With the Rev Peter Wortley.
With Sarah Mukherjee.
With Alan Little and Sue MacGregor.
6.25,7.25,8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Angela Tilby.
Martha Kearney hosts lively and topical interviews and discussions from a woman's point of view. Drama:LesMiserables. ByVictor Hugo. Part 5. PHONE: [number removed] E-MAIL: womanshour@bbc.co.uk. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
A pile of flaking 78rpm discs have lain undisturbed in a south London garage for 70 years. They were recorded by Noah Zerdin, a Latvian Jew who founded two spiritualist organisations in Britain. Remarkably, they claim to contain the voices of people who died before the recordings were made. Zerdin's three granddaughters decide to investigate his "great experiment" to prove life after death. Producer Chris Eldon Lee
The second episode of the four-part sitcom by Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall about Robin and Wendy's unhealthy obsession with the contents of theirgarage. Starring Phil Cornwell ,
Simon Greenall , Debbie Stephenson and Kay Stonham. Producer Mario Stylianides
With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
Editor Chris Burns. PHONE: [number removed] E-MAIL: youandyours@bbc.co.uk
With Nick Clarke. Editor Kevin Marsh
Look forward to the past with this week's showcase of the best radio from around the world. Bridget Kendall delights in radio's unique way of revealing history and making it come alive. There's a moving account of how the bodies of tuberculosis victims used to be exhumed to "cure" living TB sufferers in New Hampshire and a South African recording of an apartheid massacre that has now become evidence in court. Plus the best of the rest from around the globe.
Producer Arlene Gregorius. Repeated on Sunday 6 January
Repeated from Thursday3January7pm
By Carol Shields. 5: 1985-93 Illness and Decline Agardening mishap upsets Daisy's vigorous
Florida retirement. Herfamily and friends have to confront their own responsibilities as well as Daisy's increasingly wayward and colourful memories. Dramatised by Claire Luckham.
Director David Hunter
Beetroot and cabbages are on the menu today when Polish chef Eva Michalikjoins greengrocers Gregg Wallace and Charlie Hicks for an interactive tribute to Central European food. Producer Paula McGinley
PHONE: [number removed]. Lines open from 1.30pm
Sophie Thompson concludes Stella Gibbons 's hilarious classic about Flora Poste 's visit to her rural relatives the Starkadders. 5: Flora Triumphs For details see New Year's Eve
5: Friday's Child Is Loving and Giving. Nathan looks after his younger brother who is a "bit of a handful". His dad is dead so he has to help Mum too. So when does he have time to be himself? Is he a victim of Circumstance? For details see New Year's Eve
Michael Rosen presents another programme about words and the way we speak.
Miffed, they say, by the UK's perceived alignment with Europe, New Zealanders have given their version of English a brusque "kiwi-fication" over the last 20 years. In new NZ jargon, it's a development that could turn a "convo" (conversation) into "mish" (hard work).
(Repeated Sunday 6 January)
Conversation about how current media trends affect modern life, with Jenni Murray and guests. Producer Dave Harvey.
With Clare English and Eddie Mair. Editor Kevin Marsh
Celebrity doppelgangers take to the microphones in the show that has been a runaway success. Starring Kevin Connelly , Jon Culshaw , Mark Perry and Jan Ravens. Producer Bill Dare. Repeated Saturday 5 January
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]
Ed has a smashingtime.
For cast list and credits see Friday 28 December
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Francine Stock meets film director Mira Nair and announces the category winners in the Whitbread Book Awards. Producer Ekene Akalawu
By Victor Hugo. Dramatised by Sebastian Baczkiewicz. 5: The Mayor of Montreuil Sur Mer makes an astonishing declaration in the courtroom at Arras. For details see New Year's Eve. Repeated from 10.45am
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a political discussion from Frome in Somerset with a panel including Max Hastings, editor of the London Evening Standard and singer-songwriter Billy Bragg.
(Repeated Saturday 5 January 1.15pm)
With veteran commentator AlistairCooke.
Repeated Saturday 5 January 5.45am and Sunday 6 January 8.45am
With Robin Lustig.
Editors Prue Keely and Jenni Russell.
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The last part of Raymond Chandler 's classic thriller, read by John Turturro. 10: Rring Blanks Fordetails see New Year's Eve
David Aaronovitch is joined by guests from around the world to discuss topical British stories from a foreign perspective.
the Life and Times of Peter Sellers
The last programme in the series. 4: 1969-80For details see New Year's Day
Repeated from 9.45am
