With the Very Rev John Miller.
With Sarah Mukherjee
With John Humphrys and Sue MacGregor.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
6.45 Yesterday in Parliament Depending on recess.
7.48 Thought for the Day With Rt Rev Richard Harries
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
Martha Kearney hosts lively and topical interviews and discussions from a woman's point of view. Drama: Be Not Afraid by John Fletcher. Part 5. PHONE: [number removed] E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Yorkshire poet Ian McMillan looks forthe myths and realities, past and present, which surround hearth and home at this festive time. Producer Viv Beeby
5: One Prof Too Many. The Professor takes a holiday to Pagwell-on-Sea, onlytodiscoverthathe has a twin, who is performing the comedy act at the end of the pier. Their unexpected meeting has hilarious consequences. For details see Monday
With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
Editor Chris Burns. PHONE: [number removed] E-MAIL: youandyours@bbc.co.uk
With Nick Clarke. Editor Kevin Marsh
In the programme which evesdrops on radio stations around the world, the BBC's diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall finds out what people are saying in the run-up to Christmas. She hears how a burglar prepares forthe season of goodwill and compares the sounds of Christmas in the Czech Republic before and afterthefall of the Berlin Wall. To her surprise, she discovers that
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer once saved the financial fortunes of a major US department store. Producer Julia Rooke. Repeated on Sunday
Repeated from yesterday 7pm
By Lindsay Jane Sedgwick. Sandy Love can't help thinking of men as varieties of cake: they are what they eat and how they eat. Each time she thinks it is true love and each time she loses a little more hope. In the end, most men are less than palatable. This is a bizarre quest for love in a world of cake.
Director David Hunter
This week Gregg Wallace and Charlie Hicks set up their stall at Lincoln's Christmas farmers' market. They'll be joined by local food-lover Henrietta Green to cook and chat to shoppers about what they' II be serving alongside the turkey this Christmas. Producer Paula McGinley.
Ned Sherrin 's reaches the end of his alphabet of theatrical anecdotes. 5: R-Z.
Selected by Sarah Kilgarriff
5: Little Red Rooster. Why are chickens funny? How did Foghorn Leghorn get his voice? And why does the Big Brother house have hens? For details see Monday
Michael Rosen presents another programme about words and the way we speak. 3: What's YourHandle? Michael (Mike, Mick, Mikey, Mickey or is it just "M"?) goes in search of the truth about the names we give ourselves and others inflict on us - nicknames. Plus an update on listeners favourite words of 2001. Producer Belette Holt-Fente Repeated Sunday 8.30pm
Conversation about how current media trends affect modern life, with Jenni Murray and guests. Producer Dave Harvey
With Eddie Mair and Carolyn Quinn. Editor Kevin Marsh
The show that promises an impression every minute. Starring Kevin Connelly , Jon Culshaw , Mark Perry and Jan Ravens.
Producer Mario Stylianides. Repeated Saturday 12.30pm
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Dead Ringers Series 2. Part 2 and The
Specials (featuri ng norvbroadcast material) are both available now on audio cassette and CD from all good retailers and from www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed]
Mixed emotions at the party.
Archers Addicts Fan Club: send an sae to [address removed]
Mark Lawson and Francine Stock unwrap their selection of the highlights of the past year and talk to some of the names behind the headlines, including VS Naipaul who won the Nobel Prize for literature. Producer Robyn Read
The story behind Handel's composition of the oratorio Messiah. Dramatised by John Fletcher. 5: Rejoice!
For details see Monday. Repeated from 10.45am
Nick Clarke chairs a political discussion from St Albans in Hertfordshire with a panel including
Baroness Shirley Williams , author Frederick Forsyth and Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury John Bercow MP. Producer Lisa Jenkinson. Repeated Saturday 1.15pm
With veteran commentator Alistair Cooke. Repeated Saturday 5.45am and Sunday 8.45am
With Robin Lustig.
Editors Prue Keely and Jenni Russell. E MAIL: wor1d.tonight@bbc.co.uk
The last part of Jerome K Jerome 's classic comedy. For details see Monday
Sports magazine programme. Jim White uncovers the best Stories Of Christmas sport. Producer Richard Mcilroy
The story of Victor Si Ivester , who taught Britain to dance to his Strict time music. Producer Geoff Ballinger
Repeated from 9.45am
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