American radio show titled A Prairie Home Companion in the States, featuring gentle satire and sketches, and music by country singer Kristin Andreassen
Stories, poems and songs
Meera Syal reads from her semiautobiographical novel - omnibus edition (6-10/10)
William's Christmas Presents Adrian Edmondson reads the festive story
Sports nostalgia from 1977, when Virginia Wade triumphed at Wimbledon, violence broke out in Uganda and industrial disputes caused political tension (2/4)
as 8pm
2004 comedy starring Penelope Keith
, Ivy, Nay Crawford Logan reads a festive tale by Shena Mackay
as 5pm
1964 comedy
1975 comedy with James Bolam (5/13)
Songs and stones
5.00 Laughter in the Air
1979 documentary series in which Dickie Henderson traces the origins of radio comedy (1/11)
The Chimes of Midnight
Sci-fi tale with Paul McGann as the Time Lord (3/4)
Anna Massey, Peter Guinness, Helen Goldwyn, James D'Arcy and Alexander Siddig star in Barnaby Edwards's dramatisation of Gaston Leroux's tragic romantic horror, first published in 1909 and1910 (3/4)
Kid 1964 comedy
Happened to the Likely Lads? 1975 comedy with James Bolam (5/13)
John Fletcher drama based on the original ballads, with John
Nettles, Gerry Hinks, Michael Tudor Barnes, Peter Meakin, Carolyn Backhouse and Tamsin Greig
2004 comedy starring Penelope Keith
, Ivy, Nay A festive tale by Shena Mackay
Presented by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. 5 December edition
2005 sitcom starring Sally Phillips and Gemma Craven (3/6)
Comedy sketches
Bruce Morton talks to funny people, continuing with Adam Hills (7/7)
as 6pm
of the Opera as 6.30pm