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Get lively every morning with the breakfast show.

Get lively every morning with the breakfast show. Expect lots of great music, news headlines, a look at the papers, regular sports updates and a daily Pause for Thought.

The Chris Evans Breakfast Show: Amol Rajan sits in with Simon Callow and the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band

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Amol Rajan

19/12/2017

Amol Rajan sits in with Simon Callow and the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band

BBC Radio 2 - The Chris Evans Breakfast Show, Amol Rajan sits in with Simon Callow and the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band

Amol is joined by Simon Callow and the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band.

Amol Rajan is joined by thespian Simon Callow and the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band. Plus we meet Andy Baxendale, the sweet consultant who makes Christmas fudge.

Amol Rajan sits in for Chris and is joined in the studio by thespian Simon Callow who gets us in the festive spirit with a reading of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol on the anniversary of its publication, with a live soundtrack from the award-winning Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band. Plus we meet Andy Baxendale, the Sweet Consultant otherwise known as the Willy Winka of Wigan, who takes us through the history of festive confectionary, including his own Christmas fudge. Screenwriter and novelist Frank Cottrell-Boyce makes his Pause For Thought debut.

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