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Christmas 1973, and two climbers have a terrifying paranomal encounter in a Scottish bothy. Five decades on and Danny returns to where it happened. Will he survive the night?

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

A reflection on the meaning of Christmas with poet, priest and writer Malcolm Guite.

3/5. Sarah Clegg explains how some ancient midwinter festivals became Christmas traditions. Today wassails, hoodenings and a ghostly horse skull that goes door-to-door in Wales.

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Canon Ann Easter.

Solomon the shorthorn, who's known as The Department Bull and loaned by the Scottish government to crofters for livestock breeding.

Normally, we only hear them in the short gaps between the programmes, but, as it's Christmas, the Radio 4 continuity announcers have been given a whole hour to play with.

Nick Robinson and Justin Webb hear from the UK's Chief Scout, Dwayne Fields, in this guest edited episode of Today.

Jenny Uglow, Rosemary Sweet and Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth join Melvyn Bragg to explore why eighteenth-century collectors and consumers became so enthusiastic about ancient vases.

Helen Lewis and Armando Iannucci present a journalist and a comedy writer's take on words and phrases that defined politics in 2024.

In a Boxing Day special, Anita Rani celebrates a favourite Christmas activity: puzzles and games, from Jenga to World of Warcraft via Agatha Christie.

Brian Cox and Robin Ince delve into the Royal Society archives unearthing the unexpected history of the body with Sir Mark Walport, Prof Helen King, Ed Byrne and Keith Moore.

4/5. Lurking in the night's shadows of Sarah Clegg's whirlwind tour of Europe's weirdest winter traditions, we meet Krampus, the horned devil who punishes naughty children in Austria.

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Series which reunites a group of people intimately involved in a moment of modern history.

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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.

The poet laureate, Simon Armitage, meets horses, to help inspire a new animal poem.

Joy has a big question to ask, and the Aldridge family face an alternative Christmas.

John Finnemore and the Souvenir Programme team return to Radio 4 with a one-off, 45-minute episode packed with sketches and song.

Martha Kearney visits Martin Clunes at his farm in Dorset, to hear what the natural world means to him. He talks about his love of animals as they take his five dogs for a walk.

Model and former health worker Mollie Pearce makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of ERIC, The Children's Bowel and Bladder Charity.

Andrea Catherwood announces the results of Feedback's Interview of the Year.

What threats and opportunities does the Arctic face?

This festive season, we look at the science of games, from why we play them to the randomness of dice rolls. Who will win the Inside Science games special?

Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

4/7. Great Uncle Bulgaria reports back on his and Bungo's travels and Wellington is inspired by his recent encounter with Humans. Performed by Richard E Grant, directed by Johnny Vegas.

3/4. When train station names attack. Not a documentary. Almost.

There's a Boxing Day challenge for Paul and the events of the year catch up on Will.

Artist Frank Auerbach talks to John Wilson about his life and some of the influences on his work.

Comedian Jo Brand reflects on her life through favourite pieces of writing in this festive special, with readers Alan Davies and Isy Suttie.

Toyah Willcox, Grace Dent, Adam Riches and John Kearns join Clive Anderson with festive music by Georgia Cecile and Tony Mortimer with Edele Lynch.

Rhianna Pratchett seeks out shape-shifting selkies as she continues her quest to meet mythical creatures and discover what they reveal about us.

In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective.

4/5. Warburton, a government official in Borneo, behaves immaculately. But his precise world is upended by the arrival of an uncouth assistant who ignores the niceties of colonial life.

Who hasn't waited 30 years to get revenge on the girl who stole their role in the nativity? With special guests Ian Smith and Natalie Cassidy.

Expect gifts, special pyjamas, drinking games and cross-dressing. Natalie celebrates the mid-winter festival of Ancient Rome, Saturnalia, with André Vincent and Llewelyn Morgan.