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21/12/2025

Everything you need to know about London from architecture to accents and great music.

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Sun 21 Dec 202510:00
BBC Radio London

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Music Played

  • George Benson

    Take Five

    • Bad Benson.
    • Epic/Legacy.
    • 1.

  • Lou Rawls

    Merry Christmas Baby

    • Merry Christmas Baby.
    • Capitol Records.
    • 1.

  • Joni Mitchell

    River

    • Blue.
    • Rhino.
    • 8.

  • Nick Lowe

    Children Go Where I Send Thee

    • Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection for All the Family.
    • Yep Roc Records.
    • 1.

  • Nat King Cole

    The Christmas Song

    • It's Christmas.
    • EMI.
    • 20.

  • Khruangbin

    Christmas Time Is Here

    • Christmas Time Is Here.
    • Dead Oceans/ Night Time Stories.
    • 1.

  • Rod Stewart, CeeLo Green & Trombone Shorty

    Merry Christmas, Baby

    • Merry Christmas, Baby.
    • Verve.
    • 5.

  • Mary Gauthier

    Christmas in Paradise

    • Mercy Now.
    • Lost Highway/IGA.
    • 4.

  • Bob Dylan

    Must Be Santa

    • Bob Dylan - Christmas Song Book.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 01.

  • Smith & Burrows

    When The Thames Froze

    • Funny Looking Angels.
    • Play It Again Sam.
    • 2.

  • Eartha Kitt

    Santa Baby

    • The Essential Eartha Kitt Collection, Vol. 1.
    • Top Tracks.
    • 2.

  • Dean Martin

    Winter Wonderland

    • Dean Martin's Greatest Christmas Hits.
    • Bringins Music.
    • 1.

  • Clare Teal

    A Little Whisky

    • Jing, Jing-a-Ling.
    • MUD Records.
    • 5.

  • Otis Redding

    White Christmas

    • Pure Southern Soul.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 40.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town

    • Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas (Deluxe Edition).
    • Verve.
    • 2.

  • Aretha Franklin

    This Christmas

    • This Christmas.
    • Universal Music Enterprises.
    • 2.

  • David Bowie & Bing Crosby

    Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy

    • Christmas With Bing Crosby.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 05.

  • The Springfields

    Jingle Bells

    • Introducing the Springfields, Vol. 4.
    • Top Tracks.
    • 12.

  • Samara Joy

    Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

    • Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.
    • Verve.
    • 1.

  • Greg Lake

    I Believe In Father Christmas

    • Now That's What I Call Christmas.
    • Now! Music.
    • 16.

  • Luther Vandross

    Every Year, Every Christmas

    • The Classic Christmas Album.
    • Epic/Legacy.
    • 8.

  • The Ronettes

    Sleigh Ride

    • Phil Spector's Christmas Album.
    • CHRYSALIS.
    • 10.

  • East 17

    Stay Another Day

    • Stay Another Day (30th Anniversary Remaster).
    • London Records (Because Ltd).
    • 01.

  • Tony Bennett

    Silver Bells (feat. Count Basie Big Band)

    • A Swingin' Christmas.
    • RPM Records/Columbia.
    • 2.

  • Jamie Cullum & Tom Richards

    Beautiful, Altogether

    • The Pianoman at Christmas.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Andy Williams

    It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

    • Ultimate Christmas.
    • Legacy Recordings.
    • 01.

  • The Waitresses

    Christmas Wrapping

    • THE NO.1 CHRISTMAS ALBUM.
    • POLYGRAM TV.
    • 20.

  • Gavin Bryars

    Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet

    • Bryars: Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet.
    • Zaleski Enterprises Ltd.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sun 21 Dec 202510:00
    BBC Radio London