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12:00am - 1:00am
Grime for the Unconverted
[Repeated from Thursday 11pm.] Hosted and mixed by DJ BPM, showcasing Grime classics, new releases and unreleased dubs. Listen to archive shows on Mixcloud. X @feraldubs.
1:00am - 2:30am
Adventures in Sound and Music
[Repeated from Thursday 9pm.] New music with The Wire magazine. This week: Shane Woolman plays a selection of tracks taken from our end of year top 50 chart, including Cerys Hafana, Damon Locks, DJ Haram, Black Eyes, Abhorrent Expanse, Lea Bertucci, aya, Ben LaMar Gay and Oklou. Visit thewire.co.uk for more information.
2:30am - 3:30am
Fog Cast
[Repeated from Wednesday 11pm.] A series of late-night, deep listening soundtracks hosted by Robin The Fog. Tonight: featuring The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra playing Ligeti's 'Lontano', Bulgarian composer Ivan Spassov's 'The Sanctification of the Heavenly Space' and The Hilliard Ensemble & Jan Garbarek's 'Officium'; plus significantly more abrasive festive offerings from drøne, The Utopia Strong and Misery//Pleasure, whose recent album 'Trapped In Life' is out now on Brachliegen Tapes. Come drift into the noisy night... Further details at: robinthefog.com.
3:30am - 4:30am
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Ambient music selected by Miguel Santos to help night owls relax. For more information visit Sleeping Dogs Lie on Facebook and Mixcloud. [Repeats Monday 12am.]
4:30am - 5:00am
K-Pop Journey
[Repeated from Wednesday 9pm.] A weekly show dedicated to the phenomenon that is K-pop! Korean presenter Keissi takes you on a journey through Korean pop music from the 1990s to the present day. For more information visit K-Pop Journey on Facebook and @k_popjourney on X. For archive shows visit keissi.com/radioarchive.
5:00am - 6:00am
Modulisme
[Repeated from Friday 11.30pm.] Modulisme (which translates as Modularism) is a series devoted to out of leftfield modular synthesis. This week: Wolfgang Seidel belongs to the constellation of German artists who have pushed electronic experimentation to its limits. A long time collaborator of Conrad Schnitzler (Wolf Sequenza), he is one of those underground sound engineers for whom the workshop is a laboratory, the studio a darkroom and electronics an organism to be dissected. To listen to Wolfgang Seidel is to follow the arc of a man who learned to sculpt electricity the way others sculpt clay. A brief but blazing journey, traced by an artist convinced that at the end of every oscillation, another freedom is waiting. For more information visit modular-station.com.
6:00am - 7:00am
Late Lunch with Out to Lunch
[Repeated from Wednesday 2pm.] Polemic, politics, mouth jazz and spontaneous music with Ben Watson.
7:00am - 8:00am
XMTR Radio Hour
[Repeated from Tuesday 9pm.] Do you find yourself stuck in the same channels? XMTR is here to cut through the noise. Hosted by Lucia Scazzocchio from sonic storytelling portal xmtr.fm and Social Broadcasts. This month, we are taken into the liminal audio apace that is Radio Limbo. This guided audio trip is an unusual quest through original music, collage, soundscapes, and disembodied voices. The show celebrates radio as a shape-shifting portal to other worlds, a wilderness of its own, and its unique qualities of companionship. Join Pete for this curation and performance of surreal scenes and sonic experiments, using local intrigue and lost histories as the jumping-off point. This was recorded live at the XMTR Audio Arts Festival in St Leonards-On-Sea. Radio Limbo aka Pete Hazell is a music and audio artist based in Bristol.
8:00am - 9:00am
Her Transmissions
[Repeated from Thursday 4.30pm.] A compilation of songs across genres that have defined the times and forged connections for 27 year old host Isobel Violet. Music that has grown as Isi has, including dream pop, punk, indie, rap, folk and hip hop.
9:00am - 10:00am
The Curtain Up Show
[Repeated from Friday 4pm.] Tim McArthur, Nathan Matthews and guests discuss London's vibrant theatre scene. Follow on Facebook, X and Instagram for more information.
10:00am - 11:00am
The Relatively Good Radio Show
[Repeated from Tuesday 5pm.] Richard and Anna host the show where everything is live – including the jingles. Broadcast from The Village Butty, a historic canal boat and floating music venue continuously touring the 2500 miles of the UK's inland waterways system. This month, The Village Butty is in Cropredy, North Oxfordshire, spiritual home of Fairport Convention. The show includes all the usual suspects: London boating news from Boat Lady Blanche, poetry from Wicked Uncle James, Nicky Notices Nature and Tooley's Tool of The Month. With music from The Kossoy Sisters and live recordings of Deux Familes Cajun Band from Fire in the Mountain festival.
11:00am - 12:00pm
Ukrainian Field Notes
[Repeated from Wednesday 5pm.] A monthly series comprising interviews and music by musicians from all over Ukraine, sharing their experience of displacement and war. To support Ukraine visit: supportukrainenow.org.
12:00pm - 1:30pm
The Ambrosia Rasputin Show
Freewheeling music series with Ivor Kallin. This week's show features a new release from, and blether with, Teresa Hackel. Also, new releases from The Grapes Duo; Hooker & Hanslip; Sonic Alchemy; Groove Development; Tony Coe's Axel; Elliott Sharp's tribute to Hugh Davies, and 9-year olds Rosa and Macsen sing a song for Cora. For more episodes visit The Ambrosia Rasputin Show on Mixcloud. [Repeats 16 January, 1am.]
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Arty Facts
Arty Facts with Master J is a show about working in the arts. Today, Master J is joined by actor and stand up comedian Jason Kavan. In this fourth and final chapter of their wide-ranging conversation, the focus turns to the world of acting — from Jason’s unexpected role in a major Hollywood-backed HBO miniseries to the very real question of whether starting a family makes it harder to chase creative dreams. They dig into how the landscape for actors has shifted in the post-pandemic world, what new opportunities might emerge, and why performer jobs are still so often dismissed as not being "viable" despite the industry’s huge cultural and economic footprint. It’s an honest, funny and at times sobering exploration of the craft and the career path, rounded out with their signature mix of insight and irreverence. Plus, a live performance of a brand new song from the Original MCW YouTube channel. For more information visit Master J on Facebook. [Repeats Friday 16 January, 3.30pm.]
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Calling All Pensioners
[Repeated from Monday 1pm.] Magazine programme with Tim Hamilton, addressing issues which affect pensioners across London. This week: the National Pensioners Convention reacts to the chancellor’s latest budget, describing it as a raft of tax changes and measures that will significantly affect older people’s finances and not for the better. Age UK shares its Christmas appeal and highlights almost a million older people will face a hidden crisis this Christmas: loneliness. The charity explains its friendship service offered through their Silver Line helpline which provides a listening ear 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our further musical tribute is to Jimmy Cliff, aged 81, who was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady, reggae and soul musician, considered one of Jamaica's most celebrated musicians. Produced by Deptford Action Group for the Elderly.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Sitting With Gianluca
Interviews and informed portraits of contemporary American musicians with our stateside correspondent Gianluca Tramontana (in temporary and voluntary exile in Marseille). This week: Gianluca pays tribute to New Orleans keyboard player Art Neville who would have been 87 on 17th December. Neville founded pioneering funk band The Meters and then The Neville Brothers. Expect funk tunes and exclusive recollections from legendary bass player George Porter Jr. of The Meters, as told to Gianluca from his home in New Orleans. [Repeats Tuesday 13 January, 12pm.]
4:00pm - 5:00pm
The Outerglobe
[Repeated from Thursday 6pm.] Debbie Golt FRSA takes African music and wider arts and culture as her starting point. For more details follow @outerglobe on Instagram.
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Around The World With The Lallas
[Repeated from Tuesday 1.30pm.] Laura Pradelska and Lara Fraser share their international cultural interests, stemming from their respective careers as actor and producer as well as their joint DJ career as The Lallas.
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Atomiser
Atomiser is a London based arts organisation that currently functions as an event series, label and production house of experimental film and sound work.
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Isotopica
Cultural sonic detours with artist Simon Tyszko. Visit theculture.net/ for more information. [Repeats Wednesday 14 January, 5am.]
8:00pm - 9:00pm
The Organ presents The Other Rock Show
Marina Organ presents an hour of music that uses unconventional structures and ‘other' time signatures – gathered from the worldwide undergrounds of math rock, avant prog, weird electronica and strange pop. Find the playlist, archives and links to all the bands at otherrockshow.wordpress.com. [Repeats Thursday 15 January, 5am.]
9:00pm - 10:00pm
Dig That Treasure
Will Hall presents 60 minutes monthly of forgotten, underrated and under-appreciated pop and folk music from across the world. International scenes are at home alongside outsider musics, demos and covers, film and game soundtracks, and long-lost rarities in this decentred selection. Follow @digthattreasure on Instagram.
10:00pm - 11:00pm
Make Your Own Damn Music
A weekly audio postcard from the artist Bob and Roberta Smith’s studio by the seaside in Ramsgate. This week: a Christmas special with songs about making Xmas cards. Visit @bobandrobertasmith on Instagram for more information. [Repeats Thursday 15 January, 3pm.]
11:00pm - 12:00am
framework
Field recording, phonography, and the art of sound-hunting, presented by Patrick Tubin McGinley. This week's regular edition, the last for 2025, features Tomáš Šenkyřík, Fletina, Francisco López, Florence Cats, John Roach, Manja Ristić, and a framework introduction recorded in Estonia by Lauri Kulpsoo. Visit frameworkradio.net for more information. [Repeats Tuesday 13 January, 6am.]
12:00am - 11:59pm
A Year In The Clear
Our holiday schedule of special broadcasts begins with A Year in the Clear – this past year's worth of Clear Spots and Micro Clear Spots, our open access slot for one-off, special and surprise broadcasts. Collated by Milo Thesiger-Meacham.