With the Rev Peter Wortley.
Sarah Mukherjee reports from the Oxford Farming Conference where the women in charge of agriculture in the USA and Britain are debating the future. Producer Sarah Hughes
With Sue MacGregorand Edward Stourton.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Antonia Swinson.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests explore the history of ideas as they discuss the events and inspirations that have influenced our age. Shortened repeat at 9. 30pm
Melvyn Bragg discusses the philosophy of the 18th century literary cult of sensibility, how it merged into romanticism and why it was so often connected with illness, melancholia and nerves. Show more
Jenni Murray hosts lively and topical interviews and discussions from a woman's point of view.
Drama: Les Misérables.ByVictor Hugo. Part 4. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
What's really happening around the world? BBC correspondents inform and entertain with the stories behind the headlines. With Kate Adie. Producer Tony Grant
Award-winning poet Sean O'Brien chooses some of his favourite pieces of prose and poetry, read by Julia Watson and Deka Walmsley.
Producer Viv Beeby. Repeated Sunday 6 January
With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
Helen Mark follows a year in the life of Britain's wildlife. Extended rptfrom Sat 29 December6.10am
Repeated from Wednesday 2 January 7pm
By Carol Shields. The remarkable fictional biography mapping the life of Daisy Goodwill, an ordinary woman from rural Canada. Dramatised by Claire Luckham.
4: 1965-77: Sorrow and Ease
Daisy Goodwill Flett's family and friends confront her descent into a splattery anger.
Director Elizabeth Allard
A chance for listeners to take issue with a guest columnist on a controversial subject. With David Jesse !.
Producers Nick Baker and Nick Utechin Phone: [number removed]
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 from Sunday 30 December 7.55am
Sophie Thompson continues reading Stella Gibbons's hilarious classic about Flora Poste's visit to her eccentric rural relatives, the Starkadders.
(For details see New Year's Eve)
BBC Radio Collection: Cold Comfort Farm is available now on audio cassette from all good retailers and from [web address removed] Call [number removed]
4: Thursday's Child Has Far to Go. Jo Morris meets a boy who's so brainy he's called "stupid" at school. For details see New Year's Eve
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 Roy Jenkins 's Churchill, Continental Dr/fterbyTim Moore, The War against Cliche by Martin Amis and The Bronte Myth by Lucasta Miller.
Repeated from Sunday 30 December 4pm
Science series. As we enter the New Year, Christmas book tokens have to be spent. But for those exhausted with Harry Potter. Theo the T-lymphocyte may provide an alternative read. But is science teaching best left to the classroom? Quentin Cooper talks to children's authors, publishers and education experts to find out what messages children's science writing is sending.
Producer Fiona Roberts. E-MAIL: matenal.world@bbc.co.uk
With Clare English and Carolyn Quinn.
Another night out at London's unofficial national theatre of comedy, the Comedy Store, hosted by Simon Bligh and featuring Alan Carr , Richard Morton and Gina Yashere. Producer Helen Williams
Tony makes an announcement. Repeated tomorrow 2pm
Mark Lawson with arts interviews, news and reviews. Producer Sally Spurring
By Victor Hugo. Dramatised by Lin Coghlan.
4: Inspector Javert breaks the news to
Monsieur Madeleine that Jean Valjean has been arrested and sent to trial in Arras.
For details see New Year's Eve. Repeated from 10.45am
One of the Second World War's greatest unsolved mysteries is the death of the Polish leader-in-exile, General Wladyslaw Sikorski , in a plane crash in Gibraltar in 1943. Was it an accident or foul play? For almost 60 years the British have denied the possibility of sabotage. Now new documents and witnesses who speak for the first time cast doubt on the official version. Was it murder? If so, by whom and why? Presented by Olenka Frenkiel. Producer Julia Rooke
Top people in the City of London have great influence but they are not known for their love of plain speaking. Two exceptions are fund managers David Rough and Alistair Ross Goobey, who have invested billions over their long careers. Peter Day gets their views of business at a time of stress.
(Repeated on Sunday 6 January)
3: Liquid Gold: Alaska, Part 1. The US energy crisis has again raised the issue of drilling for oil in one of the most remote parts of Alaska -the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge is home to two groups of indigenous people. The Gwich'in are against exploration but the Inupiat want it to go ahead. Tom Feilden explores how oil is creating a cultural division. Producer Karen Gregor
With Robin Lustig.
By Raymond Chandler. 9: Silver Wig
For details see New Year's Eve
Another episode in Niall Ashdown and Luke Sorba 's strictly non-autobiographical sitcom about two men in their forties who don't know what to do with themselves. Producer Bill Dare
Phill Jupitus charts the career of this comic superstar who died 21 years ago last July.
3: 1962-8 For details see New Year's Day
Repeated from 9.45am
