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Tens of thousands of ghosts haunt Ukraine's relations with its neighbour, Poland. Can a contested history be overcome, and victims of a 1940s massacre be buried properly at last.

Short festive documentaries and merry sonic adventures. Presented by Josie Long.

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

2/5. Alban Torel thinks his posting in Sondurah is secure until there is a sudden uprising in a nearby plantation which he seems oddly reluctant to quell.

A composition for voices and harp, written on a cargo ship on the Atlantic in 1942.

The traditional Christmas Eve celebration of Midnight Mass comes live from Leeds Cathedral.

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.

The latest news from BBC Radio 4.

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

Cranborne Chase National Landscape isn't only an area of outstanding national beauty, it's also an international dark sky reserve. We find out what this means and why it matters.

From Susan Cooper to Dylan Thomas and Raymond Briggs to Judith Kerr, Cerys Matthews explores the ways writers have been inspired to write Christmas through the eyes of a child.

A service of Christmas carols, readings and reflections recorded at the Royal Albert Hall led by The Salvation Army's Major Jo Moir.

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.

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

Kirsty Young asks food writer Nigel Slater what advice he would give his younger self and hears his memories of Christmases past, in a special festive edition of Young Again.

Manchester Camerata invite us into their rehearsal rooms as they prepare for a performance of Prokofiev's beloved 'symphonic tale for children'.

Fiona Murden on the psychology of comfort zones, palliative care nurse, Molly Case, Revd. Bryony Taylor, Grace Dent & Dipna Anand on comfort food and music from The Unthanks.

Rachel Burden opens up Café Hope at Christmas to some special guests who are making the festive season better for their community.

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.

Garry Richardson chooses the audio highlights across the BBC over the last twelve months.

The latest weather forecast.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

It's spontaneous, it's silly and therefore entirely worthy of serious analysis and discussion - Ian Sansom goes into training for the 2024 World Paper and Comb Championships.

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

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.

There's a Christmas Eve surprise in Ambridge, and Brian is not amused.

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are on a festive mission to get from flying reindeer to eternity, in the most entertaining way possible, with the help of Zoe Lyons.

The King's Christmas message to the Commonwealth and the nation, followed by the national anthem.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Adrian Scarborough reads a new, specially-commissioned short story for Christmas written by John Finnemore, in which someone discovers that it's never too late to change.

Penelope Keith heads a star-studded cast in Noel Coward's vibrant, poignant and witty play about a group of retired actresses who find challenging ways of facing old age together.

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

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

3/7. A strange van appears on the Common, Wellington goes missing and Shansi hears the sound of a terrifying wolf. Richard E Grant reads, directed by Johnny Vegas.

4 Extra Debut. Frank Skinner hosts a Christmas special of the show based on online reviews as he and his all-star panel unwrap the good, the bad, the baffling and the tinselly.

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

Dame Judi Dench talks to John Wilson about her pivotal moments performing Shakespeare on stage and screen.

Victoria Wood biographer Jasper Rees introduces never-before-broadcast songs and stand-up linked by Victoria's personal audio diaries, recorded during the making of dinnerladies.

Count Binface achieves a lifetime ambition, resurrecting the mighty Ceefax in a hilarious reboot of an unlikely national treasure. Granted it's on the radio, but it's a start.

Claudia Hammond and her expert panel of psychologists take a look at the psychology of nostalgia. How it shapes our feelings and behaviour, and how we can harness it for wellbeing.

Amy Harman, Francesca Ter-Berg and Roderick Williams get in the festive mood with Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye as they create a playlist of five seasonal classics.

3/5. Guy and Doris are happily married in Sembulu, where Guy is an officer. A local woman starts hanging around their residence. Doris can't understand why Guy treats her so brusquely.

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.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

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

The latest weather forecast.

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.