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14 December. 'Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts' (Channel 4, 7 to 8pm)

(Channel 4, 7 to 8pm)

Crime novelist Ian Rankin asks whether an evildoer should ever be forgiven, and if a wrongdoer can forgive himself. He looks for answers from author Anne Perry, whose real-life involvement in a killing as a child was depicted in the film 'Heavenly Creatures'.

'The Verb'

(BBC Radio 3, 10 to 10.45pm)

This weekly programme about language features a specially commissioned story, 'The Innkeeper's Tale', which relates the Nativity from an unusual viewpoint.

15 December. 'The Blue Peter Book Awards'

(BBC 1, 2.50 to 3.35pm)

Leading children's authors and illustrators, along with 'Blue Peter'

viewers, gather to hear the verdicts in categories including 'Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud', 'Best Information Book', 'Book I Couldn't Put Down' and the 'Blue Peter Book of the Year'.

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