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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Bishop David Walker. Show more

Before the advent of synthetic dyes, the place to turn for a bit of colour in your life was the natural world. Rachel Lovell meets a plant dye farmer in Devon. Show more

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

News and current affairs, with stories chosen by our guest editor, ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus Show more

Kirsty Young, broadcaster, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

Former supermodel Czechoslovak-born Paulina Porizkova appeared on the covers of numerous top magazines around the world during the 1980s and 1990s Show more

Clive Myrie concludes his series by examining jazz's role in protest, politics and diplomacy away from America. The series ends with a visit to the home of the father of jazz. Show more

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

From comedy writer to Ukrainian first lady, Adrian Goldberg profiles the life of Olena Zelenska. Show more

Director Richard Curtis and radio presenter Emma Freud pick out their highlights from the past 12 months of BBC radio. Show more

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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.

Carol Morley and Hossein Amini discuss the art of the dream sequence and why it might have gone to our heads. Show more

Not everyone enjoys Will’s Christmas story, and Pip admires Rosie's handiwork. Show more

Ground-breaking action-thriller, adapted from the novel by James Swallow. Sam scales the burning T-Tech building, whilst Sarah is still inside. Can they save civilian lives? Show more

Doomscrolling is the act of spending an excessive amount of time on absorbing negative news. Ella Al-Shamahi investigates if we are naturally drawn to the doom and gloom. Show more

Kathy Clugston sees in the new year with a panel of gardening experts in Upwell. Show more

Hogmanay, 1983, Aberdeen. A hopeless Davie is stewarding the fireworks when he encounters a lost child. Written by Gillian Shearer. Show more

Matthew Bannister on singer Terry Hall, the daughter of Lord Haw Haw, Heather Iandolo, ex-offender Eric Allison, ballerina Dame Beryl Grey. Show more

Wilko Johnson talks to John Wilson about Dr Feelgood's debut album, released in 1975, 'Down By The Jetty'. From May 2013. Show more

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Andy Zaltzman looks back on some of the best bits of News Quizzing from 2022. Show more

Does Brad have the winning formula? Kenton offers brotherly advice. Show more

Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore the legacy of Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon. They look at how the film coined the Rashomon effect and Kurosawa's enduring influence in cinema. Show more

Jonny Dymond asks some of the BBC's top journalists to gaze into their crystal balls and predict what 2023 might have in store. Show more

Howard Jacobson considers whether he may have been a bird in an earlier life, and celebrates the way animals rescue us from self-importance. Show more

A special concert of readings and music from Neil Gaiman, Amanda Palmer, David Tennant and the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mihhail Gerts. (Part 2 of 2) Show more

Also tonight:

Aung San Suu Kyi has prison time extended

And Donald Trump’s tax returns made public

Christie's detective reimagined by Natalie Haynes. With Mr Weaver freed, Miss Marple wonders if she's been looking at Martin's murder from the wrong angle. Read by Monica Dolan. Show more

Danny meets master of the macabre Mark Gatiss for this special live episode, to discuss their mutual passion for ghosts and to investigate some real-life stories of the paranormal. Show more

Presenter of Radio 2's The Country Show, Bob Harris, champions Manchester United manager Sir Matt Busby. Show more

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Emily Knight celebrates 60 years of James Bond on the big screen, with an alternative cast of Bond characters... from the animal kingdom. In this episode, it's all about gadgets! Show more

Doctors at the university where Hilary Mantel was completing her law degree treated the onset of severe pains throughout her body as a mental illness. Show more

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