With Anna Hill.
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rt Rev Tom Butler.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
At some point most of us are faced with a single choice which irrevocably alters our lives. Michael Buerk talks to people who have made such decisions and takes them through the whole process, from dilemma to making the choice and living with the consequences.
Producer Liz Leonard. Repeated at 9.30pm
I I He is the sand castle of an inclement season, the winter equivalent of the scarecrow, and the jolliest of the folk-figure creations - a Christmas celebration of the snowman. Producer Alison Quinn
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Martha Kearney with the latest news, views and culture from a woman's perspective.
Drama: The Red Room, dramatised by Robin Brooks. Part 2.
Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Roger Bolton investigates the sources of the Nativity story and looks at elements that have puzzled historians down the ages. Should
Christians take literally the Gospel accounts of Jesus's birth? Was Mary really a virgin? Bolton tries to find some of the answers in art, classical mythology, astronomy and theology. He is helped by guests including art historian Sister
Wendy Beckett , classicist Peter Gandy and theologian Dr Elaine Storkey. Producer Elena Curti. Repeated Sunday 9.30pm
Hugh Dennis unearths comedy gems from the BBC archives. This week, a look at the family-they come in all shapes and sizes, some of them odderthan others. Producer Libby Cross
With Winifred Robinson and MarkWhittaker.
With Nick Clarke.
As a precursor to the famous annual Nine Lessons and Carols on Christmas Eve, Tim Marlow goes behind the scenes of King's College Choirto discover what the boy choristers and adult choral scholars are really like. How are they selected and trained, how do they fit such a punishing schedule around school and university studies, and what do the town dwellers of Cambridge really think of their famous student choir? Producer Helen Garrison
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Israel Horovitz. Underthe northern lights, halfway up the highest mountain in Alaska, David Kipling is in charge of 20 honeymoon couples busy trying to conceive. I solitude, he reaches out to his wife by telephone and seeks to conjure up the son who died two years ago.
Director Ned Chaillet
Call Wendy Austin for an exchange of experiences and views on today's topical issues. Producer Sukey Firth
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Five classic European stories exploring the weird and the wonderful. 2: Autumn Sorcery by Joseph von Eichendorff. A young knight is driven to madness when he discovers that everything he holds dear is pure illusion. Read by Jamie Glover. For details see yesterday
2: Marcel Berlins looks at puzzling numbers, some of which have outfoxed mathematicians for hundreds of years. Do mathematicians themselves see the point of solving the problem or are they just having fun? For details see yesterday (R)
Philippa Lamb looks at the issues that change and shape our working lives, from switching careers to spicing up our working days. Producers Penny Hasiam and Lesley McAlpine
Louise Doughty and guests, broadcaster
Kirsty Wark and playwright Gabriel Gbadamosi , discuss three of their favourite paperbacks. Producer Miles Warde. Repeated Sunday llpm
With Clare English and Eddie Mair.
Sex, squid and six Socratic dialogues by Lynne Truss.
In the smelly but convivial surroundings of the Acropolis Fish Restaurant, 408 BC, great Athenians confront the eternal verities and also eat a lot.
A chorus of Ancient Greek fish delivery men bring disturbing news for Aristophanes.
A busy day at the jeweller's. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
With Francine Stock , including a reassessment of the comedy-writing team of George S Kaufman and Moss Hart , whose play, The Man Who Came to Dinner, is on BBC Radio 4 on Christmas Day. Producer Rebecca Stratford
Ghost stories for Christmas, dramatised by Robin Brooks.
2: Mr Tallent's Ghost by Mary Webb.
For details see yesterday.
Repeated from 10.45am.
Further cast details across the week.
Jenny Cuffe with major issues, changing attitudes and important events at home and abroad. Producer David Lewis. Repeated Sunday 5pm
Peter White with news for visually impaired people. Producer Cheryl Gabriel
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This week Dr Graham Easton provides the information you need to have a healthy holiday, especially if you are planning an exotic trip this Christmas. He has advice on how to avoid common problems, looks at the pros and cons of injections and investigates whether tropical diseases are on the increase in the UK.
Producer Geraldine Fitzgerald
E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk. Repeated tomorrow 4.30pm
Repeated from 9am
With Claire Bolderson.
By Thomas Hardy , read by Juliet Stevenson. 2: Giles is reunited with his childhood sweetheart, but will she return his love? For details see yesterday
Mark Radcliffe presents a tribute to two great comic geniuses - Laurel and Hardy. This week, how Lancashire-born Arthur Jefferson went to America and became Stan Laurel. Producer Libby Cross (R)
Helena Bonham Carter reads extracts from Artemis Cooper's biography of Elizabeth David. Part 2. For details see yesterday(R)
