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BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

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Music: World

The best roots-based music from across the world.

The best roots-based music from across the world - with live sessions from the biggest international names and the freshest emerging talent, classic tracks and new releases.

Music Planet: A Folk Christmas

A Folk Christmas

BBC Radio 3 - Music Planet, A Folk Christmas

Christmas folk music from around the British Isles.

Kathryn Tickell with Christmas folk music from across the British Isles.

Kathryn Tickell explores Christmas folk music from around Britain and Ireland. Yorkshire and Derbyshire have their own rich folk carol repertoire that's still widely sung in pubs today, and Devon and Cornwall have also kept a distinctive tradition, including the 'Jacobstowe Wassail'.   We'll also hear a carol in the Manx language, the song 'Taladh Chriosda' in Scots Gaelic, and there's a track from Ireland's The Chieftains, plus music from a Welsh 'plygain' service, which takes place on Christmas morning between the hours of three and six.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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