Democracy in Crisis: Global Trends and Challenges

Today, we’re answering your questions about Christmas, politics and what goes on behind the scenes at Newscast HQ.

Adam, Paddy, Alex, Henry and Marianna cram into the Newscast studio for a Newscast Christmas party.

What’s on Henry Zeffman’s Christmas list? Is Die Hard a Christmas film? And where does the Prime Minister spend Christmas Day? Newscast answers all this and more.

You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.