BBC News Review

- Season 8

(2014)

Film critic Mark Kermode takes a look back at the big releases of the year, sorting his festive favourites from the Christmas turkeys.

Who can forget the images of the Thames bursting its banks, or homes turned to islands on the Somerset Levels? Nick Miller looks back on the year the weather became the news.

From Scotland's referendum vote to the UK's first elected UKIP MPs, Adam Fleming looks back at the big political events of the year.

The world held its breath as European scientists landed a probe the size of a washing machine on a comet. Pallab Ghosh looks back on celestial events.

Meet the Author's Nick Higham looks back at the books that have graced the shelves this year, talking to the authors and revealing the stories behind the stories.

It was the World Cup that saw Germany triumph and England fall short. Patrick Gearey relives the highs and lows of a fantastic summer in Brazil.

The Queen led acts of remembrance for the outbreak of the First World War. Prince George travelled to New Zealand on his first royal tour.

Programme remembering some of the major global figures who passed away in 2014, including Ian Paisley, Richard Attenborough, Lynda Bellingham, and Robin Williams.

Tim Hague and Katie Gornall look back through the year's sporting highlights, including the World Cup in Brazil, the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and Lewis Hamilton's F1 triumph.