This tinkly, twinkly festive special opens with Roger McGough's dotty gift suggestions from The Dada Christmas Catalogue. It includes a megamix themed around Dylan Thomas's story A Child's Christmas in Wales, featuring readings by Thomas; plus Jarvis reads The Journey of the Magi by TS Eliot and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost. We also hear the eerie sound of a satellite, because the first communications satellite was launched today in 1958: it carried a peaceful message with a Cold War edge. Birthdays: Keith Richards (on songwriting), Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Charles Wesley (who wrote the words for Hark the Herald Angels Sing) and Michael Moorcock (talking about his deranged dystopian song with Hawkwind, Sonic Attack...)
The tinkly music bed that begins and ends the show is on the same soundtrack CD as the usual music: Dr Who at the Radiophonic Workshop Vol 1: The Early Years 1963-69. It's Track 61: 'The Invasion - Muzak (from Time in Advance)'.
Mood Music - Xmas Drama [???]
Jarvis reads 'The Dada Christmas Catalogue' by Roger McGough
JD Twitch - Psylent Night
Franz Ferdinand - Jacqueline (clip)
The Andrew Oldham Orchestra - Play with Fire
The Freelance Hellraiser - A Stroke of Genius (Christina Aguilera / The Strokes mash-up)
Julian Casablancas - I Wish It Was Christmas Today
Hawkwind - Sonic Attack
John Cale - A Child's Christmas in Wales (live)
Dylan Thomas reads from 'A Child's Christmas in Wales' I
Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas
Bonanza OST - New Born King
Dylan Thomas reading II
Ludwig Mousensky - Winter Wonderland
Jarvis reads 'The Journey of the Magi' by TS Eliot
Low - Long Way Around the Sea
Patsy Raye - Beatnik's Wish
Dylan Thomas reading III
Rotary Connection - Shopping Bag Menagerie
Nina - Do You Know How Christmas Trees Grow?
Bonanza OST - The First Christmas Trees
Camarata Chorus - Tomorrowland: Futuristic Christmas Trees
Rodd Keith - Do the Turkey
Dylan Thomas reading IV
Baby Dee - A Christmas Jig for a Three-Legged Cat
Jarvis reads 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' by Robert Frost
Ekko - Rehearsal
Dylan Thomas reading V
The Ames Brothers - Good King Wenceslas
Sirconical - Silent Night
Dylan Thomas reading VI
Neil Young - Star of Bethlehem
Bonanza OST - Shining Stars
Cliff Edwards - When You Wish Upon a Star
sound of a satellite transmission
Baxter Dury - Happy Soup
Tom Waits - Back in the Crowd
Joan as Police Woman - Flash
Warpaint - Billie Holiday
Hiem - Lemons and Limes
Josh T Pearson - Country Dumb (piano version)
Mood Music - Xmas Drama [???]
Jarvis reads 'The Dada Christmas Catalogue' by Roger McGough
JD Twitch - Psylent Night
Franz Ferdinand - Jacqueline (clip)
The Andrew Oldham Orchestra - Play with Fire
The Freelance Hellraiser - A Stroke of Genius (Christina Aguilera / The Strokes mash-up)
Julian Casablancas - I Wish It Was Christmas Today
Hawkwind - Sonic Attack
John Cale - A Child's Christmas in Wales (live)
Dylan Thomas reads from 'A Child's Christmas in Wales' I
Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas
Bonanza OST - New Born King
Dylan Thomas reading II
Ludwig Mousensky - Winter Wonderland
Jarvis reads 'The Journey of the Magi' by TS Eliot
Low - Long Way Around the Sea
Patsy Raye - Beatnik's Wish
Dylan Thomas reading III
Rotary Connection - Shopping Bag Menagerie
Nina - Do You Know How Christmas Trees Grow?
Bonanza OST - The First Christmas Trees
Camarata Chorus - Tomorrowland: Futuristic Christmas Trees
Rodd Keith - Do the Turkey
Dylan Thomas reading IV
Baby Dee - A Christmas Jig for a Three-Legged Cat
Jarvis reads 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' by Robert Frost
Ekko - Rehearsal
Dylan Thomas reading V
The Ames Brothers - Good King Wenceslas
Sirconical - Silent Night
Dylan Thomas reading VI
Neil Young - Star of Bethlehem
Bonanza OST - Shining Stars
Cliff Edwards - When You Wish Upon a Star
sound of a satellite transmission
Baxter Dury - Happy Soup
Tom Waits - Back in the Crowd
Joan as Police Woman - Flash
Warpaint - Billie Holiday
Hiem - Lemons and Limes
Josh T Pearson - Country Dumb (piano version)
