With Fr John McCullagh.

Mark Holdstock investigates the relationship between the Army and the British countryside. ProducerAndrew Thorman

With Sue MacGregor and James Naughtie.
8-25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day With the Rt Rev Thomas Butler.

Jeremy Paxman and guests set the cultural agenda for the week. Producer Jeanette Thomas Repeated at 9.30pm

Martha Kearney presents the best of Woman's Hourfor 1998. Drama: Under One Roof by Michele Hanson. Part 1. Editor Ruth Gardiner
I E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Nanette Newman presents a dramatisation of letters written by Edwardian children to actresses who Played Peter Pan in the early
Productions of JM Barrie's masterpiece. Producer Philippa Ritchie Repeat

Four tales of the Gaiety theatre, where the shows were bigger and brighter than anywhere else in town. By John Peacock. 3: A Little Bit of String
"h Nicholas Boulton , Alison Pettitt. Geoffrey Whitehead , Giles Fagan and Ben Crowe.
Musical director Neil Brand. Musicians John acott and Sonia Slaney. Director David Blount

With Liz Barclay.

With James Cox.

Hopeful contestants take to the stage 'or a new series of the general knowledge music quiz in three movements. Hosted by Ned Sherrin. Producer Dawn Ellis. Rptd Sunday 1.30pm

Repeated from yesterday 7pm

Five Canadian stories by Alice Munro , dramatised by Claire Luckham.
1: Carried Away. Jack's letters from the front give Louisa hope for the future. with Bradley Lavelle. Colin Bruce , Barbara Hastings and Jonathan Keeble Director Marion Nancarrow

Presented by Vincent Duggleby. Producer Tom Cunnington

Jeremy Cherfas learns about the magic of English willow.
Producer Richard Sanders Repeat

Crawford Logan reads Shena Mackay 's modern-day fairy story for Christmas. Producer Julia Butt

With Andrew Jefford.
Repeated from Boxing Day 11am

Jenni Murray and her guests take a global view of news and human stories. Producer Lindsay Leonard

With Kevin Bouquet and Eddie Mair.

The antidote to panel games comes this week from Birmingham's
Alexandra Theatre. Jeremy Hardy joins regulars Barry Cryer. Graeme Garden. Tim Brooke-Taylor and Humphrey Lyttelton. Colin Sell is at the piano.
Producer Jon Naismith. Rptd Sunday 12.30pm

Planting for the future. Repeated tomorrow 2pm

By Michele Hanson. As New Year dawns. everyone feels rather fragile. Part 1. with Luisa Bradshaw-White . John Rowe , Angela Down. Irene Sutcliffe. Tilly Gaunt.
Andrew Falvey. Iwan Thomas. Bruce Alexander. Harry Myers and Giles Fagan. Director Marilyn imrie Repeated from 10.45am

Wardle High is mad keen on brass. Ten big brass bands, countless ensembles and over 600 school kids blast away at full volume.
Producer Matt Thompson Repeat

The Truth Is inside You. As we unravel the human genome, we also gain knowledge which might be too hot to handle. Ian Hargreaves asks how this scientific revolution will affect both the way we see ourselves and the way we organise society.
Producer Ingrid Hassler. Rptd Sunday 9.30pm

Jim Crumley uncovers the controversy surrounding the hunting of wolves inside Alaska's most famous nature reserve - Denali National Park.
Producer Grant Sonnex. Rptd tomorrow 11am

Repeated from 9am

With Sue Cameron.

1: Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat by Roald Dahl , read by Joanna Lumley. When Mrs Bixby 's lover ends their affair, he gives her a mink coat. How can she explain to her husband where the coat has come from? Producer Pauline Stone
♦ Joanna Lumley 's Questionnaire: p22

Repeated from yesterday 7.55am
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by David Pownall.
Two men meet on a train. One lies about his whereabouts over a mobile phone and is then drawn into a conversation about his lover with the second man.

Repeated from Boxing Day llpm

Magnus Mills' first novel made this year's Booker Prize shortlist. His comedy about the world of fence-buiIding is abridged in ten parts by Andrew Simpson and read by Gavin Muir. Part 1. Producer Duncan Minshull