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A Midnight Mass for Christmas Eve
25/12/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Were there really Three Wise Men?
From counting people to measuring housework - we explore.
Christmas Day reflection with Fiona Stewart, a writer who runs a Christian arts charity.
25/12/25 Farms for City Children - 50 years of Michael & Clare Morpurgo's charity.
Children's author Michael Morpurgo and his wife Clare mark 50 years of their farm charity.
Finding Elgar
Adrian Chiles uncovers the fun, fraught and frankly surprising early life of Edward Elgar.
A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten
A composition for voices and harp, written on a cargo ship on the Atlantic in 1942.
A Service for Christmas Morning from Leeds Catholic Cathedral.
Cafe Hope's Christmas Dinner
Swapping our virtual coffee shop for the real Cafe Hope in Glasgow.
His Majesty The King
His Majesty the King tells Martha Kearney about his lifelong passion for the natural world
Downton Abbey
Kirsty Wark's guests reflect on the launch of TV drama series Downton Abbey.
The rituals and traditions of Christmas
A Woman's Hour Christmas Day Special. Co-presented by Nuala McGovern and Anita Rani.
Series 34
The North Pole Unwrapped - Russell Kane, Felicity Aston and Lloyd Peck
Brian Cox and Robin Ince venture north to unearth (or un-snow) the secrets of the Arctic.
4. Autumn cuisine in Japan and Northern Ireland
The acclaimed food writer on autumnal flavours from Japan to Northern Ireland.
Pick of the Year 2025 (Parts 1&2)
Jeanette Winterson presents a selection of audio highlights from 2025 across the BBC.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
The Pig
Katherine Rundell explores wonderful stories of 20 astonishing but endangered animals.
A Very British Christmas
A headlong dive into Christmas Day 2024, made up entirely from phone-recorded voice notes.
Tigger
Frank Cottrell-Boyce talks with Cressida Cowell and Michael Rosen about Tigger.
24/12/2025
Eyebrows are raised at the Christmas parade.
Regifted
A magical Christmas tale of unwanted gifts and lonely humans in search of connection.
The King's Christmas message to the Commonwealth and the nation.
Ethiopiaid
Jenny Agutter makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Ethiopiaid.
2025 Special
Another one-off return for the multi-award-winning sketch show.
When I Met Jane Austen: Omnibus 1
A series of writers and thinkers on Jane Austen.
Bill Bailey: With Great Pleasure at Christmas
Bill Bailey and his band perform his favourite songs and readings at the BBC Radio Theatre
Series 1
Double entendre
Part two of Ian Hislop's British comedy quest leads him to Anglo-Saxon Double Entendre.
Christmas Special 2025
Good news! A new word is born unto us, in an Unspeakable seasonal spectacular.
Jolene receives an unexpected Christmas present.
Nile Rodgers
Nile Rodgers, composer, guitarist and founding member of Chic on his cultural influences.
Up in Smoke
A look back on a century of cigarette smoking.
Gyles Brandreth, Carrie Grant, Simon Evans, Lisa Faulkner, The Unthanks
Stuart Maconie presents a special Christmas edition from the BBC Philharmonic studio.
2. Inhalable Vaccines
Claudia Hammond re-examines an attempt to revolutionise flu vaccines.
Julian Clary hosts a brand new panel show celebrating everything he hates about Christmas.
Any Women here?
The 8th part of Ian Hislop's quest for early British comedy looks at the work of women.
Christmas Light
'The spirit of Christmas can’t be bought.' A new essay on the mystery of Christmas.
When I Met Jane Austen: Omnibus 2
Five writers and thinkers on the genius of Jane Austen
