Alison Steadman - The Twelve Tweets of Christmas 12 of 12
Alison Steadman provides a seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period.
During this season of goodwill our thoughts turn to crackling fires, being with the family and for many a song or a carol to bring merriment to the colder days. Tweet of the Day has been entertaining early morning listeners to the Radio 4 schedule every day since 2013, but this Christmas we will delight in an avian offering of the well known song the Twelve Days of Christmas.
Reaching the the final verse of the song brings a requirement for twelve drummers drumming. As actress Alison Steadman recalls, is that the sound of drumming a distant drum-roll I can hear? Or maybe just a male snipe on an amorous fly by?
Producer : Andrew Dawes
Photograph: Steve Waddingham.
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- Sun 31 Dec 201708:58BBC Radio 4
- Tue 31 Dec 201905:58BBC Radio 4
- Fri 30 Dec 202205:58BBC Radio 4
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