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Christmas TV, Theatre from the Calais Jungle, Protecting live music.

Staying in or going out? Festive TV reviewed and how live music venues could be protected. Plus theatre from the Calais Jungle camp and the rise of the vinyl hipster.

As the Christmas TV schedules are finalised we round up the best festive telly. With Caroline Frost.

Do live music venues need protecting from inner-city property development? We debate a proposed "Agent of Change" law to do just that. With the Rt Hon John Spellar MP and Andrew Whitaker, Planning Director of the Home Builders Federation.

The young directors who brought theatre to the Jungle camp in Calais, Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, have now written a play about the experience. They discuss staging The Jungle at the Young Vic in London.

With news that sales of vinyl records have hit a new 25-year high, music writer Ben Wardle - a self-confessed middle-aged vinyl bore - expresses his concerns over his patch being a little threatened by a new breed of collector, the vinyl hipster.

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Helen Fitzhenry.

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Tue 12 Dec 201719:15
BBC Radio 4

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  • Christmas TV

    Duration: 06:14

  • Agent of Change

    Duration: 08:07

  • The Jungle

    Duration: 07:42

  • Vinyl Records

    Duration: 03:29

Christmas TV

Christmas TV

Credit: BBC

Doctor Who "Twice Upon a Time" is on BBC1 Christmas Day at 17:30
Victoria is on ITV Christmas Day 21:00
Miranda is on Channel 4 27 Dec 21:00

Main Image:
Peter Capaldi, Doctor Who Photo Credit: BBC
Jenna Coleman, Victoria Photo Credit: ITV
Miranda, Miranda Does Christmas Photo Credit: Ch. 4 / Jay Brooks

Young Vic

Young Vic

Rehearsing for The Jungle.
Young Vic 12 Dec - 9 Jan 2018

Photo Credit: David Sandison

Credits

PresenterKirsty Lang
Interviewed GuestCaroline Frost
Interviewed GuestJohn Spellar
Interviewed GuestAndrew Whitaker
Interviewed GuestJoe Murphy
Interviewed GuestJoe Robertson
Interviewed GuestBen Wardle
ProducerHelen Fitzhenry

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  • Tue 12 Dec 201719:15
    BBC Radio 4

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