With Angela Tilby.
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Clive Lawton.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
With Libby Purves and guests. Producer Ronni Davis
The news of exactly 50 years ago. For details see Monday
Repeated from Sunday 2.00pm FACTSHEET: send A5 sae marked 51/96 to [address removed]
With Lesley Riddoch.
Created by Jim Eldridge and written by Andy Rashleigh. Starring Karl Howman as Mr Sims and James Grout asMrBeeston.
4: Relative Values. A testing time for two little girls - and some of the teachers. with Vivienne Martin, Tom Watson. Karen Archer. Sarah McDonnell and Jade Williams Producer John Fawcett Wilson
With Nick Clarke.
Zimbabwe v England
Commentary from Bulawayo on the first day's play in the inaugural Test between the two countries, with Peter Baxter , Henry Blofeld and Simon Mann. Expert comments from Trevor Bailey and Chris Cowdrey. Producer Peter Baxter * Approximate times
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
The last of a four-part series by Steve Chambers set in Victoria Station, Bridgford, exactly a century ago. 4: Silent Night Train. Wednesday 18 December 1896 ... a day notable for rescued promise and hopeful delivery. with Chris Pavlo. Pauline Letts. Tom Bevan. Becky Hindley , Keith Drinkel. Alex Lowe. Mary Roscoe , Adjoa Andoh , Shirley Dixon , Joanna Monro , Peter Gunn and Stephen Thorne Director Marion Nancarrow
Poetry Bonanza! With Adrian Mitchell , Morag Styles , Gerard Benson and Anne Harvey. Presented by Michael Rosen. Last in the series. Producer Jill Burridge
With Daire Brehan.
Paul Gambaccini sees
Danny DeVito 's version of the Roald Dahl story Mathilda and reviews the Kirov Ballet's version of The Nutcracker. Producer Ann Marie O'Callaghan Revised repeat at 9.30pm
By Catherine Merriman. Mrs Tennyson gets a surprise from her daughter's boyfriend. Read by Julia McKenzie. Producer Caroline Sarll
With Jon Sopel and Nigel Wrench.
Jon Glover , Gemma O'Connor , Derek Parker and Matthew Parrisjoin Nigel Rees for the quotation quiz.
Quotations read by William Franklyn. Producer Kathy Smith Repeat
News for Richard.
Repeated tomorrow at 1.40pm
... but liquor is quicker" was the American poet Ogden Nash 's famous line on party-ice-breaking in 1931. Russell Davies travels to New York and Baltimore to meet those who knew and loved him. Producer Simon Elmes
First broadcast on Radio 3
The third of four programmes on what the points of the compass mean to us. 3: South. With explorer
Charles Burton , yachtswoman Tracey Edwards , Ian McGaskill , Patrick Moore , writer Francis Spufford , cultural historian
Rupert Wilkinson and Trevor Mouncey from the Ordinance Survey. Written and presented by Simon Armitage. Producer Susan Roberts
An exploration of the latest research from the world of sleep.
Producer Paula McGrath Repeat
Harry Thompson strips away the layers of mystery surrounding the profession of life modelling.
Producer Murdo Macdonald Repeat
Revised repeat of 4.05pm
With Jeremy Harris.
ByTomSharpe. Part 8. For details see Monday
11.00 Another chance to sample the best bits from Britain's first Asian sketch show. with Meera Syal, Kulvinder Ghir, Sanjeev Bhasker, Nitin Sawhney and Nina Wadia Producers Gareth Edwards and Anil Gupta
Michael Fenton Stevens and Kerry Shale star in a four-part guide to Yiddish. Based on the book by Leo Rosten. Adapted by Jeremy Front . Producer Diane Messias Repeat
Five chilling tales by Bram Stoker. 3: The Dream in the Dead House
For details see Monday
