The Sound of Sunday BIG Christmas Show Returns to Normal Format

The Sound of Sunday BIG Christmas Show was able to return to its normal format for the first time since 2019.

The show is a stand alone annual edition of The Sound of Sunday running for over 5 hours with special guests, requests, competitions and the Great Christmas Cracker Dash which was back live around the wards.

The show was broadcast on HRB om Sunday 10 December from 12 – 5.30pm.  Julie Jones from the hospital staff panto talked about this year’s staff panto production at the Haymarket theatre, Christine from the Chaplaincy team at the hospital talked about their Christmas events around the hospital.

Richard Smith talked about The A to Z of Pop Live which was a part of HRB’s Christmas schedule.

Singer Alexander O’Neal and Alan Fletcher (Karl Kennedy in Neighbours) were special guests.

There was a prize draw for patients with the iner chosn by Vernon Pearce live from Spain and Nick from Hospital Radio Reading chose the winner of he panto ticket staff competition during a live link up.

There was also a link up with Steve Pexton from Harrogate Hospital Radio.

There was plenty of crackers pulled and instant requests from around the wards.

The show is always one of the most complicated shows of the year to produce with live link ups from various different sources and locations.  It took 3 months of planning, but followed the format of the shows of 2019 and before.