A Very British Christmas
A kaleidoscopic audio portrait of Christmas Day 2024, made up entirely of crowdsourced voice note recordings from across Britain.
What does Christmas Day mean to you?
This raw, kaleidoscopic audio portrait, made up entirely from voice notes recordings, tracks the emotional contours of the day as it unfolds.
Through midnight churchgoing and moments of quiet reflection to frenetic gift-giving, culinary chaos and karaoke, the programme evokes and questions our own multifarious experiences of what Christmas Day ‘means’.
Variously boozy, silly, sad, excited, warm, lonely, deeply spiritual and endearingly humanistic – the contributions chart a cross section of modern Britain, encompassing heartfelt-stories, accidental field recordings, impromptu songs and audio diary entries.
With special thanks to all those who recorded their Christmas Day for us in 2024. Original music and sound design by James Bonney.
Producer: James Bonney
Mix: Mike Woolley
Executive Producer: Olivia Humphreys
An Overcoat Media production for BBC Radio 4
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Producer | James Bonney |
| Executive Producer | Olivia Humphreys |
| Production Company | Overcoat Media |
Broadcasts
- Sun 21 Dec 202519:15BBC Radio 4
- Christmas Day 202513:15BBC Radio 4
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