As politicians waffle & procrastinate, “action plans” are not actioned - and agriculture continues it’s skilful lobbying to be able to pollute for profit with impunity - Lough Neagh, the UK’s biggest freshwater body, dies before our eyes ☠️☠️☠️ 😡😩😡

The hippy heroes who took on McDonald’s Comedian Mark Steel explores the McLibel case – the longest trial in British history – in a riveting series. Plus, an unmissable documentary about the Asian front of the second world war. @msmirandasawyer https://t.co/F2dWpNKYNU

An at-home DNA test - taken by chance when a game of golf is rained off - forces one man and three women to reassess everything they thought they knew about their families. An incredible and otherwise unheard true story about two babies switched at birth. Listen to The Gift S2.

Series 2 of The Gift is launching very soon! I cannot wait to share these stories with you.

Carlo Gébler navigates the wings of the Maze Prison’s notorious H-Blocks - to unlock the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history. A BBC Studios Audio Production Escape From The Maze | Listen on BBC Sounds

Thank you @FallingTreeProd

Well…that’s my holiday made. Huge thanks to @msmirandasawyer for this thoughtful review of Escape from the Maze @BBCRadio4

Two really outstanding series running all this week on @BBCRadio4 and @BBCRadio3. Masterclasses in the medium from Carlo Gebler and @WhitlockMonica.

Dropping Monday. 'Escape from the Maze' @BBCRadio4 The History Podcast. Carlo Gebler unlocks the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British or Irish history @BBCSounds Original music score by @philkieran https://t.co/b2v9Kf7XHZ

Listen to TechCrunch reporter @lorenzofb in this @BBCRadio4 bonus episode of The Gift exploring how the @23andMe breach unfolded, who was affected, and what it means for companies handling this kind of highly sensitive data👇🎧

The Bonus Gift episode dropped into podcast feeds today. It’s all about the 23andMe data breach, and it features an exclusive interview with MY MUM. It’s going out on ⁦@BBCRadio4⁩ on Monday at 4pm

❄️ Visitor update! ❄️ Belfast Zoo is closed today due to the wintry weather. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Our silverback Gugas has been making the most of the snow and has been out making snowballs. ⛄️

The MD list of Alternative National Treasures: Terri Hooley 🎖️

A few episodes into “Things Fall Apart”series 2, @jonronson’s new series on @BBCSounds and it is brilliant and illuminating and haunting. Hugely recommended.

Catch on @BBCSounds A fascinating and rather amazing story.

https://t.co/Slu67Yds02 The spirit of Elvis Presley and the mind of Bill Drummond meet at the crossroads in the village of Cushendall in the Glens of Antrim. Tomorrow 1130am @BBCRadio4

The Gift is now available as a box set on Sounds: https://t.co/9mK9JglITY "...variously sad, gripping and brimming with plot twists..." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Fiona Sturges, The Financial Times

Drumroll… I get my DNA results in the sixth and final episode of The Gift, out today at 11am on @BBCRadio4. If you can’t wait, it’s already there @BBCSounds and wherever else you get podcasts 🧬📻

Thank you, Dara!