CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR SCHEDULE 2025

The Riverside Radio team has been working hard to bring you festive offerings for our Christmas and New Year schedule 2025 and into 2026. You'll be able to tune into our Pantomime, Dick Whittington, find out who made the top ten in our Track of the Year chart and also catch up on all the news, sports and arts reviews of the year from across south west London and re-live Christmas light switch on events with as much normal programming as possible in-between. All of us here at Riverside Radio wish all our listeners in Richmond, Wandsworth, Merton and Lambeth a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

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DICK WHITTINGTON 

Riverside Radio presents its 2025 Pantomime - oh yes it does… DICK WHITTINGTON written by Spotlight’s Sian Kenyon & directed by Riverside Breakfast presenter Jason Rosam, who also plays Dick Whittington. Starring Riverside Breakfast’s Ali Ineson as Dick’s sidekick cat Luna and Ali Palmer as Fairy Bowbells, Riverside Drive’s Joey Cooke as the evil King Rat, Faridat Raifu as Alice Fitzwarren, alongside Ian Barclay as Sue the Cook & Martin Adams as the Governor, Sports Reporter & Friday Breakfast host Ben Heys as Simple Simon. Completing the starstudded line up are Newsreaders Tom Hopkins as Alderman Fitzwarren & Suzi Garforth as the Captain. Recorded in front of a live studio audience at Arches Lane Theatre in Battersea Power Station and recorded/ produced by Chet Sahota and Charlotte Pearman

Thursday 18th December - 12pm

Friday 19th December - 2pm

Saturday 20th December - 10am 

Sunday 21st December - 1pm 

Monday 22nd December - 7pm 

Tuesday 23rd December - 12pm 

Christmas Eve - 11am

Christmas Day - 10am

Boxing day  - 1pm 

Saturday 27th December - 12pm

Sunday 28th December - 11am 

Monday 29th December - 10am

Tuesday 30th December - 7pm 

New Years Eve - 11am

New Years Day - 12pm 

Friday 2nd January - 1pm 

Saturday 3rd January - 3pm 

Sunday 4th January - 10am 

TRACK OF THE YEAR 

Join our Digital Editor & Riverside Drive Presenter as he looks back on a fantastic year of BRAND NEW LOCAL MUSIC on Track of the Week. He’ll be counting down the top 10 as voted for by our presenters and staff, to reveal Riverside Radio’s Track of the Year winner as voted for by YOU on our social media platforms. It’s a bumper packed show with exclusive interviews and live performances from this year's Plugged In at Battersea Power Station.

Thursday 18th December - 7pm 

Friday 19th December - 3pm 

Saturday 20th December - 11am & 8pm 

Sunday 21st December - 4pm 

Monday 22nd December - 10pm 

Tuesday 23rd December - 1pm & 7pm 

Christmas Eve - 10am & 8pm 

Christmas Day - 2pm 

Boxing Day - 3pm & 8pm 

Saturday 27th December - 8pm 

Sunday 28th December - 10am

Monday 29th December - 11am

Tuesday 30th December - 8pm 

New Years Eve - 2pm 

New Years Day - 1pm & 6pm 

Friday 2nd January - 3pm 

Saturday 3rd January - 3pm 

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RIVERSIDE READS

‍Riverside Reads is our monthly book club that celebrates the joy of reading and shines a light on talented local authors from across South West London and sometimes further afield. Each month, Riverside Breakfast presenter and the charity Book Clubs in Schools founder Ali Palmer carefully selects a book written by a local author. You’ll have the chance to listen back to exclusive interviews with all the authors in this Riverside Reads Special, including Lilly Samson, Elizabeth Buchan, Joanna Dodd, Jeffrey Archer, Will Shindler, Anna Mazzola, Sarah Clarke, Georgina Moore & Andrew Cartmel.

Thursday 18th December - 1pm & 11pm 

Friday 19th December - 6pm 

Saturday 20th December - 2pm 

Sunday 21st December - 7pm 

Tuesday 23rd December - 6pm 

Christmas Eve - 2pm 

Christmas Day - 11am 

Boxing day - 12pm 

Saturday 27th December - 1pm 

Sunday 28th December - 2pm

New Years Eve - 10am 

Friday 2nd December - 12pm

Saturday 3rd December - 10am 

Sunday 4th December - 2pm 

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RIVERSIDE SPORTS REVIEW 2025

The Riverside Radio Sports team present a roundup of interviews from our coverage of women’s football, women’s rugby world cup, and local sports initiatives in SW London.

Saturday 20th December - 4pm 

Sunday 21st December - 11pm 

Tuesday 23rd December - 3pm & 8pm 

Christmas Eve - 12pm & 6pm 

Christmas Day - 1pm & 8pm 

Boxing Day - 6pm 

Saturday 27th December - 4pm

Sunday 28th December - 12pm 

Monday 29th December - 7pm 

Tuesday 30th December - 10pm

New Years Eve - 3pm & 7pm 

New Years Day - 9pm

Friday 2nd January - 6pm 

Saturday 3rd January - 4pm 

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ARTSWATCH REVIEW 2025 

A round up of some of the notable Arts events which happened this year including a new theatre for Battersea, a play celebrating a Brixton institution and, of course, the London Borough of Culture.

Thursday 18th December - 6pm 

Friday 19th December - 8pm 

Saturday 20th December - 3pm 

Sunday 21st December - 8pm 

Tuesday 23rd December - 2pm 

Christmas Eve - 3pm 

Christmas Day - 7pm 

Boxing Day - 8pm 

Saturday 27th December - 7pm 

Sunday 28th December - 5pm 

Monday 29th December - 10pm 

Tuesday 30th December - 9pm 

New Years Eve - 12pm

New Years Day - 3pm

Friday 2nd January - 2pm 

Saturday 3rd January - 11pm 

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THE WANDSWORTH WAY OMNIBUS 

We’ve shared their lives… now share their Christmas in The Wandsworth Way. This Christmas, sit down with the friends and neighbours you already know — The Wandsworth Way. From laughter to heartbreak, we’ve lived it all together. Join us on Christmas Day for Special Omnibus edition of The Wandsworth Way - a brand new radio soap opera for the London Borough of Culture 2025/6

Christmas Day - 3pm

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