A summary of worship being broadcast in Ireland and Great Britain this Christmas
IRELAND
On Christmas Eve the Archbishop of Dublin will preside at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in St Patrick’s cathedral. The service, which will include the 2012 commission, A Star of the East by Ermest Dines, will be broadcast live on RTE radio at 4pm. Admission is by ticket only.
10.05am Christmas Day 25th December A Service of Lessons and Carols for Christmas Morning With the choir of Trinity College Chapel, Dublin, and Anglican Chaplain, the Revd. Darren McCallig
RTÉ One and rte.ie/live, Christmas Day,
http://www.rte.ie/live/
GREAT BRITAIN
24 DECEMBER – CHRISTMAS EVE
3: 00 pm Service of Nine lessons and carols from Kings’ College Cambridge directed by Stephen Cleobury – BBC Radio 4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pftnk
and on BBC World Service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0127m4j
also broadcast at 2pm on Christmas Day 25th December on BBC Radio 3
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pm679
more details and service booklet
http://tinyurl.com/ykpeobt
6:15 pm Carols from Kings – BBC 2 TV [UK only – check local networks if viewing outside the UK]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018nvw7
10:15 p,m Christmas Carols from St James’s Church Didsbury – ITV 1 TV [UK Only]
http://tinyurl.com/cbusy6b
Silent Night – Kings College Cambridge Choir
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p012tzn6
25 DECEMBER – CHRISTMAS DAY
9 am Christmas Service from the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London – Preacher the Bishop of London – BBC Radio 4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pfwhj
10 am Christmas Day Eucharist from St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol – Preacher Bishop Jonathan Gledhill – BBC 1 TV [UK only]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pm6np
3 pm The Queen’s Christmas Message – BBC Radio 4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pfxhv
and on BBC 1 TV [UK only]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018jh4r
We Three Kings – Kings College Cambridge Choir
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p012v9n0
OTHER UK AND COMMUNION SERVICES:
CHRISTMAS WITH PREMIER RADIO
http://tinyurl.com/bsqdn7n
http://www.premierradio.org.uk/
CHRISTMAS EVE – Monday 24th December
3 pm Nine Lessons & Carols, live from Durham Cathedral
11pm Christmas Praise with the All Souls Choir & Orchestra (repeated 5pm Tuesday 25th December)
CHRISTMAS DAY – Tuesday 25th December
9 am The Salvation Army Carol Service, Boscombe
2 pm A Traditional Carol Service from Methodist Central Hall
11 pm A Gospel Christmas (repeated 5pm Wednesday 26th December)
BOXING DAY – Wednesday 26th December
11 am Christmas at Kingsgate, Peterborough