-Mawer .
Producer Mark Savage. Stereo
Swirsky Rejoices
The last of five stories of an African Christmas.
Aloft!: "Swirsky came out of the tree house. He was naked except for his moustache. And even that looked naked...."
with Valerie Singleton.
In the last of three programmes Stanley
Williamson finds out what was in the news 100 years ago in Winchester. Stereo
Introducing Mr Dollfuss Part 2: Alice Thomas Ellis continues the story.
(Monday: Tom Sharpecontinues )
Stereo
Things are not what they seem at the wine bar.
Written by Louise Page and Sam Jacobs
with Chris Serle.
(Stereo)
Another chance to hear
Garrison Keillor 's
American Radio Company reflect upon life on both sides of the Atlantic. With
Barry Cryer ,
Elizabeth Welch and the Demi-Tasse
Orchestra. Stereo
Nick Baker investigates Tannoy announcements, a talking phrase book and the emotional outpourings of a computer.
Producer Nigel Acheson. Stereo (Rpt;
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
Shared concerns in Britain and America
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Considering extended awareness of American issues in Britain, how similar the economic and social concerns of the two countries have become and thoughts on Alzheimer's disease.
Stereo
by Alistair Cooke.
Stereo
A Country Doctor's Notebook by Mikhail Bulgakov. Read in five parts by Derek Jacobi.
1: The Embroidered Towel
Translated by Michael Glenny Abridged by Brian Miller
Producer Sue Wilson. Stereo
A review of the year's news, starring those who created it. With Bill Wallis , Sally Grace , David Tate. Producer Diane Messias. Stereo
with Heather Payton. Stereo
Sheila Ferguson strides through the BBC Sound Archives looking for loud-mouthed compatriots. Producer Tessa Watt