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Former Status Quo drummer Jeff Rich leads tributes to the band's legendary guitarist Rick Parfitt, who's died at the age of 68.

What makes the classic board game? Radio 1 DJ & game inventor Matt Edmondson & Board Game Club's Lesley Singleton discuss the elements that go to make up the perfect game, as we hear nominations for 5live's Board Game Hall of Fame.

Semi-Toned, the national winners of Gareth Malone's search for his favourite choir of 2016, perform three songs in the studio, and chat about how winning the competition has changed their lives.

Lucy Quinn from the British Antarctic Survey describes a typical Christmas on Bird Island in Antarctica, a research station some 8000 miles from the UK. And Colin hears from people celebrating Christmas in other parts of the world, from Antigua to Ecuador.

As Star Wars fans around the world hope for better news surrounding the health of Carrie Fisher, Star Wars ambassador Steve Sansweet of Rancho Obi Wan shares his recollections of working with Carrie.

Plus how community-minded football club FC United of Manchester are throwing their doors open to homeless people on Christmas Day; a Charles Dickens walking tour guide describes one of London's festive highlights; and the moving story of a young widowed mother spending her first Christmas alone after the death of her husband earlier this year.

And forty years on from its original release, Rocky theme composer Bill Conti tells Colin how he came up with one of the most iconic pieces of music in cinema history.