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Christmas Eve with Axel Scheffler and Mark Watson!

It's Christmas Eve and Gruffalo creator Axel Scheffler joins Mary Anne Hobbs, plus comedian Mark Watson drops in for the Weekend Breakfast Festive Quiz.

This Christmas Eve, Mary Anne finds out the story behind one of literature's most beloved beasts, The Gruffalo, from the famous book's illustrator Axel Scheffler.

She's also joined by comedian Mark Watson for the Weekend Breakfast Festive Quiz, and for a light-hearted look back on 2016...

Expect the musical equivalent of tinsel, mince pies and other things that sparkle, from 7am...

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Christmas Eve 2016 07:00
麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Fleet Foxes

    White Winter Hymnal

    • FLEET FOXES.
    • Bella Union.
    • 1.

  • Bat for Lashes

    If I Knew

    • Parlophone.

  • John Lennon, Yoko Ono & Plastic Ono Band

    Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (feat. The Harlem Community Choir)

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Portishead

    Sour Times

  • Warren G & Nate Dogg

    Regulate

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 4.

  • The Crystals

    Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

    • A Christmas Gift For You (Phil Spect.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • Bonobo

    Kerala

    • Migration.
    • Ninja Tune.

  • Madness

    Grey Day

    • Virgin.

  • Cassius

    Go Up (feat. Pharrell Williams & Cat Power)

    • Love Supreme SARL/Justice SARL/Interscope Records.

  • Al Green

    Here I Am (Come and Take Me)

    • Beechwood.

  • Neil Cowley Trio

    Weightless

    • Spacebound Apes.
    • Hide Inside Records.

  • Thin Lizzy

    Dancing In The Moonlight

    • Strange Fruit.

  • Baloji

    Spoiler

    • Bella Union.

  • Wizzard

    I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

    • THE BEST CHRISTMAS ALBUM IN THE WORLD...EVER!.
    • Virgin.

  • Jamie T

    Tescoland

    • Trick.
    • Virgin Records.

  • Mark Watson: Best Cracker Joke

    • The Webb Brothers

      Every Day Is Christmas

      • It's A Cool Cool Christmas (Various Artists).
      • JEEPSTER.
      • 3.

  • Mark Watson: Best Christmas Present

    • Super Furry Animals

      Show Your Hand

      • CD SINGLE.
      • Rough Trade.

  • Mark Watson: Go To Christmas Board Game

    • P.P. Arnold

      The First Cut Is The Deepest

      • See For Miles.

  • Otis Redding

    Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)

    • Atlantic Soul (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • Aldous Harding

    Stop Your Tears (6Music Session, 18 May 2015)

  • The Jesus and Mary Chain

    Amputation

    • EK OK.

  • Kendrick Lamar

    Alright

    • To Pimp A Butterfly.

  • The Chemical Brothers

    C-h-e-m-i-c-a-l

    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Mark Watson: Favourite Christmas Memory

    • Richard Hawley

      Silent Night

      • (CD Single).
      • MUTE.
      • 6.

  • Mark Watson: Worst Bit Of Christmas Dinner

    • Teenage Fanclub

      Christmas Eve

      • It's A Cool Cool Christmas (Various Artists).
      • JEEPSTER.
      • 17.

  • Pinegrove

    Angelina

  • Jagwar Ma

    Ordinary

    • Marathon Artists.

  • Cornershop

    Brimful of Asha

    • Polygram TV.

  • Desmond Dekker

    007 (Shanty Town)

    • Mango.

  • Electric Light Orchestra & Jeff Lynne

    Mr. Blue Sky

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Frontiers Records.
    • T1.

  • The Beat

    Side To Side (feat. Ranking Roger)

    • DMF Records.

  • Axel Scheffler: Creating The Gruffalo

    • David Bowie & Bing Crosby

      Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy

      • I Believe.
      • Telstar.

  • Radiohead

    Jigsaw Falling Into Place

    • CD SINGLE.
    • XL.

  • Hinds Christmas Carol

    • Hinds

      Bamboo

      • Lucky Number Music.

  • The Moonlandingz

    Black Hanz

    • Transgressive Records.

  • The Velvet Underground

    White Light/White Heat

    • Verve.

  • Dutch Uncles

    Big Balloon

    • Memphis Industries.

  • Johnny Cash

    Ring Of Fire

    • Johnny Cash - Man In Black.
    • Columbia.

  • Hooton Tennis Club

    Bootcut Jimmy

    • Heavenly Recordings.

  • Jools Holland & Amy Winehouse

    Monkey Man

    • Sirens of Song.
    • East West.
    • 5.

  • The Fall

    Victoria

    • BEGGARS BANQUET.

  • Floating Points

    Vacuum Boogie

  • Chic

    I'll Be There (feat. Nile Rodgers)

    • Warner Bros Records.

Broadcast

  • Christmas Eve 2016 07:00
    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music