Generally not wall to wall Christmas music, but former host Val Pilkington and current host Sam Oakley serve up a pretty good mix of familiar classical music and Christmas tunes, sometimes with moving dedications from listeners.
A comedy compendium, hosted by David Jason, aka Granville from "Open All Hours", Del Trotter from "Only Fools and Horses", Detective Frost, etc etc and a Christmas Comedy special from 2011, what he refers to as a "the wonderland that is festive comed
This was from a Podcast called "Grandpa's Ipod"; "Stump Us" is a musical program where listeners send in requests for music which the panel has to play from memory. I have never located any other episodes of this program, it's quite interesting - an
Christmas Reunion. December 25, 1943. NBC net. Sustaining. The program opens with a chorus singing, "Joy To The World," from London. Soldiers at the Red Cross Club (Picadilly Circus) tell how they plan to spend the day. A remote from Bethleham, the
"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!". . . .
Time for the 13th Annual "Hegel's Holiday Happenin'" (or, as some would say, "Hegel's Holiday Hell!" -- hohoho).
Having posted these in groups "by year" for 7 years, I'm trying something differen
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The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving. ~H.U. Westermayer
Well, it's not Old Time Radio, it's not a podcast, it's not comedy or drama or mystery or just history or documentary or music; it's a little bit of a lot of things & I still think this is the most appropriate group for it, so...
Charles Dickens classic, "A Christmas Carol," in a full cast dramatization
As much a part of Christmas as mistletoe, Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" warms the heart of listeners with its tale of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge.
A charming and most interesting programme of Christmas music from KCME-FM's weekly "hour-long voyage of discovery into twentieth century music during which you will enjoy some of the finest music you'll ever hear".
Straight from Usenet to Times Past, I bring you this Thanksgiving's Treat from Hegel at Usenet. From the write-up it looks like this is Hegel's last year of this fine OTR Tradition, so enjoy them while you have them. Happy Thanksgiving from me al
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BBC Radio 2 is running an interesting four-part programme about unusual English and Welsh traditions of carolling. Part One was broadcast this evening, the 21st December, and the rest will be on succeeding evenings up until Christmas Eve. I'll try to
Here's a nice half-hour programme that BBC Radio 4 broadcast on Christmas Day in 1983. the actress Kathy Staff visits two of the villages on the outskirts of Sheffield where a unique and rather wonderful tradition of carol-singing thrives in the publ
"A Child's Christmas in Wales"
Dylan Thomas' classic lyrical tale recalls the cats, uncles and useless presents of Welsh Christmases past.
By ReadDylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) began his writing career as a journalist in his native town of S
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