Morning:
06:00 - 07:00 Brian O'Reilly
Brian presents Early Breakfast with some top tunes and the 6am Starter Question to get you thinking. Travel at 6.20 and 6.40. Programme Website
07:00 - 09:30 Cambridge Breakfast with Linda Ness
It's Friday! It's Christmas Eve! Linda Ness wants your Christmassy Jukebox Friday requests! Text 07919 070 490. Programme Website
09:30 - 12:00 Leigh Chambers
Leigh speaks to writer, Ruth Badley, about her new book Bite Sized World – A Memoir of Travel, Food, and Light Entertainment. There’s also a festive What’s That Tune quiz. And a chance to hear stripped back covers of Christmas classics made famous by Boney M and Wham! Programme Website
Afternoon:
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:
12:00 - 14:00 Neil Whiteside
Neil is here from Monday to Thursday afternoons with a lively mix of some of the latest sounds, classic hits and great conversation. Programme Website
14:00 - 15:00 Women Making Waves
It's Women Making Waves Christmas Special! Singer Wildcard divulges her magic Italian Christmas recipe that only her mamma knows best! Musical artist Ellie Dixon kicks off her favourite festive song and has some serious words about Christmas with her family. Dr Lynn Asante-Asare loves the Christmas preparation and terrible Christmas movies, and singer/songwriter Anita Gabrielle reminisces about some very special past Christmases. Programme Website
14:00 - 15:00 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
15:00 - 16:00 Too Good to Be Forgotten at Christmas
An hour of festive favourites from Cambridge's past spanning two classic decades for Christmas Eve. 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 has great music to get you in the mood for the weekend, the latest from the Cambridge News Desk and Glenn's sideways take on life. Share your happy news on email to glenn@cambridge105.co.uk Programme Website
18:00 - 19:00 Bookmark Christmas Special
Leigh Chambers' guest is food historian, Annie Gray, talking about her new book At Christmas We Feast: Festive Food Through the Ages, which looks at why certain foods appear on our plate at this time of year. Ken Follett chats about his new blockbuster spy thriller, Never. And Sunday Times bestseller, Harry Sidebottom, discusses The Burning Road, his latest novel set in ancient Rome. Programme Website
Evening:
19:00 - 21:00 Jazz Today at Christmas
Pete Butchers will be featuring the harp of Tara Minton, the solo piano of Keith Jarrett, a large ensemble led by Maria Schneider and a quintet revisiting the work of Eric Dolphy. Not forgetting a bit of carolling from the trio Balance to coincide with the festive season. Programme Website
21:00 - 22:00 Songs from the Gaelic world
Martin Atherton plays music recorded in Scottish and Irish Gaelic.1/2 Programme Website
22:00 - 23:00 We Are Sound Christmas Cocktail
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
23:00 - 23:30 A Second World War Cambridge Christmas
Dr Sean Lang and Sandra Birnie take you through the story of Christmas in Cambridge during the second world war. Programme Website
23:30 - 01:00 Midnight Mass
Julian Clover introduces live coverage from the Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Hills Road, Cambridge. The Vigil of Music and Readings leads into Midnight Mass. Programme Website
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