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Date: 03 October

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December 1st

Historian Simon Schama reveals where his love of Tolstoy began.

Time Bomb

December 2nd

Edward faces what every presenter dreads: the guest who just doesn't want to be there.

"You've lost me there already."

December 3rd

Nick Bryant goes on the campaign trail with a patriotic Bob Hawke.

"Good on yer mate."

December 4th

The Broken Family Band serenade Carolyn at the Glastonbury Festival.

"Not much rhymes with Naughtie, Jim, I'm sat here with Carolyn Quinn."

December 5th

The inimitable Barry Cryer tells a very rude Groucho Marx joke. The joke is mis-told - but it's no less funny for that.

"Well I like my cigar but ..."

December 6th

John engages the French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner in a surreal discussion.

"So what exactly did you say?"

December 7th

Bill Oddie's mobile phone saves him from disappearing up his own bird hide.

"That is the sound of a loon."

December 8th

Simon Barnes argues that we're all born to be wild.

"Many of us are wild without knowing it."

December 9th

The Autumn election that wasn't led to comparisons between Gordon Brown and the Grand Old Duke of York.

"That dour old heir to Blair, he had 10,000 men ..."

December 10th

When odd couple director David Lynch and folk singer Donovan embarked on a speaking tour to encourage the use of transcendental meditation in schools, they implored Edward not to be too sceptical.

"It's the real thing Ed!"

December 11th

Soprano Hayley Westenra sings so high her dog barks along in duet. Alas when we had them in our studio, Iggy Pup refused to sing along.

Who let the dogs out?

December 12th

Novelist Zadie Smith gave us an account of her trip to a slum school in Liberia.

"There's no money, no money at all."

December 13th

When one too many celebrities launched their own perfume, we wondered how Eau de Montague might go down.

"Be provocative, be mischevious, be confident, be Montague."

December 14th

Who knew John Humphrys was hip?

"Let's get together ..."

December 15th

Raymond Briggs, author of The Snowman, explains how he writes.

The Snowman's become real ... what's he going to do?

December 16th

What should a new prime minister read? Maureen Lipman thinks she knows.

I think he should take 'Plop, the owl who was afraid of the dark'.

December 17th

As the Tutankhamun Exhibition opens in London, Dr Zahi Hawass and Lady Fiona Carnarvon lock horns over ancient treasure.

Would you ever consider giving them back to Egypt?

December 18th

Jim goes back to the future.

And teh time is ...

An image from Blake's Marriage of Heaven and Hell.

December 19th

On the 250th anniversary of William Blake's birth, poet Michael Horovitz surprises all with an impromptu recital on his unusual instrument.

Was that a kazoo?

December 20th

Author and would-be bassoonist Alexander McCall Smith tells us about the aptly-named Really Terrible Orchestra.

We have got a bit better

December 21st

Brothers and fellow writers Christopher and Peter Hitchens ponder how they could have come to such radically different conclusions on the existence - or otherwise - of God.

The two of you are poles apart

An image of Peter Hunt, Royal correspondent.

December 22nd

Royal Correspondent Peter Hunt reveals how he prefers to answer John's questions on the Diana Inquest

"That's a big question ... I'm still in my pyjamas."

December 23rd

And up next ... a terribly confused John Humphrys.

"... what am I doing?"

An image of Gary Richardson, sports correspondent.

December 24th

Gary gets all jazzed up with the sports news.

"Go on Gary, off you go ..."

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