with Fr John McCullagh.
with Sue MacGregor and John Humphrys.
6.45 Business News
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Dr Pauline Webb.
by A A Milne, read in five parts by Alan Bennett.
1: A House for Eeyore.
with Melvyn Bragg and guests Sir Dirk Bogarde , Anna Somers Cocks , Judy Dempsey and William Shawcross.
Producer Marina Salandy-Brown Stereo
John Milton 's poem abridged in 41 episodes. 34: Satan's legions are turned into serpents.
Abridged by Adrian Mitchell Music: Elizabeth Parker Director John Theocharis
withjenni Murray.
Alison Hilliard discovers how shops match their mood to music.
Serial: Proto Zoe by Amanda Prantera.
Read in ten episodes by Sara Kestelman.
8: The Father Confessor Abridged by Delia Paton Editors Sally Feldman and Clare Selerie
with Vincent Duggleby. Producer Frances Macdonald ● Lines open from 10.00am
with Roisin McAuley. Editor Ken Vass
Griff Rhys Jones stars as P.G. Wodehouse's character who always has a money-spinning design to hand.
(Stereo)
with Nick Clarke.
Stereo
by Alick Rowe.
What is the true story behind Good King Wenceslas?
Director Shaun MacLoughlin. Stereo
How does a walk in the park seem through the eyes and ears of a dog? Fergus, a three-year-old Golden Retriever, is persuaded to take a tape recorder on one of his jaunts. Narration by Brian Patten.
Producer Chris Wines
In the last programme of the series Sue MacGregor talks to Christopher Gable , artistic director of the Northern Ballet Theatre. Producer Gillian Hush. Stereo
Natalie Wheen reviews a rare production of Handel's Alcina at the Royal Opera House, and Kenneth Branagh as Hamlet in Adrian Noble 's production. Producer Paul Quinn. Stereo (Revised repeat at 9.15pm)
Five bitter-sweet tales for
Christmas.
1: On the Left Side
Michael Carson 's story describes the strange seating arrangements at St Finbar's Church.
Read by Sorcha Cusak.
Producer Duncan Minshull
with Valerie Singleton and Frank Partridge.
The calm before the storm. Stereo
with Derek Cooper.
Gondal with Diana Quick and Janet Maw.
Martyn Wade 's play about Emily Bronte parallels her life at Haworth with a reconstruction of Gondal, her fantasy world set on a Pacific island, from which the ideas for Wuthering Heights evolved.
With John Webb , Jillie Meers and Siriol Jenkins Music by Elizabeth Parker
Director Cherry Cookson. Stereo
Stereo
(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)
with Roger White , stereo
with Richard Kershaw. Stereo
Escape from Siberia by Leon Trotsky. The second of five parts read by Andrew Sachs. Abridged by Mark Lodge
Producer Claire Grove. Stereo
Starring Tony Hancock.
Bill and Father Christmas
Also starring
Sidney James , Bill Kerr ,
Warren Mitchell and Hattie Jacques. Music: Wally Stott and his Orchestra
Written by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton
Producer Tom Ronald
(first broadcast in 1958)
Three programmes in which Matthew Parris talks to people who have a passion for rescue.
1: Accident and emergency consultant Tony Redmond. Producer Edwina Wolstencroft
