With Anna Hill. Producer Sarah Falkingham
With James Naughtie and Margaret Doyle.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Dr Colin Morris.
Sri Lanka v England
Commentary on the fifth and final day's play in the Third Test from Colombo, Sri Lanka.
ProducerPeterBaxter*Approximate time
Andrew Marr and guests set the cultural agenda for the week. Producer Eliane Glaser Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
Sri Lanka v England
Commentary on the fifth and final day's play in the Third Test from Colombo, Sri Lanka.
ProducerPeterBaxter*Approximate time
Presented by Jenni Murray.
10.45 The Hendersons' Christmas Party Part 1. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Andrew Green celebrates the 75th anniversary of the first transmission in 1928 of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King's College Chapel, Cambridge. For hundreds of millions all overtne world who tune in to hearthe solo chorister starting the carol service with the first verse of Once in Royal David's City, the broadcast heralds the beginning of Christmas. Producer Stephen Shipley Repeated on Christmas Day at 4pm
The last of the the unreliable history in six parts created and written by Barry Grossman. 6: The King acquires a sixth wife, Catherine Parr - now thrice-married - and a near-professional mother-in-law.
Music by Jim Parker Producer John Fawcett wilson
With Liz Barclay and John Waite.
With Nick Clarke.
The quest for the best all-round amateur quiz team of the year continues as Manchester meet Aberdeen. The questionmaster is Peter Snow.
(Repeated on Saturday 27 December at 11pm)
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
The last of the four-part series of David Ashton s detective stories set in Victorian Edinburgh.
4:Servant of the Crown.The Queen is visiting Edinburgh, intending a royal procession down
Princes Street. But the recent Crimean War has stirred up extreme political feeling. McLevy and Mulholland join Her Majesty's protection squad in a desperate hunt for a deadly assassin.
Director Patrick Rayner
Paul Lewis and guests answer your personal finance questions. Phone: [number removed] Lines open from 1.30pm Producer Jessica Dunbar
The memoirs of the great Georgian clown, Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by Charles Dickens , adapted and performed byTonyLidington in four parts infrontof an audience in London. 1: Old Iron Legs. Grimaldi tells of his brutal treatment at the hands of his father. Pianist Hugh Nankivell Director David Blount
Another chance to hearthis programme from a series broadcast last year. For the Love of Music. The world-famous percussionist Airto Moreira shares his passion for music with his daughter Diana Booker as she attempts to follow in his famous footsteps with her own band. Producer Shreepali Patel
Andrew Jefford raises a glass to a vintage yearfor English sparkling white wine.
Extended repeat of yesterday at 12. 30pm
Gavin Esler confronts our view of the world, examining what unites and divides peoples and cultures across the globe. Producer Amber Dawson
With Eddie Mair.
From the Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds. Ross Noble joins Barry Cryer , Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor . Humphrey Lyttelton ensures disorder prevails and Colin Sell is at the piano.
Producer Jon Naismith Repeated on Sunday 28 Dec at 12.04pm
BBC RADIO COLLECTION: Eight series of I'm Sorry I Haven a a Clue, along with various collections and anniversary editions, are available on CD and audio cassette from good retail outlets or from www.bbcshop.com Call [number removed]
Lynda takes on an unlikely role. Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
Mark Lawson with arts news and the verdict on the National Theatre's ambitious two-part stage version of Philip Pullman 's trilogy of novels, His Dark Materials. Producer Sally Spurring
By Alexandra Campbell.
Twelve-year-old Holly is convinced this will be the last family Christmas before her dad elopes with his "fancy woman".
(Repeated from 10.45am)
William Dalrymple investigates the roots of spirituality in Britain.
Darwin's The Origin of Species contributed to a general crisis of faith in Victorian Britain. William Dalrymple finds out how the Victorians turned to both technology and the seance to answer the question that dominated their age - are we apes, angels or apparitions?
The Amur river valley in eastern Siberia forms a boundary between Russia and China. Once the river kept the two enemies apart but today thousands of Chinese migrants cross the river to trade and work. Rosie Goldsmith profiles this remote region and asks whether these new tensions between China and Russia on the Amurrivercan be resolved. Repeated from Thursday
Coral reefs are vital to Pacific islanders but natural disasters, pollution and over-fishing have destroyed much of the coral in the South Pacific. Euan Mcllwraith reports from Fiji where modern science and ancient tradition are joining forces to restore the reefs and regenerate fish stocks. Producer John Fergusson
Shortened repeat of 9am
With Robin Lustig.
By Willem Elsschot. Antwerp: 1930s. A little man has big business plans in this comedy, read by Richard Griffiths , which has been abridged in five episodes by Neville Teller. 1:Getting StartedProducer Duncan Minshull
Repeat of Saturday 21 December at 9am
Part 3. Repeated from 9.45am
