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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Mary Stallard, director of the St Giles RE Centre, Wrexham. Show more

Caz Graham shares breakfast with thousands of wintering birds at the Martin Mere Wetlands and Wildfowl Trust reserve in Lancashire. Show more

Sir David Attenborough presents the wandering albatross of the South Atlantic Ocean. Show more

Guest editor Baroness Campbell takes charge of the programme. She takes a sceptical MP around the Lords and we investigate whether the suburbs are the true home of creativity. Show more

Kirsty Young interviews Patricia Greene, who plays Jill in the Archers. Show more

Jenni Murray hears from former editors, historians and the archive about how Woman's Hour first got on air in 1946, and how it stayed there. Show more

Rebecca Front introduces us to the iconic 1960s folk singer Judi Santos, with the help of her brother, interviewer Jeremy Front. Show more

4 Extra Debut. German comedian Henning Wehn meets some of the 800 million who use ELF - English as a lingua franca. From 2015. Show more

It’s baby John's first Christmas and Geoff unwisely offers to organise fun for the whole family. Stars Adam Riches. From 2016. Show more

The home secretary resigns as the first draft of the Military Service Bill is considered by the cabinet, and Hilary Pearce makes an unexpected offer. Show more

Sepp Blatter has not had the easiest of years. As he faces allegations of corruption, Richie Webb and cast look at what might have gone down. Show more

The second of two special 90th birthday conversations about a remarkable career in comedy, recorded at June Whitfield's home with friend and colleague Joanna Lumley. Show more

Analysis of news and current affairs, including the European terror threat and the Dubai fire, presented by Shaun Ley. Show more

David Willetts argues that it should be made easier for people to come back to education later in life. Show more

Pip is in hot demand on New Year's Eve, as the Grundys make plans for the future. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Young Velvet wins a horse for a shilling, but could she ride him in the Grand National? Stars John Sessions and Alison Steadman. Show more

Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural panel programme from the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich with Chris Beardshaw, Bob Flowerdew, and Pippa Greenwood. Show more

By Kevin Maher. A middle-aged man reflects on the joy his glamorous new girlfriend has brought him since his terrible bike crash. Read by Mikel Murfi. Show more

Julian Worricker on recording engineer Eric Tomlinson, campaigner Elsie Tu, author Peter Dickinson, businesswoman Lillian Vernon, musician and Motorhead frontman Lemmy. Show more

Tim Harford looks back at some of the most interesting numbers behind the news in 2015. Show more

Fi Glover introduces a conversation between a mother and daughter for whom clog-dancing forms a supportive, and unconventional, bond. Show more

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Police in Germany have been giving details of the terror alert which prompted them to evacuate train stations in Munich last night.

Ed Reardon is spending Christmas without even his trusty cat, Elgar, for company. All he has for Christmas is a computer and a commission. First broadcast in 2016. Show more

The Dead Ringers team imagine what the first day of 2021 looks, or sounds, like. From January 2016. Show more

Will a brand new year offer a brand new start? Show more

Samira Ahmed talks to Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper about his new film The Danish Girl, starring Eddie Redmayne. Plus a reconstruction of JS Bach's first Christmas in Leipzig. Show more

Rebecca Front introduces us to the iconic 1960s folk singer Judi Santos, with the help of her brother, interviewer Jeremy Front. Show more

What will be making the global headlines in 2016? Owen Bennett-Jones is joined by some of the BBC's top correspondents, who try and predict what will happen next year. Show more

Howard Jacobson does not feel complimented when someone describes him as 'wise'. He would sooner have understanding, akin to that of Shakespeare. Show more

In the week that the home secretary resigns over the Compulsory Military Service Bill, the Bevan Hospital celebrates the new year. Show more

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Gun attack in Israel kills three - who is behind the shooting? How much alcohol should we be drinking in the new year? And what is the best way to give away your wealth? Show more

Our Lady and Robert return home to an unexpected guest and entourage running riot in the house. Concluded by Claire Skinner. Show more

Scientist Precious Lunga chooses the environmental activist and Nobel winner, Wangari Maathai. With Matthew Parris. From 2015. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Cartoonist Gerald Scarfe explores the activity of the Walt Disney Studio during the Second World War. From 2015. Show more

Fi Glover with a conversation between friends for whom burlesque has provided a confidence-building outlet for creativity and an opportunity to prove that a walrus act can be sexy. Show more

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As the young Gentoo penguins prepare to enter the water for the first time, they face another of life's challenges - leopard seals. Show more

It is 1991, and the Berlin Wall is being demolished. Things will never be quite the same for the residents of Gross Glienicke, and the future of the house by the lake is uncertain. Show more

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