with Mary Murphy.
with Brian Redhead and Sue MacGregor.
Details as yesterday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Elaine Storkey
2: Tigger Comes for Breakfast.
Your chance to talk to
Nick Ross and his guests on an issue of the moment. Producer Poppy Hughes
•Lines open from 8.00am
Episode 35.
with Jenni Murray. A chant, a mutter, a thought or a full-blown choral exultation ... Jean Snedegar discovers how People pray.
Serial: Proto Zoe
9: The Italian Finish
with Geoff Watts.
Producer Sue Broom
with Roisin McAuley.
Six years in radio's history, recalling an era when both microphones and audiences were larger.
The BBC heaved itself into the rock'n'roll era by changing the weather forecast. It also embarked on a journey into Space and went Motoring with the Motorist. Tony Hancock read his diary, the Goons were broadcasting, and the Oxford and Cambridge Unions debated whether the Third Programme should be abolished...
with Nick Clarke.
Stereo
Sweet Tooth
Richard Griffiths is the Rum Baba in Mel Caiman 's comedy about life and death on the pastry shelf. The on/off love affair between George and Alice is his constant threat.
Director Ned Chaillet. Stereo (First broadcast on Radio 3)
at Winchester Cathedral with David Hill - the cathedral organist - and choir members Francis Pott and James Goodman, as the cathedral prepares for its Christmas celebrations.
Producer Michael Emery. Stereo
Is it cruel to make a five-year-old boy miss half a year of school because his home is a touring fairground? Or is
John Scarrott actually better off than his more conventional friends?
Dylan Winter discovers the pros and cons of life among the dodgems. Producer Ian Bell
with Susan Marling and the Punters team.
Producers Miriam Akhtar , Paul Dodgson and John Holmes
● WRITE TO: Punters, BBC Radio 4, Bristol BS8 2LR
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Gill Pyrah reviews The
Prisoner ofZenda on stage at Greenwich and a recording of a soul version of The Messiah.
Helen Garrison talks to choir girls about their role in a boys' world.
Producer Beaty Rubens Stereo
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)
2: Night in Paris
A bitter-sweet tale for
Christmas by Patrice Chaplin.
In 1950 Aunt Ethel sent
Lucy a bottle of perfume. It was called "Night in Paris" and was packaged in a blue box with an Eiffel Tower and a half moon on the front.
Read by Eleanor Bron. Producer Michael Earley
with Valerie Singleton and Frank Partridge.
... with Alan Partridge. Classic chat from On the Hour's supreme sports reporter and his guests from the worlds of theatre, tragedy and emotional politics. Researchers: Steve Coogan , Patrick Marber , Rebecca Front,
Doon MacKichan and David Schneider.
Producer Armando lannucci
Stereo
It'll be all right on the night. Stereo
A militant mutation of Muslim fundamentalism is coursing through the Arab world. In the second of two special programmes,
Stuart Simon reports on the radical challenge of Islam to Arab governments. Producer Lynne Jones
A walk in the park, through the eyes and ears of a dog. Narration by Brian Patten.
News, views and information for people with a visual handicap. With Tony Barringer. Producer Thena Heshel
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9.15pm and 10.15pm
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Stereo
(Revised repeat of 4.05pm)
with Roger White. Stereo
with Richard Kershaw.
Stereo
Escape from Siberia Part 3.
Stereo
Laurie Taylor on the latest radio news.
2: Matthew Parris talks to
Trevor England, coxswain of the Padstow lifeboat and winner of two RNLI silver medals.
