Jarvis makes a present of the past with some of the best music and audio he's discovered this year. And as he always used to watch Beatles films on Boxing Day morning, he plays songs from those throughout the show. Stephen Fry reads from David Eagleman's Sum; Baxter Dury remembers his dad Ian; Jarvis talks about the history of Boxing Day and possible etymology of the term; Alex Turner reads his short story A Choice of Three; Grayson Perry on culture and pottery; Tim Smit of the Eden Project with his daughter's theory about pupae; David Sedaris reads his short story Hejira; and Simon Munnery slates the grey skies over Watford.
Tim Rose — Snowed In
The Beatles — Hard Day's Night
Harper Simon — Ha Ha
Mathew Sawyer and The Ghosts — The Bully Died
The Phoenix Foundation — Eventually
Baxter Dury — Don't Waste Your Life, Claire
Antony and the Johnsons — Crazy in Love
The Beatles — You're Going to Lose That Girl
Eddy Current Suppression Ring — Through the Trees
Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Ségal — Chamber Music
Josephine — I Think It Was Love
Charles Williams — The Young Ballerina, Potters Wheel Music
The Beatles — I Am the Walrus
Janelle Monáe — Sir Greendown
Mik Artistiks — Retired Corr
The Strange Boys — Be Brave
Joni Mitchell — A Strange Boy
Fergus and Geronimo — Powerful Lovin'
The Beatles — It's All Too Much
Warpaint — Undertow
John Maus — Do Your Best
MGMT — Congratulations
Alan Parker — Grey
Peter Broderick — Sideline
Gil Scott-Heron — Me and the Devil
Serafina Steer — Day Glo
The Beatles — Two of Us
