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12:00am - 2:00am
Ho Ho Hoenn Sound Christmas Special
Tech the Halls: a slowed down Christmas techno special by SJ Wilson. From pounding, pulsating techno jams to slow, chuggy, mesmerising soundscapes designed for the early hours of the morning.
2:00am - 3:30am
The Sound Projector Radio Show
[Repeated from Friday 5.30pm.] A showcase for records of contemporary experimental and underground music, hosted by Ed Pinsent. Tonight: The final Sound Projector show for 2018 and our Christmas Special. A song-based show drawn from Ed's personal favourites, including rock, pop, singer-songwriters, chanson and folk-rock from the 1970s and 1980s, plus a few surprise tracks. Visit thesoundprojector.com/radio-show/ for more information.
3:30am - 4:00am
Hungry Earth
An urban horror radio drama. The last man on the Heygate Estate knows he will have to leave soon, the gangs and the council will drive him out before the summer is done. Before that though he would see his gardens bloom one more time, and he would like to exact just one more act of bloody revenge. Written and directed by Lance Dann. Narrated by Alan Gilchrist. Music by Hywel Payne and Black Swan.
4:00am - 4:30am
Smashing Records
[Repeated from Wednesday 3.30pm.] A series marking Disability History Month. Abs Tripp from DASL and Carers Hub Lambeth discusses how music fires people up to jump higher, ride further and shout louder. This week, it's an all dancing, all drumming show with Tony B and his ‘Happy Drums’ and Husnara Zaman ‘twerking’. Hear how they get everyone moving at Pop Brixton and other great Lambeth spaces. No vinyl was harmed in the making of this show.
5:00am - 6:00am
A Duck in a Tree
[Repeated from Saturday 7pm.] The :zoviet * france: radio show.
6:00am - 7:00am
The News Agents
[Repeated from Saturday 2.30pm.] Experiments in news and arts with Jude Cowan Montague. Today: Three Wise Women. Jude Cowan Montague (The News Agents), Umia K and Shabsi Mann are the Three Wise Women - talking about the story of Mary in the nativity and what it means in terms of their lives as women - and atheists - living in London. First broadcast 25 December 2017.
7:00am - 8:00am
The London Ear
[Repeated from Thursday 12pm.] Wide ranging cultural salon hosted by ghostwriter and critic Ben Thompson. This week, Christmas with Cadet - Soulful Strings aficionado Wesley Stace takes us on an enchanted sleigh-ride through the back catalogue of producer Richard Evans. For further information visit @btfoshizzle on Twitter and find playlists at Ben Thompson.
8:00am - 9:00am
The Outerglobe
[Repeated from Thursday 6.30pm.] Debbie Golt takes African music and wider arts and culture as her starting point. This week, a musical feast with tunes barely out of the studio alongside classics and favourites – listen out for Ustad Saami, Ensemble Fanaa, Namvula and Jah 9. Plus an update on some outstanding exhibitions.
9:00am - 10:00am
Talking Africa
[Repeated from Thursday 1pm.] A magazine show covering African development issues hosted by Sonny Decker. This week: The founder/director of Alliance Afrik Femme Congo, Helene Suana, talks about her work supporting women and refugee rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. See mixcloud.com/talkingafrica for more Talking Africa shows.
10:30am - 11:30am
The Workplace
N.N.D. and guests discuss all aspects of work and workplaces. Today: Team Dulcimer: Music to our Ears. Ahead of the Bolshoi Ballet performance of The Winter’s Tale in Moscow in February 2019, NND talks to dulcimer maker Tim Manning and musician Gregory Knowles about the team-work involved in developing a portable dulcimer to accurately depict the spirit of the ballet. [Repeated Sunday 12pm.]
11:30am - 12:00pm
Hot Club du Monde
[Repeated from Thursday 7.30pm.] A Baedeker tour of international musical curiosities from the 78rpm era with Oliver Carter-Wakefield.
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Ireland's Eye
Johnny Jameson takes a break from his on-going touring schedule to present a Christmas show dedicated the latest from the Irish country music scene plus requests, dedications, news and more. Contact johnnyjameson@hotmail.co.uk. [Repeated Wednesday 6pm.]
1:00pm - 2:00pm
The Relatively Good Christmas Radio Show
[Repeated from Sunday 3pm.] Cousins Richard Guard and Anna Crockatt celebrate the capital's past, present and future in the show where everything is live. With regulars Buffalo Bill, Alex The Greek and Mickey Science.
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Bears At A Picnic Naked And Laughing
Andrea Spisto and Michelle Madsen explore themes of playfulness and vulnerability through music, poetry, performance and clowning. Michelle and Andrea turn on the taps and invite you to take a bath with them as they reflect on the year that's been and the one yet to come. Featuring the hot tap, bathtime tarot, and experiments with ASMR, oh and a cameo from our wonderful engineer. Tune in, turn on, pour in the bubbles and get ready to relax. [Repeated Saturday 12pm.]
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Blood Culture
Another chance to hear Resonance's iTunes chart topping high-octane, award-winning drama serial, produced by Lance Dann. A'isha (Chetna Pandya) is just about holding down her job at tech giant Meta, until her old friend Livi (Bryony Afferson) appears in a rage and denounces their boss Richard Dreyer (Jack Klaff) as a murderer. Then she has to face up to what she has become, the lies that are woven in her past and the terrifying truth of what Meta are doing... Supported by The Wellcome Trust. (2/5.)
4:00pm - 5:00pm
The Outerglobe Christmas Special
Debbie Golt takes African music and wider arts and culture as her starting point. Visit outerglobe.co.uk. Tweet to @outerglobe. [Repeated Sunday 7pm.]
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Down The Rabbit Hole Christmas Special
A seasonal edition of the show, celebrating the richness of children's books. Hosts Melissa Cox and Imogen Russell Williams are joined by editor Lauren Fortune and author-illustrator-designer Jack Noel for festive readings and their Books Of The Year. Visit http://dtrhradio.com for more information. Tweet @dtrhradio. [Repeated Thursday 2pm.]
6:00pm - 6:30pm
Christmas Night: A Radio Musical
Christmas Night is a new musical play composed for radio by Patrick Wray. A surreal and hilarious meditation on Christmas, it mixes kitchen sink comedy drama with traditional yuletide references and catchy songs. [Repeated Friday 9pm.]
6:30pm - 10:30pm
The Sentence
First broadcast 7 May 2018. A reading of Alistair Fruish's monumental work 'The Sentence,' recorded live at The British Library on 25 March 2018. 'The Sentence' is made up of just one sentence of 46,000 one-syllable words. It’s experimental but also a moving, beautiful and mind altering experience; a grime 'Under Milk Wood' for the 21st century. Readers: Tommy Calderbank, Cee Smith, Graham Gavin, Jeff Young, Rebecca Hearne, and members of the audience. Directed by Daisy Campbell. Recorded by Ana Bartolomeu-Martins and Clark Henry-Brown and edited by Tom Grashion. Thanks to Jon Fawcett, Head of Events, The British Library. Preceded by a discussion introducing the work, with Alistair Fruish and Daisy Campbell in conversation with Ed Baxter.
11:00pm - 12:00am
Partial Recall
First broadcast 3 August 2018 and repeated by way of introduction to our From The Archives Specials all this holiday: 20 years ago in June and July 1998, the first manifestation of Resonance FM took place on 107.3FM, broadcasting from the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre. Instigated and curated by Phil England and Ed Baxter for London Musicians' Collective, this Resonance was a month long “art gallery of the airwaves”. Partial Recall is a specially commissioned feature made by Erik Lintunen in which some of the contributors to the inaugural Resonance 1998 RSL broadcasts recall what it felt like and what perhaps it meant. Featuring Ed and Phil, Peter Blegvad, Viv Corringham, Marion Coutts, Ivor Kallin, Caroline Kraabel, Andy Lowe, and the Southbank Centre's David Sefton.
12:00am - 8:00am
From the Archives
20 years ago in June and July 1998, the first manifestation of Resonance FM took place on 107.3FM, broadcasting from the Royal Festival Hall. Instigated and curated by Phil England and Ed Baxter for London Musicians' Collective, this Resonance was a month long “art gallery of the airwaves”. Here we present a selection of those original broadcasts. All timings approximate, in keeping with the spirit of the original.