BBC Radio and BBC Sounds to bring festive joy, magical stories and ... - BBC
Published: 28 November 2022
Updated: 29 November 2022
We've got a bumper year of festive cheer lined up for our listeners as we invite them to celebrate this season with us across our much loved stations and BBC Sounds."
Introduction
Charlotte Moore, BBC Chief Content Officer, says: "We've got a bumper year of festive cheer lined up for our listeners as we invite them to celebrate this season with us across our much loved stations and BBC Sounds.
"From magical stories to musical treats and content full of laughter, reflections and brilliant guests, there's so much to choose from, and once again BBC Radio will provide the perfect Christmas soundtrack for audiences, whatever they are in the mood for."
BBC Sounds
BBC Sounds will be showcasing special Christmas episodes of You're Dead To Me, Pressed, Uncanny, Elis James and John Robins, The Big Green Money Show, Infinite Monkey Cage, and Scarlett Moffatt Wants To Believe
- Soundtrack the season with hours of uninterrupted curated mixes and festive specials from Romesh Ranganathan, Babtunde Aléshé, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and more, through the new Back To Back Sounds Christmas and New Year long listens
Pop Music Radio
- On Radio 1 Clara Amfo unveils her Hottest Record Of The Year on Radio 1's Future Sounds, and in The Official Chart show - Jack Saunders unveils the Christmas Number 1.
- Join Radio 2 On Christmas Day where Steve Wright will be counting down an exclusive Top 40 chart of Christmas Number Ones and Sir Cliff Richard will be chatting to Sara Cox at the iconic Abbey Roads studios in London. Throughout the festive month, listeners will be treated to a fun Christmas with the story of gospel music with Mica Paris, seasonal French soundtrack with Fred Sirieix, West End Christmas special with Elaine Paige and a sing-along in Anneka Rice's Junior Choice, which celebrates its 70th anniversary
- Asian Network will be bringing back some of its Asian Network Represents presenters from 2021 and 2022 as they take to the airwaves for the afternoon shows over the festive period
- On BBC Radio 6 Music, there are Festive Takeover shows with Björk, Self Esteem, John Grant and Peaches. Queermas is also back. Join Derrick Carter, I. Jordan and Maya Jane Coles as they provide the perfect party soundtrack
- 1Xtra will be hosting an on-air Christmas Party on 1 December, featuring some surprise guests and special live performances
Radio 3, Orchestras and Choirs
- Radio 3 will be bringing the sounds, delights and magic of Christmas to life throughout the festive of month with seasonal treats from Petroc Trelawny presenting Christmas Morning live, as well as festive music editions of In Tune, Classical Fix and New Music Show
- Listeners will also be transported through the snow-capped mountains of the Nordics with a special Christmas edition of Slow Radio, which will see listeners follow the audial journey of a mother reindeer traversing the plains of Finland, Sweden and Norway with her young
- Other highlights include the return of Horatio Clare's annual Sound Walks, which this year sees Horatio encounter the awe-inspiring vistas of the Faroe Islands; a special rendition of A Christmas Carol with Mel Giedroyc and BBC Singers; and a Christmas cracker edition of Inside Music, presented by superstar choirmaster and chairman of this year's BBC Radio 3 Christmas Carol Competition, Gareth Malone
- BBC Philharmonic presents an enchanting programme of festive feeling classical music to mark the Advent season
- BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Chorus come together for its annual feast of movie music from across the ages
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales spreads seasonal cheer with its Christmas concerts in Cardiff and Swansea, starring West End star Louise Dearman and Big Band singing legend Matt Ford
- BBC Symphony Orchestra will also be bringing magic with a world premiere of The Hound Of The Baskervilles with Mark Gatiss and Sanjeev Bkaskar as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson
- Dance to Christmas tunes with a soul and RnB twist presented by Trevor Nelson and performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra and many special guests
Radio 4, 4 Extra and 5 Live
- Seven Guest Editors will take over the editorial reigns of the Radio 4's Today programme during the festive season: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Björn Ulvaeus, Jamie Oliver, Jeremy Fleming, Dame Sharon White, Lord Botham and Anne-Marie Imafidon.
- Steven Spielberg, Cate Blanchett and Kirsty Young are Lauren Laverne's castaways over the festive period.
- Delia Smith joins Sheila Dillon in her kitchen for a special festive edition of The Food Programme, and Yottam Ottolenghi cooks one of his favourite festive feasting dishes for Andi Oliver in One Dish.
- Danny Robins is back with another terrifying real-life tale of the paranormal in a special Uncanny Christmas episode, while Mark Gatiss and Rev Richard Coles go on a ghost hunt.
- Join the residents of Ambridge as their rival seasonal choirs provide a warm and festive backdrop to the culmination of a trying year for Brookfield Farm.
- Agatha Christie's iconic detective is reimagined for a new generation with a murder, a theft and a mystery where nothing is quite what it seems, in Marple: Three New Stories.
- Jane Horrocks opens up her diaries to give an insight into her love affair with Ian Dury, interspersed with music and extracts from re-discovered letters from the legendary singer.
- In the heartwarming radio drama, Christmas Wings, two teachers who shared a kiss at their Christmas party, dance around the issue while waiting in the wings at their school nativity play.
- Charles Dickens' ghost story The Signalman is newly imagined by Jonathan Holloway, while Christmas with Charles Dickens, is a You're Dead To Me stocking-filler dedicated to the man himself
- Radio 4 Extra celebrates the life of Bernard Cribbins with a day of programmes about or starring the much-loved actor on 29 December, as well as some new interviews with people who knew him
- This Christmas, as well as keeping listeners up to date with the latest news, BBC Radio 5 Live combines big name specials with a huge festive schedule of live sport.This includes coverage of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar and the return of the FA Premier League on Boxing Day.
- Colin Murray, Stacey Dooley, and Elis James & John Robins all present shows over the Christmas period, while listeners can also enjoy retrospective look back at an extraordinary year of news and sport, including some of Nihal Arthanayake's biggest interviews of the year in Headliners
- Patrick Kielty presents a special Christmas edition of his show on Christmas Eve to set you up for the Christmas weekend. Colin Murray sets up your Christmas day with special guests, festive fun, and the day's news and sport headlines and Stacey Dooley is back on 5 Live to celebrate Christmas Day with some of her friends and special guests.
- Elis James and John Robins present a special festive edition of Made Up Games! Recorded earlier this month with a live audience, they're taking their regular Friday feature and supersizing it for Christmas, with all the fun, competitiveness and nonsense that you'd usually hear on their 5 Live show.
BBC World Service
- From BBC World Service, there will be a spellbinding midwinter audio drama, The Dark Is Rising, starring Harriet Walter and Toby Jones
- In its 90th year of the World Service, there will be the Arts Hour New Year International Comedy Special and the World Service's New Year's Concert featuring members of the BBC Generation Artists scheme past and present
BBC Sounds
- Special Christmas episodes of You're Dead To Me, Pressed, Uncanny, Elis James and John Robins, The Big Green Money Show, Infinite Monkey Cage, and Scarlett Moffatt Wants To Believe
- Soundtrack the season with hours of uninterrupted curated mixes and festive specials from Romesh Ranganathan, Babtunde Aléshé, Sophie Ellis Bextor and more, through the new Back To Back Sounds Christmas and New Year long listens
Listeners can enjoy bonus festive episodes on BBC Sounds this Christmas from fan favourites like You're Dead To Me and the Elis James and John Robins podcast, which will be available over this holiday period. Culinary Christmas classics will be served in the One Dish Christmas Special with Yottam Ottolenghi, while Brian Cox and Robin Ince will be joined by Tim Minchin in the Infinite Monkey Cage Christmas Special: Why Does Wine Taste Good?
Join influencers Mariam and Adeola in a special Pressedmas 2.0 festive episode, as well as brand new episodes of Scarlett Moffatt Wants To Believe, The Big Green Money Show and Uncanny, all featuring as part of BBC Sounds Christmas offering.
There is music for every occasion on BBC Sounds this season, with hours of uninterrupted shows to be found on two new long listens, Back To Back Sounds Christmas and Back To Back Sounds New Year. Listeners can enjoy seasonal specials from BBC Sounds favourites including Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Romesh Ranganathan, Fearne Cotton, Babatunde Aléshé, Poet, Mimi The Music Blogger and more.
Hits For Days is on hand with an extensive catalogue of Christmas number ones, while alternative fans get their fix with festive editions of Late In The Day and Morning After Mixes, expertly curated by Cerys Matthews, Huw Stephens and Craig Charles. The Christmas Chill series offers listeners an escape, with Mindful Mixes including A Winter Walk, A Choral Christmas and the hugely popular Sleeping Forecast, and New Year is sorted with party mixes from Radio 1 Happy, Trending Tracks, Pace Setter Party and a nostalgia trip to the noughties with Indie Forever's Indie Sleaze NYE House Party.
Music
BBC Sounds has even more ways to enjoy music to suit every mood with Christmas Sounds. For the first time, listeners can enjoy hours of uninterrupted festive shows and mixes through two new long listen playlists: Back To Back Christmas and Back To Back New Year. The new feature, which launched earlier this year, makes it easier for listeners to find the best on-demand music content from the BBC.
From festive specials for some of our most popular music shows to bespoke mixes curated by our experts, all music fans can soundtrack their Christmas on BBC Sounds this year. Either through Back To Back Sounds or by searching Christmas Sounds, both on the music tab, listeners can enjoy:
Christmas Hits: a collection of classic Christmas favourites
- Festive editions of popular mixes including Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Kitchen Disco: The Ultimate Christmas Disco Sleighlist!, Sounds Of The 90s with Fearne Cotton: 90s Festive Mixtape and Romesh Ranganathan's For The Love Of Hip Hop: Christmas Playlist.
- The Christmas Movie Mixtape sees Radio 1's film expert Ali Plumb pick out some of the most loved songs from holiday movie favourites
- Radio 1 Happy: Christmas Party! Brings festive favourites and party bangers together to soundtrack your party.
Throwback Christmas: the very best in festive hip hop and R&B
- Throwback Throwdown: Christmas Day Clash! sees Poet and Mimi The Music Blogger impress Babatunde Aléshé with their Christmas Day selections.
- Joelah and Keke host a series of Throwback Party Christmas specials, with top guests including DJ Target, DJ Ace Remi Burgz Reece Parkinson and Nadia Jae all selecting their top three festive themed tracks.
- 1Xtra's R&B Chill: A Timeless Christmas: Nadia Jae curates a mix of smooth Christmas classics from R&B legends.
Alternative Christmas: soothing seasonal tunes and alternative indie ambience
- Alternative fans can get their festive fix with off-beat selections of hidden treasures and covers in Late In The Day: Laid-back Christmas Gems, and Late In The Day With Craig Charles.
- Cerys Matthews and Huw Stephens curate unique playlists of winter vibes and gentle early morning energy for The Morning After Mix
- Have yourself an Indie little Christmas with Indie Forever: An Indie Christmas!
Christmas Chill: enjoy a calming Christmas escape with laid-back festive gems
- Escape with Olafur Arnalds' musical life raft of soothing songs, Ultimate Calm: Music To Bring Calm Amidst The Chaos, featuring photographer Benjamin Hardman.
- A Winter Walk features festive jazz and wintry soundscapes, and there's an hour of choral music to set the mood with A Choral Christmas.
- The Winter Sleeping Forecast takes listeners on a voyage into the winter nights with gentle instrumental music.
Modern Christmas: the latest and hottest seasonal bangers
- For the pop heads, a series of Hits For Days festive specials including Christmas Covers featuring seasonal classics reimagined by the biggest names in pop, Future Christmas Classics unearths the hits of the future and Christmas Number 1s looks back at the biggest and most surprising festive number 1s.
- Y2K Party: Office Party offers nothing but the biggest Christmas Party bangers.
- Party Like It's... Christmas has none other than the Father Christmas presenting festive favourites, as well as hearing what's on the Christmas list of some of your favourite BBC presenters.
New Year: party anthems and blissful New Year vibes to fuel your 2023 renewal
- Sophie Ellis Bextor's Kitchen Disco: New Year's Eve - a party special with huge tunes to get you dancing.
- Radio 1 Happy: New Year Party! An hour of big happy bangers perfect for your New Year celebrations, featuring Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, David Guetta, Rudimental and more.
- Trending Tracks: Trending Hits 2022 looks back at the biggest viral hits throughout the year.
- Radio 1's Best New Pop 2022 Special with Maia Beth charts the biggest Pop releases of 2022.
- Hits For Days: New Year's Eve Party celebrates the biggest upbeat party hits from the year.
- For fans of nostalgia, the mastermind behind the hit Indie Sleaze Instagram hosts Indie Forever: Indie Sleaze's NYE House Party, Emo Forever: Hot Milk's New Year's Eve Emo Playlist with Jim and Han from Hot Milk picking all the big Emo tunes, and Rave Forever's New Year special has all the big dance anthems throughout the party season.
- Start the new year right with Pace Setter Run With Reece New Year special, featuring Reece Parkinson's top running tracks to help beat the January blues, Pace Setter Dance providing the ultimate motivation to help reaching those 2023 fitness goals, or keep the celebrations going and boost your workout with Pace Setter Party.
- Alternatively, soothe those NYE hangovers with low-key, late night tracks in Late In The Day: New Year and ease into 2023 with a beautiful selection of calming tunes in the Morning After Mix: New Year special.
BBC Radio 1
This Christmas, BBC Radio 1 will be bringing the best of festive cheer to listeners, from showcasing a new roster of DJs over the Christmas period to exclusively revealing this year's Christmas Number 1 on Christmas Day.
Clara Amfo's Hottest Record Of The Year
Thursday 15 December, 6pm-8pm
Every weekday at 6pm, Clara Amfo unveils her Hottest Record In The World on Radio 1's Future Sounds. It's a slot known for breaking some of the most exciting new music on the planet.
This December, she will be counting down through her Top 20 Hottest Records from the past 12 months, as voted for by Radio 1's listeners, before revealing which track has earned the coveted title of Hottest Record Of The Year.
Sam Fender's Seventeen Going Under was crowned Hottest Record Of The Year in 2021.
Voting will open on Monday 5 December and close on the Thursday 15 December.
- Presenter: Clara Amfo
- Producer: A BBC Audio production
FM
Jack Saunders Reveals The Official Christmas Number 1
Friday 25 December, 2pm - 4pm
The Christmas Number 1 will be revealed on The Official Chart on Radio 1 with Jack Saunders.
- Presenter: Jack Saunders
FM
Scarlett Moffatt Wants To Believe
Friday 16 December
Scarlett and Scott are taking you around the world in this Christmas special as they talk about traditions across the globe including a topless Santa, poop logs and the four million Euro lottery!
• A BBC Audio production
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BBC Radio 1Xtra
Pressed - Pressedmas 2.0
Friday 23 December
Your favourite influencers talking about what has them pressed about Christmas, answering the juiciest hotlines and judge whether you're on the naughty or nice list this year.
- BBC Studios and Unheard by VAMP production for BBC Sounds
1Xtra's on-air Christmas Party
Thursday 1 December, 7pm
DJ Target will be hosting 1Xtra's on-air Christmas Party with some surprise guests passing through the show and some special live performances! New R&B sensation and everyone's fave new girl group FLO will be picking some xmas party bangers to start us off and chatting to Target about the massive year they've had so far.
Russ is also stopping by the show with a xmas present of his own.. a brand new song that Target will be pressing play on for the first time anywhere in the world for his last Target Embargo of the year! Special live performances on the night also from one to watch, Jaz Karis and Manga Saint Hilare. Plus more surprises to come...
BBC Asian Network
BBC Asian Network will be celebrating Christmas with SmashBengali taking over the Breakfast Show from 19 to 30 December for a fortnight of festive music, fun and games.
On Boxing Day and New Year's Day there will be an exciting takeover, with some Asian Network Represents presenters returning for Christmas Day, Boxing Day, 27 December, 28 December and New Year's Day.
BBC Radio 2
Radio 2 is celebrating the festive season with a glittering schedule of music delights. On Christmas Day, Steve Wright counts down an exclusive Top 40 chart of Christmas Number Ones, while Sir Cliff Richard and Sara Cox sit down for a chat at the iconic Abbey Road Studios in London.
Across the festive period, there are programmes spanning a diverse range of genres and moods. From the story of Christmas gospel music as told by Mica Paris joined by Emeli Sandé and a seasonal French soundtrack from maître d'hôtel Fred Sirieix, to a star-studded West End Christmas special with Elaine Paige and sing-along theme tune favourites with Anneka Rice in Junior Choice, there's something for everyone to enjoy on Radio 2 this Christmas and New Year.
Sunday Night is Music Night
Sunday 18 December, 8pm-10pm
Elaine Paige presents Radio 2's West End Christmas as a host of stars from the West End and Broadway get into the festive spirit, accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Richard Balcombe. The guest line-up for this special Sunday Night is Music Night features Samantha Barks, Trevor Dion Nicholas, Julian Ovenden, John Owen-Jones, Rachel Tucker and Marisha Wallace. Let the festivities begin as they take on listeners' favourite seasonal songs, from All I Want For Christmas Is You to Winter Wonderland, White Christmas, and many more.
Recorded at BBC Maida Vale Studios in November 2022. This programme will be available on BBC Sounds from 1 December.
Presenter: Elaine Paige
Producer: Lucy Yon
- A BBC Audio production
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The Blues Show With Ronnie Wood
Monday 19 December, 9pm-10pm
Another chance to hear The Blues Show with Ronnie Wood ahead of a Rolling Stones celebration on Radio 2 featuring an extended cut of Rolling with The Stones from 9pm to 12am on Christmas Day.
In this special programme, Ronnie Wood covers for regular Blues Show host Cerys Matthews. He's a musician who's spent a lifetime playing the blues in one form or another, and who had just finished a Rolling Stones global tour. Ronnie plays a selection of his favourite blues tunes including Mahalia Jackson and Big Bill Broonzy, and tells the stories behind some of his wildest adventures in the blues.
- Presenter: Ronnie Wood
- Producer: Mark Hagen
- A BBC Audio Production
A Top Brass Christmas
Tuesday 20 December, 9pm-10pm
Brass music and Christmas have a long and treasured association. A Top Brass Christmas celebrates this relationship with an hour-long Christmas special.
Hosted by one of the world's greatest living brass musicians, James Morrison, the show brings together some festive favourites, introducing carols, songs and lots of seasonal brass music. There's jazz from Chet Baker and Gunhild Carling, big band from Tom Kubis, Stan Kenton, Duke Ellington and The Airmen Of Note, carols from Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band and The New York Staff Band of the Salvation Army, plus brassy pop covers from Oompah Brass, Aubrey Logan, and Back Chat Brass. James also compiles his own Top Brass Nutcracker Suite and plays original arrangements of festive classics by the likes of Imperial Brass, Riot Jazz, Bone-a-Fide Trombone Quartet, the Red Light Brass Band, German Brass, and the Funky Butt Brass Band! The perfect way to get in a Christmassy mood.
- Presenter: James Morrison
- Producer: Patrick Johns
- A Lonesome Pine production
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Cliff Richard Meets Sara Cox
Wednesday 21 December, 9pm-10pm
Multi-award winning performer and national treasure Sir Cliff Richard chats to Sara Cox at the iconic Abbey Road Studios about his incredible 64-year career, which has seen more than 130 of his singles, albums and EPs reach the UK top 20, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Sara will play many of those incredible songs and discuss his amazing career on the live performance stage, big and small screen and in all our record collections.
In 2020 whilst celebrating his 80th birthday, the Official Charts Company confirmed he had set a new all-time Official Chart record by becoming the first artist ever to score a Top 5 album in eight consecutive decades.
This Radio 2 special will include material not heard in the accompanying Cliff At Christmas special for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.
This programme will be available on BBC Sounds from 1 December.
- Presenter: Sara Cox
- Producer: Mark Simpson
- A BBC Audio production
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CMA Christmas Special
Thursday 22 December, 9pm-10pm
CMA Country Christmas returns for its 13th year. Don't miss some of country music's most beloved artists coming together for an intimate night full of holiday classics and one-of-a-kind musical approaches. This annual festive special is hosted by Carly Pearce and features performances by Dan & Shay, Maren Morris, The War and Treaty, Steven Curtis Chapman, Scotty McCreery, Molly Tuttle and Old Dominion.
- Presenter: Carly Pearce
- Producer: Mark Hagen
- A BBC Audio production
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Trevor Nelson's Soul Christmas
Thursday 22 December, 10pm-12am
Don't miss this broadcast of Radio 2 DJ and urban music pioneer Trevor Nelson's soul concert from the magnificent Royal Albert Hall this Christmas.
After bringing the house down in 2019, Trevor returns to the Royal Albert Hall for a second time round, bringing together a host of special guests including Chic's Kimberly Davis, Basement Jaxx vocalist Vula Malinga, soul singers Tony Momrelle and Omar, Ivor Novello-winning producer Troy Miller, award-winning singer Corinne Bailey Rae, singer-songwriter Andrew Roachford and British gospel group The Kingdom Choir. They perform reimagined and re-scored iconic tracks with help from the BBC Concert Orchestra.
Dance along to Soul and RnB with a classic Christmas twist this December at Trevor Nelson's Soul Christmas.
Recorded on Monday 19 December.
- Presenter: Trevor Nelson
- Producer: Joe Haddow
- A Spiritland production
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Richie Anderson's Driving Home For Christmas
Saturday 24 December, 3pm-6pm
Richie Anderson keeps you company, live on Christmas Eve. If you're Driving Home For Christmas, he's got all the tunes to keep you going, wherever you're travelling for the festive season. If you're at home or already reached your destination, he'll be delivering the perfect soundtrack for the late afternoon with some of his favourite festive bangers!
Richie will be chatting to listeners across the UK about what they're getting up to, who they're spending the big day with, and maybe even taking a request or two. And he'll be hearing from some of his celebrity friends who've been sending through their Christmas greetings. 2022 has been a very busy year for Richie - there was Eurovision, the Commonwealth Games and even a little dancing competition on the telly, so there are plenty of famous faces who want to say hello!
He'll also be revealing what he has decided is The Greatest Christmas Pop Song Of All Time. So whether you're top to toe in tailbacks, roasting chestnuts on an open fire, or frantically picking up some last-minute presents, Richie's got your Christmas Eve playlist sorted!
- Presenter: Richie Anderson
- Producer: Patrick Thomas
- A BBC Audio production
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Festive Kitchen Disco
Saturday 24 December, 6pm-8pm
The fabulous Sophie Ellis-Bextor soundtracks your Christmas Eve wherever you are - travelling to see friends and family, wrapping presents or preparing the sprouts for tomorrow! The show will be packed full of feel-good tunes and fun-filled festive classics.
- Presenter: Sophie Ellis-Bextor
- Producer: David Manero
- A Listen production
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Sounds Of The 80s with Gary Davies
Saturday 24 December, 8pm-10pm
Let Gary Davies provide the soundtrack to your Christmas Eve with two hours of the decade's festive favourites, alongside listener's memories of their best Christmas... ever!
Email the show at gary@bbc.co.uk
- Presenter: Gary Davies
- Producer: Johnny Kalifornia
- A Listen production
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Fred Sirieix: Vive Noël!
Saturday 24 December, 10pm-11pm
In his special Christmas mixtape for Radio 2, French maître d'hôtel and TV presenter Fred Sirieix presents this look at some of his favourite French songs, which are the seasonal soundtrack to his Christmas.
Fred reminisces about family festivities growing up in France, and reveals the personal stories and funny anecdotes behind these festive favourites with a difference.
Fred says: "I can't wait to wish a très Joyeux Noël to all the Radio 2 listeners with a playlist extraordinaire of my favourite French songs that I love to play at this time of year, and I'll be sharing some of my fondest memories of Christmases from years gone by."
His cool yule playlist will feature stand-out tracks from some of the biggest stars in French music, including La Companie Créole, Joe Dassin and Lio.
- Presenter: Fred Sirieix
- Producer: Jodie Keane
- A BBC Audio production
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Cliff Richard's Hits Playlist
Sunday 25 December, 7am-8am
A compilation of Cliff Richard's hits to soundtrack your Christmas morning.
- Producer: Mark Simpson
- A BBC Audio production
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Good Morning Christmas 2022
Sunday 25 December, 8am-10am
Live on Christmas Day, the Reverend Kate Bottley celebrates with carols, festive greetings and a special message. The programme will feature a specially curated mix of listeners' favourite seasonal songs and sing-a-long carols. Kate will also have inspirational stories from those spreading cheer today and will be hearing from chefs from across the globe who are busy preparing Christmas lunch to create a feast of plenty for those in need.
- Presenter: Reverend Kate Bottley
- Producer: Jenny Smith
- A BBC Audio production
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