From Westminster Abbey, London.
World Service analysis. Producer Mike Popham
Goodbyes and Hellos. Mark Tully considers how important it can be to let go of the past and to welcome in the new with open arms and heart. Producer Beverley McAinsh. Repeated at 11.30pm
Wistman's Wood. Lionel Kelleway explores a magical ancient oak woodland in the heart of Dartmoor.
Producer Sheena Duncan
A Creed for Today. Roger Bolton is in the chair with an expert panel debating the essentials of belief. With reporter Trevor Barnes.
Producer Norman Winter. Series producer Amanda Hancox
An appeal on behalf of a charity which prepares and presents bail applications for asylum seekers detained by the Immigration Service.
Producer Laurence Grissell. DONATIONS: Bail for Immigration
Detainees, [address removed] CREDIT CARDS: Freephone [number removed].
Repeated at 9.25pm and Thursday 3 January 3.28pm
Voices of Lament. The churches rememberthe
Slaughter of the Innocents. Leader and preacher
John Bell. Live from the chapel of Bearwood College, Wokingham, with the Reading Phoenix Choir directed by Norman Morris. Organist Chris Enstone. Producer Philip Benson. E-MAIL: sunday.worship@bbc.co.uk
With Alistair Cooke. Repeated from Friday 28 December 8.45pm
Sunday morning's fresh approach to the news, presented by Eddie Mair. Editor Kevin Marsh
Omnibus edition.
The alternative to panel games.
Repeated from Christmas Eve 6.30pm
Sheila Dillon explores whether restaurants with a social conscience could ever prosper in this country, or if our restaurants are destined always to be luxurious accessories to the realities of life. Producer Dave Battcock. Repeated New Year's Eve 4pm
With James Cox.
Former BBC Moscow correspondent Kevin Connolly looks at the case of the British crews who, in 1941, braved U-boat infested waters to supply Russia via the beleaguered ports of Murmansk and Archangel. While in Russia they are feted for their crucial role, in Britain they have not even received a campaign medal.
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Carole Baxter, John Cushnie and Anne Swithinbank answer questions posed by gardeners from Ullapool. And chairman Eric Robson talks to Tony Schilling, former deputy curator of Wakehurst Place, about the gardening challenges of moving from Sussex to the Scottish Highlands.
A new five-part series in which antiques and collectibles are put into theircontext. 1: TheLongcase Clock.Lars Tharp and guests track the development of the grandfather clock and explore changing concepts of time. And for the collector, tips and hints on price and provenance. Producer Lindsay Leonard
John Steinbeck 's harrowing novel about a family driven from their Oklahoma farm during the dust bowl days of the thirties, dramatised in three parts by Steve Chambers.
1: Exodus. Newly released from prison, Tom Joad returns to the family farm, but the land is parched, the farmsteads destroyed and his family is gone.
Director Marion Nancarrow. Repeated Saturday 5 January 9pm
Charlie Lee Potter and guests Adam Sisman , Harry Ritchie and Suzi Feay review the best of the year's non-fiction titles and discuss their choices, including RoyJenkins's Churchill, Continental Drifter by Tim Moore , The War against Cliche by Martin Amis and The Bronte Myth by Lucasta Miller.
Producer Dymphna Flynn. Repeated Thursday 3 January 4pm
January's Bookclub: The Falls and Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin
Frank Delaney and Poet Laureate Andrew Motion continue their countdown of listeners' favourite poetry requests. With readers Ralph Fiennes and Juliet Stevenson.
(Rptd Saturday 5 January)
A true story for Christmas. Music, laughter and line-dancing from three Yorkshire sisters and a team of Zulus as they come together to revive lost family Carols. Producer Lindsay Leonard (R)
The last of acclaimed travel writer Dervla Murphy 's letters. 3: As she plans her next adventure at the age of 70, Dervla Murphy reflects on a lifetime of travel. Producer Caroline Barbour. Repeated Saturday 5 January
Mark Whittaker presents his selection of highlights from BBC radio over the last seven days.
Producer Clare Csonka. PHONE: [number removed] FAX: [number removed] E-MAIL: potw@bbc.co.uk
Abad Start at Brookfield. Repeated New Year's Eve 2pm
The children's programme looks back on a dazzling year of pop stars, authors, poets, sports personalities and budding reporters. Plus, the final episode of William Nicholson 's The Windsinger.
Producers Fiona Clore and Jo Daykin. Series producer Olivia Seligman E-MAIL: gfi@bbc.co.uk.
Anna Massey narrates Christopher Lee 's history of Britain. The reader is Robert Powell. Episode 33: 1948. British Rail, the NHS and the Berlin airlift. Producer Pete Atkin. Revised repeat
Another selection of international radio highlights. Repeated from Friday 28 December 1.30pm
Michael Rosen presents another programme about words and the way we speak. 4: Sitting on Sigmund The naming of sofas explained.
Producer Mark Burman. Repeated from Friday 28 December 4.00pm
Repeated from Saturday 29 December 12.04pm
Repeated from 7.55am
Ian Hargreaves asks if Britain has really learned how to avoid economic boom and bust. Repeated from Thursday 27 December8.30pm
Mike Wooldridge chairs a panel discussion exploring the complex relationship between religion and government. Producer Kirsten Lass
Michael White reveals the way prime ministers and presidents have made use of the wireless to address the nation.
Producer Dave Batchelor. Repeated Wednesday 2 January 8.45pm
Repeated from Christmas Day 5.30pm
Repeated from 6.05am
Repeated from Thursday 27 December 11.30am
