Morning:
08:00 - 10:00 Phil Rowe
Phil Rowe kicks off your Christmas Day with the latest news and music. Programme Website
10:00 - 12:00 Neil & Linda
Neil and Linda provide the perfect soundtrack to your Christmas mid morning. Programme Website
Afternoon:
12:00 - 14:00 Rotary Christmas Carol Concert
Seven youth and school choirs join 600 people for the annual Rotary Club of Cambridge Christmas Concert at Great St Mary's Church, Cambridge. Introduced by Mandy Morton. Programme Website
14:00 - 15:00 Rowan & Terry at Christmas
Roundabout special. On this special day in the Church calendar, Tony Barnfield examines the life and challenges faced over the years in conversation with Terry Waite CBE, who came to Cambridge after 1,763 days imprisonment in Lebanon, and former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, now Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. Programme Website
15:00 - 17:00 Classical Cambridge
After Her Majesty The Queen delivers her annual Christmas Day broadcast to the nation, Mark Liversidge talks to a number of local musicians about their role in seasonal music and their personal choices, including Sam Lyons from Great St. Mary's Church, Richard Pinel from Jesus College, Dr Edward Wickham from St. Catharine's College and Edmund Aldhouse from Ely Cathedral. Programme Website
17:00 - 18:00 School of RadioListen Again
Julian Clover speaks to those who Cambridge 105 Radio has given their first taste of broadcasting. Programme Website
18:00 - 19:00 Rock of Ages: 1967
Paul Christoforou recalls a magical year in which Cambridge was visited by Duke Ellington, Cambridge United and Cambridge City were in the Southern League Premier League and Cambridge business Pye was taken over by Royal Dutch Philips. Programme Website
Evening:
19:00 - 21:00 The Eclectic Light Show
Join us for a festive edition, singer Shirley Collins remembers a childhood Christmas, Cara Dillon talks about her Christmas album and Nicola visits the Radio Times headquarters to speak to TV editor Alison Graham about the Christmas edition and how the nation's favourite festive magazine is put together. Programme Website
21:00 - 00:00 NMG Unplucked
Tim Willett takes a look back at his favourite New Music Generator studio sessions of 2017 including performances from Datum Plane, Flashback Photograph and an interview with HUNTAR. Programme Website
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