With Dr Allison Elliot.
British farmers report on their experiences of sharing skills with farmers in Africa. Producer Martin Poyntz-Roberts
With James Naughtie and Martha Kearney.
6.25, 7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Dr Colin Morns.
Andrew Marr and guests set the cultural agenda for the week. Producer Laura Thomas Shortened repeat at 9.30pm
From Manchester, with Jenni Murray.
10.45 Honey from a Weed
Parti of this week's Woman's Hour drama. Drama repeated at 7.45pm
Edward de la Billiere follows the training of dogs like Sally, a border collie, who play a major part in the local Mountain Rescue Team, saving the lives of millions of walkers and climbers each year. Producer Joanne Stevens
New series Christopher Lee 's comedy drama set in the Ministry of Defence, where officers from each of the armed services find themselves uncomfortably underthe command of civil servantZelda.
1: Flying Tonite.Can it really be true that the MoD is taking UFOs seriously? . Godwin
Producer Rosalind Ayres Director Pete Atkin
With Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson.
With Guto Harri.
Reading meets Manchester in the latest round of the nationwide general knowledge quiz. Hosted by Peter Snow. Producer Paul Bajoria Repeated on Saturday
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
By Steve May. Robert Sockhart is turning into his mother. Now she's dead and he wants to shake her off- and do things right with his daughter - but his mother keeps turning up in Robert's face and hair and under his skin. A Hilton
Pianist Steve May Director Mary Ward Lowery
Paul Lewis and guests answer personal finance questions. Phone: [number removed] Lines open from 1.30pm Producer Jennifer Clarke
A week of new writing from Scotland.
1: Being Leonard Cohen by Sarah Rauchas , a comic account of a woman's search for a vocation, read by Irene MacDougall. producer Bruce Young
A week-long series of stories put to music by children. 1: The Lang Pack.Children from Bellingham Middle School in Northumberland dramatise and perform a local folk story about how a maidservant outwits some wicked robbers. With incidental music written by the schoolchildren themselves. Music animateur David Munro Producer Bill Lloyd
Bombay Lunch Boxes. Extended rpt of yesterday at 12.30pm
Anne Mackenzie confronts our view of the world, examining what unites and divides peoples and Cultures acrOSS the globe. Producer Amber Dawson
With Eddie Mair.
It's actor Berwick Kaler 's 25th year of playing the dame at York Theatre Royal, one of the most popular pantomimes in the country. All this week,
Rony Robinson follows the creative process of this year's pantomime from the February announcement of the dame's silver jubilee panto through to opening night. Producer Andy Cartwright Repeated at 12.15am
Humphrey Lyttelton introduces a compilation of highlights from the antidote to panel games in 2003. Join Barry Cryer , Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke -
Taylor with guests Jeremy Hardy , Tony Hawks, Harry Hill , Sandi Toksvig and Ross Noble to catch some classic moments from the past year. Colin Sell provides musical accompaniment. Producer Jon Naismith Repeated on Sunday
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Phil shows some brotherly love.
Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
John Wilson investigates our continuing fascination with the Romans in the light of recent books, including Robert Harris 's bestselling novel Pompeii, Tom Holland 's successful history Rubicon and Allan MaSSie 'S Caligula. Producer Nicola Holloway
Patience Gray's Journey, dramatised in five parts from her writings by Rod Dungate.
In the 1960s, food writer and journalist Patience Gray gave up her London life to live in the Mediterranean with sculptor Norman Mommands. Over the following years she lived in Tuscany, Catalonia, Naxos and Apulia, experiencing the life and food of the ordinary country people they lived among.
(Rptd from 10.45am)
William Dalrymple investigates the roots of spirituality in Britain. 6: The TimesTheyAre
A-changing. In the final part of the series, Dalrymple asks how secular a nation Britain now is and whether religion has any part to play in its future. Producer Rosemary Dawson
Annually, at the start of November, the Danish capital has one thing on its mind: beer, a spicy, seasonal brew that is made just for yuletide. Since its introduction some 15 years ago, Christmas Beer has taken Denmark by storm. And the most important moment is the ritual when the Christmas brew is distributed in a specially determined circuit around the capital. Simon Calder spends 24 hours in the Danish capital proving that we're only here for the beer. Producer Sara Jane Hall
rMark Stephen reveals the treasures of an ancient environment lying 1,000 feet deep -the beauty and diversity of Britain's own coral reefs.
Producer Monise Durrani Repeated tomorrow at 11am
Shortened repeat of 9am
With Paul Moss.
r By Thomas Hardy , abridged in 15 parts by Sally Marmion and read by Douglas Hodge. A life of devotion begins as Gabriel Oak sets eyes on the spirited Bathsheba Everdeneforthe first time. Producer Di Speirs
Repeat of Saturday 27 December at 9am
AM Repeated from 6.15pm
Part 1. Repeated from 9.45am
