{"id":79300,"date":"2025-12-24T00:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T00:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/blog\/?p=79300"},"modified":"2025-12-23T19:26:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:26:24","slug":"radio-times-christmas-eve-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/radio-times-christmas-eve-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Times &#8211; Christmas Eve 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s the end of 2025, and I&#8217;m back again for another of my annual annotated look at the festive line-up of television and radio. I&#8217;ve been doing this since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/blog\/category\/radio-times\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/blog\/category\/radio-times\/\">around 2009&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m not sure that this year&#8217;s line-up is necessarily the most exciting, and the advent of streaming means that even something scheduled for BBC1 or ITV1 may already be on their relevant streaming service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here, courtesy of the double issue of the Radio Times, is a helpfully annotated look at today&#8217;s Yuletide offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TV-Christmas-Eve-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TV-Christmas-Eve-1024x725.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TV-Christmas-Eve-1024x725.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TV-Christmas-Eve-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TV-Christmas-Eve-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TV-Christmas-Eve-1536x1087.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TV-Christmas-Eve-2048x1450.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TV-Christmas-Eve-150x106.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it&#8217;s not all about television. There are some radio options too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Radio-Christmas-Eve-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Radio-Christmas-Eve-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Radio-Christmas-Eve-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Radio-Christmas-Eve-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Radio-Christmas-Eve-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Radio-Christmas-Eve-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Radio-Christmas-Eve-2048x1448.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.adambowie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Radio-Christmas-Eve-150x106.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As ever, click through on the photos for larger more visible versions. That&#8217;s especially true if you&#8217;re trying to read this on your mobile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ll be back tomorrow for some Christmas Day options&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the end of 2025, and I&#8217;m back again for another of my annual annotated look at the festive line-up of television and radio. 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