With Lord Carey.
Are Britain's rural crafts experiencing a resurgence? Anna Hill reports.
With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton. Today's guest editor is HSBC chairman Sir John Bond.
6.25, 7.25, 8.25 Sports News With Steve May.
'-48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Angela Tilby.
O/8. Prima ballerina Darcey Bussell talks to Michael Buerk about her decision to choose motherhood over her ballet Career. Producer Liz Leonard Repeated at 9.30pm
Why the dancing queen's putting her feet up: page 25
415. Arresting Accounts. In the 17th century it cost
2 Pence to keep someone in a cell overnight.
Richard Foster asks if there any parallels between the lives of 17th-century volunteer parish constables of Manchester and tnose career-constables Of today. Producer Merilyn Harris
By Charles Dickens.
"/20. The Woman's Hour drama. For details see drama rpt7.45pm
2/3. The Magic Flute. John Suchet asks the experts why this is a great piece of music and what its operatic legacy is.
For details see yesterday The concluding episode is tomorrow at 11am
In 1932 Groucho and Chico Marx made their radio debuts in Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel. The scripts turned up in tne late 1980s and were turned by the BBC into a series of re-creations. Here, Mark Brisenden , who adapted the ScriPts, reveals the background to the original series and "produces the first ever broadcast of the only complete
Show known to exist. Producer Stephen Garner
Topical consumer affairs reports, with Liz Barclay and Peter White. including at 12.30 Call You and Yours.
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Presented by Laura Trevelyan.
3/3. Frances Fyfield becomes one of the privileged few to ay a hand on a work by Mozart. Pianist Mitsuko Uchida shares in the stories and the brilliance wrapped up in the composer's own thematic catalogue. She finds out how it came to be in the British Library at all and what it tells us about Mozart's extraordinary final years. Producer Tom Alban
Repeated from yesterday at 7pm
Jack Vettriano 's famous image of a man and a woman dancing on a windswept beach, while their butler and maid do their best to shield the pair from the elements, has captured the imagination of the British Public. This drama interweaves the responses of two joists to that painting: dramatist Alexis Zegerman , and Scottish poet Ron Butlin. The reader is Ewan Stewart.
Producer Lu Kemp
Sue Cook tackles listeners' historical challenges. producer Nick Patrick
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215. When Cruella de Vil swings by to chat with Mrs Dearly, the puppies unaccountably disappear. Scotland Yard believe it's dog-nap, but Pongo knows that finding the puppies is a job he knows he can't leave to humans.
(For details see yesterday)
2/5. Coppelia. Coppelia is the beautiful mechanical doll-girl from Hoffmann's 19th-century story. Paul Vaughan analyses the darkest fears we have about dolls when they stop being our silent playmates and exert a will of their own. For details see yesterday
2/2. Hannay discovers that Greenmantle has fallen under the spell of the beautiful Hilda von Einem , who plans to use Greenmantle to further German imperial domination. By John Buchan. For cast and further details see yesterday
News and analysis, presented by Eddie Mair.
2/5. London-by-the-Sea. The veteran comedian's stories have a Brighton connection. For details see yesterday
5/6. Trevor tries to persuade a veteran rugby player that it's time to hang up his cauliflower ears. Andy Hamilton's comedy about a sports agent who's in the wrong job.
Roy goes into management mode.
For cast see page 217 Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
As TV channels and the ways of watching them proliferate, Mark Lawson reports on the highlights and talking points of television in 2005, talking to key figures Ricky Gervais , David Dimbleby , David Attenborough and Marc Cherry , creator of Desperate Housewives. Producer Rebecca Nicholson
17/20. David has an appointment to meet Dora's maiden aunts, and he quite expects them to put a swift end to his engagement. By Charles Dickens.
For cast and details see Monday 19 December
Repeated from 10.45am
As raw ingredients become more and more expensive and elusive, the chemical industry is trying to find methods of making more sustainable products.
Gerry Northam goes in search of the scientists, politicians and manufacturers who are turning the chemical industry around to face the 21st century as a green network. Producer Helen Sharp
News of interest to blind and partially sighted people, presented by Peter White. Producer Cheryl Gabriel
5/6. Raj Persaud finds out how research is helping to improve the education of children with autism and severe learning disability. Producer Katy Hickman Rptd tomorrow at 4.30pm
Repeated from 9am
Presented by Paul Moss.
7/10. It's Christmas Day. Jon's behaviour towards Jessica has become more disturbing. By Alice Thomas Ellis. For details see Monday 19 December
2/4. Hole Lot of Love. On her quest to find love, a 40-year-old London nanny goes on a Jewish activity weekend in the Lake District. She finds what she least expected -160 feet below around.
Quentin Cooper goes in search of the hirsute. Why did we evolve to lose most of our fur? And why might stem-cell research pave the way for a cure for balding? Producer Pamela Rutherford
2/5. Fourth of July, 1862. At 18, Rhoda feels like an old maid. She's so desperate that she's prepared to consider the charms of the "Mathematician". Written and read by Patrick Gale. For details see yesterday
2/5. Written by Jane Glover. Repeated from 9.45am
La Galigo
The Year in Sport
Tsunami Testimonies (3/5) For details see Christmas Dav
