Radio Bracknell Forest

THURSDAY 24TH DECEMBER

Join Radio Bracknell Forest for a special Christmas celebration of the music of the 80's, a golden era of music - from midnight through to 6pm this evening!

With Christmas songs and hits from the decade that brought us The Snowman, Shakatak, Aled Jones and The Domino Rally Action Alley to celebrate the 1980’s at Christmas.

9am Modern Romance Special - featuring the 80's legends who brought us Everybody Salsa and, as featured in 'SHREK' Best Years of our Lives

10am 80's Mania Show

11am Shakatak special show

12 noon Non-stop 80's - no presenter chatter, just two hours of back-to-back 80's classics

2pm Radio Bracknell Forest remembers the 80's with John Hicks, the man with the perfect body for  radio. He was there, he just cannot remember it all but will share what he can!

3pm Modern Romance Special - featuring the 80's legends who brought us Everybody Salsa and, as featured in 'SHREK' Best Years of our Lives

4pm 80's Mania Show

5pm Shakatak special show

6pm House of Mercy - our weekly three-hour special of blues, country, roots and rock presented by Barry Everitt

And now, it's party time...............

9pm right thru the night til 4am with special editions of our regular shows:

The Oliver and Sanjay Show aka Raw Linx - Each week the guys bring us the freshest urban cutz plus exclusive plays from up and coming UK Artists.

Radio Elkie with the identical twins (well, we cannot tell them apart) Elkie C and Elkie D

Beatmatch with the legendary Chris Reardon

The Urban Show with DJ Shocker

For our international listeners: all times are GMT - to find the current time over here in sunny England,

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FRIDAY 25TH DECEMBER

00.00hrs GMT - 4.00am Winding up our great evening of club, urban, hip hop, r'n'b and dance music

6am - 8am A special edition of our Sunday morning Christian Music Show

8am - 10am A traditional festival of hymns and carols with Dominic Forbes.

10am "Sincerely Yours '09" - our tribute to Dame Vera Lynn (click here for more information)

12 noon - 4pm Rare re-runs of great classic radio comedy shows:

Dad's Army

Hancock's Half Hour

Men From The Ministry

The Goon Show

Dame Vera Lynn

Throughout the day, you can hear your dedications and Christmas greetings messages being broadcast across the world right here on Radio Bracknell Forest

4pm - 6pm "Sincerely Yours '09" - our tribute to Dame Vera Lynn (click here for more information)

6pm - 10pm More rare re-runs of great classic radio comedy shows:

Dad's Army

Hancock's Half Hour

Men From The Ministry

The Goon Show

10pm  "Sincerely Yours '09" - our tribute to Dame Vera Lynn (click here for more information)  

SATURDAY 26TH DECEMBER

00.00hrs GMT Christmas rocking. Christmas songs performed in a rock style – the theme of Radio Bracknell Forest’s “rockin’ xmas ‘09” brought to you by Dominic Forbes

2am Motown Memories hosted by Tom Fallon. This weekly programme offers all the great Motown songs by all the great Motown artists from the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's such as Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Temptations

4am Marmalade Special, the great 60's band which brought us hits like Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da  and Reflections of My Life - and are still recording new material. We look at their work over the decades and feature an exclusive interview!

5am Steve Price Rock Show with rock classics from the 80's and 90's but with opportunities for new bands to show case their talents.

9am Route 66 Oldies Show direct from the US with your favourite music from yesteryear with DJ Leslie

10am Sandhurst School Christmas Special with students from the school sharing their favourite music from 2009

5pm Steve Price Rock Show with rock classics from the 80's and 90's

9pm THE TWO TONES SPECIAL (Tony Currie and Tony Hatch recall high points of Tony Hatch's musical career)

10pm - midnight Coool CAT Jody Thornton presents COOOL CAT, direct from the US,  and features “new” songs from “classic” Soul/R&B/Blues and Smooth Jazz bands and performers

SUNDAY 27TH DECEMBER

Rock music fiesta of 19 hours of hard rock, soft rock, rock'n'roll

00.00hrs GMT Hard Rock Nights featuring hard rock music from the 1960's through to the 21st Cenury with special guest presenter TJ Carter, direct from the US

3am Soft Rock Classics Show with Dominic Forbes, featuring a special interview with Spike from the Quireboys from earlier this year

6am Soft Rock Classics Show with Dominic Forbes – a repeat of the special show earlier this year featuring a special interview with Marillion – when broadcast in September it attracted the highest audience figures of any show since Radio Bracknell Forest first started broadcasting. This show is definitely one not to miss!

9am Soft Rock Classics Show with Dominic Forbes, featuring a special interview with David Coverdale - the Whitesnake frontman - David tells Dom the origins of the song "Here I go again", and about his time in Deep Purple

12 noon Soft Rock Classics Show with Dominic Forbes, featuring a special interview with Graham Bonnet - former vocalist of Rainbow, the Marbles and Alcatrazz - who says, in the early 1970's, he turned down the chance to be lead vocalist in ELO. Does he regret that now?

Then, join us for a great evening of world class entertainment:

JAZZ.........................

7pm UK Jazz Now with Brian Soundy from UK Jazz Radio - all the latest tracks from established and upcoming artists here in the UK

8pm London Jazz with news and sounds from some of the top London jazz venues but also including our very own Jagz Club at Ascot and Reading's Jazz Cafe at the Madjeski Stadium complex

WORLD MUSIC...........

10pm Out of Africa - a unique radio show from presenter JPR, featuring traditional and current music from the African continent . This is unmissable radio which has brought a truly international audience to Radio Bracknell Forest's listenership

11pm Simply Out of This World - again, brought to us by presenter JPR, mixing global styles to stir up your passions

MONDAY 28TH DECEMBER

00.00hrs MEMORY LANE features 3 hours of amazing "Old Time Rock and Roll" music memories! We play the charted hits from the 60's and 70's, one hit wonders and covers. We don't just play songs, we play memories!

3am The Lively Lounge when Tony  Currie hosts the weekly show of all-instrumental music. More singleographies from the likes of Sounds Orchestral, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and Tony Hatch plus new releases, TV themes, instrumental hits and featured library music.

4am Geoff Hobbs brings us his internationally-acclaimed SOUL & DANCE SHOW direct from the US

7am MEMORY LANE features 3 hours of amazing "Old Time Rock and Roll" music memories!

11am 70's Mania Show with Steve Flynn's weekly look at one of the greatest decades of music

12 noon Geoff Hobbs brings us his internationally-acclaimed SOUL & DANCE SHOW direct from the US

3pm MEMORY LANE features 3 hours of amazing "Old Time Rock and Roll" music memories!

6pm TALKING TIJUANA (Tony Currie, Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss look back at the days of the Tijuana Brass and A&M)

7pm 70's Mania Show with Steve Flynn's weekly look at one of the greatest decades of music

8pm to 10pm

The Great Berkshire Pub Quiz

followed by two editions of

Easties Pub Quiz Show

Radio Bracknell Forest's on-air quiz you can join in, just for fun, twice a week!

TUESDAY 29TH DECEMBER

00.00hrs MOTOWN MEMORIES hosted by Tom Fallon. This weekly programme offers all the great Motown songs by all the great Motown artists from the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's such as Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, The Jackson Five, Marvin Gaye and The Commodores. Each show features information on the artists and Motown Memories trivia questions

2am LUNCHTIME PICNIC with Phil Chappell. Join Phil for two hours of  music, from the last 60 years, from old 78's to the latest downloads,  with some you'll know and some you won't - but all guaranteed to be a quality tune!

4am House of Mercy - our weekly three-hour special of blues, country, roots and rock presented by Barry Everitt

7am 70's MANIA SHOW with Steve Flynn

8am Dennis Mitchell's award-winning show: Breakfast With The Beatles

9am THE TWO TONES SPECIAL (Tony Currie and Tony Hatch recall high points of Tony Hatch's musical career)

10am MOTOWN MEMORIES hosted by Tom Fallon. This weekly programme offers all the great Motown songs by the great Motown artists

12 noon LUNCHTIME PICNIC with Phil Chappell. Join Phil for two hours of  music, from the last 60 years, from old 78's to the latest downloads.

2pm - 2.30pm RADIO HEADSPACE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL from the Headspace Community Arts Centre in Bracknell

2.30pm - 3pm THE UNITED KINGDOM TALK SHOW with Chris Reardon's truly personal reflections on life in the UK and beyond!

3pm House of Mercy - our weekly three-hour special of blues, country, roots and rock presented by Barry Everitt

6pm Licensed Victuallers' School Christmas Special with students from the school sharing their favourite music from 2009

7pm Route 66 Oldies Show direct from the US with your favourite music from yesteryear with DJ Leslie

WEDNESDAY 30TH DECEMBER

00.00hrs GMT - 4.00am Winding up our great evening of club, urban, hip hop, r'n'b and dance music

4am Dominic Forbes Does Country! with two hours of the best country songs ever made (well, Dom’s choice anyway – you make up your own mind!).

6am Country Golden Oldies Show with the legendary Steve Warren, direct from New York

8am Country Cafe Grab yourself a cup of coffee and sit down to enjoy the musical equivalent of "comfort food" from the amazing JACKIE STORRAR - Scotland's best kept secret!

10am Karen Miller's weekly Now That's Americana show 

11am  The Irish Connection with Sean Green

1pm Country Lunch with Lee Williams bringing you classics as well as the latest releases on the country scene in the UK, Europe and worldwide

3pm Dominic Forbes Does Country! with two hours of the best country songs ever made (well, Dom’s choice anyway – you make up your own mind!).

5pm Country Golden Oldies Show with the legendary Steve Warren, direct from New York

THURSDAY 31ST DECEMBER

00.00hrs GMT - 4.00am: Winding up our great evening of club, urban, hip hop, r'n'b and dance music

4am Retro Chart Show - hour long shows featuring the top 40 chart from a specific week in a specific year over the last thirty years.

5am Retro Chart Show - hour long shows featuring the top 40 chart from a specific week in a specific year over the last thirty years.

6pm RBF Chart toppers from 2009, non stop, no presenter chatter, just the number ones and more from a great year!

7am Retro Chart Show - hour long shows featuring the top 40 chart from a specific week in a specific year over the last thirty years.

8am Route 66 Oldies Show direct from the US with your favourite music from yesteryear with DJ Leslie

9am Eastie's Diabolical Discs – our  weekly trawl through Mister Alex East's vast collection of music over the years to find the worst and most embarrassing releases of all time!

10am JULIA CROWE SPECIAL featuring the music and an exclusive interview with this upcoming talented artist - with your chance to win a signed copy of her latest album!

11am LUNCHTIME PICNIC with Phil Chappell.  Join Phil for two hours of  music, from the last 60 years, from old 78's to the latest downloads,  with some you'll know and some you won't - but all guaranteed to be a quality tune!

1pm News Review of 2009

2pm RBF Chart toppers from 2009, non stop, no presenter chatter, just the number ones and more from a great year!

4pm A special edtion of The 'music unleashed top 40' – our  weekly community show based on downloads and plays of independent artists' music by the Tourdates community.

6pm News Review of 2009 (repeat)

7pm RBF Chart toppers from 2009, non stop, no presenter chatter, just the number ones and more from a great year!

  Then, see the New Year in to some great party music, 8pm thru to midnight:

Back to back editions of our hugely popular dance mix show -

Simon's Weekend Clubland Show

with DJ Simon Charnley