With the Gloriae Dei Ringers from Orleans, Massachusetts. Repeated at 12.20am
Denis Tuohy explores the relationship between pulpit and stage with the help of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, who perform extracts from their most recent show, The Bible: the Complete Word of God.
(Repeated at 11.15pm)
Oliver Walston samples the fruits of the finest vineyards in Chile. Producer Alasdair Cross
Gerry Northam presents a special programme from Bethlehem.
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By Alistair Cooke.
Repeated from Boxing Day 9.15pm
A Child Is Bom in Bethlehem
A meditation for Christmastide from Lichfield Cathedral. The Very Rev Dr Tom Wright , Dean of Lichfield, reflects on the meaning of childhood in the light of the birth of Jesus.
With the Lichfield Chamber Choir. Conductor Nigel Argust. Organist Andrew Lumsden. Producer Stephen Shipley
Roger Bolton reviews the media. Producer Sarah Eldridge
Repeated Tuesday 30 December llpm
Arthur Smith presents a six-part series about personal travel experiences. 1: Malcolm Bradbury returns to the University of Indiana. Arriving there in the 1950s as an exchange teacher, he left behind
Postwar rationing and drabness for a land of plenty - even if the parties were chaperoned and the campus dry. Producer Sara Jane Hall
With James Cox.
John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew and Geoffrey Smith answer questions posed by gardeners from Bedfordshire. With chairman Eric Robson. Producer Trevor Taylor
Leo Tolstoy 's epic novel, dramatised in ten parts by Marcy Kahan and Mike Walker. 6: It is 1811, and despite the peace, Napoleon's troops are massing in Poland, while in Moscow disaster strikes the Rostovs when
Natasha is seduced.
For details and cast list see Friday 2 January 2pm
With Chris Serle.
Repeated from Boxing Day 7.20pm
Repeated from Christmas Day 2pm
Up the Amazon. In the last of four audio diaries, naturalist Nick Baker has the adventure of a lifetime.
Repeated from Tuesday 23 December 10am
Sarah Maguire presents a selection of sharp-tongued poems to spice up any flagging celebrations. Producer Viv Beeby
Repeated from Boxing Day 9.45am
We Cannot Return Your Paintings
In the first of two programmes looking at cult seventies children's television,
Play School's Fred Harris talks to Tony Hart, Rolf Harris, Pat Keysell, Wilf Lunn and Sylvester McCoy about art in children's television programmes. Repeated from Christmas Day 12 noon
From The Chronicles ofNarnia by CS Lewis, dramatised in four parts by Brian Sibley. 2: Shasta is mistaken for Prince Corin and is taken to the palace of the Narnian visitors, while
Aravis has to pass herself off as a slave. with Michelle Wesson , James Graves. Maria Miles , Matthew Steer. David Holt , Norman Bird , Paul Panting and Deborah Berlin
Music Peter Howell and Elizabeth Parker Director John Taylor Repeat
The latest holiday and travel news. Repeated from yesterday
Joanna Pinnock presents highlights from the past year's programmes and reviews the major conservation stories of the last 12 months.
Producer Simon Roberts
Repeated New Year's Day 6.30am
Bill Bryson investigates how English became the language it is. 3: Bringing Order to a Disorderly Language Repeated from yesterday 4pm
The third of four programmes.
The Album. Yasmin and Steve dream of Trickbaby being at the top of the music charts. But first there is an album to record and a video to film - and it's a complicated process. Producer Sally Flatman
A look at the power of the World Bank, the future of British aid and the environmental consequences of misdirected money. With Jeremy Cherfas. Producer Hugh O'Donnell
Geoff Watts reports.
Repeated from Tuesday 23 December
Jeremy Nicholas looks at the many ways in which the BBC has been portrayed in popular culture. Producer Sue Foster Repeat
Repeated from 6.10am
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By Oscar Wilde , read by John Moffatt. An very arrogant firework gets his comeuppance.
Repeated from Boxing Day 4.45pm
