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Katherine Jenkins's Classical Christmas

Monday 21 December on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ RADIO 2

Award-winning Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins hosts her own show, with a Christmas flavour

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Robbie Williams's Line Of Enquiry

Bank Holiday Monday 28 December on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ RADIO 2

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio 2 listeners ask the questions as former Take That member and multi-million-selling solo artist Robbie Williams discusses his ideal Christmas present and his thoughts on fatherhood

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The Best Of Adam And Joe

Christmas Eve Thursday 24 December on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ 6 MUSIC

Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish present the highlights from their Saturday morning Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ 6 Music show

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A Magical Manilow Christmas

Christmas Day Friday 25 December on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ RADIO 2

Self-confessed Christmas aficionado Barry Manilow invites listeners into his home in Palm Springs to brighten Christmas Day with a sprinkling of Californian sunshine

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Other festive highlights:

Saturday Play – The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz

Saturday 19 December on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ RADIO 4

Dorothy's famous quest to find her way back home is revisited in this new radio adaptation staring Emma Fielding and Zubin Varla

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Matilda

Sunday 20 December on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ RADIO 4

Lenny Henry narrates one of Roald Dahl's best-loved stories, Matilda, adapted by award-winning writer Charlotte Jones and starring Nicola McAuliffe, Claire Rushbrook and John Biggins

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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio 1 Festive Festival With Nick Grimshaw

Monday 21 December on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ RADIO 1

Nick Grimshaw hosts a night of festivities and live music from Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ's Maida Vale studios with performances from established and hotly tipped acts

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COMPOSERS OF THE YEAR 2009
Performance On 3 – Purcell At The Abbey

Tuesday 22 December on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ RADIO 3

James O'Donnell conducts the Choir of Westminster Abbey and St James's Baroque in music by the composer in one of the highlights of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio 3's year-long celebration of Purcell's music

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A Festival Of Nine Lessons And Carols

Christmas Eve Thursday 24 December on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ RADIO 4

This year the annual Festival Of Nine Lessons And Carols from King's College, Cambridge, which has been broadcast live since 1928, is directed by Stephen Cleobury

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James – My Alcoholic Friend

Christmas Eve Thursday 24 December on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ RADIO 5 LIVE

In a follow up to the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ One documentary Famous, Rich And Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵless, broadcast earlier this year, Annabel Croft goes back to the streets of London to track down a homeless man she befriended

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Performance On 3 – Messiah

Christmas Day Friday 25 December on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ RADIO 3

Laurence Cummings conducts English National Opera's new staged version of Handel's Messiah, directed by Deborah Warner

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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ RADIO 2'S ELVIS SEASON

Throughout the week on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ RADIO 2

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio 2 presents two weeks of special programming leading up to Friday 8 January 2010 – when Elvis Aaron Presley would have celebrated his 75th birthday

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Opera On 3 Live From The Met – Elektra

Boxing Day Saturday 26 December on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ RADIO 3

Fabio Luisi conducts soprano Susan Bullock in the title role of Richard Strauss's Elektra, live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York

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Saturday Play – Educating Rita

Boxing Day Saturday 26 December on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ RADIO 4

Willy Russell's award-winning comedy can be heard on radio for the first time, adapted by the author himself and starring Bill Nighy and Laura dos Santos

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Woman's Hour Drama – My Mad Grandad

Throughout the week on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ RADIO 4

Alison Steadman, Bernard Hill, Kenneth Cranham, Johnny Vegas, Gwyneth Powell and Matthew Kelly star in the late Mike Stott's play

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COMPOSERS OF THE YEAR 2009
Breakfast – Composers Of The Year With Rob Cowan

New Year's Eve Thursday 31 December on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ RADIO 3

Rob Cowan launches a special day dedicated to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio 3's Composers Of The Year: Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn; plus, later in the day, listeners can vote for their favourite

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Kermode And Mayo's Films Of The Year

New Year's Day Friday 1 January on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ RADIO 5 LIVE

Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode look back at the films of 2009

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Sound Of Snow And Ice

New Year's Day Friday 1 January on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ WORLD SERVICE

A documentary about the pioneering Jyväskylä School for the Visually Impaired in Finland

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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Television and Radio Programme Information Christmas pull-up publication dates are now available up to Week 4: Publication dates.