With Jane Williams.
With Trixie Rawlinson. Editor Chris Burns
Richard Uridge visits the Isle of Wight which is proving to be a mecca for palaeontologists. Producer Karen Gregor
With Anna Ford and John Humphrys.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day
With Father Oliver McTernan.
8.45 Yesterday In Parliament
Tooth-brushing, tidiness and other tricky subjects as Phil Hogan tries to instil a sense of responsibility in his children. With John Peel. Producer Alison Hughes PHONE: [number removed]
E-MAIL: home.truths@bbc.co.uk
Ned Sherrin waits for the fat man to come down his chimney in this Christmas special.
Producer Torquil MacLeod
In the first of four programmes,
Andrew Jefford explores the world of drink. Quality Wine. Winemakers from around the world reveal trade secrets on winemaking from scratch.
Producer Paul Kobrak. Repeated Monday 4pm
Kate Adie presents analysis and insight from correspondents worldwide. Producer Tony Grant
Alison Mitchell with the latest news from the world of personal finance. Producer Sarah Pennells
David Aaronovitch hosts the comedy panel game.
Repeated from yesterday
Jonathan Dimbleby is joined in Scunthorpe by panellists including Val Evans of the Women's National
Congress, Derek Fatchett MP and Dave Rix of Aslef.
Repeated from yesterday
Phone Jonathan Dimbleby with your views on the issues raised in this week's edition of Any Questions? LINES OPEN from 12.30pm
Martin Wainwright investigates occasions of protest when British people made their presence felt on the streets. 2: The Leeds Dripping Riot. In 1865, a cook was prosecuted for stealing a dollop of dripping from her employer. The people of Leeds were incensed and took to the streets. Producer Anne Marie Cole Repeat
A 1930s comedy thriller by Josephine Tey , dramatised by John Fletcher. The independent-minded daughter of a chief police constable meets a suspected killer on the run. with Steve Hodson. Stephen Thorne , Ben Crowe , Harry Myers , Geoffrey Whitehead. Frances Jeater and Priyanga Elan. Director Tabitha Potts
Presented by Jenni Murray. Editor Ruth Gardiner
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. Presented by Eddie Mair.
Russell Davies presents Radio 4's programme about films and filmgoing. Producer Harry Parker. Rptd Tuesday 11.30pm
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis host the sketch and stand-up show with the regular team of Simon Munnery , Jane Bussmann , David Quantick , Nick Romero and Dan Freedman.
Producer Aled Evans. Repeated Tuesday llpm
Poet John Hegley entertains an audience with a microphone and a book of verse. With Nigel and the Popticians. Producer Phil Clarke Repeat
Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the week's cultural events, including the new Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh and the film adaptation of Brian Friel 's celebrated play Dancing at Lughnasa. Producer Lawrence Pollard
Four writers celebrate a single, readily available sensual experience. 4: Celia Brayfield on "Jason and the Buttercups". Producer Beaty Rubens
Repeated Wednesday 8.45pm
During the sixties and seventies, Alfred Bradley produced some of the most innovative drama to have appeared on BBC Radio. Alan Plater looks back at his career, recalling classic plays such as Shelagh Delaney 's A Taste of Honey, Stan Barstow 's A Kind of Loving and Peter Terson 's The Fishing Party. Producer Bob Dickinson
By Charles Dickens , dramatised in five parts by John Dryden. Jarndyce and Jarndyce, a contested inheritance, has been dragging through the Courts of Chancery for years. Into this mincing machine are thrown two young innocents, Ada and Richard. With Claire Price,
Michael Kitchen and John Shrapnel. Part 1. Repeated from Sunday
Disabled people are concerned that scientists, carried away by the possibilities of genetic research, are making dangerous judgements about a person's value to society.
Peter White chairs a debate on this subject. Repeated from Wednesday
LATE NIGHT ON 4
In the last of four programmes, Jennifer Cox talks to European broadcasters about the cities they work in and the music they play. Producer Jules Wilkinson
Repeated Monday 11.30pm
In the first of six programmes about contemporary poetry,
Christopher Cook talks to poets Tony Harrison and Sean O'Brien about their recent work.
Producer Susan Roberts Repeat
The story of our struggle to understand the cosmos. The Riddle of the Nebulae
Written by Michael Hoskin. Readers Nigel Carrington and Fenella Hadingham Producer David Perry
By Richard Cutler , read by Matthew Zajac. Andrei hates sunlight. Since his retirement, he has lived as a recluse, but when a cold wind arrives, he finds new purpose and love. Producer Claire Grove
