With Mark Holdstock.

With Mark Coles and Edward Stourton.
6.25 , 7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With Rabbi Lionel Blue.

Peter White returns with the series thattalks to people who have faced challenges relating to their disability. The first programme includes an interview with the actor Christopher Reeve.
Producer Sue Mitchell Shortened repeat at 9.30pm

The Morning After the Night Before. Ben Silburn follows the rollercoaster ride the human body goes through after a Christmas party and asks: has science come up with the ultimate hangover cure?
Producer Alexandra Feachem
EMAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk

An alternative Boxing Day party with comedy, music and guests, including listeners and celebrities.
10.45 The Old Curiosity Shop Part 4.
Drama repeated at 7.45pm For details see Monday 23 December

California seems to be out of step with the rest of the US, becoming increasingly liberal and distrustful of the Bush administration. Julian Pettifer visits the communities where activism is alive and well . Editor Lynne R Jones Repeated on Mon 30 Dec at 8.30pm

Over the 12-day Christmas period, 80,000 Britons will end up in hospital: 2,000 attacks by vicious trees, 500 tinsel-entangled falls, 500 children munching on glass baubles. Quentin Cooper investigates.

With Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson.

With Dan Damon.

Extended repeat of Sat 21 Dec at 6.10am

Repeat of yesterday at 7pm

by Lavinia Murray.
Edward Lear's creations set off on a quest to find their creator, played by Derek Jacobi.

Stewart Henderson tells the story of the legendary Dick Kerr Ladies football team. Producer David Prest

An appeal on behalf of the Redress Trust. 22 December at 7.55am

2: The St Wenceslaus Mass. Convinced that
St Wenceslaus will celebrate mass at midnight, a nine-year-old altar boy spends a cold night in St Vitus's Cathedral. Fordetails see Monday 23 December

Mark Tully explores the delights and rigours of learning the Indian and western instruments which form the heart of Indian military band music. Producer Vanessa Harrison Repeated at 12.15am

Repeat of Sunday 22 December at 4pm

Quentin Cooper presents a festive look at the science of snow, and speaks to researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research in Davos, Switzerland, who are looking at all things snowy.
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With Clare English and Eddie Mair.

Starring Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer. Part 3: Hamish falls in love.
For details see yesterday Repeated on New Year's Eve at 12.15am

Ross Noble comperes another evening of music and stand-up comedy from London's Comedy Store.
Producer Simon Nicholls

Jennifer enjoys a flirtation.
Repeated tomorrow at 2pm

Richard Rodgers composed more than 900 songs and some of the most famous musicals ever, including The Sound of Music, Oklahoma! and Carousel. At the end of his centenary year, Francine Stock reassesses the man whose tunes still fill the National Theatre, echo round football grounds and are now remixed by DJs.
Producer John Goudie Revised repeat

4: Kit has been well and truly banished from the curiosity shop, so he must set about finding other employment. For details see Mon 23 Dec Repeat of 10.45am

The Personal Gets Political. A new series about the 1970s, which presenter Ian Hargreaves argues were far more crucial than we realise in shaping our social, economic and political values. Producer Zareer Masani

Mr Chips or Microchips? Bringing computers into schools has been a passion of recent governments, and is seen as the key to equipping children for modern work. But new evidence suggests computers can hinder, rather than help, educational progress. Frances Cairncross investigates. Editor Nicola Meyrick
Producer Chris Bowlby
(Repeated on Sunday 29 December at 9.30pm)

Grand Canyon. Next month millions of gallons of waterwill be blasted through America's Grand
Canyon. Alex Kirby discovers why naturalists are looking forward to this man-made flood.
Producer Alasdair Cross EMAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk

Repeat of 9am

With Paul Moss.

9: " Hello Esko. It's been a while." Esko has hit rock bottom, he has no job and Joseph Lazarus isjust waiting for him to fail. Fordetails see Monday 23 December

Join storyteller Smug Roberts for some true-ish tales with a band fronted by Martin Coogan , plus Sean de Burca , Andrew Stewardson and Tony Thompson. Producer Graham Frost

By Grant Cathro and Alex Bartlette. A comedy series about facing life's dilemmas. 4: Some Other Wife
Producer Graham Frost

Shuttleworths Repeat of Christmas Eve 6.30pm

Australia v England for the Ashes
Commentary on the second day's play of the Fourth Test in Melbourne. Fordetailsseeyesterday

Repeat of 3.45pm

of the Week: Seasonal Diversions Part 3. Repeat of 9.45am

Australia v England for the Ashes
Commentary on the second day's play of the Fourth Test in Melbourne. Fordetailsseeyesterday