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TODAY’S RADIO
Blowing The Bloody Doors Off 9.45AM (FM), RADIO 4
Michael Caine wore surgical boots as a toddler because his poverty-stricken diet had given him rickets. Things got no better when, during the war, he was evacuated to the country, and lived with a family who starved him and locked him in a cupboard. Michael shares good and bad memories – as well as hard-won advice – in this week-long series. It’s a fascinating listen, and a boon to those wanting to perfect their Michael Caine impersonations.
Conversations From A Long Marriage At Christmas 11.30AM, RADIO 4
Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam play a couple who have been married for decades and yet, deep down underneath, are still the free spirits they were when they got together in the 1960s. We listen in as they open their cards and gossip about friends and neighbours.
The wife has planned some slightly untraditional activities for Christmas Day, but a late-night phone call scuppers her plans.
A Festival Of Nine Lessons And Carols 3PM, RADIO 4
On that first Christmas after the First World War, the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge proceeded through the College’s candlelit Chapel for a service that is now heard throughout the world.
Nine readings from the Bible will be interspersed with new and old carols, bringing the same message of peace that it did a century ago.
Matt Goss’s Christmas Crooners 12 MIDNIGHT, RADIO 2
Bros’s Matt Goss likes the festive songs the old crooners used to sing. He’ll gather up a selection by Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra and others to take you through the last bit of present-wrapping. SJ