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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Bishop David Walker. Show more
Virginie Simoneau-Gilbert asks us to think differently about our pets. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
We visit the town near Land's End where the landscape inspires creativity and celebration in the depths of winter, with Helen Mark. Show more
Farming Today
24/12/22 - Farming Today This Week: Fishing quotas, game birds and avian flu and soil sampling
25 minutes
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Charlotte Smith brings you the biggest rural stories of the week - from new fishing quotas to the mysterious deaths of 100 dairy cows on Jersey. Show more
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Singer-songwriter Matt Goss performs Santa Baby, Charles Dickens' great-great-great-granddaughter, comedian Darren Harriott and Tom Felton shares his Inheritance Tracks. Show more
Some people say it's a protest song about the commercialisation of Christmas. Others that it's anti-religious. Show more
Top commentators review the political week
From Our Own Correspondent
Friendship, Fury and a French Suit
28 minutes
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Kate Adie presents highlights of this year's dispatches, from anti-government protests in Sri Lanka to the story of a friendship formed with a Russian newspaper vendor. Show more
Celebrating some of the people helping families cope with rising energy prices, soaring food costs and higher prices. Show more
Last in the current series of the topical show, which takes a satirical sledgehammer to the week’s news. Show more
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A look back at the stories that hit the headlines in the past year: war in Ukraine, three prime ministers, the death of Queen Elizabeth II and more. With Adam Fleming and guests. Show more
Neil Gaiman’s fairytale, adapted for radio by award-winning dramatist Katie Hims. Starring Dame Penelope Wilton and Gwendoline Christie. Show more
A service of carols, hymns, and readings live from the candlelit Chapel of King's College, Cambridge. Show more
You're Dead to Me
Christmas with Charles Dickens
1 hour, 1 minute
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Greg Jenner is joined by Dr Emily Bell and Mike Wozniak to discover what Christmas was like with Charles Dickens. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news
Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn
Christmas Special
25 minutes
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The annual festivities can bring so much joy but also their fair share of pain and anxiety. Marian and Tara take listeners’ Christmas questions in their stride. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
24/12/2022 Taliban Impose New Restrictions
15 minutes
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The Taliban has banned women from working for aid agencies in Afghanistan. And Russian shelling has killed ten civilians in the frontline city of Kherson.
Loose Ends
Includes Cerys Matthews, Brian Bilston, Imelda May, Luke Wright, Polarbear, Salena Godden, Judy Collins and John Shuttleworth
43 minutes
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Clive Anderson's specially selected box of delights includes Cerys Matthews, Judy Collins, Brian Bilston, Imelda May, Dean Atta, Salena Godden, John Shuttleworth and Luke Wright. Show more
The TV chef who told us to relax in the kitchen - especially at Christmas - and made goose fat a festive staple. Show more
Brian Cox, Robin Ince and guests visit the Australian Wine Research Institute in Adelaide, to find out what science can teach us about wine. Show more
Archive on 4
'Twas the Night Before Christmas: The poem that changed the world
57 minutes
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Poet Luke Wright celebrates the iconic poem that begins with this line 'Twas the night before Christmas...' and asks if we need a new version. Show more
Michael Rosen chooses festive poems and stories, read by Henry Goodman and Yasemin Özdemir. With live music from traditional folk band Shovel Dance Collective. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
Richard Coles and Mark Gatiss share a passion for ghosts, but one is a believer and one a sceptic. Now the two of them are going ghost-hunting. Can they see a real life phantom? Show more
Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with zoologist Lucy Cooke, ethnobotanist James Wong and comedian Felicity Ward. From 2022. Show more
The traditional Christmas Eve celebration of Midnight Mass comes live from Leeds Cathedral. Show more
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