The news of the week in rural Britain.
With the Rev Stephen Shipley.
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With the Rt Rev Tom Butler.
By and with Armando lannucci. Part 3. For details see Monday 29 December
In the pure air of the Scottish
Highlands, Professor George Dodd manufactures smells. Libby Purves and her guests, including birthday guest Charles Kennedy , join the professor beside Loch Ewe for an especially aromaful New Year's Eve. Producer Ronni Davis
Geoffrey Wheeler reviews some of the stories, events and issues which made the news in 1947.
Jenni Murray presents the best of the Woman's Houryear. Producer Sarah Taylor
By Charles Dickens , dramatised in six
Parts by Martyn Read.
Final part: Freedom, Friendship and a Satisfactory Conclusion!
For details and cast list see Christmas Eve Repeated at 9.30pm
Presented by Mark Whittaker.
Five Victorian mysteries by Wilkie Collins , dramatised by John Arden. 1: Mr Policeman and the Cook
PC Brady has an astonishing deathbed confession to make.
Pianist Colin Guthhe Director David Blount
With James Cox.
Repeated from yesterday 7.05pm
By Claire Dowie. Geoff's parents are worried about him - he is 52 and has been made redundant. Now he's obsessed with excavating the well.
With Nicky Henson , Nicholas Le Provost and Selina Cadell. Directed by Cathryn Hom
With Daire Brehan.
Rocket Man and the Chlpolata Fingers This year, Elton John released a song that became the biggest-selling single of all time. He talks candidly to
Paul Gambaccini about the highs and lows of his 30-year career, in which music has remained a point of focus and hope in times of difficulty.
Producer Jerome Weatherald Repeat
By Michael Carson , read by Louise Jameson.
Tiny and Mildred, two old friends, find a novel way of seeing in the new year. Producer Pam Fraser Solomon Repeated Saturday 12.30am
With Charlie Lee-Potter and Jon Sopel.
Robert Robinson chairs a challenge match featuring 1997 Brain of Britain and Mastermind competitors.
Repeated from Monday 29 December 12.25pm
An unexpected midnight kiss. Repeated tomorrow 1.40pm
John Waite returns with his team of investigators to follow up listeners' complaints. The programme sets out to pursue both individual allegations of injustice and wider issues affecting the lives of ordinary people. Editor Graham Ellis
WRITE TO: Face the Facts.
BBC Broadcasting House. London W1A 1AA E-MAIL: ftf@bbc.co.uk
Repeated tomorrow 9.05am
The BBC's senior correspondents join presenter Alex Brodie for a look ahead to 1998. What stories will dominate the airwaves next year? Producer Tony Grant
A three-part series exploring the influence of music on the world.
1: Can Music Change the World?
The Ancient Greeks certainly thought so - Amphion had only to play his lyre and the walls of Thebes built themselves.
David Huckvale starts the series with an investigation into the power of music and how it has affected spiritual values and political ideas. Producer Anthony Sellors Repeat
Repeated from 11.30am
This last of three debates is about the European Union. With Robin Lustig.
By Raymond Chandler. Part 8.
For details see Monday 22 December Repeat
John Eggleston's six-part comedy in which two friends are thrown into a mad world by the wry narrator, Diana, played by June Whitfield.
Six-part darkly comic tale by Keith Lawes. 3: The Happiest Days of Your Life Starring Richard O'Brien , Jonathan Coy and Harry Capehom. Producer Phil Bowker
Join John Shuttleworth live from his
Sheffield house and garden. It is New Year's Eve, and the Shuttleworths are having a party. Unfortunately, Mary and the kids have made alternative arrangements, so John is left to greet the celebrity guests on his own.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows , with guest Tony Roche. Producer Paul Schlesinger
By MR James. 3: A School Story
Two corpses are dragged from a deep well, their arms inseparably entwined. For details see Monday 29 December
