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Highlights from Times Radio

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6.30am Nicki Chapman 9.30

Scott Mills 12.00 Tom Daley

2.00pm OJ Borg 5.00 Joe

Lycett 8.00 My Life in a

Mixtape (r) 9.00 The Blues

Show with Cerys Matthews

10.00 DJ Spoony’s Rhythm

Nation 12.00 Owain Wyn Evans

3.00am Radio 2 Live: Across

the UK (r) 4.00 Katie Piper

Radio 3

FM: 90.2-92.4 MHz

6.30am Breakfast

9.00 Essential Classics

12.00 Composer of the Week:

Puccini Exploring how the

composer’s struggles to write

Manon Lescaut paid off

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime

Concert A recital from

London’s Wigmore Hall.

Debussy (Cello Sonata); Juon

(Märchen in A minor, Op 8)

and Franck (Sonata in A) (r)

2.00 Afternoon Concert Ian

Skelly presents performances

from around the world. Weber

(Overture — Oberon); Webern

(Four Pieces for violin & piano,

Op 7); Mozart (Violin Concerto

No 5 in A, K 219, “Turkish”);

Biber (Mystery Sonata No 1

“The Annunciation”); Dvorak

(Symphony No 6 in D, Op 60)

and Piazzolla (Caliente)

4.00 Four Peaks Sound Walk

A hike up Scafell Pike.

5.00 New Generation

Artists: Winter Showcase

6.15 Words and Music (r)

7.30 Sondheim on Sondheim

Another chance to hear a 2018

gala celebrating the work of

Stephen Sondheim, with Keith

Lockhart conducting the BBC

Concert Orchestra and a host

of musical theatre stars (r)

10.00 Nick Luscombe

Meets Terry Riley The two

composers explain why they

are making new lives in Japan

11.00 Night Tracks

12.30am Through the Night (r)

Radio 4

FM: 92.4-94.6 MHz

LW: 198 kHz MW: 720 kHz

5.30am-7.30 (LW) Live Test

Match Special: Australia v

England Commentary on the

second day of the third Test at

Melbourne Cricket Ground

5.30 News Briefing

5.43 Prayer for the Day

5.45 Farming Today

5.58 Tweet of the Day (r)

6.00 Today The first in a series

of seven episodes with

guest editors. See Choice

7.30 (LW) Today

9.00 Start the Week

9.45 (LW) Daily Service

9.45 Book of the Week: Just

William — The Great

Performer New series. By

Richmal Crompton. William

and his friends plan to torture

their relations with some

tuneless carol singing (1/5)

10.00 Woman’s Hour

11.00 The Hidden History

of the Staircase

11.30 Loose Ends (r)

12.01pm (LW)

Shipping Forecast

12.04 The Princess Bride:

Bitesize Backstories New

series. Short stories

12.18 You and Yours

1.00 The World at One

1.45 Call to Kabul New series.

The story of three brothers

hunted by the Taliban

2.00 The Archers (r)

2.15 Drama: Eric the Skull (r)

3.00 Counterpoint New series.

A winter-themed edition of

the eclectic music quiz

3.30 The Food Programme (r)

4.00 Faith in Music (r)

4.30 Beyond Belief

5.00 PM

5.54 (LW) Shipping Forecast

6.00 Six O’Clock News

6.15 Sandi Toksvig’s Hygge

New series. Sandi explores the

Danish concept of hygge with

Krishnan Guru-Murthy

6.30 I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue

7.00 The Archers

7.15 This Cultural Life (r)

8.00 Political Thinking

with Nick Robinson

8.30 Crossing Continents (r)

9.00 Wild Inside (r)

9.30 Start the Week

10.00 The World Tonight

10.45 Book at Bedtime:

Deborah Frances-White

Introduces (r)

11.00-5.20am (LW) Live Test

Match Special: Australia v

England Commentary on the

third day of the third Test

11.00 John Finnemore’s

Souvenir Programme (r)

11.30 Party (r)

12.00 News and Weather

12.15am Paul Sinha’s

General Knowledge (1/4) (r)

12.48 Shipping Forecast

1.00 As BBC World Service

Radio 5 Live

MW: 693, 909

7.00am 5 Live Breakfast 9.00

Teach Me a Lesson with Greg

James and Bella Mackie

10.00 Adrian Chiles 12.00

Match of the Day: Top 10

1.00pm Mobeen Azhar 3.00

Headliners 4.00 5 Live Drive

6.00 5 Live’s Review of 2021

7.00 5 Live Sport 8.00 Live 5

Live Sport: Newcastle United

v Manchester United (Kick-off

8.00) 10.30 Colin Murray

1.00am Chris Latchem

talkSPORT

MW: 1053, 1089 kHz

5.00am A talkSPORT Special

6.00 talkSPORT Breakfast

10.00 Jim White and Simon

Jordan 1.00pm Charlie Baker

4.00 Drive with Adrian

Durham & Darren Gough 7.00

The PressBox 10.00 Sports

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6.00am James Max 10.00

Nick De Bois 1.00pm

Afternoon Show 4.00 Cristo

Foufas 7.00 Claudia -Liza

Armah 10.00 James Whale

1.00am Paul Ross

Radio 4 Extra

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8.00am Marriage Lines 8.30

Second Thoughts 9.00 It’s

Your Round 9.30 Getting

Nowhere Fast 10.00 Stardust

11.50 Inheritance Tracks

12.00 Marriage Lines

12.30pm Second Thoughts

1.00 Father Brown 1.30

Detective 2.00 Letters from

Tove 2.15 Children in Need: D

for Dexter 2.30 What the

Scandinavians Know About

Children’s Literature 3.00

Stardust 4.00 It’s Your Round

4.30 Getting Nowhere Fast

5.00 Reluctant Persuaders

5.30 I’m Sorry I Haven’t a

Clue 6.00 The Hitchhiker’s

Guide to the Galaxy: The

Primary Phase 6.30 A Good

Read 7.00 Marriage Lines

7.30 Second Thoughts 8.00

Father Brown 8.30 Detective

9.50 Inheritance Tracks

10.00 Comedy Club: I’m

Sorry I Haven’t a Clue 10.25

Comedy Club Extra 10.30 Life

with Lederer 10.45 Date with

Fate 11.00 Dead Ringers

11.45 Creme de la Crime

BBC World Service

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9.00am News 9.06 Climate

Question 9.30 CrowdScience

Christmas Bonanza 10.00

News 10.06 The Cultural

Frontline 10.30 World of

Wisdom 10.50 More or

Less 11.00 Newsroom 11.30

The Conversation 12.00

News 12.06pm Outlook

12.50 Witness History

1.00 Newsroom 1.30

CrowdScience Christmas

Bonanza 2.00 Newshour

3.00 News 3.06 HARDtalk

3.30 Business 4.00 BBC OS

6.00 News 6.06 Outlook

6.50 Witness History 7.00

Newsroom 7.30 Sport Today

8.06 Climate Question 8.30

Discovery 9.00 Newshour

10.00 Newsroom 10.20

Sports News 10.30 Business

11.00 News 11.06 HARDtalk

11.30 The Conversation 12.00

News 12.06am History Hour

1.00 News 1.06 Business

Matters 2.00 Newsroom 2.30

The Documentary 3.00 News

3.06 Outlook

6 Music

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7.30am Chris Hawkins 10.30

The Blessed Madonna

1.00pm Craig Charles 4.00

Huw Stephens 7.00 Ezra

Furman 9.00 Gideon Coe

12.00 In Their Own Words

1.00am Nick Cave and the

Birthday Party: Peel Sessions

Virgin Radio

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6.30am The Chris Evans

Breakfast Show 10.00 Eddy

Temple-Morris 1.00pm Tim

Cocker 4.00 Kate Lawler

7.00 Steve Denyer 10.00 Rich

Williams 1.00am Through

The Night 4.00 Sam Pinkham

Classic FM

FM: 100-102 MHz

6.00am Breakfast 9.00 Aled

Jones 1.00pm Marverine

Cole 5.00 John Brunning

7.00 Smooth Classics 9.00

My Classical DNA: Emeli

Sande. New series. Famous

faces reveal the impact of

classical music on their lives

10.00 Smooth Classics

1.00am Katie Breathwick

Today’s pick

Radio 4 Today:

Guest Editors

Radio 4, 6am

Christmas brings with it an

eye-catching array of guest

editors concentrating the

formidable firepower of the

Today programme on the

issues that matter most to

them. England’s Euro 2020

hero Raheem Sterling, right,

pioneering primatologist

Jane Goodall, farmer and

author James Rebanks,

departing chief of defence

staff General Sir Nick Carter

and House of Cards creator

Lord Dobbs are among this

year’s crop. Subjects range

from the Reclaim the Streets

movement to prostate cancer,

PTSD and how climate change

and poverty are inextricably

linked. Gabriel Tate

Monday 27

Film guide
Radio guide

Film4

FV 14 FS 300 SKY 313 VIRGIN 428

11.00am Ice Age: Collision

Course (U, 2016) Animated

sequel with the voices of Ray

Romano and Denis Leary

12.50pm Jason and the

Argonauts (U, 1963) Fantasy

starring Todd Armstrong

2.55 Wonder (PG, 2017)

Drama with Jacob Tremblay

5.05 Jumper (12, 2008)

Fantasy thriller starring

Hayden Christensen

6.50 Knight and Day (12,

2010) A woman is kidnapped

and dragged into a rogue

secret agent’s mission.

Comedy adventure starring

Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz

9.00 Atomic Blonde (15,

2017) An MI6 operative is sent

to Berlin before the fall of the

wall to investigate the murder

of a fellow agent. Spy thriller

starring Charlize Theron

11.15 Isle of Dogs (PG, 2018)

Animated adventure with the

voice of Bryan Cranston

1.20am-4.00 Wings of Desire

(15, 1987) Wim Wenders’

fantasy starring Bruno Ganz

Talking Pictures TV

FV 81 FS 306 SKY 328 VIRGIN 445

6.00am Blueprint for

Robbery (PG, 1960) Crime

drama starring J Pat O’Malley

7.45 Scarlet Web (15, 1954)

Drama starring John Griffith

9.00 Together

9.30 The Adventures

of William Tell

10.00 Views on Trial

10.30 The High and the

Mighty (U, 1954) Disaster

thriller starring John Wayne

1.30pm Love and War

2.00 Rooms Double bill

3.00 Moss Rose (PG, 1947)

Mystery with Peggy Cummins

4.40 Enter Inspector Duval

(U, 1961) Crime drama

starring Anton Diffring

6.00 Scotland Yard

6.35 The Big Day (PG, 1960)

Drama with Donald Pleasence

7.50 Look at Life

8.00 The Main Chance

9.00 Blame It on the Bellboy

(12, 1992) Comedy

starring Dudley Moore

10.35 The Fan (15, 1981)

Thriller starring Lauren Bacall

12.35am The Amazing

Howard Hughes (PG, 1977)

Biopic with Tommy Lee Jones

3.10 Dentist in the Chair

(U, 1960) Comedy

starring Bob Monkhouse

4.45-5.30 A Yank Comes Back

(U, 1949) Short film

GREAT! Movies

FV 33 FS 302 SKY 321 VIRGIN 425

9.00am Lord Jim (PG, 1964)

Adventure with Peter O’Toole

12.00 Burlesque (12, 2010)

Musical drama starring Cher

2.30pm How Do You Know

(12, 2010) Romantic

comedy starring Reese

Witherspoon and Paul Rudd

4.55 The Bounty Hunter

(12, 2010) Action comedy

starring Gerard Butler

7.05 The Cable Guy (12, 1996)

Comedy starring Jim Carrey

9.00 Edward Scissorhands

(PG, 1990) Fantasy

starring Johnny Depp

10.55-12.50am Human Traffic

(18, 1999) Comedy drama

starring John Simm

TCM Movies

SKY 315 VIRGIN 415

6.00am Hollywood’s Best

Film Directors Triple bill

7.45 TCM Shorts:

Ben Miller Off Set

8.05 Black Patch (PG, 1957)

Western starring

George Montgomery

9.50 Where Eagles Dare

(PG, 1968) Wartime adventure

starring Richard Burton

1.00pm Battle of the Bulge

(PG, 1965) Second World War

drama starring Robert Shaw

4.20 Raid on Rommel (15,

1971) Wartime adventure

starring Richard Burton

6.25 Off Set

6.40 Escape to Victory

(PG, 1981) Wartime adventure

starring Michael Caine

9.00 Passenger 57 (15, 1992)

Action thriller starring Wesley

Snipes and Bruce Payne

10.45-1.20am Jarhead (15,

2005) Drama starring Jake

Gyllenhaal and Jamie Foxx

Sky Cinema Premiere

SKY 301 VIRGIN 401

12.30pm Last Train to

Christmas (PG, 2021) Drama

2.20 The Suicide Squad (15,

2021) Adventure comedy

4.40 Daisy Quokka: World’s

Scariest Animal (U, 2020)

An optimistic quokka tries to

win the World’s Scariest

Games. Animation with the

voice of Angourie Rice

6.20 Peter Rabbit 2 (U, 2021)

Animated sequel with the

voice of James Corden

8.00 The Suicide Squad (15,

2021) Supervillains and a

rag-tag bunch of cons at Belle

Reve prison join a secret task

force. Comic-book adventure

comedy with Idris Elba

10.20-12.10am Last Train to

Christmas (PG, 2021) Festive

drama with Michael Sheen

John Simm in Human Traffic

(GREAT! Movies, 10.55pm)