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Published: 27 November 2023 Updated: 30 November 2023 Introduction Charlotte Moore, BBC Chief Content Officer, says "Listeners will be spoilt for choice this holiday season with a stocking full of festive delights from BBC Radio and Sounds. Our stations will be soundtracking your Christmas with special guest takeovers, music mixes to get you in the party mood, and a whole host of brilliant storytelling, from the nostalgic to the supernatural, there's something for everyone. BBC Radio and Sounds is the perfect companion, keeping listeners entertained right through to Christmas Day and into the New Year." BBC Sounds Christmas podcast specials of Yeti, 6 Degrees with Jamie and Spencer, Your Place Or Mine with Shaun Keaveny and Inside… Ghosts Soundtrack the season with hours of uninterrupted curated mixes and festive specials from Charlotte Ritchie, Romesh Ranganathan, Sophi...

WASHINGTON (AP) — All these years later, the scene still is almost too bizarre to imagine: a tearful president and his perplexed aide, neither very religious, kneeling in prayer on the floor of a White House bedroom in the waning hours of a shattered presidency. Until the embittered end, Henry Kissinger was one of the trusted few of a distrusting Richard Nixon. That trust, combined with Kissinger's intellectual heft and deft manipulation of power, made him a pivotal player in a tense period in American history, a giant of U.S. foreign policy and a fixture in international relations for decades to come. The German-born diplomat who got the U.S. out of Vietnam after bloody, costly years of delay and into China in a sudden burst of secret diplomacy died Wednesday. He was 100. With his brusque yet commanding public presence and behind-the-scenes maneuvers, Kissinger exerted extraordinary influence on global affairs under Presidents Nixon and Gerald Ford. His pow...

After a shocking and unforeseen end to Unforgotten Season 4, the show's devoted fan base has keenly awaited Season 5. Discover what could possibly be ahead in this critically acclaimed British cold case drama, how to stream full episodes or binge the entire season, who's in the cast, and more. Note: If you're new to Unforgotten , this feature contains significant spoilers. 1. What is Unforgotten Season 5 About? Viewers heartbroken after the Season 4 finale will be reassured by a returning show that The Guardian (UK) says is "as taut and tense and pleasurable as ever." As Season 4 wrapped up, we saw DCI Cassie Stuart involved in a violent car crash. Family and friends gathered at the hospital, and DI Sunny Khan was moved to propose to girlfriend Sal. In the end, Cassie didn't make it. Sunny eulogized his close friend and m...

Series like "The Bear," "Beef," "Happy Valley," "Reservation Dogs" and "Succession" dazzled in a year when much of the TV business was in disarray. Best Shows of 2023 | Best International | Best Shows That Ended James Poniewozik Best Shows of 2023 TV in 2023 was like synchronized swimming. Below the surface, there was roiling and churn. The writers' and actors' strikes wiped out much of the production year. The hangover from the corporate binge on streaming platforms led to cancellations and cutbacks. A number of hall-of-fame series left the air, with no clear plan of, as it were, succession. But above the waterline, the dance went on. As usual, it was challenging to whittle down my year-end list to 10. (So I picked 11.) As usual, I am listing it in alphabetical, not ranked order. As usual, I made it a rule not to repeat shows from the previous year, and as usual, I broke that rule. (I couldn't not include "Reservatio...