15 episodes
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAB | 98-1 | Winter | 19981221 | Patricia Routledge reads `Winter' from `Cider with Rosie' by Laurie Lee | |
| BAB | 98-2 | A Child's Christmas In Wales | 19981222 | 19991220 | Joss Ackland reads `A Child's CHRISTMAS in Wales' by Dylan Thomas |
| BAB | 98-3 | Baboushka | 19981223 | 19991212 | Diana Rigg reads Baboushka as retold by Arthur Scholey. |
| BAB | 98-4 | Christmas At Dingley Dell | 19981224 | 19991213 | Derek Jacobi reads `CHRISTMAS at Dingley Dell' from `The Pickwick Papers' by Charles Dickens |
| BAB | 98-5 LAST | The Snow Queen | 19981225 | 19991219 | 5: Judi Dench reads `The Snow Queen' by Hans Christian Andersen |
| BAB | 99-1 | Dulce Domum | 19991220 | Richard Briers reads `Dulce Domum' from `The Wind in the Willows' by Kenneth Grahame. | |
| BAB | 99-2 | A Second Christmas In Kenya | 19991221 | Felicity Kendal reads `A Second CHRISTMAS in KENYA' from `The Flame Trees of Thika' by Elspeth Huxley. | |
| BAB | 99-3 | Christmas Eve In New York | 19991222 | Miriam Margolyes reads `CHRISTMAS Eve in NEW YORK' from `A Tree Grows in Brooklyn' by Betty Smith. | |
| BAB | 99-4 | Natasha | 19991223 | Emma Fielding reads `Natasha's First Ball' from `War and Peace' by Leo Tolstoy. | |
| BAB | 99-5 LAST | Christmas Truce 1914 | 19991224 | Tim Pigott-Smith reads `CHRISTMAS Truce 1914' from `A Fox under My Cloak' by Henry Williamson. | |
| BOTW | 01 | Christmas On The Other Side Of The Dale | 20011217 | written and read by Gervase Phinn. The school inspector drops in on some primary school nativity plays in North YORKshire. | |
| BOTW | 02 | The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 | 20011218 | by Sue Townsend. An extract in which Adrian prepares for CHRISTMAS is read by Sam Moloney. Abridged by Jane Marshall | |
| BOTW | 03 | The Best Of Bombeck | 20011219 | `The Best of Bombeck' by Erma Bombeck. Maureen Lipman reads an extract in which Bombeck comments on CHRISTMAS news letters. Abridged by Jane Marshall | |
| BOTW | 04 | Old Garbo | 20011220 | `Old Garbo' from `The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog' by Dylan Thomas, read by Phillip Madoc. Abridged by Jane Marshall | |
| BOTW | 05 | How To Survive Christmas | 20011221 | An extract from `How to Survive CHRISTMAS' by Jilly Cooper, read by Annette Crosbie. Abridged by Jane Marshall |