Morning:
07:00 - 10:00 105 Breakfast with Phil Rowe
Phil Rowe presents Cambridge 105's Holiday Breakfast for those early risers who haven't quite finished work yet or are up early doing the last minute Christmas shopping Programme Website
08:00 - 10:00 105 Breakfast with Julian Clover
Julian Clover presents a special two hour live programme for Christmas morning from our studios in Gwydir Street, Central Cambridge. Programme Website
10:00 - 12:00 Best of The Guests I
In the first of two programmes Linda hears interviews with local historian Ian Bent, war veteran Len Baynes, yarn bomber Willow Wanderer and Skin from Skunk Anansie. You can hear the second programme on New Year’s Day at 10am. Programme Website
Afternoon:
12:00 - 14:00 105 Christmas Lunch
Tim Willett, Lottie Booth, Julian Clover, Phil Rowe & Linda Ness gather round the Cambridge 105 table for Christmas Lunch with special guests including wine recommendations from Nigel Beaumont, Movie reviews with Hatti Simpson and live music from Elliot Porter. Programme Website
14:00 - 15:00 Doctor Who Fan Fiction: Bookmark
Another chance to hear Leigh Chambers & Alex Ruczaj talk to studio guest Una McCormack. As well as being a Lecturer in Creative Writing at Anglia Ruskin University she’s also a fan fiction writer and the author of several Star Trek and Doctor Who novels. We ask her about the process of writing Dr Who and Star Trek, whether science fiction writers really are geeks and who her favourite Doctor is (you may be surprised). We also have interviews with Cambridge writer, Madeleine Reiss, (winner of the the People’s Novelist Competition with ‘Somebody to watch over me’) and Berenice Howard-Smith (Editor and publisher of Sea of Ink, an anthology of work by creative writing students from the Open University). Programme Website
15:00 - 16:00 HM The Queen
Her Majesty the Queen's annual Christmas message followed by festive songs and carols. Programme Website
16:00 - 18:00 Jackie Leven: Davey Hammond's Smelly Flowerpot
Another chance to hear Dave Hammond present a Smelly Flowerpot Show special on Jackie Leven with contributions from Ron Sexsmith, Johnny Dowd, Mike Scott of The Waterboys, Michael Weston King of My Darling Clementine, ex members of Doll By Doll and the respected music journalist and author Paul Du Noyer. Programme Website
18:00 - 19:00 Rewind 2013
Julian Clover remembers Royal Visits, Elections, Strawberry Fair and the Mill Road Christmas Fair in Rewind 2013. Programme Website
Evening:
19:00 - 21:00 The New Music Generator
Tim Willett presents Cambridge 105 Radio's flagship show dedicated to local and unsigned music featuring a live session or studio interview each week, the latest Unsigned Chart and we look ahead to the big gigs taking place over the coming week. Programme Website
19:00 - 21:00 Pirate Radio: Rock Lit
Alan Alder looks at the pirate radio stations that beamed pop music from the high seas to 1960s Britain. Programme Website
21:00 - 00:00 Cambridge Rock Festival 2013 Highlights
Dom Smith and Mike Hauser present highlights from the 2013 Cambridge Rock Festival Programme Website
21:00 - 22:00 The New Music Generator: Archived
Tim Willett presents a mix of live music from the NMG archive including past studio acoustic sessions, interviews and live stage sets. Programme Website
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