6.45 Pause for Thought with Rev Rob Marshall.

Producer Paul Walters
8.50 Sports Round-Up
9.15 Pause for Thought with Mgr Michael Buckley.

First Class
Every day Radio 2 receives hundreds of letters requesting records to be played and good wishes to be broadcast. Judith Chalmers follows the 24-hour route taken by a first-class letter from
Laide in north west Scotland to Broadcasting
House in London. Producer Graham Pass

returns with his own tuneful selection of music.
Producer Alison Tuohy

Wendy Richard and Bill Treacher (Pauline and Arthur from EastEnders) play their favourite festive music and swap anecdotes about life in the Square. Producer Jerry Smith

with seasonal music.
Producer Adrian Edwards

The hits, the hopes and the hype from Beatle
Christmases in the 1960s.
Brian Matthew plays rare recordings of their music and voices from the famous fan club flexi-discs, as well as their seasonal chart-topping records.
With the voices of Jimmy Savile , Kenny Everett , Chris Denning and ex-publicist Tony Barrow. Producer Phil Hughes

A show of sagas, sages and songs.

remembers
The Long Hot Summers The story of seaside music in the 20th century.
Recorded during Radio Goes To Town at the Highcliffe Hotel, Bournemouth.
Featuring the Palm Court Theatre Orchestra, directed by Anthony Godwin. Producer Keith Slade

Seasonal readings and music with guests Hedli Niklaus (Kathy Perks in The Archers), Ex Cathedra Choir and Radio 2 Young Tradition Award-winner
Catriona Macdonald.
Producer David Corser

presented by Bob Sinfield. Including readings by Michael Kilgarriff and recordings by Louis Armstrong , Nat King Cole, Elvis Presley and the Beach Boys.
Producer Barbara Page

with Night Ride
And at 3.00-4.00
A Little Night Music
Including at 1.30,3.30 Pause for Thought with Rev Flora Winfield , Parish Deacon at the Church of the Cross and Stable in Milton Keynes.

The Early Show