With Miriam O'Reilly.
With John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor.
6.25, 7.25,8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Angela Tilby.
8.32 Yesterday in Parliament
Libby Purves and guests engage in lively and diverse conversation.
Producer Alison Hughes. Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
Jenni Murray hosts lively and topical interviews and discussion from a woman's point of view.
Drama: The Red Room, dramatised by Robin Brooks. Part 3.
Drama repeated at 7.45pm
The temperace movement was one of the biggest and most powerful mass movements in British history. Historian Amanda Foreman explores how temperance changed our national attitudes towards drinking. She travels to Preston to uncover the remains of the once mighty British National Temperance League. producer David Olusoga (R)
The concluding part of George Selden 's classic children's novel about Chester, a musically gifted cricket, and the impact his unique talent has on the fortunes of his new friends. Dramatised by Stuart Morris.
Music performed by Thomas Kemp. Director Pam Fraser Solomon
With Liz Barclay and Mark Whittaker.
With Nick Clarke.
Steve Richards hosts the panel game about politics and politicians. Team captains
Roy Hattersley and Sir Patrick Cormack MP are joined by guests journalist John Cole and novelist and former MP Rupert Allason. Written by Hugh Rycroft and David Spicer. Producer Steve Doherty
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
Ruth Thomas 's novel is dramatised by Tanika Gupta. Louise Jameson stars as a single parent who makes a terrible mistake that leaves hertwo children isolated, hungry and terrified.
Director Pam Fraser Solomon
John Cushnie , Pippa Greenwood and Roy Lancaster answer questions posed by members of the Bourton Vale Horticultural Society. With chairman Eric Robson.
Five classic European stories exploring the weird and the wonderful. 3: The Holes in the Mask by Jean Lorrain. Ajourney into the dark imaginings of the narrator as he dreams his own death: will he have the strength to wake up? Read by Simon Russell Beale. For details see Monday
3: Marcel Berlins investigates the enigmatic world of the crossword puzzle, an Anglo-Saxon preoccupation that is as British as the bowler hat- or is it? For details see Monday (R)
Following a report which found that 100,000 adults claiming to have been subject to
"persistent and unwanted attention" from someone Laurie Taylor talks to sociologists in an attempt to understand why people become "stalkers."
Producer Tony Phillips
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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 whethertropical diseases are on the increase in the UK.
With Clare English and Eddie Mair.
The conclusion of Lynne Ferguson 's comedy series. The Letter. A letter arrives for Irene that promises to change her life for ever. But when push comes to shove, is she ready to leave the dismal backwater she so unlovingly calls home? Producers Lucy Bacon and Kathy Smith (R)
Curtain Up. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
With Mark Lawson , including a look at a selection of television programmes over the Christmas holiday. Producer Stephen Hughes
by M.R. James
Ghost stories for Christmas, dramatised by Robin Brooks.
For details see Monday.
Repeated from 10.45am.
Further cast details across the week.
Michael Buerk chairs a debate in which
Janet Daley , David Starkey , Ian Hargreaves and David Cook cross-examine witnesses who have conflicting views on the moral issues behind one of the week's controversies.
Producer David Coomes
Repeated Saturday 10.15pm
Dinah Lammiman talks to four high-ranking women politicians around the world about what it means to be a woman in parliament. See Sue Gaisford's radio choice on page 142. Producer Jane Beresford
Repeated from Sunday 10.45pm
A series connecting people with science and technology. It Falls from Heaven. As the world's population races towards the 10 billion mark, large cities in the developing world now have so many inhabitants that they are running out of drinking water. Quentin Cooper explores the hitech solutions on offer, from drawing water out of clouds to digging extra-deep wells. Are these approaches appropriate or would simple water-saving measures be more practical? Producer Alison Ayres
Shortened repeat from 9am
With Robin Lustig.
By Thomas Hardy, read by Juliet Stevenson.
Grace's father begins to entertain doubts about Gile's suitability for his daughter.
For details see Monday
Sean Lock presents a comedy series of his crawl on the urban underbelly. This week more urban inspiration at Flat 76, Elderberry House. Starring Sean Lock, Alex Lowe, Dan Mersh, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Rob Rouse.
Helena Bonham Carter reads extracts from Artemis Cooper's biography of Elizabeth David. Part 3. For details see Monday (R)
