Listings
with Sue MacGregor.
7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.45 Thought for the Day with Hilary Forrest.
8.40 Yesterday in Parliament
Contributors
Unknown:
Sue
MacGregor.
Unknown:
Hilary
Forrest.
With Cliff Morgan.
Contributors
Unknown:
Cliff
Morgan.
with Eddie Mair. Julian Pettifer raises a glass to the Christmas season in the wineries of the Hunter Valley, Australia.
Contributors
Unknown:
Eddie
Mair.
Unknown:
Julian
Pettifer
with Ned Sherrin and guests. Producer Laura Druce
Contributors
Unknown:
Ned
Sherrin
Producer:
Laura
Druce
Join Chairman Nicholas Parsons and guests Clement Freud , Stephen Fry ,
Peter Jones and Derek Nimmo as they celebrate Christmas without hesitation, repetition or deviation.
Producer Ann Jobson. Rptd Thursday 6.30pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Nicholas
Parsons
Unknown:
Clement
Freud
Unknown:
Stephen
Fry
Unknown:
Peter
Jones
Unknown:
Derek
Nimmo
Producer:
Ann
Jobson.
State of the Nation Special Crime, Poverty, Recession,
Unemployment. Happy New Year. Written and presented by Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell and featuring Felicity Montagu and Jasper Jacob. Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer Rpt
Contributors
Presented By:
Andy
Hamilton
Presented By:
Nick
Revell
Unknown:
Felicity
Montagu
Unknown:
Jasper
Jacob.
Producer:
Paul Mayhew-Archer
Rpt
In the first of two special festive editions from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Sue MacGregor delves into the rich storehouse of our national past to quiz Denise Coffey , Christopher Cook. Philippa Gregory and Maxwell Hutchinson. With a where-is-he puzzle from John Grundy. Producer Gillian Hush
Contributors
Unknown:
Albert
Museum
Unknown:
Sue
MacGregor
Unknown:
Denise
Coffey
Unknown:
Christopher
Cook.
Unknown:
Philippa
Gregory
Unknown:
Maxwell
Hutchinson.
Unknown:
John
Grundy.
Producer:
Gillian
Hush
Barry Took continues his look back at the best stories and answers of 1994. Producer Aled Evans. Rptd Boxing Day 6.30pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Barry
Took
Producer:
Aled
Evans.
Jeremy Paxman presents his favourite Pieces of writing in a special Christmas edition -with readers Bill Wallis , Alice Arnold and Christian Rodska.
Recorded at the Paris Theatre, London Producer Viv Beeby
Contributors
Unknown:
Jeremy
Paxman
Readers:
Bill
Wallis
Readers:
Alice
Arnold
Readers:
Christian
Rodska.
Producer:
Viv
Beeby
Berlie Doherty 's version of Hans Christian Andersen 's wintry fairy tale 's narrated by Dirk Bogarde and stars Diana Rigg as the Snow Queen.
Gerda sets off into the wide world to find her playmate Kay, who has been lured away by the powerful Snow Queen to her ice palace in the far, far north.
With Don McCorkindale. Gavin Muir , George Parsons , Joshua Towb , Deborah Berlin ,
Robbie Gill , David Cooper , Adam Morley and Laurence Amias. Music by David Chilton and Nick Russell-Pavier . Director Janet Whitaker
# Diana Rigg remembers Christmas: page 24
Contributors
Unknown:
Berlie
Doherty
Unknown:
Hans Christian
Andersen
Unknown:
Dirk
Bogarde
Unknown:
Diana
Rigg
Unknown:
Don
McCorkindale.
Unknown:
Gavin
Muir
Unknown:
George
Parsons
Unknown:
Joshua
Towb
Unknown:
Deborah
Berlin
Unknown:
Robbie
Gill
Unknown:
David
Cooper
Unknown:
Adam
Morley
Unknown:
Laurence
Amias.
Music By:
David
Chilton
Music By:
Nick
Russell-Pavier
Director:
Janet
Whitaker
Director:
Diana
Rigg
Gerda:
Samantha
Glen
Kay:
James
Cohen
Grandmama:
Margaret
John
Troll/Robber Queen:
Peter
Woodthorpe
Robber girl:
Emma
Wray
Baabaa reindeer:
Bill
Paterson
Crow:
Paul
Copley
Crow's sweetheart:
Natasha
Pyne
Princess:
Annabel
Mullion
Prince:
Oliver
Senton
Finn Woman:
Kristin
Milward
LIVE from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge.
See panel on right for Order of Service. Director of music (*and descant/ arrangement) Stephen Cleobury Organ scholar James Vivian
Producers David Kremer and James Whitbourn
Contributors
Unknown:
Stephen
Cleobury
Unknown:
James
Vivian
Producers:
David
Kremer
Producers:
James
Whitbourn
Is it an art, a craft or a scam? Robert Robinson works his own magic as he meets contemporary conjurors. Producer Nadine Grieve
Repeated tomorrow at 9.30pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Robert
Robinson
Producer:
Nadine
Grieve
A sparkling and witty entertainment of prose, poetry and song compiled by Christopher Luscombe and Malcolm McKee. With writers that include
Victoria Wood, Noël Coward, Patrick Barlow, Cole Porter, Frank Muir and Dennis Norden. In front of an audience at Pebble Mill, the cast celebrate the humour and reminiscences surrounding the Bard of Avon and his work.
With David Delve, Debra Gillet, Christopher Luscombe, Malcolm McKee and Abigail McKern.
Revised repeat tomorrow at 11.00pm
Contributors
Performer/compiled by:
Christopher
Luscombe
Performer/compiled by:
Malcolm
McKee
Performer:
David
Delve
Performer:
Debra
Gillet
Performer:
Abigail
McKern
Producer:
Sue
Wilson
Repeated from yesterday at 11.00pm
It's Christmas in New York. Who is that jolly, bearded figure by the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center? Hold on - it's that Mark Steyn , with homemaker Martha Stewart , the Radio City
Rockettes and the singing Von Trapps ! producer Hamish Mykura
Contributors
Unknown:
Mark
Steyn
Unknown:
Martha
Stewart
Unknown:
Von
Trapps
Producer:
Hamish
Mykura
The Silent Mouse
According to an old German folk tale, the first few bars of the famous caroi Silent Night were in fact written by a small church mouse. Could this be true? Chris Eldon Lee investigates.
Producer Chris Eldon Lee. Rptd Fnday 9.30pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Chris Eldon
Lee
Producer:
Chris Eldon
Lee.
by Alan Ayckbourn. Christmas gatherings are not always the joyous occasions the season warrants. For the guests at Neville and Belinda Bunker's house party, the season's greetings become frostier by the minute.
Adapted by Richard Wigmore Director Gordon House
A BBC World Service Drama production
Contributors
Unknown:
Alan
Ayckbourn.
Adapted By:
Richard
Wigmore
Director:
Gordon
House
Harvey:
Peter
Vaughan
Belinda:
Maggie
McCarthy
Neville:
Nicky
Henson
Rachel:
Jennifer
Piercey
Bernard:
Ronald
Herdman
Phyllis:
Susan
Uebel
Eddie:
Robin
Summers
Pattie:
Heather
Bell
Clive:
Guy
Holden
Producer Anthony Sellors
Contributors
Producer:
Anthony
Sellors
Led by Father Oliver McTernan.
Contributors
Unknown:
Father Oliver
McTernan.
John Clare , the peasant poet of Northampton, shot to poetic fame and his first book was a bestseller. But he spent his last 22 years in a lunatic asylum, where he carried on writing until his death in 1864. Simon Rae uses
Clare's words to retell his tragic story. With Jack Shepherd as Clare. Music by Gary Yershon
Producer Susan Roberts Rpt
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Clare
Unknown:
Simon
Rae
Unknown:
Jack
Shepherd
Music By:
Gary
Yershon
Producer:
Susan Roberts
Rpt
4: Lois Maxwell. From Dr No to
Octopussy, the actress who flirted with danger and 007 as Miss Moneypenny.
Contributors
Unknown:
Lois
Maxwell.
Repeated from Tuesday at 2.30pm
The first Communion of Christmas, from the Cathedral Church of St Andrew in Wells. The President at the Eucharist is the Dean, the Very Rev Richard Lewis and the Preacher the Rt Rev
Jim Thompson , Bishop of Bath and Wells. Communion Setting: Little Organ Mass in B flat (Haydn). Isaiah 9, w 2, 6-7;
John 1, w 1-14. 0 come, all ye faithful; 0 little town of Bethlehem; It came upon the midnight clear. Organist and Master of the Choristers Anthony Crossland. Assistant Organist Rupert Gough.
Contributors
Unknown:
Richard
Lewis
Unknown:
Jim
Thompson
Unknown:
Anthony
Crossland.
Organist:
Rupert
Gough.