The Nature Table Christmas Special

In keeping with the show's 'show and tell' format, Sue will be joined by celebrity guests from the worlds of comedy and natural history.

Expert guests for this festive special include:

* Naturalist, presenter and writer Chris Packham
* Botanist, presenter and writer James Wong
* Wildlife presenter Michaela Strachan.

And helping Sue to make sense of the amazing funny facts that the experts present is Tony-nominated comedy actor Stephen Mangan.

Our experts will be presenting flora and fauna that all have a festive connection including reindeers, robins, fly agaric mushrooms (that hold the key to why reindeers can fly and Father Christmas wears red and white), turtle doves, Christmas spiders (and their link to the history of Christmas tinsel), holly and partridges.

Written by: Catherine Brinkworth, Kat Sadler & Jon Hunter

Produced by: Simon Nicholls

Music by Ben Mirin.

Additional sounds were provided by The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2020.