Wildlife artist Jane Smith introduces five stories about her encounters with birds.

Kathy Hinde, an audio-visual artist influenced by nature, is this week's presenter. She shares some of her most memorable encounters with birds.

Photograph: Simon Webb

Andy Radford, Professor of Behavioural Ecology at the University of Bristol, shares his knowledge of birds from around the world.

Photograph: Matthew Bell

Emily Knight, one half of the team behind the recent Blue Planet II podcast, introduces this week's collection of episodes from wildlife cameraman Doug Allan.

Actress and bird enthusiast Alison Steadman introduces the second part of a festive-themed from Tweet of the Week.

Photograph: Jamie Rix

Actress and bird enthusiast Alison Steadman introduces the first six stories of a festive offering from Tweet of the Week.

Photograph: Jamie Rix

Musician Fyfe Dangerfield introduces five stories reflecting his love of birds, including the Golden Oriole, Grey Heron, Blluethroat,Woodchat Shrike and the Pied Butcherbird.

Elliott Prince, who works on Tweet of the Day, introduces this week's Tweet of the Week from contributors Greta Scacchi, Sue Perkins, Tara Robinson and Mark Cocker.

Author Michael Morpurgo tells five stories of his favourite birds: The buzzard, magpie, oystercatcher, greater flamingo and the dipper.

Producer: Tom Bonnett

Musician Fyfe Dangerfield tells five stories of birds he adores for their looks or their song, starting with the tale of how he came to name his band after a noisy seabird. Producer: Mark Ward