Schedule

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25 Dec Mon
26 Dec Tue
27 Dec Wed
28 Dec Thu
29 Dec Fri
30 Dec Sat
31 Dec Sun
01 Jan Mon
02 Jan Tue
03 Jan Wed
04 Jan Thu
05 Jan Fri
06 Jan Sat
07 Jan Sun
08 Jan

On Air | Morning | Afternoon | Evening | Week at a Glance

Morning:

07:00 - 08:00 Early Breakfast

Ross Watchman presents a great variety of music to start your Sunday. And why not have a go at his weekly brainteaser? Programme Website

08:00 - 10:00 John Gannon's 60s Scene

John Gannon kick starts your New Year with a great selection of 60's Sounds including the Guitar Twangers’ Corner with The Tiaras, and the Top Ten Chart is from January 1, 1965. Programme Website

10:00 - 11:00 Women Making Waves

Women Making Waves features women who each play a positive part in shaping our society and are at the forefront of empowering change. Presented by Suzie Thorpe & Linda Ness. Programme Website

11:00 - 12:00 Bookmark

In a special Christmas episode on classical literature and history, Leigh Chambers’ featured guest, Harry Sidebottom, chats about his book The Mad Emperor; Heliogabulus and the Decadence of Rome. Jan Parker explains what The Iliad and The Odyssey can teach us about life today. And Caroline Vout chats about how the ancient Greeks and Romans viewed themselves in her book Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body. Programme Website

Afternoon:

12:00 - 13:00 What You Might Have Missed 2022

Programme Website

13:00 - 14:00 From the Terraces Listen Again

If you love local football then join Tim Armitage and the From the Terraces team as they follow Cambridge United, Cambridge City, Histon and our local women sides through another exciting season. Programme Website

14:00 - 16:00 Strummers & Dreamers

Les Ray presents folk music old and new, along with news of what’s happening on the folk scene in Cambridge. Listen for live sessions, new tracks and classics from the folk archive, with a particular focus on young songwriters and bands. Programme Website

16:00 - 17:00 Jazz Today

Pete welcomes in the New Year with the sinuous alto sax of Paul Van Kemenade, the plaintive trumpet of Anne Efternoler, the percussive piano of Matthieu Mazue and the Hammond organ of Bence Vas. He’ll also be running through the jazz gigs coming up in and around Cambridge. Programme Website

17:00 - 18:00 Polish Waves Listen Again

Piotr Czosnyka presents a selection of tracks from Polish artists for New Year’s Day. Programme Website

18:00 - 19:00 Cambridge Film Show

Every fortnight reviewers Yosra Osman, Emma Marchant, Simon West, Lorcan O'Neill and Stewart Paske dissect the latest movie releases. Programme Website

Evening:

19:00 - 20:00 The Big Band Show

John Hammond’s featured artist is The Swinging Ernie Wilkins Orchestra. Ernie Wilkins was an American jazz saxophonist, conductor and arranger who spent several years with Count Basie as well as writing for Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, and Dizzy Gillespie. There’s also music from The Beat Breast Cancer Big Band album Stardust. Programme Website

20:00 - 21:00 Let The Good Times Roll

Jackie Bond presents the best rock 'n' roll from the 1950s through to the bands keeping the music alive today. Programme Website

21:00 - 22:00 Queer Cambridge

Hannah Bestwick and Daisy Thurston-Gent present Cambridge 105 Radio’s dedicated LGBTQ show. We give you the low down on the LGBTQ events you can go to around Cambridge, and take a look at queer news happening nationally and locally. And every song we play is by either a queer artist or has a strong association for LGBTQ people. Programme Website

22:00 - 23:00 Stagger

The alternative music show with rap, electronica and experimental music. Programme Website

23:00 - 00:00 Evening Under Lamplight

Robert-Louis Abrahamson offers a New Year gift of bringing back one of the most popular shows in the archive, featuring the Abrahamsonettes, and lots of back-and-forth between an odd and mostly upbeat music. You are invited to attend. Programme Website