With Dr Allison Elliot.
Robert Valkenburgh plays the wind and reflects on the ancient art of wind music.
(R)
Anna Hill and Miriam O'Reilly investigate how the changes in the way we subsidise farmers will alter rural life, the landscape and the food we eat. Producer Steve Peacock
With Stephen Sackur and Margaret Doyle.
7.25 and 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day
New series The return of the series in which
Bel Mooney talks to her guests about faith and doubt. This week the guest is the comedian Linda Smith. Producer Malcolm Love Repeat at 9.30pm
New series A five-part series that examines items belonging to famous people, found aftertheir deaths, that shed new light on them. 1: Historian
Hannah Greig meets Colin White to find out why the discovery of letters by Frances Nelson prove that she did try to save her marriage to Horatio Nelson. Producer Rachel White
Part 4. Repeated at 7.45pm
Linda Pressly travels to India with Bilal Dawood to seek justice from the government for his younger brother, British-born Muslim Saeed Dawood , who, along with his cousin and his friend, died in last year's religious riots in Gujurat, India. What chance does the family have of seeing those responsible for the killings punished fortheircrimes? Producer Linda Pressly
We all know about bagpipes: deafeningly loud, and the quintessential symbol of Celtic aggression and _ pride. Or do we? Tom Morton wrestles with the truth about this most peculiar of instruments with contributions from Kate Adie , numerous pipers and pipe-makers, and one man who was prepared to go to court to protect the right to play his pipes. Producer Michael Surcombe
Repeated from Chnstmas Day at 12.04pm.
With Guto Harri
Helen Mark reflects on the past year and takes a journey through the changing seasons.
Extended 27 December at 6.10am
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
By Patrick Barlow.
Celebrating the 500th anniversary of the painting by Leonardo da Vinci. With Desmond Olivier Dingle starring as Leonardo da Vinci and his entire company, Raymond Box, as the Mona Lisa, it is believed that this is the very first time a historic work of art has actually been re-created on radio exactly as it would have been done at the time.
Patricia Routledge narrates a magical story about the antics of a young robin in an Oxfordshire garden. Combining an evocative and beautiful soundtrack recorded on location, with a wild drama set in the heart of England, the life and times of one of the most popular garden birds gently unfolds. Sound recordist Chris Watson Producer Sarah Blunt
Michael Buerk appeals on behalf of Amref.
Donations: [address removed] Credit Cards [number removed] 28 December at 7.55am
The first of two stories about celebrated composers by Ron Butlin. Tafelmusic and Cat-Scarers: a Brief Biography of the Real Georg Telemann reveals that for 250 years the critics have been writing about the wrong man. Read by Crawford Logan. For details see Monday 29 December
4: Black Shuck. Children from Burnham Market Primary School dramatise and perform a local folk story about a spectral hound that haunts the Norfolk Coast. Fordetails see Monday 29 December
Repeated from Sunday 28 December at 4pm
Repeated from Christmas Eve at 11am
With Eddie Mair.
It's time for the technical run and dress rehearsal at York Theatre Royal's pantomime.
See Monday 29 Decemberfor details Repeated atl2.15am
The Australian comic Adam Hills is the compere of a night of comedy, music and yet more comedy. Producer TilushaGhelani
Susan's got high hopes. Repeatedtomorrowat2pm
John Le Carre talks to Mark Lawson about his renowned Cold Warfictions, including The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, as well as his new book Absolute Friends. Producer Sally Spurring
4:Pasta,Patisserie and Working with Stone in Apulia Patience and Norman finally settle in Apulia.
For details see Monday 29 December Repeated from 10.45am
The moving relationship that evolved over three years between Gloria and Richard Taylor , the parents of murdered ten-year-old Damilola, and theirfamilyliaison officer, PC Polly Mills. Their close bond has helped them to cope with the aftermath of the killing, as well as Mills's own crisis. Producer Sue Mitchell
Poet Andy Croft passionately bel ieves that poetry is for everyone, and to prove it, he spends a week at the Meadows school in Durham, teaching a group of difficult and challenging youngsters how to write poetry. Reporter Caroline Beck finds out if Croft still has his muse intact. Producer Andy Cartwright
In the second of two programmes,
Rajesh Mirchandani investigates how ancient India developed a cosmology that grew into a systematic and scientific discipline.
Producer John Watkins EMAIL: radioscience@bbc.co.uk
Repeat of 9am
Robin Lustig presents a programme on spirituality.
By Thomas Hardy. 4: Marry Me. A visit to the barracks and a Valentine sent in mischief.
For details see Monday 29 December
by Briony Glassco.
Another chilling holiday tale.
In an attempt to escape her recurring nightmares, a landscape gardener decides on a drastic course of action.
3: Molesworth: Down with Skool. Nigel Molesworth Of St Custard's. Repeated from Christmas Day at 6.30pm
Repeated from 6.15pm
Part 4. Repeated from 9.45am
