It's Christmas week on HRb and here are a few of our programme highlights:
Matt Monro's Christmas Box
Sunday 22 December 9pm
Matt Monro's daughter Michelle presents this special show produced especially for hospital radio, which contains some of Matt's favourite festive songs.
Looking Back with Terry Firth
Sunday 22 December 9pm
Monday 23 December 6pm
Terry takes a look back through the archives at the music and the local and national news from Christmas past, starting with Christmas 1943, and then Christmas 1993.
The Wolfman Jack Radio Show
Monday 23 December 6am
Christmas Eve 6am
Christmas Day 4am
Boxing Day 2am
Friday 27 December 2am
Wolfman Jack is the most famous US radio personality of all time. He was immortalised in the movie 'American Graffiti' and was also the host of the long running NBC music series 'The Midnight Special'. Millions of people listened to him every night on radio for the howling sounds and great music he played.
When the Wolfman went to Rock & Roll Heaven in 1995, the tapes of all his shows had been locked in a vault and hidden away. Some months ago, those tapes were found, digitally remastered and started to appear on the radio all over again.
There was only one radio legend like Wolfman Jack and he's on HRB this Christmas throughout Christmas week.
Christine Rowley and Paul Le Feuvre
Monday 23 December 1pm
A special request show fro the day before Christmas Eve. Requests from around the wards, a Christmas music quiz, Christmas number 1 hits, and we’ll be out and about at the Pink Place open event from earlier in the month.
Totally 90s Christmas
Monday 23 December 10pm
Gary King looks back at the best of the Christmas music from the decade before last.
Pick A Word Christmas Special
Christmas Eve 9am
Paul Le Feuvre presents a Christmas-themed edition of his regular show with lots of festive favourites and probably one or two you might not have heard for a while.
In Concert
Christmas Eve 10pm
Christmas Day 8pm
Two special festive concerts from Lesley Garrett and then John Denver.
Christmas Carol Service
As Christmas Eve turns to Christmas Day, HRB takes you to the Milborne Chapel in Northumberland to join Dave Nicholson for a carol service recorded especially for hospital radio listeners.
The A to Z of Your Traditional Christmas
Christmas Eve 11pm
Christmas Day 8am
An hour of more traditional Christmas music to celebrate the start of Christmas Day.
Christmas Morning Live
Christmas Day 10am – 1pm
Dave Warren and Neil Ogden present a morning of requests and other festive features and someone will win a festive Christmas goody bag with Sainsburys at Liphook.
Postcard From New Zealand
Christmas Day 1pm
Andy McCormick is here on Christmas Eve to give listeners a taste of Christmas down under where the temperature is about 25 degrees and shorts on Christmas Day are normal!
The Queen
It wouldn't be Christmas without Her Majesty's message to the Commonwealth on Christmas Day at 3pm.
HRB Out and About: Yuletide in Alton 2013
Christmas Day 4.30pm
Neil Ogden and Paul Le Feuvre go to the annual festive event in Alton
Mellow Moments
Christmas Day 9pm
A relaxing way to end Christmas Day. Sit back and relax to 3 hours of chilled out tunes with Andy.
The History of Superman
Boxing Day 2pm
He’s one of the world’s most popular superheroes and has been around since the 1930s. This special documentary tells the story of Superman back from the beginnings of the comic and the radio series up to the big films of the 70s and 80s.
Paul Le Feuvre’s Switzerland Diary
Friday 27 December 8am
Paul is a regular visitor to Switzerland. This special show talks to some of the locals and finds out more about what life is like in the country.
Matt’s Kind of Music
Friday 27 December 11am
A hospital radio special in which Matt’s daughter Michelle remembers the music of her father.
Dream Lover, Mack the Knife and Things – The Bobby Darin Story
Friday 27 December 7pm
Iain Smith presents the programme which won gold in the 2005 HBA awards, Specialised Music category – a documentary on the life and career of singer Bobby Darin.
Sinatra at the Tower
Saturday 28 December 9pm
Phil Smith examines the most prolific period of Frank Sinatra's career when he was contracted to Capitol Records and recorded at their L.A studios, known as "The Tower". Produced by Rugby Hospital Radio
Queen – We Will Rock You
Saturday 28 December 2pm
Sunday 29 December 12pm
It’s hard to believe that its now over 20 years since the passing of vocalist Freddie Mercury, but in the past two decades the music of Queen has remained very much alive, and remains as fresh as it did decades ago.
In this two hour special, original members Roger Taylor and Brian May talk about the making of some of their biggest hits including Radio Gaga, We Are The Champions, I Want To Break Free, Somebody To Love, Don't Stop Me Now and of course the blockbuster Bohemian Rhapsody.
Brian May also talks about the formation of the band, his first meeting with Freddie and the how the band's sound evolved over the years.
Packed with lots of great music and some great stories, this is the perfect 2 hour tribute to one of Britain's finest rock bands.
Top 40 Most Requested of the year 2013
29 December 1pm
Neil Ogden presents the annual chart compiled from requests collected at Basingstoke and North Hants Hospital in 2013.
