Morning:
07:00 - 09:30 Cambridge Breakfast with Julian & Lucy
It's Friday! Julian & Lucy want your Jukebox Friday requests! Text 07919 070 490. It's also Football Friday and Ollie Slack has the latest on Cambridge United. Programme Website
08:00 - 10:00 Christmas Breakfast with Phil Mynott
It's Friday! Julian & Lucy want your Jukebox Friday requests! Text 07919 070 490. It's also Football Friday and Ollie Slack has the latest on Cambridge United. Programme Website
09:30 - 12:00 Leigh Chambers
Leigh Chambers presents a mix of music and conversation with themed songs and a look into chart hits around the globe. Programme Website
Afternoon:
10:00 - 11:00 Christmas Day with the Vicar of GrantchesterListen Again
In a Roundabout special, the real Vicar of Grantchester, the Reverend Rachel Rosborough, joins Tony Barnfield to celebrate the festive season, with music including a childhood love of Shakin’ Stevens to Van Morrison accompanying her wedding – and an annual Christmas favourite from Nat ‘King’ Cole, plus poems by WB Yeats and Ann Lewin. Programme Website
11:00 - 12:00 The Cambridge Mayor’s ShowListen Again
The Mayor of Cambridge, Cllr Russ McPherson, chooses his favourite music and tells Lucy Milazzo about his work. Programme Website
Afternoon:
12:00 - 13:00 The Rotary Christmas Concert
Neil Whiteside introduces a specially-prepared concert, featuring the best performances from local schools and musical groups at the Rotary Club of Cambridge’s Charity Christmas Concerts over the past three years. Programme Website
12:00 - 14:00 Alex Elbro
Alex is here on Friday lunchtimes with interesting guests, great music and conversation, plus two more tracks from the Classic Album of Week. Programme Website
13:00 - 14:00 Folk Festival at Home
In August, Alex Elbro brought the Cambridge Folk Festival to her Cherry Hinton home with music and conversation from local artists Ellie Dixon, The Mardlers, Tennessee Twin and Annie Dressner. Here's a chance to relive one of the highlights of Summer 2020. (R) Programme Website
14:00 - 15:00 The Allan Brigham StoryListen Again
Leigh Chambers presents a tribute to Allan Brigham, historian, tour guide and street sweeper, including memories and reflections from those who knew him best. Contributors include his brothers Robert and Nigel, his niece and nephew, those who worked with him at the Cambridge Folk Museum and the Mill Road History Project, friends from the Cambridge Labour Party and others whose lives he touched. Programme Website
15:00 - 17:00 The Queen followed by The Big Band Show
Following Her Majesty the Queen's Christmas broadcast to the nation, John Hammond plays classic big band and swing tracks with a Christmas feel, including Frank Sinatra, Diana Krall, Michael Bublé and Harry Connick Jr., as well as up to date discs from Gordon Goodwin, Down for the Count and Jamie Cullum. Programme Website
15:00 - 16:00 Too Good to Be Forgotten
An hour of favourites from Cambridge's past spanning two classic decades. Programme Website
16:00 - 18:00 Glenn Jones
Glenn Jones and Flo Sharp are here every Friday afternoon with great music to get you in the mood for the weekend. Tony Barnfield has the latest from the Cambridge Newsdesk. Share your happy news on glenn@cambridge105.co.uk .
Programme Website
17:00 - 18:00 We Are Sound Christmas CocktailListen Again
Musical ensemble We Are Sound present their unique take on a hootenanny-style Christmas concert, recorded especially for Cambridge 105 Radio and introduced by Alex Elbro. Programme Website
18:00 - 18:30 A Victorian Cambridge Christmas
Dr Sean Lang, Sandra Birnie and Alan Hay present Christmas readings from Cambridge's past. (R) Programme Website
18:00 - 19:00 Friday Feelgood
Say goodbye to the working week and get your dancing shoes on with Jamie Stocker. Programme Website
Evening:
18:30 - 19:00 Would like to Meet
Residents of Ross Street took part in their own piece of performance art, produced by Cambridge Junction. These are their stories. Programme Website
Evening:
19:00 - 20:00 Neil Meets…
In the first of three programmes, Neil Whiteside looks back at some of the celebrity guests who have appeared on his Cambridge 105 Radio shows, including singer Matt Goss, serial X-Factor contestant and Jungle celebrity Fleur East, Love Island’s Paige Turley and former Bond Girl and Northern Soul star Suzie Vanner. 1/3 Programme Website
19:00 - 21:00 Urban Bassline Show
Johnny 5 introduces guest DJs and residents DG Select, M-house and S@nav playing mixes of the best in dance, garage, house and drum'n'bass. Programme Website
20:00 - 22:00 Smelly Flowerpot’s Albums of the Year
Dave Hammond presents his pick of new releases from 2020, featuring a fave single, retrospective release, EP and 22 album extravaganza, thanks to reining in my waffle and, seemingly, this being the year of the shorter song.. Programme Website
22:00 - 23:00 Christmas Day with the Vicar of GrantchesterListen Again
In a Roundabout special, the real Vicar of Grantchester, the Reverend Rachel Rosborough, joins Tony Barnfield to celebrate the festive season, with music including a childhood love of Shakin’ Stevens to Van Morrison accompanying her wedding – and an annual Christmas favourite from Nat ‘King’ Cole, plus poems by WB Yeats and Ann Lewin. (Repeat from 10am) Programme Website
22:00 - 00:00 Weekend Waffle
Friday night conversation across the stranger side of the week's news. Programme Website
23:00 - 00:00 Evening Under Lamplight
Robert Louis Abrahamson presents a selection of music and readings for Christmas Night. Programme Website
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