Listings
: Farming Today
1/2. Moira Hickey reports from Romania on campaigning to save traditional farms as the country joins the EU. Producer Moira HickeyContributors
Unknown:
Moira
Hickey
Producer:
Moira
Hickey
: Do You Know What You're Saying?
Melvyn Bragg uses a new language-analysis computer program to scan the linguistic make-up of rappers, advertisers, academics and that doyen of expressive English, Terry Wogan. Producer Tom AlbanContributors
Unknown:
Melvyn
Bragg
Unknown:
Terry
Wogan.
Producer:
Tom
Alban
: Gift
of a GoatEthical gifts of goats to help poor African families have become a hit Christmas present. Hermione Cockburn travels to Uganda to see if the goats really do help rural communities struggling to find a way out of poverty. Repeated from Christmas Eve at 4.30pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Hermione
Cockburn
: Today
With Edward Stourton and Sarah Montague. Guest editors today are the Geographers - winners of the listeners' editor competition.7.25, 8.25 Sports News
7.48 Thought for the Day With the Rev Dr Colin Morns.
Contributors
Unknown:
Edward
Stourton
Unknown:
Sarah
Montague.
Unknown:
Dr Colin
Morns.
: Start the Week
Andrew Marr and his guests discuss their predictions for 2007. Producer Victoria Wakely Shortened repeat at 9.30pmContributors
Unknown:
Andrew
Marr
Producer:
Victoria
Wakely
: Book of the Week: Books to ChangeYour Life by
V5. How to Win Friends and Influence People. By Dale Carnegie. Written in 1936, this is the title that spawned a thousand parodies and imitations and still has pearls of homespun wisdom to share. Bel Mooney introduces an anthology from classic and contemporary books that offer thoughts and advice on better living. The reader is Kerry Shale. Producer Jill Waters Repeated at 12.30amContributors
Unknown:
Dale
Carnegie.
: Woman's Hour
Presented by Jenni Murray.10.45 The Goddess 1/5. By Prabhat Kumar Mukherjee.
The Woman's Hourdrama. For details see drama repeat at 7.45pm
Contributors
Presented By:
Jenni
Murray.
Unknown:
Prabhat Kumar
Mukherjee.
: Shopkeepers of the Nation
1/2. Hardeep Singh Kohli presents a history of the corner shop. He discovers why so many Asians, like his mother, set up shop in the first place and why they were so Successful at it. Producer Stephen HughesContributors
Unknown:
Hardeep Singh
Kohli
Producer:
Stephen
Hughes
: Test Match Special
Australia v EnglandCommentary on the first day of the Fifth Test in the Ashes series in Sydney, by Jonathan Agnew , Christopher Martin-Jenkins and Jim Maxwell , with expert comments from Geoffrey Boycott , Geoff Lawson and Mike Selvey. Producer Peter Baxter Resumes tomorrow at 5.30am
Contributors
Unknown:
Jonathan
Agnew
Unknown:
Christopher
Martin-Jenkins
Unknown:
Jim
Maxwell
Unknown:
Geoffrey
Boycott
Unknown:
Geoff
Lawson
Unknown:
Mike
Selvey.
Producer:
Peter
Baxter
: Clare in the Community
3/6. Brenda's Birthday. Clare is coerced into helpingMegan organise her one-year-old daughter's birthday Party. Comedy by Harry Venning and David Ramsden.
Producer Katie Tyrrell
Contributors
Comedy By:
Harry
Venning
Comedy By:
David
Ramsden.
Producer:
Katie
Tyrrell
Clare:
Sally
Phillips
Brian:
Alex
Lowe
Simon:
Andrew
Wincott
Ray:
Richard
Lumsden
Helen:
Gemma
<_raven
Irene:
Ellen
Thomas
Megan:
Nina
Conti
Gordon:
Lewis
MacLeod
: The Unbelievable Truth
David Mitchell hosts a panel game in which panellists are Urged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they are able to smuggle past their opponents. With Jeremy Hardy , Andy Hamilton , Neil Mullarkey and Graeme Garden. Producer Jon NaismithContributors
Unknown:
David
Mitchell
Unknown:
Jeremy
Hardy
Unknown:
Andy
Hamilton
Unknown:
Neil
Mullarkey
Unknown:
Graeme
Garden.
Producer:
Jon
Naismith
: Don Bradman - Myth, Reality, Commodity
Repeated from Christmas Day at 10.15pm: News
: Pick of the Year
2/2. Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present another selection from the best of BBC radio in 2006. Producer Kevin DawsonContributors
Unknown:
Steve
Punt
Unknown:
Hugh
Dennis
Producer:
Kevin
Dawson
: Attlee Confidential
A drama documentary that offers insight into the workings of the postwar Labour governments of Clement Attlee. Journalist and broadcaster Charles Wheeler and star actors recreates the mood of those often highly divided cabinet meetings, using the original notebooks of the then cabinet secretary Norman Brook , including disputes over nationalisation policy, the establishment of the NHS and the atom bomb. Director Penny Leicester; Producer David PrestContributors
Unknown:
Clement
Attlee.
Unknown:
Charles
Wheeler
Unknown:
Norman
Brook
Producer:
David
Prest
: Rhapsody in Bohemia
Since it first topped the British charts in 1975, Queen'sBohemian Rhapsody has become woven into the musical, Visual and literary fabric of our lives. Yet music critic
Hilary Finch has somehow managed to avoid hearing it. With the help of musicians and writers, she re-evaluates the song's cultural legacy, with reference to everything from Camus, commedia dell'arte and Wayne's World, producer Alan Hall
Contributors
Unknown:
Hilary
Finch
Producer:
Alan
Hall
: Scottish Shorts
1/5. Housewort. The quirky tale of a woman whose life is turned upside down when her husband leaves her. BySally Beamish , read by Joanna Tope. The first in a series showcasing new Scottish writing. Producer Kirsty Williams
Contributors
Unknown:
Sally
Beamish
Read By:
Joanna
Tope.
Producer:
Kirsty
Williams
: Owl Prowl
1/5. Owl expert Chris Sperring goes in search of the tawny owl in the estates and parks of Bristol. Producer jody BourtonContributors
Unknown:
Chris
Sperring
: The Food Programme
Repeated from yesterday at 12.30pm: Beyond Belief
New series 1/10. Ernie Rea and guests explore the place Of faith in today's complex world. Producer Jennifer DanielContributors
Unknown:
Ernie
Rea
Producer:
Jennifer
Daniel
: PM
News, presented by Eddie Mair.: Just a Minute
New series 1/10. Nicholas Parsons invites Clement Freud , Paul Merton , Chris Neill and Greg Proops to start the new year without hesitation, repetition or deviation. From the Theatre Royal, Winchester.Producer Tilusha Ghelani Repeated on Sunday at 12.04pm
Contributors
Unknown:
Nicholas
Parsons
Unknown:
Clement
Freud
Unknown:
Paul
Merton
Unknown:
Chris
Neill
Unknown:
Greg
Proops
Producer:
Tilusha
Ghelani
: The Archers
Tom has a confession to make.For cast see Friday 29 December Repeated tomorrow at 2pm
: Front Row
Mark Lawson investigates the problems and dilemmas that arise when real lives are used as the basis for fiction or film. With guests, including Oliver Stone , Emilio Estevez and Marie StubbS. Producer Robyn ReadContributors
Unknown:
Mark
Lawson
Unknown:
Oliver
Stone
Unknown:
Emilio
Estevez
Unknown:
Marie
Stubbs.
: The Goddess
1/5. Doya is married to Uma, the son of a rich landowner, who is a religious man, but when Uma goes to study in Calcutta, her father-in-law's religious fervour takes an extraordinary turn. Set in 19th-century India, this adaptation by Lolita Chakrabarti of Prabhat KumarMukherjee's novel, is based on the film Dew by Satyajit Ray.
Music by Dipankar Desarkar , Dr Ananda Gupta , Pt Biplab Mondal , Mohammed Oudubuddin and Srikandh Subramanian
Director/Producer Chris Wallis Repeated from 10.45am
Contributors
Unknown:
Lolita
Chakrabarti
Unknown:
Prabhat
Kumar
Unknown:
Satyajit
Ray.
Music By:
Dipankar
Desarkar
Music By:
Dr Ananda
Gupta
Music By:
Pt Biplab
Mondal
Music By:
Mohammed
Oudubuddin
Music By:
Srikandh
Subramanian
Old Horosundari:
Shelley
King
Young Horosundari:
Sudha
Bhuchar
Father-in-law:
Nadim
Sawalha
Uma:
Rohan
Siva
Doya:
Perveen
Hussein
Taraprasad:
Paul
Bhattacharjee
Raju:
Ravin J
Ganatra
Biren:
Bhasker
Patel
Doctor:
Badi
Uzzaman
Meena:
Lolita
Chakrabarti
Khokha:
Samar
Mahmud
: Red Nostalgia
There's a great nostalgic thirst in eastern Europe for the symbols and fashions of the old Communist regimes.Louise Puck Hansen travels around former eastern bloc countries to trace the relationship between Red retro-chic and a hankering after the old ideologies, Producer Alan Hall
Contributors
Unknown:
Louise Puck
Hansen
Producer:
Alan
Hall
: Crossing Continents
Repeated from Thursday 28 December: Planet Earth under Threat
6/8. The Earth and the Irascible Ape. There is evidence that people are causing the climate change that the Earth is experiencing today but. as Gabrielle Walker discovers, the Earth has warmed before and our planet has cycles of its Own. Producer Julian HectorContributors
Unknown:
Gabrielle
Walker
Producer:
Julian
Hector
: Start the Week
Shortened repeat from 9am: Book at Bedtime: The Ghost at the Table
1/10. A Spray of Bittersweet. Cynnie reluctantly arrives at her older sister's for a Thanksgiving family reunion. Debora Weston reads a wry and poignant novel of how childhood memories can haunt and destroy. By Orange Prize-winning American writer Suzanne Berne. Abridged by Doreen Estall. Producer Amber BarnfatherContributors
Unknown:
Debora
Weston
Unknown:
Suzanne
Berne.
Abridged By:
Doreen
Estall.
Producer:
Amber
Barnfather
: Word of Mouth
5/8. Michael Rosen presents the series examining words, language and the ways people speak. Producer Peter Everett Repeated tomorrow at 4pmContributors
Unknown:
Michael
Rosen
Producer:
Peter
Everett
: Classical Comedy
Comedian Natalie Haynes argues that today's stand-ups could learn a lot from the classics. Producer Robyn ReadContributors
Presenter:
Natalie
Haynes
Producer:
Robyn
Read
: News
: Book of the Week: Books toChange Your Life by
1/5. Repeated from 9.45am: News
: News
: Outlook
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