Friday 25 December 2015 Rāmere 25 Hakihea 2015

• 12:04 AM. All Night Programme

  Including: 12:05 Carols for Christmas Morning with Warwick Burke; 1:30 NZ Society (RNZ); 2:05 The Beatles Christmases (1 of 2); 2:35 The Why Factor; 3:05 A Fragile Peace, by Lindsay Wood, told by Patrick Davies (RNZ); 3:30 The Sampler; 5:10 Witness (BBC)

• 6:00 AM. Christmas Morning with Sugar and Spice

  Katrina Batten and Catriona MacLeod present six hours of fun, entertainment, memories and information for young and old alike including:

  7:10 A Christmas Service from Christ Church Cathedral in Nelson

• Noon The World at Noon

• 12:12 PM. Christmas Day with Stuart Keith

  Including:

  12:15 Caught Short, by Angela Carey

  Mum's decided she's not "doing" Christmas. This year the family are on their own!

• 12:30 PM. The Beatles Christmases

  A documentary looking at what was happening in the lives of the band each Christmas season across the 1960`s... the decade they made their own.

• 1:10 PM. The End of the Golden Weather

  The Bruce Mason classic narrated by Peter Vere-Jones with music by Gareth Farr

• 3:05 PM. Big Band Christmas

  It's a cool Yule when the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, featuring some of KC's finest jazz artists, perform a wintry mix of holiday favorites and big band standards in concert at historic Liberty Hall in Lawrence, KS.

• 4:04 PM. The Shape of the Media

  In an era when traditional media is changing rapidly, what's the future for quality journalism? What alternatives can online media offer audiences? How is it paid for? What's the effect of social media and celebrity culture? What are the implications for New Zealanders who can now get access to instant information wherever they are?

• 5:00 PM. The World at Five

  A roundup of today's news and sport

• 5:10 PM. Christmas, Made in China

  BBC Gorld Business host Peter Day visits China's Christmas decoration capital.

• 6:06 PM. The Queen's Message

  Her Majesty The Queen with her annual message to the Commonwealth

• 6:15 PM. Victoria and Albert's Christmas tradition

• 7:06 PM. The TED Radio Hour

  A journey through fascinating ideas: astonishing inventions, fresh approaches to old problems, new ways to think and create. Based on Talks given by riveting speakers on the world-renowned TED stage. (NPR & TED)

• 8:10 PM. The Story of Christmas

  A tapestry of voices from the worlds of Jazz, Classical, Country and Traditional pop vocalists. This combination of talent blends in song and narrative of holiday traditions, and the story of the first Christmas.

• 9:06 PM. Country Life

  Memorable scenes, people and places in rural NZ (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. The 10 O'Clock Report

  A roundup of today's news and sport

• 10:15 PM. A Christmas Carol

  The classic Charles Dickens story of Ebenezer Scrooge and his Christmas conversion

• 11:06 PM. A Christmas Service from Christ Church Cathedral in Nelson

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