Follow the stars this festive season
with BBC Radio...
Picture highlights:
 Paradise Lost
Monday 22 December to Friday 2 January on BBC RADIO 3
Anton Lesser reads Milton's epic poem in 12 episodes to mark the 400th anniversary of the writer's birth
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Carols By Candlelight
Christmas Eve Wednesday 24 December on BBC RADIO 2 Aled Jones presents carols old and new from the Gothic surrounds of York Minster
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The Best Bette – The Bette Midler Christmas Show
Christmas Day Thursday 25 December on BBC RADIO 2 The Divine Miss M is a good Bette for Christmas Day afternoon on BBC Radio 2
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Strictly Come Brucie
Christmas Day Thursday 25 December on BBC RADIO 4 Bruce Forsyth shares memories and anecdotes from seven decades in show business
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Afternoon Play – Mr Luby's Fear Of Heaven
New Year's Eve Wednesday 31 December on BBC RADIO 4 Jeremy Irons questions immortality as Lewis Luby in John Mortimer's play
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Snow In Libya
New Year's Eve Wednesday 31 December on BBC RADIO 4 Peter Snow returns to the spectacular country in which he lived as a child
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New Year's Day Concert From Vienna
New Year's Day Thursday 1 January on BBC RADIO 3 Celebratory music for 2009 comes from the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Daniel Barenboim
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Other festive highlights
We Three Kings
Saturday 20 December on BBC RADIO 4 Ian Hislop goes in search of the Three Wise Men from the Christmas story
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Drama On 3 – The Cherry Orchard By Anton Chekhov
Sunday 21 December on BBC RADIO 3 Sasha Dugdale's exciting new translation of Chekhov's last play stars Sarah Miles, Nicholas Le Prevost and Anne-Marie Duff
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In New Music We Trust Christmas Party
Monday 22 December on BBC RADIO 1 Huw Stephens and Steve Lamacq host BBC Radio 1's "Alternative Christmas Party"
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Songs Everlasting
Monday 22 December on BBC RADIO 4 Operatic baritone Bryn Terfel explores classic Christmas songs and finds out more about their enduring appeal
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Lily Allen
Christmas Day Thursday 25 December on BBC 6 MUSIC Lily Allen presents a Christmas Day show with special guests Martin Freeman and Mark Ronson
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The Eureka Years At Christmas
Boxing Day Friday 26 December on BBC RADIO 4 Adam Hart-Davis reveals the science behind all things festive
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Sunday Worship – The Manchester Carols
Sunday 28 December on BBC RADIO 4 Poet Carol Ann Duffy and composer Sasha Johnson Manning's Manchester Carols retell the Christmas Story for the 21st century
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Showman And Star-Maker – A Tribute To Bill Cotton
New Year's Eve Wednesday 31 December on BBC RADIO 2 A glittering line-up of stars celebrate the life and achievements of the BBC's "Mr Entertainment"
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5 Live News Review Of The Year
New Year's Eve Wednesday 31 December on BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Peter Allen and Anita Anand review the main news stories from the year in which the economy took a nosedive while British sports stars were flying high
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The Quest For Virgin Birth
New Year's Day Thursday 1 January on BBC RADIO 4 Geneticist Aarathi Prasad explores the phenomenon of parthenogenesis and its possible repercussions for the human world
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On The Turn With Malcolm McLaren
New Year's Day Thursday 1 January on BBC 6 MUSIC The Sex Pistols star rings the changes as he celebrates the maverick artists who have pushed the boundaries of music, fashion and youth culture
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Advisory note: BBC programme week numbers Please note that this year the BBC has 53 programme weeks – our Week 53 will be Saturday 27 December to Friday 2 January. For some broadcasters this will be
Week 1. Therefore BBC Week numbers throughout 2009 will differ from those of other broadcasters. We are making changes to the BBC Picture Publicity and BBC Press Office websites so that we refer to "BBC Week Numbers" and, wherever possible, actual dates. We will also reflect this in email correspondence and telephone conversations with you. |
BBC Radio and Television Programme Information Christmas pull-up publication dates are now available up to and including Week 4: Publication dates
| The BBC Programme Information team would like to wish its readers a very merry Christmas and happy New Year. | |
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