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with Early Breakfast. Join the

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Jenny Kleeman and Luke

Jones with Times Radio

Breakfast. All the morning’s big

stories 10.00 Matt Chorley.

Politics without the boring bits

1.00pm Giles Coren. Fast-

talking chat 4.00 Cathy

Newman at Drive. Friday’s

headlines and discussions 7.00

Michael Portillo. Cultured

conversation and political

interview 10.00 Kait Borsay.

Late-night conversation

1.00am Stories of Our Times.

The Times’s daily podcast 1.30

Red Box. Matt Chorley’s

politics podcast 2.00

Highlights from Times Radio

Radio 2

FM: 88-90.2 MHz

6.30am The Zoe Ball Breakfast

Show 9.30 Ken Bruce 12.00

Jeremy Vine 2.00pm Steve

Wright 4.15 Steve Wright:

Serious Jockin’ 5.00 Sara Cox

7.00 Tony Blackburn’s Golden

Hour 8.00 Sounds of the 80s

with Gary Davies 10.00 Sounds

of the 90s with Fearne Cotton

12.00 The Craig Charles House

Party (r) 1.30am The Craig

Charles House Party Mixtape

(r) 2.00 Tracks of My Years

3.00 Sounds of the 90s with

Fearne Cotton (r) 4.00 Sophie

Ellis-Bextor’s Kitchen Disco

Radio 3

FM: 90.2-92.4 MHz

6.30am Breakfast

9.00 Essential Classics

12.00 Composer of the Week:

Mark-Anthony Turnage

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime

Concert Beethoven (Piano

Wind Quintets Op 16) and

Mozart (Piano Wind Quintet)

2.00 Afternoon Concert

Sarah Lianna Lewis (Creature

of Dust and Dreams — world

premiere); Woolrich (Viola

Concerto); Tippett (Symphony

no.2); Beethoven (Piano

Concerto no.5 in E flat, Op.75

— “Emperor”) and Sibelius

(Symphony no.6 in D minor)

5.00 In Tune

7.00 In Tune Mixtape An

eclectic non-stop mix of music

7.30 Radio 3 in Concert

Beethoven (Violin Concerto);

Unsuk Chin (Subito con forza)

and Schumann (Symphony

No 3 — “Rhenish”)

10.00 The Verb

10.45 The Essay: Another

Northern Ireland Glenn

Patterson discusses areas

that assumed a significance

during the Troubles

11.00 Late Junction

1.00am Tearjerker

with Jordan Rakei

2.00 Gameplay

with BabyQueen

3.00 Through the Night (r)

Radio 4

FM: 92.4-94.6 MHz

LW: 198 kHz MW: 720 kHz

5.30am (LW) Live Test Match

Special Australia v England

5.30 News Briefing

5.43 Prayer for the Day

5.45 Farming Today

5.58 Tweet of the Day (r)

6.00 Today

8.00 (LW) Today

8.31 (LW) Yesterday

in Parliament

9.00 Desert Island Discs (r)

9.45 (LW) Daily Service

9.45 Book of the Week:

Wintering (5/5)

10.00 Woman’s Hour

11.00 The Spark

11.30 Kevin Eldon

Will See You Now (4/4) (r)

12.01pm (LW) Shipping

Forecast

12.04 Faith, Hope and Glory

12.18 You and Yours

1.00 The World at One

1.45 Male Order

2.00 The Archers (r)

2.15 Drama: Christmas Every

Day By Viv Groskop

3.00 Gardeners’ Question

Time Gardening queries

3.45 Radio 4 Christmas

Appeal: Making a Difference

4.00 Last Word

4.30 Feedback

5.00 PM

5.54 (LW) Shipping Forecast

6.00 Six O’Clock News

6.30 Dead Ringers New series.

Comedy impressions (1/3)

7.00 Lemn Sissay’s Poetry

Rebels Lemn explores how

poets in the 1970s performed

alongside reggae groups

7.15 Screenshot

8.00 Any Questions?

8.50 A Point of View

9.00 Male Order

10.00 The World Tonight

10.45 Book at Bedtime:

The Omen (5/5) (r)

11.00 Great Lives (r)

11.30 (LW) Live Test Match

Special Australia v England

11.30 Today in Parliament

12.00 News and Weather

12.30am Book of the Week:

Wintering (5/5)

12.48 Shipping Forecast

1.00 (LW) Live Test Match

Special Australia v England

1.00 As BBC World Service

Radio 5 Live

MW: 693, 909

5.00am Wake Up to Money

6.00 5 Live Breakfast 9.00

Nicky Campbell 11.00 Chiles

on Friday 1.00pm Elis James

and John Robins 3.00

Kermode and Mayo’s Film

Review 5.00 5 Live Drive 7.00

5 Live Sport: The Friday

Football Social 8.00 5 Live

Sport: Brentford v Watford

(Kick-off 8.00) 10.00 Stephen

Nolan 1.00am Jim Davis

talkSPORT

MW: 1053, 1089 kHz

5.00am Early Breakfast 6.00

talkSPORT Breakfast with

Alan Brazil 10.00 White and

Jordan with Martin Keown

1.00pm Hawksbee and

Jacobs 4.00 talkSPORT Drive

7.00 GameDay Countdown

10.00 Sports Bar 1.00am

Extra Time with Martin Kelner

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5.00am James Max 6.30 Julia

Hartley-Brewer 10.00 Mike

Graham 1.00pm Ian Collins

4.00 Rob Rinder 7.00 Kevin

O’Sullivan 10.00 Darryl Morris

1.00am Martin Kelner

Radio 4 Extra

Digital only

8.00am Dad’s Army 8.30

Second Thoughts 9.00 Funny

You Should Ask 9.30 In the

Red 10.00 Ben Hur 11.00

Podcast Radio Hour 12.00

Dad’s Army 12.30pm Second

Thoughts 1.00 Ordeal by

Innocence 1.30 Deep Six 2.00

A Portrait of the Artist as a

Young Man 2.15 D for Dexter

2.30 Songlines 3.00 Ben Hur

4.00 Funny You Should Ask

4.30 In the Red 5.00

Welcome to Our Village,

Please Invade Carefully 5.30

It’s Not What You Know 6.00

The First Church of the New

Millennium 6.15 The

Testament of Jessie Lamb

6.30 Off the Page 7.00 Dad’s

Army 7.30 Second Thoughts

8.00 Ordeal by Innocence

8.30 Deep Six 9.00 Podcast

Radio Hour 10.00 Comedy

Club: It’s Not What You Know

10.30 Alice’s Wunderland

11.00 Old Harry’s Game 11.30

Think the Unthinkable

BBC World Service

Digital only

9.00am News 9.06 Tech Tent

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News 10.06 The Real Story

11.00 Newsroom 11.30

World Football 12.00 News

12.06pm The Fifth Floor

12.50 Witness History 1.00

Newsroom 1.30 Science in

Action 2.00 Newshour 3.00

News 3.06 HARDtalk 3.30

Business 4.00 BBC OS 6.00

News 6.06 The Fifth Floor

6.50 Witness History 7.00

Newsroom 7.30 Sport Today

8.00 News 8.06 Tech Tent

8.30 CrowdScience. The best

way to approach decision-

making. See Choice

9.00 Newshour 10.00 The

Newsroom 10.20 Sports

News 10.30 Business 11.00

News 11.06 HARDtalk 11.30

World Football 12.00 News

12.06am The Real Story 1.00

News 1.06 Business 1.30

WorkLifeIndia 2.00 The

Newsroom 2.30 Stumped

3.00 News 3.06 The Fifth

Floor 3.50 Witness History

6 Music

Digital only

7.30am Lauren Laverne

10.30 Mary Anne Hobbs

1.00pm Craig Charles 4.00

Steve Lamacq 7.00 The

People’s Party 9.00 Tom

Ravenscroft 11.00 The Ravers

Hour 12.00 Focus Beats

Virgin Radio

Digital only

6.30am Chris Evans 10.00

Eddy Temple-Morris

1.00pm Tim Cocker 4.00

Kate Lawler 7.00 Ben Jones

10.00 Stu Elmore 1.00am

Through The Night

Classic FM

FM: 100-102 MHz

6.00am More Music

Breakfast 9.00 Alexander

Armstrong 12.00 Anne-Marie

Minhall 4.00pm John

Brunning 7.00 Smooth

Classics 8.00 The Classic FM

Concert with John Suchet.

Bach (Jauchzet, Frohlocket

— from the Christmas

Oratorio BWV.248); Standford

(A Christmas Carol

Symphony); Adam Saunders/

John Julius Norwich (The

12 Days of Christmas);

Warlock (Christmas Medley)

Willis (It Came Upon the

Midnight Clear) and Helen

Habershon (Winter Arrives)

10.00 Smooth Classics

1.00am Katie Breathwick

4.00 Sam Pittis

Today’s pick

CrowdScience

BBC World Service 8.30pm

According to a recent

poll from the American

Psychiatric Association, the

pandemic has left many of us

struggling to make the most

basic decisions, from what to

wear to what to eat. We are

experiencing “decision

fatigue” and CrowdScience

listener David wants advice

about the best way to

approach decision-making.

Is it about understanding

our psychology? Being more

accurate? Better at predicting

the consequences of our

actions? Or being fairer?

Caroline Steel and Anand

Jagatia, above, speak to

experts in psychology,

technology and ethics in an

attempt to find out. Joe Clay

Friday 10

Film guide
Radio guide

Film4

FV 14 FS 300 SKY 313 VIRGIN 428

11.00am Distant Drums (U,

1951) Western starring Gary

Cooper and Mari Aldon

1.10pm The Cassandra

Crossing (PG, 1976) Disaster

drama with Burt Lancaster

3.50 Donovan’s Reef (U, 1963)

Comedy drama starring John

Wayne and Lee Marvin

6.15 The Abyss (12, 1989)

Sci-fi thriller starring Ed Harris

9.00 Office Christmas Party

(15, 2016) Comedy

starring Jason Bateman

11.10 Wild Nights with Emily

(PG, 2018) Comedy drama

starring Molly Shannon

12.55am-3.20 Shot Caller (15,

2017) Crime drama starring

Jon Bernthal. See Film Choice

Talking Pictures TV

FV 81 FS 306 SKY 328 VIRGIN 445

6.00am Shadows on the

Stairs (PG, 1941) Mystery

starring Frieda Inescort

7.15 Jackpot (PG, 1960) Crime

drama with William Hartnell

8.35 Radio Cab Murder

(PG, 1954) Crime drama

starring Jimmy Hanley

10.05 Will Any Gentleman?

(U, 1953) Comedy starring

George Cole and Joan Sims

11.45 Portrait of Clare

(PG, 1950) Drama starring

Margaret Johnston

1.30pm Mad About Men

(U, 1954) Fantasy comedy

starring Glynis Johns

3.10 Angel Who Pawned Her

Harp (PG, 1954) Fantasy

starring Diane Cilento

4.40 Look at Life

5.00 Upstairs, Downstairs

6.00 From Soup to Nuts (U,

1928) Silent comedy short

starring Laurel and Hardy

6.25 Smokescreen (U, 1964)

Thriller with Peter Vaughan

7.55 Remembering

Peter Vaughan

8.00 Quatermass

9.00 Cellar Club with

Caroline Munro

9.05 A Candle for the Devil

(18, 1973) Horror starring Judy

Geeson and Aurora Bautista

10.50 Cellar Club with

Caroline Munro

10.55 Vampire Circus

(18, 1971) Hammer Horror

with Adrienne Corri

12.40am Cellar Club with

Caroline Munro

12.45 Funny Man (18, 1994)

British horror with Tim James

2.40 Cellar Club with

Caroline Munro

2.45 The Skull (18, 1965)

Horror starring Peter Cushing

4.25-5.00 Four Star Theatre

GREAT! Movies

FV 33 FS 302 SKY 321 VIRGIN 425

9.00am Evidence of Truth

(2016) Drama with Lizzy Boys

10.50 GREAT! Movie News

11.00 Nightwaves (12, 2003)

Thriller starring Sherilyn Fenn

12.50pm GREAT! Movie News

1.00 Cradle of Lies (PG, 2015)

Mystery thriller with Nicole de

Boer and Gina Holden

2.50 GREAT! Movie News

3.00 Beaus Of Holly (U, 2020)

Romantic drama starring

Jennifer Freeman

4.50 The Christmas Contract

(PG, 2018) Drama

starring Danneel Ackles

6.40 GREAT! Movie News

6.50 Sweet Home Alabama

(12, 2002) Comedy starring

Reese Witherspoon

9.00 Judge Dredd (15, 1995)

Sci-fi adventure starring

Sylvester Stallone

11.05-1.00am Johnny

Mnemonic (15, 1995) Sci-fi

thriller starring Keanu Reeves

TCM Movies

SKY 315 VIRGIN 415

6.00am Hollywood’s

Best Film Directors

6.35 The China Syndrome

(PG, 1979) Thriller

9.05 Johnny Guitar (PG, 1954)

11.25 Hellfire (PG, 1949)

1.30pm The Mississippi

Gambler (U, 1953)

3.45 Fort Utah (U, 1967)

5.30 TCM Shorts:

Ben Miller Off Set

5.50 Bandits of the West (PG,

1953) Western with Allan Lane

7.00 Carry On Cowboy (U,

1966) Comedy Western

9.00 The Belly of the Beast

(15, 2003) Action thriller

10.55-1.25am Magnum Force

(18, 1973) Thriller sequel

Sky Cinema Premiere

SKY 301 VIRGIN 401

12.15pm Godzilla vs. Kong

(12, 2021) Sci-fi adventure

2.25 Vanquish (15, 2021)

Thriller with Morgan Freeman

4.15 Nowhere Special (12,

2020) Drama starring James

Norton and Daniel Lamont

6.10 8 Bit Christmas (PG,

2021) Comedy with Steve

Zahn and Neil Patrick Harris

8.00 A Christmas Number

One (2021) A music manager

tries to bolster the flagging

career of a boyband.

Romantic comedy with Freida

Pinto and Iwan Rheon

10.00-12.00 Godzilla vs.

Kong (12, 2021) Sci-fi

adventure starring

Alexander Skarsgård

Wild NIghts with Emily

(Film4, 11.10pm)