From Selby Abbey, North Yorkshire.

Repeated from yesterday at 7pm

' Got Rhythm. Piers Plowright explores his sense of the need 'or order, pattern and tradition in human lives. As one uncertain year ends and another begins, he enlists the help of poets WB Yeats and Philip Larkin , a community of Cistercian monks, music from Bach, Bob Dylan and Havergal Brian , readings from DH Lawrence and Scott Fitzgerald , and an interview with veteran broadcaster and campaigner Studs Terkel , to find a little stability, producer Alan Hall

4'4. The Mill in Winter. Lionel Kelleway sees out the old Year in a disused water mill, the home of his friend, botanist Ray Woods , where moths, spiders, mice and bats take refuge among the book shelves, log piles, wooden rafters, cracks and crevices, Producer Sarah Blunt

The week's religious and ethical headlines.
Series producer Amanda Hancox

Linda Robson appeals on behalf of the Child Poverty Action Group. Producer Sally Flatman
Repeated at 7.15pm and on Thursday 4 January at 3.27pm
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Shadows of Fruitfulness. Two years after the Asian tsunami, the Rev Dr John Polkinghorne , former president of Queens College, Cambridge, and the Rev Angela Tilby consider the problem of evil from the perspectives of science and faith. With the Fairhaven Singers. Director of music Ralph Woodward. Organist Ashley Grote. producer Simon Vivian

Repeated from Friday 29 December at 8.50pm

Paddy O'Connell discusses the week's news. Editor Peter Rippon

Omnibus edition.

Humphrey Lyttelton picks his "least worst" moments from the panel game during 2006. includes previously unbroadcast rounds, as well as several much requested highlights. Featuring Tim Brooke-Taylor , Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden Jeremy Hardy , Rob Brydon , Tony Hawks and Andy Hamilton. Repeated from Christmas Day at 6.30pm

What happens when a group of villagers try to produce their own food? Sheila Dillon explores how far a community can go down the road to self-sufficiency.
Producer Kathleen Griffin Repeated tomorrow at 4pm

With Tim Franks. Editor Peter Rippon

Reflections on the end of the world have proved almost as enduring as the world itself. Clive Anderson takes a wry look at failed prophecies past, including cosmic scenarios such as the Earth falling out of its orbit and drifting into the Moon, and talks to the experts to discover just how "nigh" the end really is.

From the Thursley Horticultural Society in Surrey, an hour of moans, groans and grumbles about the things gardeners love to hate. Featuring Chris Beardshaw , Matthew Biggs , John Cushnie , Bob Flowerdew , Pippa Greenwood and Anne Swithinbank. With Eric Robson in the chair. Including at 2.25 Gardening Weather Forecast.
Producer Trevor Taylor Shortened

1/2. By Leo Tolstoy.
Though it was intended as an expose of the injustices of the Russian penal system, Tolstoy also created this, the last major novel published in his lifetime, as a powerful story of impossible love. Prince Dmitri is on the jury at the trial of a young prostitute accused of murder whom he recognises as a girl he seduced years ago. He now believes he is responsible for her downfall. Dramatised by Robert Forrest.
(Repeated on Saturday at 9pm)

Mariella Frostrup talks to Kiran Desi , winner of this year's Man Booker Prize, fellow novelists Amit Chaudhuri and Gautam Malkani , and to Peter Kemp of The Sunday Times, about the popularity in Britain of writing from and about the Indian subcontinent. Producer zahid Warley Repeated on Thursday 4 January at 4pm

2/9. Roger McGough welcomes in the New Year with poems about hope, regret, sunrise and time. With requests for work by Alfred Lord Tennyson , Robin Robertson ,
David Constantine , UA Fanthorpe and Robert Frost. The readers are Patrick Romer , Tom Lawrence and Kate Littlewood. Producer Sarah Langan Repeated on Saturday at 11.30pm

Repeated from yesterday at7pm

Peter Donaldson presents his selection of highlights from BBC radio over the past seven days. PHONE: [number removed] Fax: [number removed] email: [email address removed]

New Year goes with a bang for Helen.
Repeated tomorrow at 2pm For cast see Friday 29 December
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Repeated from 7.55am

Featuring books by Jacqueline Wilson , Lemony Snicket and Lauren Child. Hosted by Barney Harwood. Producers Vibeke Venema and Justine Willett

2/2. Jessica Holm travels to the Lake District, where
Beatrix Potter drew inspiration from the surroundings. She incorporated the flora and fauna of the area, which she once drew and studied, into her famous books.
Producers Alasdair Cross and Anna Fox

8.04 Front Row
Mark Lawson looks back at a notable year for the musical. Repeated from Boxing Day at 7.15pm

8.31 Opening Nights: West Side Story
Downbeat, urban, rough - Bernstein and Sondheim's West Side Story shocked audiences when it opened in New York.
Russell Davies remembers the more favourable reception it got in London's West End in 1958, talking to Sheridan Morley, who was there, and stars and creators of the show Jerome Robbins, Stephen Sondheim, Chita Rivera and George Chakiris. Producer Richard Bannerman

9.04 Real History of Opera: Porgy and Bess
Huw Edwards explores the story behind George Gershwin's revolutionary opera that focuses on the lives of a poor black community in the heart of America's deep south at the beginning of the 20th century, Producer Paul Evans

9.32 The Anatomy of the Musical: The "Opener"
The first song of a musical has the job of setting the tone of the whole show. Russell Davies looks at prime examples, from Kiss Me, Kate to Chicago. Producer Merilyn Harris

10.03 The Hills Are Alive
Celebrating the screen version of The Sound of Music, Mark Kermode presents interviews with the original Maria von Trapp, plus Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, director Robert Wise, and other members of the crew and cast. Producer Bob Dickinson

Sandi Toksvig guides us through the major events of the last 12 months, as covered by Andy Hamilton , Alan Coren , Jeremy Hardy , Mark Steel , Francis Wheen , Fred MacAulay , Jo Brand and many others. Rptd from Christmas Day at 8.05am

The old show-business yarn about beginning a career by playing the back end of the cow in pantomime is not just a joke: for many actors, this was their chosen role, and one they took very seriously. Bernie Clifton explores the world Of the "Skin performer". Repeated from Thu 28 Dec at 11.30am

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