Papa Panov's Special Day

**** This programme was suggested by Peter J Fishenden as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Christmas ****

Papa Panov, a shoemaker, is lonely on Christmas Eve. His wife died many years ago and his children have all grown up and left.

But in a dream he is visited by Jesus, who promises to visit Papa Panov on Christmas Day.

Panov meets different characters throughout the day, but will Jesus be among them?

The original story is by the French 19th-century author Ruben Saillens and was translated into English by Leo Tolstoy.

Story adapted by Mig Holder

Reader: Johnny Morris

Producer: Geoff Marshall-Taylor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988.

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