Producer: Matthew Mills. Despite a general drop in grades, around a third of GCSEs taken in the capital received the best grades, compared with a quarter or less in most other English regions. Another chance to hear The Blues Show with Ronnie Wood ahead of a Rolling Stones celebration on Radio 2 featuring an extended cut of Rolling with The Stones from 9pm to 12am on Christmas Day. Preeya Kalidas is joined by choreographer Anthony Van Laast, author Meera Syal, actor Raza Jaffrey and others to relive their memories of the Andrew Lloyd Webber-produced musical, Bombay Dreams, 20 years since it first opened in the West End at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. Soul Music: I Believe In Father Christmas. Fewer pupils gain top A-Level Religious Education results, bucking the national trend. We saw war break out in Europe, record high energy, fuel and food prices, increasing interest rates and in parts of the world total financial meltdown. Plus his memoir written with Angela Pell, A Normal Family - everyday adventure with our autistic son.
Or even, strange as it may seem, by the roving street performers Jack Point and Elsie Maynard? Delia…Rosalind Ayres. 0 festive episode, as well as brand new episodes of Scarlett Moffatt Wants To Believe, The Big Green Money Show and Uncanny, all featuring as part of BBC Sounds Christmas offering. Three London students celebrate bucking national trend with GCSE results. Mica says: "It was a joy to bring the classic gospel sounds of Christmas to Radio 2 listeners last year so I'm thrilled to be returning and delighted that the wonderful Emeli Sandé will be joining me. Saturday 24 December, 3pm - 4. Desert Island Discs marks the end of its 80th birthday year with three special castaways. Henry Normal: A Normal Home. At least part of that dream came true when Oritsé and his band, JLS, were runners-up in a national talent contest. Would you like a good laugh after another challenging year?
Victoria all but invented the one-woman show, with her trademark warmth and intelligent humour. Monday to Friday 6-9am; 7-9am Saturday. This includes Iain Burnside reviewing new releases with music by Mascagni, Mahler and Bach and Tom Service choosing his favourite recording of Beethoven's Symphony No. In 2021, Maya released her third studio album Night Creature, as well as co-producing a song on Sting's album The Bridge. Specially composed Music: A-Mnemonic. Christmas with Stacey Dooley. BBC Radio and BBC Sounds to bring festive joy, magical stories and musical treats for audiences this Christmas - Media Centre. Bernard Herrmann: Tim McInnerny. Junior Choice was a huge part of my childhood and as a little girl I would sit glued to the wireless waiting for Sparky's Magic Piano to come on. Previous guests on The Collection: Peel Acres include Damon Albarn, Nabihah Iqbal, Adam Buxton, DJ Mafalda, Erol Elkan, Nubiya Garcia and Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet). Actress, comedian and presenter Mel Giedroyc joins the BBC Singers and their Principal Guest Conductor Bob Chilcott to narrate the UK premiere of Grammy-nominated composer Benedict Sheehan's adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol. The song was performed by Orbital/Graeae Theatre Company and broadcast worldwide by the BBC at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympics.
Plus, New Music Fix - 6 Music's weekly guide to the best new releases - rounds up the best tracks of 2022 with special Best Of The Year's New Music playlists. 2023 marks the 400th anniversary of the English composer William Byrd, who is hailed as being one of finest of the European late Renaissance. Sunday Night is Music Night. But at least there's one thing that's not controversial: the football world cup in Qatar. Radio 1 Happy: Christmas Party! Rolling With The Stones. Three london students celebrate bucking national trend with top marks addition. Presenter: Colin Murray. The popular advice podcast continues to be welcomed by listeners and critics: "Both are warm and kind enough to not only be funny but also offer genuinely thoughtful, if leftfield, advice" (Miranda Sawyer, The Observer). Directed and Produced by Allegra McIlroy. Across four nights, Ken Bruce looks back at the best of Radio 2's Piano Room in these two-hour collections. The Visitor - James Purefoy. What do live there are reindeers. There are vivid cultural references to the times, from Sylvia Plath's grave to Terrence Trent D'arby, and the film Barfly. Environmental historian Bathsheba Demuth travels to the Arctic ice and tundra to show how humans and animals together have shaped its landscape and history.
Producer: Shola Aleje. Produced by Clare Salisbury for BBC Audio West & Wales. Madeleine Turner, from Liphook, got eight A*s and two As and is going to Alton College to study biology, chemistry, maths and psychology and plans to study biology at university. BBC Orchestras and Choirs. King Charles III delivers his first Christmas message to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.
It is here where Horatio reflects on the strange but wonderful experience of walking in dense fog, with its muted sounds and shifting perspectives. Her closing words, as she ended the live broadcast after the service at St George's Chapel, Windsor, moved many of the millions viewing at the time. It is based around nine Bible readings which tell the story of the loving purposes of God. The Arts Hour New Year International Comedy Special will be compered by South African comedian Tumi Morake. Three london students celebrate bucking national trend with top marks. Production co-ordinators: Sarah Tombling and Sarah Wright. Established just over two decades ago the New Generation Artists scheme is acknowledged internationally as the foremost programme of its kind. 1Xtra's R&B Chill: A Timeless Christmas: Nadia Jae curates a mix of smooth Christmas classics from R&B legends. The Victoria Wood Songbook. Live at OVO Arena Wembley. The Nutcracker Christmas.
London's Tavistock House is reputable for having been the home of three eccentric creatives: the Mancunian painter Frank Stone, writer and actor Charles Dickens, and Victorian England's notorious amateur soprano and litigant, Georgina Weldon. Presenter: Maya Jane Coles. Cat Deeley will host the live countdown - The Ultimate Take That Song - on New Year's Day in a show which will also feature the band with new and archive interviews, plus fans such as Olly Murs and Sam Bailey talking about many of the songs which have been voted into the chart. Three london students celebrate bucking national trend with top marks multiplication. For many people it's a comforting song conjuring images of nostalgic picture postcard Christmases of childhood spent in the ambience of Christmas tree lights and candles with "eyes full of tinsel and fire". Sees Poet and Mimi The Music Blogger impress Babatunde Aléshé with their Christmas Day selections. Gwendoline Christie ….. Produced and created by Bill Dare. Throughout 2022, Radio 2 Piano Room has given listeners a host of live music experiences to remember.
English National Opera's new staging of Gilbert & Sullivan's most heartfelt collaboration.