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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rt Rev Dr Jo Bailey Wells, bishop of Dorking. Show more

Lucy Taylor joins the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution on a festive hamper delivery and finds out about isolation and loneliness in the rural community. Show more

Alison Steadman provides a seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period. Show more

Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

How Bob Marley's Redemption Song has inspired generations around the world. With musician John Legend. From 2017. Show more

Bill Browder was the biggest foreign investor in Russia, but a tragic death - and changing his mind about what truly matters to him - have made him Vladimir Putin's great enemy. Show more

David gets to grips with a monstruous reptile - recalling his 1950s trip to Java in search of wildlife for the BBC's Zoo Quest. Show more

Programme that offers a female perspective on the world. What are the biggest challenges facing masculinity today? Show more

In Rebecca and Jeremy Front's comic celebration of actress Dame Cicely Leyland, Barry Cryer remembers her as Ensa's Aunty Mabel and Jane Garvey tries to keep her PC on Woman's Hour. Show more

Well-known people explore where they grew up, how it shaped them and what they will never forget. Mary Portas takes Alice Thomson and Rachel Sylvester to Watford. Show more

John Finnemore presents a special edition of his award-winning Souvenir Programme, including a song about the best day of the festive season. Show more

On this day in 1917, Vladimir Lenin gave a speech proposing the nationalisation of all Russian banks, and in North Shields, Fraser has an unusual offer. Show more

Consumer affairs programme. Michelin-starred restaurants, Boxing day sales figures and the UK ivory trade ban. Show more

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Lyse Doucet's pen pal is Afghan fighter, poet and diplomat Masood Khalili, who she first met in the 1980s. In a poignant series of letters, they discuss war, poetry and cancer. Show more

Will has some bad luck, and Tony makes preparations. Show more

Chelsea's new video game is about a doomed village in Alaska. The problem is her investor says it must be fun. A behind-the-scenes world written by an award-winning game designer. Show more

Clare Balding talks and walks with guests in the countryside. Listener's Walk's Cornwall. Clare and two listeners walk from Constantine Bay to Harlyn on the Cornish coast. Show more

Gordon Wilson's words after losing his daughter in the Enniskillen Remembrance Sunday bombing have had a lasting impact. Fi Glover presents. Show more

Lucy Cooke, zoologist and founder of the Sloth Appreciation Society, unleashes her inner sloth to discover why being lazy could actually be the ultimate evolutionary strategy. Show more

Sociological discussion programme. Laurie Taylor asks if working-class actors are an increasingly rare breed. Also, class and classical music. Show more

Topical programme about the fast-changing media world. Producers of the world's most popular shows reveal the secret to creating a hit format. Show more

Prince says he'll campaign on causes such as the military environment and mental health. PM urged to discipline Lord Heseltine. Snow and ice cause disruption in parts of the UK

The Bard of Salford with a mixture of classic and previously unheard poems. From the BBC's Radio Theatre in London. From 2017. Show more

Radio 4's passionate polemicist takes a heartfelt look at the range of human emotions. Show more

Pat gets a belated gift, and Ian looks to the future. Show more

As superheroes, including Wonder Woman, take over the box office, we ask why we keep turning to comics for our heroes. With Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons. Show more

In Rebecca and Jeremy Front's comic celebration of actress Dame Cicely Leyland, Barry Cryer remembers her as Ensa's Aunty Mabel and Jane Garvey tries to keep her PC on Woman's Hour. Show more

Joan Bakewell and her panel discuss how to be buried at sea and where the idea came from. Show more

Conversation series in which two people, with very different views, are placed together in a studio and swap identities to see if they can empathise with each other. Show more

Hayden Lorimer, from the ruins of a modern architectural masterpiece, asks poets, thinkers and entropy tourists why we love fragments and scraps more than finished art works. Show more

How Bob Marley's Redemption Song has inspired generations around the world. With musician John Legend. From 2017. Show more

In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. UN humanitarian coordinator for Syria says people are being used as 'bargaining chips'. Show more

Written by Matt Haig and read by Tom Hollander. It's 1599, and Tom remembers his time in Suffolk, his mother and trials for witchcraft. Show more

A focus on Mr Splatt, a costumed family entertainment character from the 1990s. With Celeste Dring and Freya Parker. From 2017. Show more

After inviting his mysterious brother Spider into his home, Fat Charlie finds it much harder to get rid of him than expected. Show more

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Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod explores some mysterious bones: unearthed mammoth bones on a Norfolk beach. From 2017. Show more

David gets to grips with a monstruous reptile - recalling his 1950s trip to Java in search of wildlife for the BBC's Zoo Quest. Show more

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