The Christmas number one formula (and why old songs do best)

Inside the multi-million dollar scramble for a top hit on the festive music charts

• 24 mins

What to expect next year: Global predictions for 2024

BBC correspondents forecast the leading news stories for the year ahead

• 50 mins

How accurate is ‘The Crown’ and does it really matter?

Separating fact from fiction as the Netflix series comes to an end

• 25 mins

Fascinating finds from declassified docs

How journalists get hold of declassified documents, and why they are important

• 22 mins

Loneliness epidemic unmasked: a global health challenge

Exploring the widespread impact, solutions and pathways to connection

• 25 mins

How artificial intelligence could upend 2024’s many elections

Deepfakes, distrust and democracy

• 26 mins

Who are the Houthi rebels and why are they attacking Red Sea ships?

What the Houthi attacks mean for one of the world’s most important shipping routes

• 19 mins

What happened to Kamala Harris?

How a once-promising politician became one of the least popular US vice-presidents

• 26 mins

Taiwan elections: Could it ignite a war with China?

A vote that could increase military pressure from Beijing

• 25 mins

Inside TB Joshua's church of horrors - a two year BBC investigation

Allegations of rape and assault by TB Joshua, uncovered by BBC Africa Eye

• 29 mins

Culture wars spawned in Covid lockdowns, with Jon Ronson

Jon Ronson on the origins of some of today’s most divisive issues

• 24 mins

Islamic State group – spent force or present threat?

Attacks by the jihadist extremist group fell sharply in 2023

• 25 mins

What to know about ketamine after Matthew Perry’s death

Some people are using this psychedelic to treat depression, but what are the dangers?

• 23 mins

New King in Denmark: How European royals are future proofing their monarchies

Who are Europe’s next generation of royals and are they relevant?

• 24 mins

Why are the US and UK attacking the Houthis in Yemen?

Who are the Houthis targeting Red Sea ships?

• 23 mins

What do Mumbai’s super-rich tell us about India’s economy?

Along Mumbai’s ‘streets of gold’ incredible wealth and extreme poverty live side by side

• 28 mins

Ecuador: From peaceful haven to gangster's paradise

Ecuador’s president has vowed to take back control from violent drugs gangs

• 26 mins

Feuding, arrests, protests: Poland’s gripping political drama

The power struggle on Ukraine's border

• 22 mins

Why book bans are spreading across the United States

Parents divided as books removed from schools

• 24 mins

“I won’t let my children suffer again” – BBC Gaza correspondent

How Rushdi Abualouf reported the Gaza conflict while getting his family to safety

• 28 mins

A temple at the heart of Modi's India re-election bid

The politics of prayer at a divine but divisive site that’s shaped modern India

• 26 mins

American assassins operating in Yemen

The inside story of a wave of killings led by former US Special Forces

• 28 mins

Meet Trump’s new inner circle

How Donald Trump's team has changed from his 2016 presidential campaign to the 2024 bid

• 26 mins

‘Send back our husbands’ – Russian women taking the fight to Putin

BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg talks to Katya about the military wives he's spoken to

• 23 mins

Black market baby trafficking in Georgia

Thousands of children were stolen from their parents at birth and sold

• 23 mins

Should Germany ban the popular far-right AfD party?

There is a debate over whether to ban the country's second most popular political party

• 25 mins

What’s the plan, Iran?

Tehran’s Middle East strategy after a lethal attack on US troops

• 23 mins

Families of Israeli Hostages: “Whatever it takes to get them back”

The politics of growing anger from desperate relatives

• 25 mins

BYD: The Chinese carmaker challenging Tesla’s dominance

Elon Musk says Chinese electric vehicles could ‘demolish’ competition

• 24 mins

I survived the Las Vegas shooting, then was convinced it was staged

BBC disinformation correspondent asks whether any of us are safe from conspiracy theories

• 26 mins