Inspirational Breakfast with Esther Higham

Premier's resident movie critic, Rachel Allcock, gives her take on the latest film from Angel Studios, 'The Shift', a sci-fi flick based on the book of Job.

Independent wedding celebrant Sarah Clarke and Church of England vicar Greg Bartlem chat about the decline in traditional weddings and funerals and how the church should respond.

Brock Heasley, director of The Shift, chats to Premier's Max Avard about mixing sci-fi with scripture, competing with Hollywood, and how his own life resembled Job from the bible.

Lizzie Harewood, from the Association of Christian Teachers, Amanda Kemp, a schools consultant, and Prof Nick Megoran reflect on whether the social contract in education has been broken, if Ofsted is no longer fit for purpose, and how we 're-imagine' schooling.

Composer and author Andrew Gant joins Esther Higham to unpack the often bizarre history of our favourite carols.

Yvonne Tulloch, the CEO of bereavement charity Ataloss, and author, speaker and grief coach Alisa Latty-Alleyne speak about handling grief over the festive season and why we all need to address the "elephant in the room".

Charlotte de Klee, producer of the Wintershall Nativity, and Andrew Buz Burrows, who plays the role of Melchoir, chat about why the nativity story endures and how they aim to create immersive theatre.

Campaigner Symon Hill, Canon Ann Easter, and historian Martyn Whittock debate the need for a monarchy, the popularity of King Charles, and whether we should bow to human rulers.

Advent Calendars have moved from simple pictorial calendars to designer Legos, high-priced cosmetics, whiskies and treats costing hundreds of pounds. Clare Williams, Head of schools &Family Learning at Norwich Cathedral and co-creator of the first CofE's 'Follow the star' Advent Calendar spoke with Premier's Esther Higham.

Rob Baker runs the Rock Choirs across Bedfordshire. He spoke to Premier's Esther Higham about gunning for Christmas number one and why the choir is a 'spiritual experience'.

Gary Grant, founder of The Entertainer, and Natalie Williams, CEO of Jubilee+, discuss Elon Musk, growing inequality, and whether it's okay for a Christian to become mega-rich.

Joe Paulo from Hope Media Group and Creative Director Mark Ramsay are part of the team behind the new podcast Scrooge: A Christmas Carol. They joined Esther Higham to chat about creating "audio films", bringing new ideas to an old story, and what Scrooge teaches us about forgiveness. Tune in to hear the series exclusively on Premier.Plus.

Astrophysicist Rev Professor David Wilkinson chats to Esther Higham about space exploration, moving to Mars, and aliens being saved by Jesus.

Esther Higham is joined by Rev Andy Wooding-Jones, Rev Andrew Axxon, Rev Phil Jump, and Kate Sharma, Cinnamon Network, to reflect on aging church leaderships, why young people aren't volunteering, and whether we need a retirement age for those serving.

Dr Who superfan Caleb Woodbridge joins Esther Higham to celebrate 60 years of the sci-fi series and why it's an ideal show to open up conversations about faith.