Including at 6.15 Pause for Thought with Norman Steele.
And at 9.15 Pause for Thought with the Rev Ruth Scott.
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With The Music Go Round. including a seasonally themed segment: Yuletide and Gifts.
With The Organist Entertains. Standards, pops and classics from the popular organ and keyboard world.
E-MAIL: organist.entertams@bbc.co.uk
Midge Ure recalls the momentous recording of Do They Know It's Christmas?, the 1984 collaborative smash hit that raised millions for a starving Ethiopa and redefined the links between pop music and charity. Guests include Boy George, Simon Le Bon, Tony Hadley, Phil Collins, Bono, Paul Young and several artists who sang on this year's cover version of the song.
(Repeated on Christmas Day at 6.30pm)
3/4. Rivalling Charlie Parker as the most influential saxophonist of the last 50 years,
John Coltrane produced a wealth of recorded material prior to his death in 1967, aged 40.
Courtney Pine celebrates the 40th anniversary of Coltrane's monumental work. A Love
Supreme- a spiritually inspired LP with just 33 minutes of music.
Steve Harley with hits. LP cuts and obscurities from the glam. disco, punk and metal years.
including at 1.30am Pause for Thought with Michael McMahon.
3.30 as 1.30
