Oliver Walston explores farming in Borneo- from roses to tea plantations. Producer Carol Trewin
with James Whitbourn and his guest. Producer Christine Morgan
with Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
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Sports news with Cliff Morgan. Producer Caj Sohal
Julian Pettifer and Clare Hampson take a New Year look at Australia.
Producer Jill Thomas
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Ned Sherrin and Alan "Fluff" Freeman dissect Loose Ends' unique approach to music radio.
Producer Will Saunders
All in the Game. The final part of the series about people looking for love. Producer Sara Conkey Rpt
Producer Tony Grant
In the second of two special festive editions from the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden, Sue MacGregor quizzes Denise Coffey , Christopher Cook , Philippa Gregory and Maxwell Hutchinson. With John Grundy. Producer Gillian Hush
Join chairman Nicholas Parsons and colleagues Clement Freud ,
Derek Nimmo , Paul Merton and Tony Hawks. Producer Ann Jobson. Rptd Holiday Mon 6.30pm
Jonathan Dimbleby looks back at the past year's Any Questions? Repeated from yesterday
Dr Samuel Johnson is famous as the father of English dictionaries, but less well known is that it was compiled at great personal cost.
In this special Christmas edition of Word of Mouth, Frank Delaney reassesses Johnson's achievement.
Producer Cathy Drysdale. Rptd tomorrow 8.00pm
A seasonal ghost story by Nick Fisher , starring Bill Nighy as Richard and Caroline Harker as Madeline. Richard regrets the day he noticed E A P Opticals in a little Soho street.
With Federay Holmes , Jonathan Keeble , Deborah Berlin, Joshua Towb. Don McCorkindale and Tessa Worsley Director Celia De Wolff
Christmas Day 1921 found
Sadie Gammon living in a tent, in a commune, on 20 acres of Norfolk heathland. Repeated from Boxing Day
Tim Madge presents tales of Britain's merchant shipping fleet, from its heyday to its recent, drastic decline. 1: Salt in Their Veins. Merchant seamen from all over these islands recall their many voyages.
Producer Fiona Couper. Rptd tomorrow 8.30pm
Peter Evans jumps aboard a time machine and travels back to the Big Bang and forward into the unknown. Producer Anne McNaught
Repeated Tuesday at 8.00pm
To celebrate the 125th birthday of this much-loved Victorian painting, Fritz Spiegl presents an entertainment of contemporary songs, verse and prose in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, the picture's home. With the Spiegiers. Producer Gillian Hush
Alan Blakeman from Elsecar, near
Barnsley, describes the pleasures of collecting the bottles and pots our ancestors threw away. Producer Michael Shaw
A look at the best sketches of 1994. Repeated from yesterday
Which people go to three different supermarkets in one trip, take courses in tie-breaker technique and fervently hope for a long white envelope to drop through the letter box? Compers discuss their passion with Robert Robinson.
Producer Penelope Gibbs. Rptd Thur 11.30pm
Wayward Girls and Wicked Women Angela Carter died nearly three years ago, cutting short a brilliant literary career. Her interest in fairy tales and fantasy permeated many of her short stories and novels.
Valentine Cunningham talks with writers and journalists about the world of imagination created by Angela Carter. Producer Louise Swan. Rptd Friday at 9.30pm
by Compton Mackenzie.
In the middle of the last war a ship loaded with whisky ran aground on a Hebridean island.... Bernard Holley and Dolina Maclennan star in Hector MacMillan 's new dramatisation of Mackenzie's comedy.
Director Hamish Wilson
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Led by the Rt Rev Richard Harries.
1994 was the 500th anniversary of the first recorded official distillation of whisky in Scotland, lain Crawford notes that and enquires into the current state of the industry. Producer Hamish Wiison
5: Raymond Guinnane , who rowed his way to fame as the Hovis boy. Producer Sarah Rowlands Rpt
The winners and runners-up of Brain of Britain and Mastermind compete. Repeated from Wednesday
Another chance to hear Tony Bagley 's six-part comedy drama, starring Martin Clunes as Roy Hitchcock , Geraldine James as Jane Gallaghan and Nicky Henson as Chad Mann.
With David Troughton. Rebecca Front,
Sue Roderick , Simon Treves and Melanie Hudson Music compiled by Julian Wastall Producer Paul Schlesinger Rpt
