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  1. Red As Blood by Tanith Lee

    The Queen sets out to rescue her step-daughter from her sinister heritage.

    BBC Radio 4

  2. Just Depending by Jenny Boston

    A woman confronts old age and her fear of dependency. Read by Thora Hird.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  3. Nay, Ivy, Nay by Shena Mackay

    Ivy wants to decorate a pudding with a special sprig of holly. Read by Crawford Logan.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  4. Adrian Mole: The Mole Truth with Sue Townsend

    The author chats to the man who brought her creation to the BBC airwaves, John Tydeman.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  5. AS Byatt - Gode's Story

    There was once a young sailor who was a great dancer. Read by Sheila Mitchell.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  6. Laughter Lines

    Alexei Sayle introduces a selection of BBC7 listeners' favourite comic poems.

    BBC Radio 7

  7. John Mortimer - Not So Tiny Tim: God Bless Us Everyone

    Sir Timothy Cratchit's selfish Christmas in Africa is rudely interrupted.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  8. Mole Cooks His Goose by Sue Townsend

    Adrian takes charge of cooking the festive lunch

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  9. Isaac Asimov - The Last Question

    Can entropy be reversed? The sci-fi guru considers infinity, immortality and creation.

    BBC Radio 7

  10. An Arrangement in Grey and Black by Deborah Moggach

    Whistler paints a masterpiece picture of his mother. A century later, it reappears.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  11. Weddings and Beheadings

    Hanif Kureishi's short story, set in a country where the rule of law has disintegrated.

    BBC Radio 4

  12. Slog's Dad

    Ron Cook reads David Almond's runner-up in the National Short Story Prize, set in Tyneside

    BBC Radio 4

  13. A Welsh Anthology

    By Laura Morris. In a single day a child's fantasies turn to sludgy brown water.

    BBC Radio 4

  14. Alan Plater Short Stories - A Brief Encounter With Richard Wagner

    A teacher faces the task of putting on Wagner's Ringcycle at a struggling school.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  15. The Other Girl by John Mortimer

    Beth can’t get any acting jobs, so who is her successful rival - the ‘other girl’?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  16. Thought for the Day

    A reflection for the weekend.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  17. Thought for the Day

    Reflection and a reading for Sunday morning.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  18. Fearnought: Poems for Southwell Workhouse

    Mario Petrucci's collection of poems evokes the workhouse at Southwell, Nottinghamshire.

    BBC Radio 4

  19. Terracotta Army

    Garry Geddes introduces his poems in the voices of figures in the Terracotta Army.

    BBC Radio 4

  20. The Hair of the Dog by Jane Gardam

    Eleanor reflects on her daughter Rosie's special wedding anniversary.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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    The People on Privilege Hill by Jane Gardam

    An elderly judge is preparing to go out for lunch at Dulcie's house on Privilege Hill.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  22. Y Tebot Piws

    Richard Rees a CD cynta'r band mewn 40 mlynedd. The recording of Tebot Piws' new record.

    BBC Radio Cymru

  23. The National Eisteddfod

    Sian Pari Huws looks back over the 2008 National Eisteddfod at Pontcanna Fields, Cardiff.

    BBC Radio Wales

  24. Proms Short Story

    By Leonard Woolf. An English novelist visiting Ceylon falls in love with a prostitute.

    BBC Radio 3

  25. Willy Russell's Reading of Shirley Valentine

    The author reads one of his most endearing works to his hometown audience.

    BBC Radio 7

  26. Wicked, Witty and Wise

    Comedian Nuala McKeever shares her favourite comic poetry and songs.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  27. ER Braithwaite - Paid Servant Omnibus

    London 1958: Teacher Braithwaite faces prejudice as a child welfare officer.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  28. Kenneth Grahame - The Wind in the Willows

    Mole, Ratty, Toad and Badger's famous adventure dramatised and narrated by Alan Bennett.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  29. The Gift of The Magi

    Cherrie McIlwaine reads the classic tale of a down at heel young couple at Christmas.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  30. A Whisper of Christmas

    Words and music for the Christmas season.

    BBC Radio Ulster

  31. Peigi NicMhathain

    Peggy Matheson from Malacleit on North Uist recalls her life to Donald Cameron.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  32. Talking Heads

    Alan Bennett introduces a Talking Heads Special.

    BBC Radio 7

  33. Elvis By Bono

    U2's singer Bono reads his own poem, Elvis, and weaves it into an atmospheric sound-scape.

    BBC Radio 4

  34. Libraries and Labyrinths: Borges and Me

    Peter White visits Argentina to hear about the work of blind fabulist Jorge Luis Borges.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  35. Wall: An Essay by David Hare

    David Hare gives his thoughts on the potential future border between Israel and Palestine.

    BBC Radio 4

  36. The National Eisteddfod

    Sian Pari Huws looks at the events and highlights of the 2009 National Eisteddfod in Bala.

    BBC Radio Wales

  37. The Amorous Ghost by Enid Bagnold

    Mr Templeman's wife is away, but it seems someone is sleeping in her nightgowns.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  38. Jubilee Poetry

    Selected verses by the Poets Laureate over the ages for the Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002

    BBC Radio 7

  39. Spike's Fleas, Knees and Hidden Elephants

    Marking National Poetry Day - Spike Milligan reads one of his magical poems.

    BBC Radio 7

  40. Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature

    Lindsay Duncan reveals the creator of Peter Rabbit's family history and early years.

    BBC Radio 7

  41. An Saighdear

    A short story marking Remembrance Week written and read by Donald John MacIver.

    BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

  42. Juvenile Jane

    Celebrating Jane Austen's neglected but delightful and revealing early works.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  43. Nine Alternative Lessons and Carols

    Nine modern short stories specially written for Christmas and accompanied by festive songs

    BBC Radio 2

  44. Circus Bears

    Ian Holm reads Mick Jackson's mythical tale about the day the Circus Bears rebelled.

    BBC Radio 4

  45. Martin Sorrell - Accrington Stanley

    Not the football club, but a one-legged, partially sighted wheeler-dealer from Lancashire.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  46. The Great Gatsby Letters

    F Scott Fitzgerald tells his editor Maxwell Perkins about his hopes for his new novel

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  47. Stella Duffy - From the River's Mouth

    A cautionary tale of how the malign and sultry River Thames exacts a watery revenge.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  48. Herr Bambinger by Mordecai Richler

    A refugee proves to be an aggravating and judgemental man of mystery.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  49. The Celebrity Who Failed by Winifred Holtby

    Can Amelia deal with the public attention after she learns to walk on water?

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  50. Dressing Natalie

    By Hannah McGill. An unlikely spending spree requires a letter to the bank manager.

    BBC Radio 4

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