The news and the issues of the week in rural Britain.
Producers Hugh O'Donnell and Steve Peacock
With Trevor Barnes and his guest.
With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With Canon David Winter.
Cliff Morgan presents a relaxed look at the sporting world. Producer Roy Calley
Pete McCarthy presents the insider's travel guide.
Producer Eleanor Garland
Repeated tomorrow 7.30pm
With Ned Sherrin and guests.
The Deutschmark - icon of Germany's Postwar recovery - will be 50 years old next year. But celebrations will be muted, as the familiar mark is about to be replaced by the uncertainty of the Euro.
Kevin Jackson explains why the history of German money conjures up two images: power and angst. Producer Chris Bowlby
Peter Donaldson presents a colourful and seasonal look at world affairs. Producer Tony Grant
Peter Day asks why a newspaper cartoon strip called Dilbert is making influential people sit up and think. Producer Neil Koenig Revised repeat
The second half of the News Quiz year is filleted by Simon Hoggart and the team.
Producer Jon Rolph
Repeated Monday 29 December6.30pm
Professor Laurie Taylor and guests speculate on the future of the planet. Repeated from Boxing Day 8.05pm
Russell Davies presents a special Programme packed with linguistic whizzbangs and suitably seasonal solecisms.
Revised repeat from Christmas Day 3pm
A classic American ghost tale by Jonathan Holloway, based on a short story by Willa Cather.
"Terrapin" Rodgers recounts to his old college acquaintance Will Carter how he solved the riddle of his friend's death last New Year's Eve. His storytelling draws Carter into a terrifying experience that will haunt him for ever.
A six-part series in which Bill Bryson delves into the history of Britain to reveal how English became the language it is. 3: Bringing Order to a Disorderly Language. Who invented the rules of English? Producer Brian King
Repeated tomorrow 8.30pm
Is behaviour all in the mind or all in the brain? Peter Evans reports from the British Psychological Society Annual Meeting.
Producer Julia Durbin. EMAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk Repeated Tuesday 30 December 8pm
Repeated from Tuesday 23 December 7.20pm
A six-part series celebrating the previously uncelebrated.
5:The Dansette, the first truly portable gramophone record player. Producer David Prest
Repeated from yesterday llpm
Michael O'Donnell invites another guest to share with him their vision of an ideal world.
Producer Joanna Rahim
Adventures in Motion Pictures - a Short History of Dance
When Adam Cooper and his fellow male dancers interpreted Swan Lake for the late 20th century, audiences knew the ballet would never be the same again. The company is currently staging Cinderella, and has worked on dance from Spitfire to Nutoacterforten years. Producer Anthony Denselow
Repeated Friday 2 January 9.30pm
An omnibus edition tracing Christmas over five consecutive decades. Producer Bob Dickinson
Martyn Wade 's three-part serial about the life of John Wesley , the father of Methodism. 1:The Holy Club. Wesley and his brother travel to America to try to convert the immigrants there. with Alison Pettitt , Gerard McDermott , Christopher Wright , David Bannerman and Anthony Ofoegbu
Director Cherry Cookson Repeat
Brian Kay presents a selection of Christmas music.
Producer Brian Jackson
With writer and broadcaster Nigel Forde. Producer Janet McLarty
Adapted by John Peacock from the screenplay by TEB Clarke .
When an unexploded bomb goes off, Arthur Pemberton discovers a crater full of ancient treasures and a document declaring that the residents of Pimlico are actually part of the Duchy of Burgundy. with Gavin Muir , David King. Matthew Marsh. Vivian Pickles , Tom Bevan , David Collings , Stephen Critchlow , John Hartley ,
Paul Jenkins. Jonathan Keeble , Ross Livingstone and Linda Regan
Director Celia de Wolff Repeat
The Wild Party
Kerry Shale and Lorelei King perform Joseph Moncure March's classic poem chronicling a night of debauchery in 1920s New York. Producer Viv Beeby Repeat
By Oscar Wilde , read by John Moffatt. Repeated from Tuesday 23 December 4.45pm
