How Covid has changed the tune of the carol service
Churches and cathedrals have upped their game to meet demand with ingenious ways to let the music play on
24 December 2020 • 6:00am
The King’s College choir in Cambridge preparing to record the Christmas carol service with no congregation for TV
Credit: Geoff Robinson Photography
Glad tidings! Some shared traditions are surviving in the December darkness of this Covid Christmas. As it has been since 1928,
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, will be a reassuring presence after an upside-down year at 3pm today (Christmas Eve) on BBC Radio 4, while following over on BBC 2 at 5.30pm
King s College Carols 2020: How to watch Kingâs College Christmas Eve carols this year
Carols from King s has overcome Covid challenges to deliver a traditional Christmas service
King s College Choir rehearsing in the Chapel in 2016 (Image: Cambridgeshire Live)
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Kingâs College Carols From Kingâs: Two choir members test positive for coronavirus before Christmas recording
The world-renowned Kingâs Singers joined the boy choristers for the BBC recording instead
00:01, 17 DEC 2020
King s College is famous for its choral services. (Image: PA)
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Mary Berry: My festive rescue By Francesca Babb 00:02 13 Dec 2020, updated 00:02 13 Dec 2020
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Christmas will be different this year – so let’s make it really special, says the nation’s favourite cook…
A little blip called 2020 isn’t going to stop Mary Berry having a classic Christmas, and neither, she insists, should it you. Her fondness for the season is why she made her new BBC show, Mary Berry Saves Christmas. Knowing we might not all be with our families this year and are perhaps facing the prospect of donning the festive chef’s hat for the first time, Mary teaches three regular folk, who have never cooked before, how to make the feast.