With Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O 'Connor, the Archbishop of Westminster.

With Sarah Mukhedee.

With John Humphrys and James Naughtie.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day

Michael Buerk talks to people who have faced a life-changing decision. Producer Liz Leonard Repeated at 9.30pm

Lynne Truss explores the changing fashions of punctuation. 4: Listen to Me When I'm Writing How punctuation writers express their voice. Producer Penny Vine

With Jenni Murray.
10.45 The Old Curiosity Shop Part 2. Drama repeated at 7.45pm

Are our pets and other animals conscious creatures who feel pain and emotion? Or are they automata responding to genetically pre-programmed instincts? Louise Curth finds OUt. Producer Brian King

"Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Ian McMillan reports from New York on a literary spat involving this popular poem. Producer VivBeeby

With John Waite and Peter White.
Including at 12.30 Call You and Yours. PHONE: [number removed] LINES OPEN from 10am

With Tim Franks.

Tim Healey looks at how the music hall dominated Victorian and Edwardian popular culture. While the saucy songs of Marie Lloyd caused concern for the nation's morality, it was the obligatory purchase of alcohol to gain entrytothe "free" entertainment which worried General Booth. Producer Paul Evans

Repeat of yesterday 7pm

By Georges Simenon.
Dramatised by Alison Joseph.
A mystery that begins with two human teeth found in a bookbinder's furnace coincides with Mme Maigret's visit to the dentist. She soon finds herself entangled in a tale of murder and unscrupulous ambition.
Music by Lucinda Mason Brown
Director Ned Chaillet.
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: This episode, and three others, is featured on Maigret: A Man's Head, released on audio cassette in January 2003 at good retail outlets or www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]

Live from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge. Once in Royal David's City (desc Cleobury). Bidding prayer read by The Dean. Sussex Carol (English trad, arr Willcocks). First Lesson read by a Chorister. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (Elizabeth Poston).
Adam Lay y-bounden (Warlock). Second Lesson read by a Choral Scholar. Angels from the Realms of Glory (French trad, arr Jacques). I Wonder As I Wander (Rutti). Third Lesson read by a representative of Cambridge Churches. All Men Draw Near, Christmas Is Near (Hungarian trad, arr Kodaly). Hymn: Unto Us a Boy Is Born (arr Willcocks). Fourth Lesson read by a representative of the City. A Spotless Rose (Ledger). The Holly and the Ivy (English trad, arr Walford Davies ). Fifth Lesson read by the Director of Music. The Angel Gabriel Descended to a Virgin (Holloway). Bogoroditse Dyevo (Arvo Part). Sixth Lesson read by a representative of Eton College. A Virgin Most Pure (English trad, arr Cleobury). Sleep, Little Jesus,
Sleep (Polish trad, arr Roxanna Panufnik). Seventh Lesson read by a Fellow. In the Bleak Mid-winter (Darke). Hymn: While Shepherds Watched Their
Flocks by Night (desc Cleobury). Eighth Lesson read by the Vice-Provost. The Holy Boy (Ireland). A Babe Is Bom (Mathias). Ninth Lesson read by the Provost. Hymn: O Come, All Ye Faithful (desc Cleobury).
Collect and Blessing given by the Dean. Hymn: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (desc Cleobury). Director of music Stephen Cleobury. Organ scholar Daniel Hyde. Producer Stephen Shipley
(Repeated tomorrow on Radio 3 at 2pm)

Rosie Boycott is joined by biographer
Laura Thompson and journalist Mary Kenny to discuss theirfavourite paperbacks: Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark , A Life of Contrasts by Diana Mosely and The Kappillan of Malta by Nicholas Monsarrat. Producer Jolyon Jenkins Repeated on Sunday 29 December at llpm

With Carolyn Quinn and Nigel Wrench.

A new series starring Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden as the two elderly Scotsmen who are a popular feature of I'm Sorry I Haven 'tA Clue. Also features Jeremy Hardy and Alison Steadman.
Producer Jon Naismith Repeated on Friday 27 December at 12.15am

A Christmas special from the Sheffield home of John Shuttleworth. The singer-songwriter is busy planning a nativity play which he intends to perform, but unfortunately, the task is fraught with problems. Written and peformed by Graham Fellows.
Producer Dawn Ellis Repeated on Boxing Day at 11.30pm

Christmas pranks on the village green. Repeated tomorrow at 2pm

Mark Lawson and Francine Stock unwrap a second selection of the past year's highlights and talk to more names behind the headlines. Producer Robyn Read

By Charles Dickens. Dramatised by Mike Walker. 2: Quilp learns the truth about Nell's grandfather. For details see yesterday Repeat of 10.45am

The Government is extending our rights of access to official information, but what happens when you try to exercise them? Michael Crick finds out.
Producer Martin Rosenbaum Repeated on Sun 29 Dec at 5pm

Peter White with news for visually impaired people. ProducerCheryl Gabriel EMAIL: intouch@bbc.co.uk

I Polar Food. Sheila Dillon introduces two accounts of eating in the polar regions. Chef Gerard Baker , who spent last Christmas cooking forthe British Antarctic
Project, reveals the challenge of cooking at the South Pole. Businessman Christopher Cope took part in a walk to the North Pole this year - his diary charts the difficulties of eating enough to survive. Producer Steve Battcock Shortened repeattomorrow at 12.30pm

Repeat of 9am

7: "$50,000 prize for world's most beautiful skyscraper." Esko takes a chance. For details see yesterday

Repeat of yesterday at 3.45pm

L The traditional first mass of Christmas, live from the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool.
The celebrant is the Archbishop of Liverpool, the Most Rev Patrick Kelly. Setting: Missa Ad Praesepe (George Malcolm ); Carols: Once in Royal David's
City (arr Willcocks); 0 Little Town of Bethlehem (des( Cousins); Psalm 95 and Christmas Alleluia (Philip Duffy ); In the Bleak Midwinter (Hoist); The Lamb (John Tavener ); It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
(desc Willcocks); Make We Merry (Andrew Carter ); 0 Come, All Ye Faithful (desc Cousins). Readings: Micah 5, wl-4; Isaiah 9, wl-7; Titus 2, wll-14; Luke 2, wl-14. Cathedral choir directed by Mervyn COUSins. Organist Richard Lea. Producer Mark O'Brien

Part 2. Repeatof9.45am