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A child in a manger – a symbol recognised the world over. As Christians prepare to celebrate the coming of Jesus Christ, Roy Jenkins looks at the everyday miracle of birth.

 The programme explores what childbirth can bring to our understanding of the Christmas story. There are tales of heartache and of sheer joy; and we also hear from the bishop whose attempt to imagine what the teenage Mary might have been feeling landed him with death threats.