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Starting on Christmas Eve and continuing throughout Boxing Day, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 1 broadcasts the Top 10s of 2010 – a series of one-hour shows presented by some of the biggest stars of the past year.

James Corden, Matt Smith and Karen Gillan and Tinie Tempah will star in the first installment.

In each show, the celebrity guest presenters have a single hour to take over Radio 1's airwaves and play the 10 favourite tracks that remind them of the year.

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Join Target live on Christmas Eve, from 7pm, kicking off a 12-hour marathon, with the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 1Xtra DJ family in continuous mix from 9pm. With Guilty Pleasures being the running theme, DJs including Semtex, CJ Beatz and Bailey take listeners on a musical journey through to 7am on Christmas Day.

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As listeners wind up for the festive period and eat the last mince pies in the office, they can kick start the Christmas fun and laughter at Alan Carr's Office Party. Forget the last-minute stresses and strains of Christmas Eve – dashing to the shops, making sure the food's ready to go, wrapping the presents – and enjoy Alan's last festive bash before the big day.

Alan brings his popular Saturday night Going Out show to weekday ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2 – and it's a corker. There are laughs and live music and a chance to sing with Alan in "Carr-aoke" and to play Alan's Festive Telly Quiz.

Alan and co-host Melanie Sykes dish out advice and a sympathetic ear to those who want to get their own office party experiences off their chests. And they'll even help make all those important last-minute present-buying and preparation decisions.

All of that, plus tons of Alan's favourite dance, pop and seasonal songs gets everyone in the Christmas spirit, as the countdown to the big day reaches its climax.

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Bradley Walsh, Barbara Windsor, Emma Barton, Samantha Womack, Kerry Ellis, Russ Abbot, Lee Mead and Bernard Cribbins sing a tribute to Lionel Bart at the Hackney Empire

Barbara Windsor hosts this celebration of the work of composer Lionel Bart, marking the 80th anniversary of his birth. Everybody knows a Lionel Bart song: A Handful Of Songs; Living Doll; From Russia With Love; Far Away; Happy Endings; 'Fings Ain't What They Used To Be; As Long As He Needs Me; and Consider Yourself – to name just a few.

Recorded at Lionel's beloved Hackney Empire, Barbara presents this very special concert. And, joining Barbara on stage is a glittering array of stars from stage and screen including: Russ Abbot; Kerry Ellis; Bradley Walsh; Lee Mead; EastEnders' Samantha Womack and Emma Barton; and national treasure Bernard Cribbins. Also featured are the children from the Sylvia Young Stage School, including the West End's current Artful Dodger, Joe Wolstenholme and Capital Voices. There is also the 70-piece ´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra, conducted by Richard Balcombe.

The show features songs from Lionel's vast repertoire, including his musicals Blitz, Maggie May, Twang and, of course, Oliver! And, for a festive treat, Bernard Cribbins takes his audience back to the days of Jackanory with ... what else could it be but a story.

And there's a chance to hear from the cast in the interval too. Listeners are invited behind the scenes and join the all-star cast as they talk to Neil Rosser during rehearsals. They discuss Lionel Bart, the man and his music and the making of tonight's show. And Barbara reminisces about her friendship with Lionel and how delighted she is that ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2 is paying tribute to him.

Barbara Windsor says: "I am delighted to be paying tribute to my great mate, Li, in this wonderful Radio 2 show. I know Li would have been thrilled."

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Paul Gambaccini presents this documentary about Kenny Everett's influential radio work. Kenny's first love was always "the wireless" because he knew the pictures would always be better...

This programme hears how and why Kenny fell under the spell of radio, his first approach to the Beeb, broadcasting on pirate Radio London, finding Where It's At on the Light Programme and the innovation – and trouble – he created at ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 1. There are comments from Kenny's early ´óÏó´«Ã½ champions Johnny Beerling and Angela Bond. His pirate and Capital Radio colleague Dave Cash also discusses Kenny's craft.

The creation of what Everett called "the fiddly bits" has had an enormous impact on generations of DJs. Kenny loved the technical side of radio and used phasing, stereo trickery, editing and sound effects to create his memorable jingles, Singalonga Beatles Tracks and audio competitions. Inspired by Fifties radio adventure Journey Into Space, Kenny created his own sci-fi serial – "with smut, jokes and sound effects" – Captain Kremmen. His other characters included Chris P Bacon, Rock Salmon (Masked Accountant), his "Gran" and butler Crisp. This combination of humour with innovative production impressed ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2's Steve Wright, who describes the impact of Kenny's shows.

Kenny's love of music was always at the forefront of his programmes. His shows bubbled with surprises: from the "tuney" bits of classical music to the awful but hilarious "Bottom Thirty" records suggested by his listeners for "The World's Worst Wireless Show".

Presenter Paul Gambaccini says: "Kenny Everett was the best of us. It was no surprise that the entire profession turned out for his funeral. All the radio stars of his time recognized his genius. Kenny was a master of both preparation and spontaneity. He had both wit and technical skill. He loved both music and comedy. He was the only one of us who used the studio instead of just tolerating it. He was a wonderful one-off, a great presenter and a fine friend. "

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Nine Alternative Lessons And Carols provides a complementary celebration to the traditional Bible readings and carols with nine modern stories of Christmas that have been specially commissioned from writers including Willy Russell, Ian McMillan and Simon Armitage.

Among the stories is an account of a rough sleeper's Christmas in a doorway and a narrative about a soldier's wife reading her beau's last letter home. The tales are read by well-known actors and performers including Bob Hoskins, Sean Bean, Zoe Wanamaker and Noddy Holder. Each story is accompanied by a Christmas song.

This is the omnibus edition of the nine stand-alone stories that have been broadcast, one per day, on the Ken Bruce and Jeremy Vine's shows earlier this week.

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Canadian pianist Louis Lortie offers a tour-de-force to end this year of Chopin celebrations, performing all of the composer's études, including the two sets of eloquent and dazzling showpieces and the composer's final set of three Nouvelles études.

Presenter/Katie Derham, Producer/Lindsay Pell

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As part of the 25th annual Christmas Festival from St John's, Smith Square, London, the Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment are joined by Polyphony and conducted by Stephan Layton to perform Handel's Messiah.

Elin Manahan Thomas sings soprano, Iestyn Davies sings counter-tenor, James Gilchrist sings tenor, Neal Davies sings bass and Stephen Layton conducts.

Presenter/Martin Handley, Producer/Anthony Sellors

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English folk-singer Kate Rusby

Mary Ann Kennedy presents a special Christmas Eve edition with all the latest CDs from around the globe and contemporary English folk-singer Kate Rusby, recorded at the Royal Festival Hall in London, with a showcase of South Yorkshire village carols.

Presenter/Mary Ann Kennedy, Producer/Dean Craven

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Author and broadcaster Martin Wainwright sets off to give his seasonal best wishes to the Morris Minor.

Shaped like a jelly mould, with glowing orange figures for indicators and a speedometer that looks like a clock on a mantelpiece, it became the first British car to sell a million.

The special edition car to celebrate that event is 50 years old this December – and Martin gets to meet the owners and coo over the most stylish and rarest Morris Minor of all.

In addition, he conducts a choir of Morris Minor horns, with the distinctive "raspberry" from the exhaust, in a special rendition of Jingle Bells.

Presenter/Martin Wainwright, Producer/Janet Graves for Pennine Productions LLP

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A Festival Of Nine Lessons And Carols

Christmas Eve Friday 24 December

3.00-4.30pm ´óÏó´«Ã½ RADIO 4

The traditional Christmas Eve service of A Festival Of Nine Lessons And Carols is broadcast, live, from the candlelit chapel of King's College, Cambridge.

The much-loved sequence of carols and readings includes this year's new carol commission by Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara.

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15 Minute Musical Ep 1/7

Christmas Eve Friday 24 December

6.15-6.30pm ´óÏó´«Ã½ RADIO 4

This seven-part comedy series takes an identifiable public figure and gives them a West End musical make over.

Bruce Forsythe is the subject of the first fabricated story set to music and it sees him in the role of Dr Who as Master Of The Teatime Lord, featuring music by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radiophonic Workshop.

Others who are given a comedic West End musical make-over include Ed Miliband, Fabio Capello, the Coalition and Ant and Dec. The Queen also features in a 15 Minute Musical which sees her look back at the public figures she's met during 2010.

The series stars Richie Webb, Dave Lamb and Jess Robinson. It is written by Richie Webb, Dave Cohen and David Quantick and the music production is by Matt Katz.

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In the final episode of this series, Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis host a satirical seasonal special in which they take a humorous look back at 2010.

Steve and Hugh are joined by Mitch Benn, Marcus Brigstocke, Jon Holmes, Laura Shavin and a special guest, for a pantomime edition of the topical comedy show.

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Jonathan Dimbleby introduces a starry cast performance from St Martin in the Fields but all is not as it seems...

Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol has been widely adapted and dramatised but never quite like this before.

An all-star cast gathers to bring the timeless allegory to life in Marley Was Dead, a piece of spoof radio.

It is Christmas Eve and listeners are about to hear a starry cast performance of A Christmas Carol from St Martin in the Fields, introduced by Jonathan Dimbleby. At least, they think they are...

Jonathan Dimbleby, speaking from the balcony, introduces the production and the stellar cast: Sir Ian McKellen as Scrooge; Sir Patrick Stewart as the Narrator; David Tennant as Bob Cratchit and so forth. Sir Simon Rattle conducts.

But a few seconds into the play itself – just after listeners hear the famous opening lines "Marley was dead", things take an unexpected turn for the worse. What follows next is screwball comedy in the finest tradition.

Marley Was Dead is written and narrated by John Nicholson and Richard Katz, who also star as the Narrator and Scrooge, respectively. Javier Marzan plays Bob Cratchit; Sirine Saba plays Farhana; Sophie Russell plays Claire; Joshua Swinney plays Oliver; Martha Katz plays Martha; and Jesse Katz plays Jesse.

Special guests include: Jonathan Dimbleby; Richard Madeley; Charlotte Green; Edward Kelsey; Peter Purves; Gwyneth Williams; Dara O Brian; Chris Evans; and Martha and Jesse Katz.

The play is devised by touring comic theatre company, Peepolykus (pronounced: people-like-us).

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Midnight Mass

Christmas Eve Friday 24 December

11.30pm-12.45am ´óÏó´«Ã½ RADIO 4

This year's Midnight Mass is broadcast, live, from St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham, and is presided over by the Archbishop of Birmingham, The Rt Rev Bernard Longley.

The Cathedral Singers, many of whom are staff and students at the Birmingham Conservatoire, sing under the direction of organist and director of music David Saint.

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Victoria Derbyshire and Colin Murray take a look at highlights from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 5 Live's expeditions around the country in 2010.

The programme encompasses everything from: Septemberfest in the North East to Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode's film show, live, in Mark's favourite cinema in North London; from Richard Bacon's shows from the Edinburgh Festival to Colin Murray live in Blackpool before the start of their Premier League campaign.

Victoria and Colin reflect on debates hosted in the run up to the General Election. And there are also some lively highlights from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 5 Live's outside broadcasts at the three major party conferences this year.

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Peter Allen and guests from all sides of Westminster look back at the formation of Britain's first coalition government since the Second World War.

Presenter/Peter Allen, Producer/John Cary

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Colin Murray looks ahead to a full programme of Boxing Day fixtures in the Premier League and the Scottish Premier League.

At 8pm, Mark Chapman and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 5 Live's team of sports correspondents look back at the key sporting moments of the year in Sport Review Of The Year. From the World Cup to the Ryder Cup via the Formula 1 title-race and a controversial summer of cricket, the team takes a look at the main events that made 2010 a memorable sporting year.

Presenters/Colin Murray and Mark Chapman, Producer/Mike Carr

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This programme documents the story of three British 16 year olds, who traded in a week of their UK Summer holidays to spend it in the one of India's most disadvantaged areas – the slums of Chennai.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Asian Network Report Special – A Week In The Slums, records the teenagers' time in a region infamous for its cramped conditions. Investigating the livelihoods of the locals, the British youngsters discover that many of the basic amenities that we take for granted such as water, electricity and drainage are sparse in this deprived region. In the sweltering August temperatures, the documentary follows their journeys through the week, looking at how they survive in an environment so different from home.

This programme was first broadcast on the network in August.

Presenter/Divya Tulwar, Producer/Nicola Humphries

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