Dame Judi Dench reads
Advent stories.

with the Rev
John Newbury

talks to the people who make the news. Plus today: your legal questions answered.

celebrates Christmas with a live concert from the BBC Maida Vale studios. The BBC Big Band is conducted by lain Sutherland .
With special guests. Producer Mel House

Liverpool Scene and Heard
This afternoon Gloria
Hunniford hosts a party to celebrate some of the good things from Liverpool.
Including live music from Gerry and the Pacemakers, poetry from Roger McGough and laughter from the cast of Bread.
Producers Colin Martin
Paul Newman and Alan Roberts

with his personal choice of music.

stands in for John Dunn for the last time.

live from the Old Manse,
Stackton Tressel. Dr Evadne and Dame Hilda invite you to eavesdrop on an informal evening of music and conversation. Joining them in the music room this week is Evelyn Laye , star of the British musical theatre. Producer Richard Edis

live from the Hippodrome, Golders Green, London.
Andrew Greenwood conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra led by Martin Loveday. Singers: Fiona Dobie , Joan Savage ,
John Lawrenson and the John McCarthy Singers. Introduced by Robin Boyle.
Producer Alan Boyd

... at the piano.
Producer John Langridge

Roy Newsome presents the Ever Ready Band, conducted by Major Peter Parkes. Producer Bob McDowall

Austin Mitchell celebrates the reopening of Sheffield's 19th-century Lyceum Theatre after a 12-million-pound facelift, and architectural historian John Grundy compares the Lyceum with the adjoining Crucible Theatre.
Producer Geoff Sargieson

Tommy Burton 's
Sporting House Quartet, recorded in Birmingham and presented by Digby Fairweather.

Anne Ziegler (duettist with Webster Booth) looks back on a career which spanned more than 40 years. (R)

with Night Ride
And at 3.00-4.00
A Little Night Music
Including at 1.30, 3.30 Pause for Thought with Rev Anne Wilkinson

The Early Show
Producers Colin Chandler and Roger Bowman