From St Andrew 's Church, Hurstborne Priors, Hampshire.
News roundup and analysis from BBC World Service.
Candies and Curses. For the last Sunday of 2003, Mark Tully is in conversation with the writer and former Beirut hostage Terry Waite. Producer Eley McAinsh Repeated at 11.30pm
A Place among the Stones. Brett Westwood is in lichen heaven. With limited outcrops of rocks to be found in lowland England, the tombstones of churchyards provide one of the most important available habitats for lichen. Producer Sheena Duncan
With Roger Bolton. Series producer Amanda Hancox
Michael Buerk appeals on behalf of Amref-the African Medical and Research Foundation.
Donations: [address removed]. Credit Cards [number removed] Producer Sally Flatman
Repeated at 9.26pm and on New Year's Day at 3.28pm
The Holy Innocents. From the Collegiate Church of St Mary's Warwick. Preacher DrVaughan Williams. Director of music Katherine Deines. Producer Janet McLarty
With Alistair Cooke.
Repeated from Boxing Day at 8.45pm
With Dan Damon.
Omnibus edition.
From the Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds.
Ross Noble joins Barry Cryer , Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor . Humphrey Lyttelton ensures disorders prevails and Colin Sell is at the piano. Repeated from Monday 22 December at 6.30pm
Bombay Lunch Boxes. Simon Parkes tells the story of the dabba wallahs- an ancient system of delivering lunch boxes unique to the Indian city of Mumbai. Producer Rebecca Wells Extended repeat tomorrow at 4pm
With James Cox.
Editor Richard Clark
A celebration of the talent of the Belgian singer Jacques Brel, who died 25 years ago. Philip Sweeney finds out why the British don't like chanson and why the Belgians just don't care.
John Cushnie , Bob Rowerdew and Bunny Guinness answer questions from gardeners in Milton Keynes , and Matthew Biggs reports from the Caribbean on the award-winning Barbados Horticultural Society. Sue Cook is in the chair.
Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened repeat on New Year Eve at Jpm
New series Brett Westwood takes a trip into the mysterious world of museum zoological collections. 1: Pickle It.Today he looks at the art of pickling animal specimens and asks how museums do it and why they keep thousands of specimens from
Sticklebacks to sharks and squid. Producer Simon Roberts
By Halldor Laxness, translated by Magnus Magnusson. In early 20th-century Iceland, Garddar Holm is an enigma: an opera star of international acclaim, yet no one at home has ever heard him sing. Alfgrimur is determined that Garddarwill sing "the one pure note". Dramatised by Arnold Evans .
Music John Handy Producer Alison Hindell Rptd Saturday 3 Jan 9pm
Mariella Frostrup looks at the way in which emotions influence the creative process. Can you write well in a temper? Do fan clubs boost or spoil theirauthors' reputations?
Producer Hilary Dunn Repeated on New Year's Day at 4pm
New series Roger McGough returns in celebratory mood with the first of the poetry programme in which listeners choose the poems.
Producer Paul Dodgson Repeated on Saturday
With ten extra members next year the European
Union will contain winners and losers. Continuing his travels through the new Europe, David Sells looks at the economic order now taking shape. Repeated from Tuesday 23 December at 8pm
New series The first of three radio diaries by overseas volunteer Ruth Charlton who spent a year working in a remote bush school in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. With no teaching experience and no common language, how do you explain the concept of birthdays and Christmas? Producer Chris Eldon Lee Repeated on Saturday
John Humphrys presents the best of the year's broadcasting on BBC Radio.
Shortened repeat from Christmas Day at 1.05pm
Caroline gets some bad news. Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
Barney Harwood hosts the last programme of the year. Producer JohnnyVLeagas
3: Best Eaten Cold by Laura Wilson , read by Paola Dionisotti. Mrs Skinner is a waitress at a select dinner party where revenge is on the menu. Producer Elizabeth Allard
Repeated from BoxingDayatl.30pm
4: Whatever. Bart Simpson , Nasser Hussain and Eileen from Coronation Street have one word in common: "whatever". With Michael Rosen. Repeated from Boxing Day at 4pm
Repeated from yesterday at 12.04pm
Repeated from 7.55am
As Pope John Paul becomes increasingly frail, Vatican watchers are speculating about the identity of the next pontiff and the challenges he will face. Andrew Brown asks whether the next Pope can reassert the Church's s political and moral authority, and whether Roman Catholicism can survive as a truly global faith.
A look at the history and relationship between the UN and the US. With contributions from former US secretaries of state Madeleine Albright and James Baker , former UN secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali and the US ambassador to the UN
Jeane Kirkpatrick. Presented by Edward Stourton. Producers Mark Savage and Mark Alden
They enliven every election and often have some worthwhile policies too. But who are they, these minority candidates who spend their own money on lost deposits but carry on campaigning all the same? Matthew Parris reports on some of these other candidates who campaign about.... sex.
Editor John Evans The Other Candidates Are.... is repeated on New Year's Eve at 8.45pm
Director Stephen Frears and novelist Sarah Waters talk to Sue MacGregor about theirfavourite books. Repeated from Tuesday 23 December at 4.30pm
Repeated from 6.05am
3: Line Dancing. Line dancing has never been more popular. Maurice the Carribbean Cowboy tells you why. Producer Nichola Humphries
