with Mary Murphy.

with Brian Redhead and John Humphrys.
Details as Monday plus:
7.45 Thought for the Day with Elaine Storkey

3: Piglet and the Heffalump.

With Libby Purves and birthday guest, actor Robert Lindsay.
Producer Lucy Cacanas. Stereo

Episode 36.

Introduced by Jenni Murray. Libby Spurrier meets people who choose to live alone.
Serial: Proto Zoe Final part: Camillo

with John Howard.

by Graham Greene.
Dramatised in eight parts. Starring
Michael Kitchen as Brown. With
James Maxwell as Smith and Helen Horton as Mrs Smith.
3: Following the arrest of Jones, Brown and Smith seek a ministerial audience ... and encounter the sinister Tontons Macoute.
Dramatised by Rene Basilico. Producer John Fawcett Wilson Stereo

with Nick Clarke.

Stereo

Wendy Hiller narrates a magical and unusual retelling of the Christmas story by PL Travers, the author of Mary Poppins.
Dramatised by Brian Sibley Music: David Hewson
Producer Glyn Dearman
Director Kay Patrick. Stereo

with Michael Rosen.

Alun Lewis looks at the technology in your shopping basket. Producer Sue Broom

Quentin Cooper reviews the Christmas film releases including Brian de Palma 's Raising Cain and Kevin Costner 's latest, The Bodyguard.
Producer Adrian Washbourne
Stereo
(Revised repeat at 9.15pm)

Changing Babies
The third of five bitter-sweet tales for Christmas.
Deborah Moggach 's story describes how the meanings and symbols of the festivities cause nothing but chaos for small Thomas. Read by Douglas Hodge.
Producer Duncan Minshull

with Valerie Singleton and Hugh Sykes.

by Alex Shearer.
The seventh of eight episodes.

Revolution in the People's Democratic Republic is in the air when a claimant to the newly restored throne arrives from Britain. Enter political stage right Princess Sharon Eckersley.
(Stereo) (Rpt)

Off to the panto. Stereo

In the last programme of the series Rufus Bellamy searches for an ecofriendly Christmas tree and ends up in flames; the Bishop of Durham burns with indignation, and Botswana unleashes a broadside on the Rio backsliders. Presented by Roger Harrabin. Stereo

Geoff Watts reports on the health of medical care from the research laboratory and the operating theatre to the dentist's chair and the GP's surgery.
Producer Deborah Cohen

Christopher Cook and Sean Street celebrate the 100th edition of Age to Age. For the last programme in this series they turn the clock back to 1892, don white tie and tails and set off for an evening at the theatre followed by a champagne supper.

A life story of the author compiled by Michael Bakewell. With
Norman Rodway as Tolstoy and Anna Massey as Sofya. 5: Clinging to the Branch
Director Rosemary Hart. Stereo

Stereo (Revised repeat of 4.05pm)

with Roger White. Stereo

with Robin Lustig. Stereo

Escape from Siberia Part 4. Stereo

5: 1962. The BBC was 40 years old. Satellite TV meant pictures from Telstar, talks with Germany meant Two Way Family Favourites and stereo meant using the TV as your right hand channel.... And in the age of the nuclear deterrent,
Britain became radio-active to the hum of the portable transistor tuned to Easy
Beat and Housewives' Choice.
Reader Daphne Oxenford. Producer Lucy Bartley

3: Matthew Parris talks to
Frances Moore , who has worked as a nurse all over the Middle East.