Friday 25 December 2009 Rāmere 25 Hakihea 2009

• 12:04 AM. All Night Programme

  Including: 12:04 Music after Midnight; 12:30 One in Five (RNZ); 1:05 Ideas (RNZ); 2:30 The Sampler (RNZ); 3:15 The Christmas Fairy by Kristine Pearson (RNZ); 3:30 Canterbury Tales (RNZ); 4:30 Global Business (BBC);

• 6:00 AM. Sugar and Spice's Christmas Morning

  Christmas fairies Katrina Batten and Catriona MacLeod play children's stories from your childhood, including Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol plus remembering Christmas's in years gone by and Radio New Zealand staff musical requests. At 7:06 am the Christmas church service comes from Samuel Marsden Collegiate School in Wellington

• Noon The World at Noon

  A roundup of today's news and sport

• 12:35 PM. ImprovFM

  Improvised comedy recorded live at Circa Theatre in Wellington (RNZ)

• 1:06 PM. The Beatles at Christmas

  Highlights of the fab four's famous seasonal flexi-discs, combined with rare recordings of their BBC Christmas shows and of course, all of their Christmas chart successes (BBC)

• 2:06 PM. The Man Who Would Be Perfect, by Stuart Hoar

  In St. Mark's gospel, Jesus told the man who wanted to be perfect to give away everything he owned. But these days, that's not a simple thing to do (RNZ)

• 3:04 PM. Ray Charles - A Gospel Christmas

  Favourite Christmas gospel tunes sung by Ray Charles (Madacy)

• 4:06 PM. The Forum

  Bridget Kendall brings together three innovative thinkers from different cultures and perspectives to put forward new ideas (BBC)

• 5:00 PM. The World at Five

  A roundup of today's news and sport

• 5:30 PM. Crossing Boundaries (BBC)

• 6:06 PM. The Queen's Message

  Queen Elizabeth II with her annual message to the Commonwealth (BBC)

• 7:06 PM. A Gifted Boy, by Jenny Pattrick

  A mother finds it impossible to accept that her son is 'The Chosen One' and cannot agree to hand him over to his spiritual guides (RNZ)

• 8:06 PM. London Calling - The Joe Strummer Story

  As the lead singer and main songwriter for the British new wave band The Clash, Joe Strummer inspired a generation with his hard hitting lyrics and powerful guitar chords (Pt 2 of 2, BBC)

• 9:06 PM. Frank Zappa: The Radio is Broken

  A five part programme in which Jim Gardner traces a personal thread through Zappa's 35 year career (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Christmas Edition

  A roundup of the day's national and international news

• 10:12 PM. Wayne's Music

  An hour of tunes for Christmas night, selected and presented by Wayne Mowat (RNZ)

• 11:06 PM. Church Service

  A repeat broadcast of our service from Samuel Marsden Collegiate School in Wellington (RNZ)

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