Our Christmas Schedule 2025
12am The Monday Night Mixtape: A continuous music mix throughout the night
6am The Monday Breakfast Show.
9am The Monday Brunch. More great music from the TCBR music vault.
12pm Steve Langdale's Duck Custard with Stuart Rouse.
2pm The Monday Afternoon Mix: Another great selection of music from the TCBR music vault.
4pm Rachel Gallehawk's Happy Hour: Double Bill
5pm Rachel Gallehawk's Christmas Happy Hour
6pm The Ian Evans Show. Takes a look at 90s metal, alternative rock and grunge
7pm Neil Woodbridge Presents: Michael Peart Actor. Micheal Peart popped in to TCBR Towers to talk about his acting career and to play some of his favourite tunes from the 60,s 70’s ,80’s and 90’s.
8:30pm Songs Inspired by Books with Rachel Gallehawk. Rachel takes a look at songs from across the decades inspired by books. Songs from The Cure, Mumford and Sons, Kate Bush, Jefferson Airplane, REM, Blur, Tears for Fears, Ed Sheeran and more feature.
10pm Downtempo & Music For Insomniacs
12am The Tuesday Night Mixtape: A continuous music mix throughout the night
6am The Tuesday Breakfast Show.
9am The Tuesday Brunch. More great music from the TCBR music vault.
12 Midday (New) Robin Bailey: Music & Memories. Robin Bailey presents a new show with hits from a the 60s through to the 2020s and marries it together with the news and stories around when those tracks were released.
2pm The Tuesday Afternoon Mix: Another great selection of music from the TCBR music vault.
4pm John Harris' Humbug Christmas with Lee Castle. Another chance to hear John's non stop Christmas music show from 2022. includes: Darlene Love, Ella Fitzgerald, The Ronettes, Nat 'King' Cole, Boney M, Slade, Whitney Houston and more.
6pm Jeff Martin A&R Show. I’ll be featuring album tracks and rarities plus some new release including independent and unsigned bands. Playing song across the decades and multi genre. So, if you are fed up with the same old, same old tune into the Jeff Martin A&R Show. Looking for something different then you’re in the right place.
6pm The Ian Evans Show. Takes a look at 90s metal, alternative rock and grunge
8pm Rachel Gallehawk's Advert Break (Christmas Special) Escape from the Christmas chaos with Rachel Gallehawk who shares those Christmas advert songs – many classic cover songs from Elton John, Cyndi Lauper, Oasis and yes Val Doonican to name but a few.
10pm Neil Woodbridge Late Night Chill Late at night in the depths of TCBR Studios, Neil digs deep into his music collection and chooses some chill tunes for our delectation. Guaranteed to help you relax for a full two hours … with his soporific voice and minimal chatting.
10pm Downtempo & Music For Insomniacs
12am The Wednesday Night Mixtape: A continuous music mix throughout the night
6pm The Christmas Eve Breakfast Show: Start your Christmas celebrtations with some great music from TCBR. Includes: Billy Lockett, Allegra, Pink!, Mud, Bay City Rollers, Chris Rea, The Waitressess, George Ezra, Steve Nicks, Chris Squire & Alan White, Madonna, Lizzo, Lewis Capaldi, Kelly Clarkson & Ariana Grande, Darlene Love, Robbie Nevil, Michael Bublé, Cliff Richard, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Roland Gift, Cher, Bruce SpringSteen, Gareth Gates, Anastacia and more....
9am The Christmas Eve Brunch: with music from David Essex, Ringo Starr, Eartha Kitt, Darlene Love, Queen, East 17, Freiheit, Genesis, Jonas Brothers, Cliff Richard, Bruno Mars & Lady Gaga, Emily Fern feat. London Symphony Orchestra, Scouting For Girls, Teddy Swims, Bryan Adams, King Stingray, Naked Eyes, Anne-Marie, José Feliciano, Juice Newton.....
12 Midday (NEW) The Steve & Robin Christmas Show 2025. Everything Christmassy is discussed by the lads as they get you in the mood for the big day, with the help of Christmas number ones that weren’t about the festive season at all. There are some Christmas classics in there too!
2pm Another Blooming Christmas: Nigel and Rachel reminisce on past Christmases looking at the TV we watched and our favourite Christmas films. The ginormous amounts of food we ate and the board games we played. We also look at what has become known as Christmas Creep and of course all those perennial Christmas songs that appear every year.
4pm Neil & Steve: Try Not To Talk About Christmas. Chatting away and choosing songs we like – Steve is made to listen to the Beatles and Adele. He tells an interesting story of his fathers connection to the Beatles and their films. We disagree about the genius of Adele but end up friends again at the end!
5pm Christmas Eve Drive Time. Includes Take That, Fratellis, Leona Lewis, DJ Otzi, Elton John, Rubettes, Shakin' Stevens, Bonnie Tyler, Stereophonics….
6:00pm A Contemporary version of A Festival Of Nine Lessons and Carols with the introduction from Rachel Gallehawk. Details of this Carol Service can be found on our Facebook page.
7:30pm It's A Christmas Eve Playlist: A continuous half hour of some the best Christmas music includes Dolly Parton feat. Michael Bublé, Sia, Andy Williams, JoJo Siwa, Pretenders, Brenda Lee, The Pogues….
8pm Rachel Gallehawk's Christmas Film Club. Get your popcorn, grab your drink, choose your seat and wait for the lights to dim. Film Club is about to start. Welcome to a special seasonal edition of Film Club – Bah humbug it’s Christmas!
10pm Brian Smith's All That Jazz Christmas Special. What is Jazz? well take a listen to the show when Brian Smith takes you through various genres of Jazz from Rag Time, Be-Bop, Traditional Jazz, Smooth Jazz & Jazz Funk. (R) A New show every Sunday at 8pm on TCBR.
12am The Thursday Night Mixtape: A continuous music mix throughout the night
7am Another Blooming Christmas: Nigel and Rachel reminisce on past Christmases looking at the TV we watched and our favourite Christmas films. The ginormous amounts of food we ate and the board games we played. We also look at what has become known as Christmas Creep and of course all those perennial Christmas songs that appear every year. (R)
9am It's A Christmas Day Playlist. Includes Perrie, Kelly Clarkson, Laufey, Bing Crosby, New Rules, Dominic Lewis, Kylie, The Darkness, Ava Max, Jonas Brothers, Andrew Dean, Sky, Abba, Sigrid, Callum Beattie and lost more.
10:30am The Bus Stop Advent: A specially written modern Advent narrative by Rachel Gallehawk about Mary and Joseph waiting for a bus as they make their way across Essex travelling to a town called B. (R)
11am A Traditional Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols service with introduction from Rachel Gallehawk with the bidding prayer read by Colin Freeman. Details of this Carol Service can be found on our Facebook page.
12:30pm Christmas Day Carols: sung by The Choir of King's College Cambridge, Westminster Cathedral Choir , Wells Cathedral Choir and The Norwich Cathedral Choir. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear, While Shepards Watched, I Saw Three Ships, Gabriel's Message, The Infant King, My Lyking, Still, Still, Still, Don In Yon Forest Come To The Manger, Up! Good Christian Folk And Listen, Oiche Chiuim
1pm The TCBR Team Christmas Dinner: As we sit in TCBR Towers on Christmas Day the team look at some of their past Christmas memories, choose a Christmas song apart from Steve bar humbug, pull their Christmas Crackers and tell some bad Christmas jokes.
2pm Afternoon Delight with Brian Smith Christmas Special. There's plenty of good music and regular spots, including a featured album and the best of the recent releases by indie and unsigned artists from around the world. I look forward to your company.
4pm It's A Christmas Day Playlist. A great selection of music form the TCBR Christmas music vault. Includes Beverley Knight, Ariana Grande, Waitresses, McFly, Paul McCartney, Enya, Mannheim Steamroller, The Eagles, Eric Clapton, Dolly Parton, Michael Bublé, The Pogues, Jojo Siwa, Brenda Lee, Wizzard, Carpenters, Sam Smith, Cliff Richard, Nat 'King' Cole and lots more...
6pm Neil and Steve at Christmas. Neil quizzes Steve with his impeccable knowledge of songs, seeing if he can beat the intro.(R)
7pm 70+ Years Of UK Christmas Number Ones (Part 1). Presented By Nigel Freeman The official singles chart started some 70 plus years ago on the 14th November 1952. In this special series of programmes, I will be looking at those songs which make up 70 plus years of Christmas number 1s. There have been an eclectic mix of artists and songs reaching what has become the soundtrack of the festive season, and the only time of the year where the race for the Christmas number One makes for headline news. Even betting establishments lay down odds on who will reach that all important Christmas number one.
8pm A Traditional Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. Another chance to listen to service broadcast earlier today, with introduction from Rachel Gallehawk with the bidding prayer read by Colin Freeman. Details of this Carol Service can be found on our Facebook page.
9:30pm Christmas Day Carols: sung by The Choir of King's College Cambridge, Westminster Cathedral Choir , Wells Cathedral Choir and The Norwich Cathedral Choir. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear, While Shepards Watched, I Saw Three Ships, Gabriel's Message, The Infant King, My Lyking, Still, Still, Still, Don In Yon Forest Come To The Manger, Up! Good Christian Folk And Listen, Oiche Chiuim
10pm (NEW) Neil Woodbridge Late Night Chill. Deep in the bowels of TCBR Towers Neil plummets the depths of his record collection – to find little gems .. not the band but the lovely chill music that makes you feel good and ponder life! Listen out for the beautiful seascape conjured up by his final track – Tom Middleton’s Ocean .. FAB!
12am The Friday Night Mixtape: A continuous music mix throughout the night
6am The Friday Breakfast Show. A non stop selection of cool music, Included artists are The Beat, Madness, Cars, Fern Kinney, Ultravox, Soft Cell, Men Without Hats, Spyro Gyra, Shakatak, Electronic, Tina Turner, Charles & Eddie, Dina Carroll, George Michael, Janet Jackson, Abba, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Paul McCartney, Boney M....
9am 70+ Years Of UK Christmas Number Ones (Part 1). Presented By Nigel Freeman The official singles chart started some 70 plus years ago on the 14th November 1952. In this special series of programmes, I will be looking at those songs which make up 70 plus years of Christmas number 1s. There have been an eclectic mix of artists and songs reaching what has become the soundtrack of the festive season, and the only time of the year where the race for the Christmas number One makes for headline news. Even betting establishments lay down odds on who will reach that all important Christmas number one. (R)
10am The Boxing Day Brunch. with music from Anne-Marie, Eternal, Take That, Isley Brothers, The Nolan Sisters, Ed Sheeran, Labrinth, Amy McDonald, Yazz & The Plastic Population, Dionne Warwick, Anita Baker….
12 Midday Rachel Gallehawk's Christmas Advert Break. Escape from the Christmas chaos with Rachel Gallehawk who shares those Christmas advert songs – many classic cover songs from Elton John, Cyndi Lauper, Oasis and yes Val Doonican to name but a few.
2pm Neil & Rachel. Talk About Faith. Neil and Rachel using Christmas as an excuse to explore faith and share some songs with appropriate lyrics
3:30pm No We Are Not Playing This! Throughout the year Steve our programme controller would jokingly ask can we put this song on our playlists. It would be songs from the likes of the Wurzels, Jasper Carrot etc. The team at TCBR would say a resounding no. But we thought it would be a good idea to put all these songs together in one show. So here it is in all its glory are the records we deem to be some of the worst records to enter the UK singles chart over the years. Of course, this will subjective as you may like them or even have bought them at the time. So, sit back, buckle up and pour yourself a drink and enjoy. (R)
5:30pm It's A Christmas Playlist: includes Kylie, Cliff Richard, Liam Payne, Tori Holub, The Darkness….
6pm Rachel's Gallehawk's Happy Hour (Blue Christmas) Join Rachel for a Blue festive edition of Happy Hour. A space to listen to songs which are not brim full of Christmas joy but allow us a space to remember those we have loved and who have gone and who remain in our memories.
7pm 70+ Years Of UK Christmas Number Ones (Part 2). Presented By Nigel Freeman The official singles chart started some 70 plus years ago on the 14th November 1952. In this special series of programmes, I will be looking at those songs which make up 70 plus years of Christmas number 1s. There have been an eclectic mix of artists and songs reaching what has become the soundtrack of the festive season, and the only time of the year where the race for the Christmas number One makes for headline news. Even betting establishments lay down odds on who will reach that all important Christmas number one.
8pm Brian Smith All That Jazz (The Best Of) What is Jazz? Christmas Special 2024. Brian Smith takes you through various genres of Jazz from Rag Time, Be-Bop, Traditional Jazz, Smooth Jazz & Jazz Funk. Listen to a brand new All That Jazz every Sunday at 8pm
10pm Neil Woodbridge Late Night Chill. Late at night in the depths of TCBR Studios, Neil digs deep into his music collection and chooses some chill tunes for our delectation. Guaranteed to help you relax for a full two hours … with his soporific voice and minimal chatting.
12am The Saturday Night Mixtape: A continuous music mix throughout the night
7am The Saturday Breakfast. A non stop selection of cool music, Included artists are Steve Winwood, Jody Watley, Morgan Wallen, Simply Red, Maroon 5, No Doubt, Doobie Brothers, Luba, Alannah Myles, Sam Ryder, The Beat, Howard Jones, Thompson Twins. Then Jerico, Waterboys....
9am 70+ Years Of UK Christmas Number Ones (Part 2). Presented By Nigel Freeman The official singles chart started some 70 plus years ago on the 14th November 1952. In this special series of programmes, I will be looking at those songs which make up 70 plus years of Christmas number 1s. There have been an eclectic mix of artists and songs reaching what has become the soundtrack of the festive season, and the only time of the year where the race for the Christmas number One makes for headline news. Even betting establishments lay down odds on who will reach that all important Christmas number one. (R)
10am The Saturday Brunch. More great music from the TCBR music vault. Includes The Mindbenders, The Kinks, The Bee Gees, Nancy Sinatra, Carole King, The Four Seasons, Loleatta Holloway, Change, Tears For Fears, The Proclaimers, Journey, Tones & I, Pet Shop Boys....
12 Midday Rachel Gallehawk's Christmas Film Club. Get your popcorn, grab your drink, choose your seat and wait for the lights to dim. Film Club is about to start. Welcome to a special seasonal edition of Film Club – Bah humbug it’s Christmas!
2pm Afternoon Delight with Brian Smith Christmas Special. There's plenty of good music and regular spots, including a featured album and the best of the recent releases by indie and unsigned artists from around the world. I look forward to your company.
4pm Jeff Martin A&R Show (Christmas Special) I’ll be featuring album tracks and rarities plus some new release including independent and unsigned bands. Playing song across the decades and multi genre. So, if you are fed up with the same old, same old tune into the Jeff Martin A&R Show. Looking for something different then you’re in the right place.
6pm African Sounds With Clementine
7pm 70+ Years Of UK Christmas Number Ones (Part 3). Presented By Nigel Freeman The official singles chart started some 70 plus years ago on the 14th November 1952. In this special series of programmes, I will be looking at those songs which make up 70 plus years of Christmas number 1s. There have been an eclectic mix of artists and songs reaching what has become the soundtrack of the festive season, and the only time of the year where the race for the Christmas number One makes for headline news. Even betting establishments lay down odds on who will reach that all important Christmas number one.
8pm When We Went Down To The Woods. Steve Langsdale, Rachel Gallehawk, Nigel Freeman and Neil Woodbridge take a trip to Hockley Woods and meet up with Richard Bond the local woodsman and learn all about the ancient woods and how it is managed today. Hockley Woods covers some 130 Hectares, and are the largest remaining area of wild woods, which covered Essex after the Ice Age 10,000 years ago.
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9pm The DJ Raycraft Mixdown. 3hours of non stop back to back Electronic dance music.
12am The Sunday Night Mixtape: A continuous music mix throughout the night
7am The Sunday Morning Breakfast.
9am 70+ Years Of UK Christmas Number Ones (Part 3). Presented By Nigel Freeman The official singles chart started some 70 plus years ago on the 14th November 1952. In this special series of programmes, I will be looking at those songs which make up 70 plus years of Christmas number 1s. There have been an eclectic mix of artists and songs reaching what has become the soundtrack of the festive season, and the only time of the year where the race for the Christmas number One makes for headline news. Even betting establishments lay down odds on who will reach that all important Christmas number one. (R)
10am The Steve and Robin Show. Everything Christmassy is discussed by the lads as they get you in the mood for the big day, with the help of Christmas number ones that weren’t about the festive season at all. There are some Christmas classics in there too!
12 Midday Neil Woodbridge Presents: Another chance to hear two past Neil Woodbridge presents shows. A tribute to Quincy Jones first broadcast in November 2024 and Day After Tomorrow where Neil digs dip into to his music collection. First broadcast February 2023 (R)
2pm The Sunday Jukebox 50s & 60s. Step back in time with The Sunday Jukebox 50s & 60s. Where golden oldies spin and the good times never stop. Music complied by Nigel Freeman
4pm Steve Langsdale's Duck Custard with Stuart Rouse. In this episode of Duck Custard its is all about the year 1984; its top selling music, world news and cultural events of note. (R)
6pm Rachel Gallehawk Meets Author Joan Fullerton. Rachel Talks to author Joan Fullerton about her books, writing, what sagas are, the process of getting published.
7pm 70+ Years Of UK Christmas Number Ones (Part 4). Presented By Nigel Freeman The official singles chart started some 70 plus years ago on the 14th November 1952. In this special series of programmes, I will be looking at those songs which make up 70 plus years of Christmas number 1s. There have been an eclectic mix of artists and songs reaching what has become the soundtrack of the festive season, and the only time of the year where the race for the Christmas number One makes for headline news. Even betting establishments lay down odds on who will reach that all important Christmas number one.
8pm (NEW) All That Jazz with Brian Smith. (Christmas Special 2025) What is Jazz? well take a listen to the show when Brian Smith takes you through various genres of Jazz from Rag Time, Be-Bop, Traditional Jazz, Smooth Jazz & Jazz Funk here every Sunday at 8pm on TCBR. Repeated Wednesday evening from 10pm to Midnight.
10pm Neil Woodbridge Late Night Chill. Late at night in the depths of TCBR Studios, Neil digs deep into his music collection and chooses some chill tunes for our delectation. Guaranteed to help you relax for a full two hours … with his soporific voice and minimal chatting.
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