With the Rt Rev Mark Santer , Bishop of Birmingham.
With AlistairCooke. Repeated from yesterday
Helen Mark meets the people and wildlife of the British countryside. Producer Alasdair Cross
With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Canon David Winter.
David Stafford takes a wry look at the foibles of family life. Producer Harry Parker. PHONE: [number removed] E-MAIL: home.truths@bbc.co.uk
Arthur Smith and guests discuss the pros and cons of going away for Christmas. Producer Cathie Mahoney. PHONE: [number removed] E-MAIL: excessbaggage@bbc.co.uk
When Parmjit Dhanda was elected to represent Gloucester, politicians from all parties agreed that something significant had happened. For only the second time since the twenties, an Asian had been elected to represent a predominantly white constituency. Reeta Chakrabarti discusses the historical and contemporary contribution of Asian MPstO British politics. Producer John Watkins
Peter Riddell of The Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. Editor Jane Ashley
BBC correspondents take a look behind the world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
The latest news from the world of personal finance, and impartial money advice, presented by Paul Lewis. Producer Chris A'Court. Repeated Sunday 23 December 9pm
The award-winning impressionist sketch show. Producer Mario Stylianides. Repeated from yesterday
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Dead Ringers Series 2. Part 2 and The Specials (featuring non-broadcast material) are both available now on audio cassette and CD from all good retailers and from www.bbcshop.com. Call [number removed]
Nick Clarke chairs a political discussion from St Albans in Hertfordshire with a panel including
Baroness Shirley Williams , author Frederick Forsyth and Shadow Chief Secretaryto the Treasury, John Bercow MP. Repeated from yesterday
Nick Clarke takes listeners calls and e-mails in response to last night's Any Questions? Phone in on [number removed], or e-mail [email address removed].
by Rose Tremain.
"Dance and dream" weekends for the elderly are proving very popular at Beth's Hotel. But not everyone is looking forward to the festive season.
Alan Dein tells the story of the Maldon Ladies football team, who blazed a trail forwomen's football back in 1947. Producer Mark Burman
The best of the week on the weekday morning magazine, presented by Martha Kearney.
Series Editor Anne Tyley. E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines, presented by Dan Damon.
In the weekly guide to the film world, Andrew Collins and guests discuss what makes the perfect Christmas movie. Producer Stephen Hughes
Alan Bennett talks of his early musical memories and of the musical influence of his Yorkshire childhood - the hymns he learned as a boy, the violin his father tried to teach him and the concerts he attended in Leeds. With music composed by George Fenton and performed by the Medici Quartet.
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests cast a critical eye over the week's cultural events, including the new film of The Lord of the Rings and the forthcoming television epic Shackleton starring Kenneth Branagh as the British explorer of the Antarctic. Producer Julian May
The first of three letters by acclaimed travel writer Dervla Murphy describes how her childhood in rural Ireland shaped her lifetime of adventures. Producer Caroline Barbour. Repeated from Sunday
For many years variety theatre, with its ebullient stars, singers, comedians, chorus girls and novelty acts, was the lifeblood of British live entertainment. Veteran variety star Stan Stennett recreates the heyday of the genre, revisiting some of its greatest moments and its most enduring stars, and recalls the shared triumphs and tribulations of a profession whose performers trod the boards twice nightly in theatres, halls and piers from one end of the country to the other.
John Buchan's ever-popular spy thriller, first published in 1915, is dramatised in two parts by Bert Coules.
When a man is murdered in Richard Hannay's London flat he goes on the run to
Scotland, pursued by the police and a gang of German spies intent on recovering a secret notebook that could destroy the British naval fleet.
Other parts played by members of the cast (R)
BBC Radio Collection: The 39 Steps is available now on audio cassette from all good retailers and from [web address removed]. Call [number removed]
In the last programme of the current series, Michael Buerk chairs a debate in front of an invited audience in which Claire Fox , Ian Hargreaves , Steven Rose and Roger Scruton cross-examine "witnesses" with passionate views on one of the week's moral dilemmas. Producer David Coomes. Repeated from Wednesday
Nick Clarke is in the chair for another round of cryptic connections and lateral thinking. This week the Midlands - Philippa Gregory and Brian J Ford -take on the South of England - Marcel Berlins and Fred Housego. Producer Paul Bajoria. Repeated from Monday.
Frank Delaney presents listeners' poetry requests, including poems by Keats, Emily Dickinson and Elizabeth Jennings. Guests include Paul Durcan and Australian poet Les Murray. The readers are Miriam Margolyes , Jack Davenport and David Collins. Producer Kate McAII. Repeated from Sunday
Another chance to hearthis specially commissioned story by one of our most popular women writers, Maeve Binchy. Producer Sarah Johnson (R)
